The Watson Gang

I think I can I think I can

2011-11-08T22:23:00.000-08:00

So it seems to be a little bit harder then I thought to keep this blog up! I am way behind and it seems almost impossible to catch up, but I know little by little I can do it! This last summer we had a family reunion on Gary's side of the Family in Lake Tahoe! It was a blast, the drive was peaceful and the scenery was beautiful! I will let the pictures do the story telling!

We well I decided to eave like at 3:00 in the morning so that the kids would be asleep most of the drive. So I packed up the car and at 3 we left, I started the rive and By 8:00 I was done and it was Gary's turn to take over so I could catch some zzzz's. Mind you I had at this point gotton no sleep in 24 hours and have no idea how I did that, but I did. We got there around 11 and went to chek in to out Hotel, but could not until 3, so we decided to meet up with some Family who was already there, grab a bite to eat, and start our vacation! We ended up going to the Lake, and stayed there most of the afternoon. Later on ALL the Family meet up for a Family dinner. We ate and enjoyed some card games while the kids watched a movie. I turned out well!

Here are most of the kids enjoying movie

Derick was pretty blindsided by the flash!

Tim and Raegan chillin!on

The next morning we woke up and Dad and Jeanne were taking the kids Duck Tour! So we went and grabbed some breakfast real quick, an sent them off, yes the kids off with them to go and tour Lake Tahoe!

The Boat!

Jeanne with the kids ready to board!

They were gone for a little over an hour, so Gary and I decided to do some shopping and enjoy each others company! We were walking around and an into Carly(Gary's sister) and ha her snap a shot of us, and this is what she got! Yes we are goof balls!

We decided to meet up with Lani an Ryan and grab some lunch, so we did, not having a whole lot of time we grabbed some pizza, and before we got it, it was time to go and get the kiddos. Carly and I took off to do so, and in the shopping plaza they had bungee jumping, so Gary at the pizza place and I am here decide to let the kids do it and I would go an pick him up after! (who needs to eat when you can play)Well this took FOREVER! We waited patiently fr almost 40 min before it was our turn, and from the pics below and the look on my boys(Raegan wanted nothing to do with it) face it was so worth it!

Raegan sitting on Grandpa's lap while waiting! If looks could kill!!!

Derick a little nervous, but did great and had a blast!

An Aiden, well picture speaks for itself! Love this kid

After a morning and afternoon, w rushed back to the Hotel to get ready for Family Pictures, then off to another Family dinner and game night! Here are some pictures of the whole Family together!

This is Derick and I waiting for everyone to get there, great location so i wanted to take advantage! Raegan and Aiden were to busy playing!

A Family shot(the good one will be in the Christmas card)

THE FAMILY!

From there we went back and ate and played min it to win it games, here are some fun photos! Enjoy getting a chuckle from us being dorks!

Derick and Gary! Gary won, this was a loud but fun game!

Gary all geared up for is challenge to knock down 8 water bottles with only using the balls on his head( a great laugh)

Derick giving it a shot!

And Carly and I giving it a go! Seriously so much fun!

and of course Aiden!

The Watson brothers giving it a go, these boys are so competitive it ended up with them all wrestling!

Gary and Aiden, just a cute picture I wanted to throw in there!

Well the night was over and off
to our Hotel we went for a good night's rest. We all meet u for a Family breakfast, and then ff we all were home! We decided to grab a bite to eat before we left, and let me tell you Big Daddy's was the bomb! Great burgers and fries!

So off we were, beautiful drive home, but before we got all the way home we stopped in Bishop for this yummy bakery an stocked up on yummy breads and treats!

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...and a horse ride of course! We had such a blast on this Family renunion and can not wait for our next one in 2013! It should be an adventure since I decided to be in charge! haha what was I thinking and why do I do this to myself? but in all seriousness, we enjoyed being around Family and creating memories that will last a life time!

Yes I am still here!

2011-08-09T15:13:00.000-07:00

It has been way to long since I have last updated, so here is what we have been up to in no order from January until now!

Derick turns 9, here is with his Aunt Shae
Uncle Brandon, and Bentley at Baskin Robins!

Jackson and Reece celebrating with us!

The Birthday Boy himself!

The Fam Bam

D-man and Grandma!

Celebrating Bentley's FIRST rock-n roll
Birthday!

eating yummy crepes!

Having Brookelynn come to Cali for a visit!

Planning a wedding with thee great people!

D-man and me on his actual Birthday!

making homemade cream puffs!

Pinewood derby with Boy Scouts!

The set up!

Going wedding dress shopping, and getting one! ONLINE!
Thi wedding will have it's own post!

Taking kids to the snow, what snow there was!

This is only in one month, as I am sitting here picking from the million pictures I have, I am realizing a couple of things, 1 I am way behind, 2 I take tooo many pictures, 3 that there i no way that I am going to be able to do this in one post, and 4 the fun titles! that I am brainstorming 5 I really suck at writing in my journal, and I do consider this one! 5 what I am going to do differently to not get behind! There is lots more to post, and lots more fun things we have done, and I hope that the kids will be good enough and that this movie that is babysitting them will allow me to continue blogging! For now this is what I have done, now the goal is for me to be able to catch up before school starts because I have to post the last day of school from last year! hahaha!

More Texas

2011-03-04T00:06:00.001-08:00

So I am really trying to get caught up on my blogging, and I am so far behind, that instead of doing separate post with picture overload I decided to do a slide show! There will be two different slide shows because I have way to many pictures! While in Texas we did so many things, from building and decorating our own ginger bred houses, to playing minute to win it games(which was hilarious) to sleepovers to bowling, hanging out, to spending time together, to having my van window broken on Christmas Eve Morning. We did so much together that it is a lot easier and less time consuming to let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy!

Bigger the...

2011-01-11T10:20:00.000-08:00

FUN TIMES!

So my mom really wanted to get a picture of all her grand kids(the ones who were there) at The Picture People, so one day we went to the mall and achieved to get a good picture of 9 kids at the age 2-8! It was Chaos and fun at the same time, we had Megan's boy Owen who was like get me outta here, did not want to do it at all, Kaden and Gavin who did not want to sit still, and getting all the other kids to just look at the camera and not do anything else. It was crazy fun, but we were able to do it and the picture came out great! Not everyone was looking at the camera, and not everyone was smiling, but it was what it was. I do not have a picture to show you know, but I promise I will post as soon as I get it. We also did pictures of the kids. They all came out so cute, and we are all glad that we did them. While we were waiting for our appointment me and my sister Ashely waited in line to see Santa and got a picture of the kids with Santa! fun for them, and way cute picture! After pictures which took like 3 hours, we went to this place called Red Hot and Blue. It is a BBQ place and it was really , good. They were able to get all 18 of us in 4 high chairs 2 booths and a big table right away. Thank goodness because we were all sooo hungry. This place was cool because the kids could color on the wall, so it was a kid friendly place, and great for moms and dads! They had good food, and the company was not bad either ;)
They had these BBQ sauces that the names were super funny so I just had to take a picture of them cause it was a good laugh. I only tried one of them, and it was good. Good times today, good food, great family fun, and great pictures!

Picture of my kids! LOVE IT

Picture with Santa

Raegan coloring on the wall

Brookie Pie and I

The Sauces
I had Mojo Mild
hope the names crack you up as much as
they made me laugh

Santa Claus is...

2011-01-10T23:04:00.001-08:00

coming to town.

Since we were going to be going to Texas this year, we wrote Santa a letter one night for FHE and asked Santa if he would come to our house early as Mom and Dad would not want to drive home with a lot of presents n the car;)
So indeed Santa came early! We woke up one morning to a cute little tree (that this year we let the kids decorate) with presents under, and happy and excited kids. We let them open there presents from Santa first, and then Gary and I after. Santa was great to the kids this year. They all got what was on there list, and were so happy. The 1 thing they wanted Santa did not bring them, and they were so bum bed out..... until they opened the gifts from us! The look on there faces was truly priceless, as this year they all got a DSI! For the past year or more they have been praying for a DSI by color, every time they sad a prayer they would pray that they would get one, so when Santa did not bring them one they were sad, but you better believe that we took the credit for this one! This is what saved our butts for the 22 hour drive to Texas! Here is a cute video o them opening there presents from us! SON OF A BUCK!

Our Tree

Derick's face says it all!

Pretty Kitty loves her car

Aiden, this toy is trouble:)

gifts from Mom and Dad

EVERYTHING IS BIGGER

2011-01-10T22:35:00.000-08:00

IN TEXAS...
Day 1 & 2

So this year for Christmas we went to Texas. We knew it would be a long drive, so we prepared carefully, and packed wisely for space and room to move around since we would be spending 22 hours in the car over 2 days. We left on Friday the 19th at 5:00 in the morning. We headed over to my sister Kelly's house as we would be following each other. We started off getting doughnuts and yep a soda(if you know me that is a must) and off we were. We drove all day and at about 9:00 at night we were in Los Cruses New Mexico. We stayed in a really nice place, which I did not get any pictures of:( but rested well enough to be off and going again in the morning.We woke up, had breakfast, and were off for another long day in the car. We finally arrived at my moms house around 8:30-9:00 that night and the kids were so happy to see everyone, and to just be out of the car. Here are some pictures of what you do for 2 days in the car with 4 kids.

Watch movies

be silly

sleep

play the DSI

Take pictures of Mexico
on a side note, I had never seen Mexico
before so that is why I got pictures. It was
eye opening to see!

more of Mexico

Smile

These pictures were taken of the kids the night we got to the Hotel, and then the morning after the first day of driving! just some fun pictures to remember!

Derick, Raegan, Ashton passed out

Cousins, Friends after a good night
of sleep!

Best Friends

2011-01-10T22:16:00.000-08:00

My nephew had a Birthday a while back, and I got the best picture of cousins. Landon is 7, Ashton is 7, Derick is 8, Aiden is 4! They are all so close in age and for the most part have a blast every time they are together. I snapped this picture and I just love how you can see there individual personality.

Maddox Blessing

2010-12-04T23:19:00.000-08:00

My cute newest nephew Maddox was blessed a couple of weeks ago, so we went up to Lake Arrowhead to be a part of it! The blessing was great and after it we all went back to the house and ate and spent time together! It was neat to see all the grand kids on the Watson side there. So we took some pictures with great grandma, and of course grandpa! 5 boys and 2 girls! Shortly after the blessing my sister in law decided to move to Utah! We really miss them, and want them for our own selfish reasons, but they are enjoying it there! Here are some fun pictures we got of the kiddos!

Grandma with all her great grandchildren!

Raegan and Emma

Derick, Maddox, Matt, Mike, Aiden

Grandpa with all his grandchildren

Take 2!

Halloween

2010-12-04T23:06:00.000-08:00

I know that I am a couple of months behind on my blogging, but way too much going on to have some time to sit down and blog. So this year for Halloween we went up to Heritage Park to have the kids pick there pumpkins! They had fun holding the animals and posing for some fun Pictures.
We did our trick or treating at our Ward this year, and since I am on the activities committee, I was so busy doing that, that I got not 1 picture of the kids in there Halloween costumes! BUMMER! but all in all it was fun, kids got plenty of candy. the next night my girlfriend had put together a group of us in the ward who wanted to participate in house to house trick or treating, so we did and pile the kids in the car and rove from house to house, kids had a blast and saw many fiends along the way! It was a good Halloween, can't wait to see what next year will bring us!

Aiden holding a chick

Derick holding a chick

silly kids

kids with there pumpkins, they all
wanted small ones this year!

Happy Halloween 2010

Goodbye Party at Panera's

2010-10-12T22:43:00.000-07:00

So a really good friend of mine Alex in our ward was moving to Texas so what better way to send her off then to throw her good bye party. Well any excuse to throw a party, and my name is written all over it! Jessica and I decided to twist things up a little bit, and do it at Panera instead of a house, and it was a hit! EVERYONE who was invited showed up, and the party lasted all night! Alex is such a good friend, and her and her Family will surely be missed. I will never forget that one day when Alex called me in a panic, she was in pain, 9 months pregnant, and needed someone to take her to the hospital, so I quickly left the park, and we were at the hospital in no time! She had never experienced contractions before and this was only her second labor, but being induced with her first one, she had no idea what they felt like! So when we arrived, and the nurses got her all situated, she was at a 3, and in labor. Her husband was in Sacramento, and was doing his best to get back before his child was born! I was there for her when she needed someone, when she was going through labor, when she got her epidural, and when it was time, husband made it and was there to take over! I was at the hospital until 2 a.m. and sweet kyle was born, healthy and happy! The bond I had with Alex set our friendship to a different level. She will truly be missed! Good luck in Texas girl, and don't forget to call us ''hot tamales'' every once in a while! :)
We meet up at Panera and chatted, and ate yummy cookies, and yummy cake pops all night! Thank you to everyone who came, you all made it very special for Alex, and she felt the love!

All of us fantastic girls

The yummy cake pops and cookies

We wanted to get her something, so I came up with this idea to go old school and make her a candy gram! It was so fun and cute!

The back side

It was kind of chili outside, and we could not get the heater on, so we had asked for some help after many attempts of trying on our own, but the funny thing is no one could get it to work, not even the guy who works there! It was pretty funny!

Me, Alex, Jessica

Maddox is here!

2010-10-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

Maddox David Fenn
Born September 22, 2010
11:34a.m. 7lbs. 7.7oz 18.5 inches long
We are so happy for Lani and Ryan. We love you guys and your going to make great parents!

It is Baby Shower Time

2010-10-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

So my sweet sister in law and her great husband Ryan are expecting there first baby and what better way to welcome him into the world then to throw them a baby shower! Carly and I put it together, and it turned out so cute! We had crepes, and quiche, and yummy punch, great company! Baby Maddox is all set and ready to go! We had a blast, here are a few pictures!

The Candy bar

The diaper cake I made her

Lani with her gifts

We did a flower pot cupcake for dessert

The top

Grandma with the girls

The sisters

Gary thought he was bigger then Lani!:)

Yosmite

2010-09-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

So back in the summer the we were at the beach for a yearly trip, and we decided that we should go camping, so we left Jon and Carly in charge of where and when and it just so happened that we were able to camp in Yosemite campground, so Carly and Jon left on Thursday the week that my kids started school, and we left on Friday right when the kids got out of school. We got there on Friday night just in time to have a snack and off to bed! Carly, Jon and Grandpa set up our tent for us prior to us getting there(thank you so much)so we would not have to do it in the dark! Saturday was a day of events, we woke up went on a little hike(little) close by our site, made breakfast, and were off to see the world! We went all over the place, we saw just about everything there was to see, the Half dome, the granite cliffs, the valley, the Sequoia Groves we shopped, ate, and enjoyed a lot of time in the car, taking photos, and each others company! We only went for the weekend, wish I could have had more time there, it is absolutely beautiful! breath taking, we all had a pretty good time, hard on the kids a little bit, but over all they ha a great time, I mean hat kid would not with hot coco, and making smores 2 nights in a row! I would love to go back soon. Thanks or the fun time guys!

Suprise

2010-09-20T21:17:00.000-07:00

so my sister Kelly text ed us on Wednesday(forever ago) and told us that her and Kevin had something to tell us, and to come over for dinner, but on Sunday! So we were all trying to figure it out, so Sunday comes and as we enter her house, my mom and Brookelynn are standing there! What a treat it is to see them, My sister Ashley let her fly down with my mom for 2 weeks! She said it was super hard and that words can not express how she felt, but it was great to see them, we did a lot of activities throughout the 2 weeks, but my favorite was when I took my mom and cookie out to breakfast! Here is a sideshow cause it was picture overload. LOVE YOU AN MISS YOU MOM AND LELE!
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY I CAN NOT GET IT T CHANGE! UGH

First Day of school for 2

2010-09-20T20:44:00.000-07:00

So today was the first day of Third grade for Derick! He was really excited to get up and get going to school. He woke up and all of his stuff was out, and he got ready and off we were! Not a crazy morning, so I was very relieved. So we got to school and Derick was like ok mom see you later, can you stop taking pictures your embarrassing me, mom I know where to go, you can go now! WHAT, it made me kinda sad that he ok with it all. So I guess that is part of growing up, so glad he loves it and so far is doing well. (notice he is only wearing one strap of his backpack on one shoulder, we watched Diary of a wimpy kid 1 too many times) haha!

D and R clothes

looking good D

the door for the first day!

D at his desk

his cool backpack he picked out

So Raegan was a bit different, she woke u and got ready just fine, but once we got there she was like what the heck is this. She was a bit upset that her teacher was a ''boy'' but her daddy went to college with her teacher so it kind of made it better, but not really. We get into her class, and she put her backpack in her cubby #20 and then they were to sit on a color square! She had a meltdown, the picture will explain just what she was feeling, after just walking out cause I could not stay all day, after a while, they said she did fine! It took her a couple of days, but now she has made friends, and loves it! My sweet little kindergartner! Momma loves you.

Sweet Raegan

they do love each other

putting her stuff in her cubby

love the face

even better, dude if looks could kill

Day 8 nd 9

2010-09-16T00:05:00.000-07:00

Day 8
Today Cyndi and I went out to the craft stores, while the guys stayed home and put up the basketball hoop! We had such a good time going KID LESS!WELL I took Aiden, but he did well, Thank you guys for keeping the kids! After that it was time for my GIRLS NIGHT IN with my Kuna girls, so I got ready and off we were! Gary and the kids went an hung out with Mike and there kids! It was so good to See all my old friends and chat with them! Towards the end of the night when it was just a couple of us girls, and we were talking about how to pose to make you look skinner, and what your better side is, and ho miss America does it, well we had to try, and got Pict's at the same tie. Good memories and fun ties, well Brooke and I were posing and next thing we knew we fell on the floor! There is any more to the story, but what happens at Celeste;s house stayes at Celeste's house! right Brooke?!?! :) So here are some fun pictures of that fun night!

The Miss.. pose

The regular pose when your not thinking about it

The girls

Guys playing cards

he 4 of us!

Day 9
We went to church in Kuna today, and after Church we went back home and hung out and prepared to leave, we were going to be leaving at 4a.m. in the morning so we did not do much today! We woke up the next morning and off we went! We had so much fun in Idaho, It was great to see everyone again, and a big thank you to Scott and Cyndi for opening there home to us!

Day 6 and 7

2010-09-02T22:44:00.000-07:00

Day 6
So today we just kinda hung out and relaxed, we let the kids just play and later on we went to the movies! It was a relaxing day and we as mom and dad needed it!

Day 7

I woke up and was going to meet my Kuna friends in Kuna. All of our kids played t the park giving the adults some time(not enough) to hang out and catch up. Celeste, Melena and I were great friends when I lived there and I so miss just doing everyday things with these women. They are truly amazing! The kids all played together, and we were able to get some really good pictures, then we went to lunch at the school, then I was off to go float the Boise river! Good time all day. After the river we were going to go out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse!So good and a great way to end a great day! Picture crazy!

Celeste, Mel and I

The girls

Sweet Boys!

All of our Kids!

The kids at the river!

waiting patiently

Mom this one is for you! you know!
love you dearly mom and grandpa!

Day 5

2010-09-02T22:30:00.000-07:00

So today I was going to be going to meet my friend Melena at her house to let the kids hang out and play, and also to get some page kit from her! She used to make several a week and sell them at the scrap booking store. So I got there right after lunch and stayed for a while, kids enjoyed hanging out with each other, and mel and I caught up. After I left we were t meet some other friends for inner, but it got canceled, so instead we went out to dinner at The Cracker Barrel. We had a good time at dinner. Derick beat Gary at checkers and dinner was good, over all great day! After dinner we went back and had cake and ice cream for Scott's birthday! Fun times, great day, and made great memories!

Derick, Aiden, and Marx

Derick won YAY!

Aiden and Raegan in the Famous chairs

Aiden and me

Waiting for Birthday cake

Day 4

2010-09-02T22:17:00.001-07:00

So we woke up, and got ready to do a long day at Roaring Springs! All I can say is that I spent most of the day at the kid area with Raegan and Aiden. Derick had gotten bit by a spider and not so happy to be there at first, and was a little cranky but snapped out of it and ended up having a good time! Over all great day but long day! Here are some pictures!

Sweet Aiden going down the slide

Raegan going down the kiddie slide

3 kiddos, so cute, and so happy

The Family

Day 3

2010-08-16T14:47:00.000-07:00

Monday morning, we woke up hung out, Gary went off to take care of his foot, and met an old friend from Nampa, while Cyndi and I decided to go shopping. Her son Scott was nice enough to stay home with the kids so we could go out to lunch, do some shopping and try to find the Boise train Center, or station. We ended up getting lost, she almost killed us, but eventually we found it, and were able to have many laughs along the way! After about almost 2 hours, we ate lunch at this yummy place called Costa Vida(heaven) and they have the most amazing salads, and the best cilantro vinaigrette ever, we needed to get home soon, because I was going to be taking there family picts at Boise Train Station, but no before one More stop to Sports Authority to get Scott a birthday present, a basketball hoop! So we did that went home ate dinner and off to take picts we were! It was about 1.5 hours later and the picts turned out great! All in all a great day and night! Fun memories for sure :)

Great Family!

Day 2

2010-08-16T14:39:00.000-07:00

So we woke up on Sunday morning, excited to go t church in Kuna, our old ward, and see all my friends. Church is at 11, so we got ready and headed out. Diving through our old neighborhood, really not to much has changed, but brought back alot of memories. Papa Murphy's, how I have missed you, and Chevron, I spent way to much money there. Paul's you are way to overpriced, but went so often. It was great to walk into church and see o many old faces, but sooooo many new as well. I was able to chat and see alot of people, an they are really amazing women, and there kids look the same, just a little bigger then last time I saw them! It was so nice to see everyone, and could not Wait to see them again on girls night! After church, we went back to the home, Aiden and Gary enjoyed a nap, and other kids played and ha fun. Dinner was here ate and Good night. Stay tuned for more!

Day 1 of our Idaho trip

2010-08-14T00:06:00.000-07:00

Or I guess I should say night 1. We left Cali at 4:00a.m. and started the 12 hour drive to Idaho! It was perfect kids slept for almost half of the drive, and were really good for the most part of it. We got to Idaho right around dinner time. We were able to let the kids run around and get some wiggles out, ate dinner with our friends Scott and Cyndi, made my first Walmart trip, and off to bed we went! Woke up the next morning to Gary going to the Payette with Scott and he took Derick. It was so nice to have them go white water rafting. They had a blast, left about 9 or so, and go home about 7! It was a nice day to chill and visit with Cyndi. The little kids and I went to Cyndi's ward for a Pioneer activity. It was so much fun, the kids dug for gold, leaned how to grind wheat, made butter, cute little dolls, and Raegan's favorite was washing clothes. They made these cute little tin cans where they had to follow dots with a nail and hammer, well lets just say I did great job! We went to a craft store and then got out this great water slide and let the kids have some fun! After the boys returned they ate, and we put the kids to bed, played some games as adults and then off to bed. On the Payette Gary was pushed off the boat, and landed on a rock or something and it punctured the bottom of his foot. When he came home and I saw it, his whole foot was swollen, and it was hard for him to walk on! Poor guy, but he was going to be fine. Stay tuned for day 2!

Emma and Raegan

Me helping kids with nail and hammer

Raegan washing clothes

Raegan grinding wheat

Aiden getting ready for the parade

Raegan on slide

Aiden on slide

My sweet cute kids

Stay Tuned

2010-08-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

Ok so I know that it has been way to long since I have posted anything on here, and so much has happened since last September so it is now time for me to either catch up, or start from now! So stay tuned to see! It will be sometime today. I am ready to jump back on the blog wagon! YIPEE!

More in September

2009-10-23T10:24:00.000-07:00

So much more happened in September! Here to catch up!!
Sorry pictures are out of order! They start with the most recent!

Aidens first trip to the dentist! The picture says it all. We walked out of there with 4 small cavities that are on the molars. This is why my kids don't get a lot of sugar! (now)

Raegans first trip. Yes in the same day! Only way to do it. She left with 3 small cavities! She was great!

Raegan starts preschool. Her teacher Miss. Jackey, She is great! She has been teaching for like 23 years! At first Raegan was real shy, but after being there for about 3 weeks, she fits right in. She has 18 girls and 3 boys in her class. Fun!!

Mom and Raegan

Did you know that there is a day for Grandparents? I did not, but my sister Ashley did, so we celebrated Grandparents Day! We all got together and had dinner, and even got a professional cake made for them. It was like 30 pounds. Here is my dad cutting the cake!

Mom playing with some of her grand kids!

I helped the kids make Ice cream in a bag! I did most of the work:) they are enjoying it. It was good.

Cameron turnes 16. The oldest of all the grand kids! WOW 16! crazy

Aiden starts speech. Here he is with his teacher Mrs. Tina. He thinks he is so big now!

Me and Aiden

Aiden all ready to go. We even have the backpack!

My girlfriend had one last summer bash for we all went back to school. Here is Derick's friends Harrison, and Nathan! They had a great time.

Aiden did too!!

All of the girls

All the little girls having fun too!

And yes there is more, but I have to go get ready to take Raegan to school. So hopefully I will post more today!

July-September

2009-10-16T13:53:00.000-07:00

I have not at all been motivated to blog, but as time just keeps on flying by I am realizing that I have done so many things and have had so much fun, here is what has been going on in a click!
These pictures are in no order, just over the past several months!

We went to this carnival with some friends of ours from Azusa. They had water slides, painting, hot dogs, and cotton candy.It was a blast!

The kids at the La Verne street Fair. This band The Answers were playing, we went with some friends, and the kids had a blast, dancing and playing! Good times

The Girls we went with!

Gary and I

Aunt Teresa and Raegan, she had so much fun with her!

Dad pulled out Derick's TWO front teeth. He did it!

All I want for school is my TWO front teeth!

We went school shopping at Office Max, and we got all these supplies for only 18 bucks. I was so happy. We had no coupons, so it was like awesome, I was so excited!

My three sweet little children decided to "tag" our back yard! I was so ticked off to come outside and see all my children with spray paint in there hands having the best time! Yes they all sat on time out for a while :)

Raegan has only gotten 2 hair cuts in her life. One being by her brother, and the other one professionally done. So she was due, and I decided to give her one. I thought I did so good. I will be her stylist from now on. Pretty girl!

Soccer season started, Derick is on the Tiger Sharks, he is number 2 and he loves playing.

Here is my Family at my sister-in-laws Bridal shower! We are missing Megan(wish she could have been there)

The only 3 girls on our Family, Makie, Raegan, and Brookelynn, at the bridal shower! So dang cute!

All of us including Shae Shae!

We went to the beach to celebrate my mother-in-law, we had dinner there and just hung out. I love my Family!

Jenny turned 18, so we celebrated her by throwing her a Family party at Aunt Sandie's house. We had a blast! We love you Jenn!

June Recap

2009-09-03T21:20:00.000-07:00

So I have been so crazy busy, and Face Book has taken priority, so since I am so behind and the kids are ll in bed I figured I better catch up. In June we celebrated Aiden's 3rd Birthday as well as Fathers Day. This year they feel on the same day so before Father's Day we celebrated both. My sister Ashley rented Aiden bounce house and this thin was so cool. It was a 4in 1 a bouncer, a slide a basketball hoop, and rope climb. All the Family came and we had such a blast. Thanks Aunt Ashley you are the best! W celebrated Father's Day as well. Happy Birthday to Aiden, and Happy Father's Day to ALL!
Pictures to follow soon(I have to download them still) :)

Derick graduated from first grade. The last day of school the brave teachers let the kids go crazy in the water and sand, they also had a class party and towards the end of the year they studied bugs and insects, so i made ladybug and flower cupcakes. All the kids were so excited! Go Derick you have a cool mom!!

what fun!!

Derick and his friends

my cute cupcakes

After 2 years of therapy Aiden finally aged out! He graduated from speech, occupational, and developmental Therapy! He has come so far, his speech has improved tremendously, and we are so proud of him. Saying goodbye to his amazing teachers was harder then I thought! Thank you for teaching and helping my little boy! Aiden will continue speech through the school district. He will do so good. Keep up the good work bud, we love you.

Marian his D.V. Therapist

Alicia his occupational therapist

Lindsey his speech pathologist

Derick took on to baseball and was very good! After 20 long weeks the season was over. here are some pictures of his team party. It was very fun. The younger kids had fun too!!!

Raegan and Aiden Having fun!

The baseball Team

Derick and Luke at his game

he got the game ball

make new Friends

My sister in law Jenny graduated High school. YAY we were able to go kid free and enjoyed her after party as well. We are very proud of you Jen.

Gary and I with Jen

Grandma and Jen

Carly and Jen

Aunt Karen and Jen

The Step Mom and her dad

Brothers, cousins, and Uncle

Pictures of Raegan

2009-08-15T17:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a slide show of Raegans Birthday at my moms, and here at the house.

Taylor Swift

2009-08-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

So my sister Ashley called me one day and told me that she had gotten 2 tickets to the Taylor Swift concert and the girl she was planning on taking got in trouble and could not go(she was like 12) so she asked me if I wanted to go, and I said yes. so My mom watched her daughter and my daughter and off to the concert we were. We got there and waited in line to get a shirt(it was so long) and these young wanna bees were trying to cut in line. Seriously that bugs me, after we were waiting so long, Anyways we got our shirts and hats and barbie doll for Raegan and then to our seats. I have to say she is really good in concert and we had a great time. Thanks Ashley for the fun memories, I love you!

Mom and her girls and our girls

Ash and I waiting in line

Taylor

Being silly teenagers :)

the song with an interview in it?

It's a love story

marry me Juliet

Happy 30th Gary

2009-08-15T16:53:00.000-07:00

So since Raegan's birthday is the day before Gary's he always gets overlooked, but this time since he was turning the big 30 I decided to go BIG. I had every intention and was in the middle of planning of throwing him a big bash, but he got really sick and was down for several weeks,so I had to settle for just him and I. We loved every minute if it. I decorated the house, and made his favorite meal on his actual birthday, and later on some of his family came over for dessert. We chatted and had a great time. Later on when he was feeling better we went out. Happy Birthday babe I love you.

Holy Smoke

Gary and his kids

The Family

Gary and Grandma Jean

The kids love Uncle Tim

My cute decorations

Happy 4th Birthday Raegan

2009-08-06T23:49:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that my little princess is 4! She has this sweet smile that melts your heart, and is still our little cuttle bug. We went over to my moms house had dinner, swam, and did a little family Birthday Party. She loves Dora, so we had a Dora theme. She had such a great time. My sister Kelly and some other family members were at target and Kelly told Raegan to pick a toy that she wanted for her Birthday... an it was so neat to watch her go up and down every toy aisle and look, and then pick one toy in the very beginning, and ended up with that toy in the end. We kept on saying ''are you sure you want this one'' So since Kelly did it I thought I would do it to. So Raegan and I went to Target and did the same thing. When all was said and done Raegan picked out this stroller for all her babies. The one she had in mind was for her baby named Bernice, boy does Rae love her. Well we are so happy to have her in our family, and love her very much. Happy Birthday Rae we love you!

My Princess with her new stroller

So Sweet

She will take it anywhere!

Done with First Grade on to Second

2009-08-06T23:37:00.000-07:00

So Derick graduated First grade and he really enjoyed being at Allen. He had two amazing teachers that helped him so much, and we will really miss them. He is now on to second grade, and is really excited. Here are some projects from open house. After we were all done we watched Derick play with all his friends, dad joined in too.We are really proud of him, he is so smart!

Derick and Mrs. Boardman, and Mrs. Zalvadiar

A book he wrote

Them all playing ball

Derick showing me all his hard work

TOO LONG

2009-07-24T22:06:00.000-07:00

WOW. It has been way too long since I have updated my blog. I did not have the Internet for a while so that does not help, but we are back up and running. So soon I will post what we have been up to this summer. Check back soon...

Go A's

2009-05-08T10:31:00.000-07:00

Derick had another baseball game yesterday,.He did really good, he has made so much progress. Here is a video of him hitting. Enjoy!!

Girl Scout Seepover

2009-05-08T09:51:00.000-07:00

Last week we had our little Daisy Troop sleepover. We had so much fun and the girls and there mom's really loved it. We had everyone come over around 5:00p.m. and had dinner. We ordered pizza, gotta love pizza hut! Then after we ate we had a pinata and h girls really loved that. After that we went inside and did one of the activities which were making a daisy bag! the girls and there moms painted the daisy's in and then we let them dry. After that w payed some floor games and danced. Then we had our daisy cupcakes (so cute) and just hung out. After that w made daisy flowers for our hair, with the hep of the mom's as well. After that we got ready for bed, we set up the tent, and bed time it was. Yes the girls had a hard time falling asleep, but we put some music on and it seemed to hep them. The next morning we woke up and had the girls make there own breakfast. We did eggs in a bag and had them do it. WOW. lets just say that there was shells in there eggs, but we put them in a bag and mushed them up and put them in a pot o boiling after. They enjoyed that. e got ready for the day, cleaned up the tent and went on a walk. So fun, we had a great time. I love my little DAISY'S.

Update

2009-05-04T10:45:00.000-07:00

I updated my Stuck on U blog and added some new products to it. Check it out at vinylbylindsey.blogspot.com or go under my Websites I like to visit, and click on Stuck on U. Here is a preview of some new items.

Aiden will sleep ANYWHERE!

2009-04-29T10:53:00.000-07:00

So the house was quiet and Aiden was no where to be found! As I looked and looked I found him sleeping in the closet! It was so funny. I guess he wa trying to get dressed and did not finish. He just passed out. Very cute!!

In this picture he fell asleep on the top bunk bed. SO BIG!!

In this picture he just got up on the couch and passed out! He rarely does this.

Derick's Big Day

2009-04-21T10:26:00.000-07:00

This year Derick decided he wanted a Ben 10 birthday party, so as we wee going on planning this big Ben 10 party, towards the end of the planning we decided to change the theme to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. So we did. At the last minute Aunt Ashley came through and picked up all the supplies for the big day. We had pizza, because that is what ninja turtles eat, and salad and bread sticks, we did balloon swords and balloon numb chucks (thanks Todd) we had a huge pinata that would not break, and for dessert we had "pizza cake" Derick and all his friends had such a great time and so did I. Happy Birthday Derick! we love you bud.

Easter Day

2009-04-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

Well Yes I am a little late getting this post up, but oh well. We had a great time on Easter. We decided this year that we would spend Easter with Grandma Jean and The Alemans! But before church my neighbor Leslie and her nieces and nephews and my kids did an easter egg hunt in our front yard. They all had so much fun. Then after church we were on our way to Chino, we had dinner and did the annual BIG Easter egg hunt. The Aleman's do it BIG and put big bucks in thise eggs. Gary and I wakd away with about $9.00. WHOOO!! Jamie was one of the big winners who got the $20. After we were done we took off and went to my mom's house, we hit alot of traffic that was unexpected, we were on the freway for about an hour, Thank goodness the kids had candy. Once we got to my mom's house she gave the kids there Easter baskets from her and my dad. They loved that, then we did a inside easter egg hunt, they had a great time. Overall we had a nice day, Sounds like everyone did!

The kids coloring eggs

So sweet

The egg hunt before church

The Family

Raegan in her pretty dress!
Thanks Grandma and Ashey

Pass it on

2009-04-14T11:05:00.000-07:00

Here is the deal: The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me. My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
What I make will be just for you.
It'll be done this year.
You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. No guarantees, I may sew or stitch or bake something. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
I reserve the right to do whatever I want!

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your own blog and offer the same deal to 5 of your own lucky blog readers.

So, the first 5 people to leave a comment telling me they are in, win a homemade gift by me!

Be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it

Happy Birthday Derick

2009-04-03T21:07:00.000-07:00

WOW!! My little Derick is already 7, time sure flies when your having fun right! So on Derick's birthday we made cupcakes and took them to school, he was really excited about that. Then when he got home from school we had to get ready soon, because he had a baseball game. So I made cute baseball cupcakes for the team and we all get ready to go, and my sweet husband tries to help me get out the door, grabbed the cupcakes that were in this carring case and tipped them over and they were all messed up. I was so bumbed, but got over it. Off we went to the baseball game where he hit 4 out of 4. He did so good. Later on after the game we had a little birthday party we had pizza and opened some gifts, sang Happy Birthday. We have had our friends from Idaho staying with us, and it was there little boys birthday too, so we did a doubled up and did all of the above to her little boy Caleb who tuned 5 and then off to bed. It was a very fun day. We love Derick very much and look forward to all the happiness and joy he brings to this family. Happy Birthday buddy, can't wait till your big Ben 10 party!

The kiddos eating Pizza and salad

The Birthday cake

The cupcakes before the incident

The cupcakes after the incident

Derick opening his gifts!

Opening Day for the A's

2009-03-22T21:34:00.000-07:00

This year we signed Derick up for Baseball, and we were so excited when it finally started. We found out that he would be playing on the A's and on Saturday he had his first Baseball game. We were so excited for him and were anxious to see how he would do, and if he would like it. Boy he sure loves it, and it shows in his actions. On Saturday he had to be at the park at 8:30 in the am, his team as long as every other team would be marching in a parade up to the field where they would be introduced team by team and then play games. It was a really neat experience for the kids. So all the teams marched on the field and after that the Mayor of our city said a couple of words, and then there was a guest speaker.. and you will not believe who it was..... ready... Tommy Lasorda!! YES he came to our city to talk to the little leagues about baseball and just went on and on, and not to mention this is a story. So as we were waiting in the bleachers I saw him coming so I grabbed Aiden and I ran in front of him to get a picture and he looked at Aiden and said t him" hey buddy give me five" so knowing Aiden he backed off and then this lady picked him up and handed him to Tommy. OK HE WAS HOLDING MY KID so I hurry to turn my camera on and and go figures it DIES. Oh MY GOSH, I am so mad. So Tommy says" hurry up this kid is heavy" and I tell him my camera died and he says well you missed your chance. I was so bummbed, I missed a once in a lifetime chance, but I have a great story. Later on that day at 4:00 Derick had his game and he is a Rookie and it is coaches pitch, the kids get 5 pitches and if they don't hit that they are out. So Derick was up to bat, and out of 5 pitches he hit 2 foul balls and then struck out, but the next 3 times he hit and got on base. He even made it home and when he did he just stood there. The grin on his face was priceless. He did so good. We are very proud of him HE LOVES IT. I uploaded the pictures backwards..sorry!!

Derick hitting the ball!! Look at his face

Him standing on home plate after just scoring!

My little A

Derick and I

Dad coaching Derick on 3rd base

The A's

Happy 7 yaer Anniversary

2009-02-23T22:19:00.000-08:00

Wow I can not believe that it has been 7 years already. Gary and I have had such a wonderful ride, yet at times i has been hard, but VERY WORTH IT. Gary and I met at the Glendora 6th singles ward, and ended up talking all night long... I went home that morning knowing this would be the man I would marry. Sure enough I did, and I SCORED!!! Since Valentines Day is so close to our Anniversary this year we decided to combine the both and GO BIG. So we got a babysitter for overnight and then made our plans. For the first time in 7 years we were going away and funny thing is we did not know what to do. So with the help of my sister we came up with a list of things which were Horse back riding, camping, going to the snow, snowboarding, staying at the Hilton, going on a helicopter ride, to a glass bottom boat ride, and the list goes on and on. What to do, we really could not figure it out. I really wanted to go snowboarding, I have never been and thought it would be fun, but did not want to deal with the crowd. So after all this thinking planning we decided we would do....... NONE OF THEM. Gary ended up making reservations at this Restaurant called Villa Nova down in Newport Beach. It is a fancy Italian restaurant. We had a table for two about 20 feet away from the water overlooking the bay area. It was beautiful, we had a romantic dinner and a wonderful dessert that was so yummy. Then we went on with our night to the Newport Temple and walked around. It was gorgeous. As we were walking we came across this spider and a slug and sat there and watched it for a while untill the spider finally ran away. We walked around and when we were getting to leave e looked over and saw three bunny rabbits on the grass and tried to take pictures of it, but it was too dark. Then after that it was getting late, real late and we thought should we stay down here or go home. No one was there why spend more money, so we went home, and enjoyed our night with no kids to wake us up in the morning or crawl in our bed. The next morning we went out to brunch, and then shopping and then to pick up our children in the late afternoon. We had a wonderful time and I am so grateful for my husband. He is such a wonderful man, and I can not imagine my life without him. I am looking forward to spending ETERNITY with him.
OH WAIT THAT IS NOT ALL. So we got married on Feb. 23 so yes my being pampered and being a princess was not over yet.
Gary came home from work on Monday and to my surprise had a bouquet of flowers(daisy's my favorite) and our favorite desert from Chili's. What a man. I SCORED. It has been an amazing 7 years with lots of memories made and can not wait to make more memories with him. Thanks for such a wonderful weekend honey, you are really my prince.

Gary and I at Villa Nova

Are yummy Soufle(?)

The spider vs The slug

The Newport Temple

The 3 bunny rabbits

Us at the Temple

My beautiful Flowers

The best dessert

RAEGAN'S FIRST.......

2009-02-04T15:02:00.000-08:00

HAIRCUT. I know can you believe that I have never taken her to get her hair cut, the only two people who have ever cut her hair would be Derick and her, but not enough to take her in, or even notice. (like Ava brooke...lol) Anyways she did so good, and has been playing with her hair ALL DAY. I might go shorter next time, but I am very content for now! ENJOY

ALL THE GRANDKIDS PART 2

2009-02-03T21:09:00.000-08:00

This is what 11 grandkids ages 1 month to 13 years old look like just trying to get everyone to at lest look at the camera and not move. Very cute and fun.

My First Cookie

2009-02-03T20:54:00.000-08:00

When Raegan opened her easy bake oven she go for Christmas she was so excited, here is a picture of her first cookie she made almost all by herself. It was actually good. She is so sweet.

Raegan tasting her cookie

Her little cookie

She is so excited!!

FINALLY!!!

2009-02-03T20:06:00.000-08:00

FINALLY...
Well after one month or so I got it together and downloaded my picts and am now posting. We really did have a nice Christmas. Our first event was a Family Christmas party with Gary's dad's side f the family. We drove out to Mission Viejo a week before Christmas and spent time with his family from all over, as well as celebrating Aunt Zena's Birthday. We had so much fun seeing his family and visiting with them. We wish we could do it more, next we spent Christmas eve in the snow with Gary's brothers and sisters in Lake Arrowhead. YES it was scary going up the hill, but absolutely beautiful. We had a last and then on Christmas day we spent it with my family, and then we were off again to go see Lisa's side of the family. We spent most of the night with grandma Jean and Aunt Sandie and her family, and we had a blast. Overall are Christmas was great and all is well. We hope that everyone had a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year, and may this year 2009 bring you all your hearts desire.

The Old with the New

2009-01-14T22:25:00.000-08:00

Well who knows if I will get to posting pictures of the Holidays, things have been a little crazy for me over the past month or so. Right before Christmas my Grandpa had gone in for surgery and never woke up, Christmas came and went, funeral was here and then New Years, and what a better way to start off the New Year then to move into our own place. So rumor has it that YES WE MOVED!! and we are so excited and very happy. We have been living with my parents for the past year since we have been back from Idaho, and as much as we love my Family and are grateful for all they have done for us, it was time for us to be on our own. Gary and I had been looking for some time now and came across this place where we are still trying to settle in. So this is the reasoning for not posting in forever..SORRY YA'LL Hope everyone enjoyed the Holiday Season and are adjusting to getting back to the normal routine. Pictures soon to follow of our new pad, and maybe even some Christmas ones as well. who knows!!!

SNOW DAY

2008-12-21T00:42:00.001-08:00

So today my bother Brandon called me and asked me if he could take Derick to the snow. I said sure so he did and when he came back to bring Derick home he also brought home a truck full of SNOW. So Derick was freezing so he had a nice warm bath while Brandon and Kevin shoveled out the snow onto out grass, and the other kids had fun playing in it. Thanks Bobo and Kevin for the fun times. Here is a slide show of the kids playing.

My Poor Aiden

2008-12-08T21:34:00.000-08:00

Aiden had tubes put into his ears about 1 1/2 ago, and we just recently found out hat one of his tubes had fallen out. Well that can be good or bad news, and in this case I am not really sure what to feel. Aiden has had this terrible cough for about 4 weeks now, so I decided to take him into the doctor to see if it was like bronchitis?? or something like that, I know better to rush them in for everything... most likely it will be viral and will pass. So off we went to the doctor today, 1 reason being for the cough, one reason being that yesterday we were trying to take family pictures for our Christmas cards, and I needed some extra light so I took the lamp shade off the lamp, and yep Aiden touched the light bulb and fried his hand, so that being the other reason. So we were at the doctor, and all is well, no fluid in the lungs, no rsv, no nothing they sound good, but how about them ears, what is the story with those. So he has always had major mochos and still to this day he does it is NASTY, so I asked the doctor, you know he has been tugging at his ears quite a bit, do you think his cough has something to do with the drainage of his nose, and possibly his ears. So my wonderful doctor checked his ears and sure enough, in BOTH EARS there is fluid, which could possibly cause the cough, and nasty nose. They are all connected. So I am so bumbed because I kinda had a feeling that our journey with Aiden and his ears was not over. So now we get to visit the ENT, and have all kinds of hearing tests done again on Aiden(which requires him to be sedated) which freaks me out. His story is quite long for just a 2 year old boy. Those familiar with the story knows how hard the journey has been for me, but we got through it and I know we will get through this one too. So PLEASE if you are reading this pray for both of us, we are going to need it. I think more so me then him, but poor guy has gone through so much as a mother I just hate having him have to go through more. In the end all will be well, but through these time and this news life kinda is not so much fun. Oh how much I love this little boy, he is so sweet. We will keep all updated on Aiden and his journey.

What is wrong with PEOPLE

2008-12-02T12:50:00.000-08:00

So this will be my first post that will have no pictures, but right now I am really needing some words because I am really feeling down. So this morning I was getting Derick ready to take him to school, and I made his lunch today, but did not have a drink so we got in the car and I went to dig in my purse(that yes I had left in the car story to come) and it was not there... so I reached in my change thing grabbed him .30 and went off to school. Well I knew that something was not right when I went to my car and it was unlocked.. just could not pin point it at the time. Well when I reached for my purse and it was not there I just knew SOMEONE HAD STOLEN MY PURSE FROM MY CAR THAT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY!!! well sure enough I get home check in the house, check in the car again, and then PANIC. So I go back in the house and logged on to my bank account and sure enough charges have been made, I am so ticked I start crying. $351.00 to Walmart $6.00 at chevron, $4.00 at some fast food place $ here $ there but I as most upset at walmart yeah not cool. So I call the bank cancel cards here cancel cads here at this time I can not even remember what was in my wallet, purse/diaper bag. I am so ticked and mad. Why you ask would I leave my purse in my car??? So lets backtrack to my day yesterday. I was out running some errands kids crying, yelling I am hungry, I am tired I want out, running around to try to be home by 2:45 because Aiden has therapy, so I get home at 2:40 something, Aiden had fallen asleep,so I had to wake him up. NOT GOOD TO DO THAT, Raegan had to pee, and was saying it over and over again, and Aiden therapist had just pulled up, I was in a rush had no extra hands and on top of it Aiden had leaked through his diaper so I needed to get situated and quick before more happened, oh yea Derick was still in the car. So he gets out shuts the van door and we carry on with the night. Well I had no extra hands to grab my purse or my cell phone, no biggie I will get them later. Well not so much, the day went on and my nephew came over to play, dinner rolled around bed time and so on, and well I just forgot. Shame on me, so this morning when I went out to the car windows were cracked and purse was gone. what to do what to do. So after starting my day off like this I am done and it was only 9:00am now it is like 1:00 and I just want the day to be over. The police came took all kinds of info down, but one good thing is that we were able to track these people/person by the places they swiped my card at and when. So when the police officer was here he said if you are not going to press charges I am not going to take it any farther then this. Well if they catch them I will press charges so off the officer went to help me. So about 1 hour later or so, KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Do you recognize these people, they through surveillance cameras were able to know who they were. Police are the bomb.com they are on a mission to find them now. Stupid walmart the clerk even asked for id and the girl looked nothing like me at all. Well so now the police are on a mission to find these people. Seriously what is wrong with people to stoop that low and steal someones purse in there car in the driveway. I guess I am soon to find out. Well that outcome of this is yet unknown and we will all soon find out, but I still feel very violated.

Human Mr. Potato Head

2008-11-27T00:10:00.002-08:00

So Aiden was playing in his room one night when we walked in to this, It was so funny, and very cute.

Where does this go??

Yay mom!!!

Almost

GOT IT!!

My little Girlscout

2008-11-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

So Gary and I decided to put Raegan in girl scouts this year, she is really not old enough to be a Daisy yet so she is the mascot or the daisy troop. she loves it, she loves to do all the activities and participate in helping her troop earn money so they can do fun things. She is growing up way too fast. Here are some pictures of one of our activities.

Raegan in her vest

Mommy and Raegan making her mask

Raegan working hard

My New Niece Brookelynn

2008-11-15T22:20:00.001-08:00

Introducing Brookelynn Ann

My sweet little Niece

My sister is a mom, WOW

her support Myrriah, Kelly, and me

Ash and I

Ashley's water broke at 5:00 on Friday morning and after a kinda long labor and delivery her sweet daughter Brookelynn Ann was born. She did very well and both mom and baby are now home and resting very comfortably. I am so happy to have such a sweet little baby in our family, and can not wait to see her grow up, and see my sister grow with her. Congrats Ashley, and we are so happy for you and are here for you always.
p.s. is she not so dang cute???

TAGGED

2008-11-09T21:30:00.000-08:00

Tagged!

I have been putting off doing this. Don't ask me why. I was tagged by Cyndi. List 5 fears, 5 joys, 5 obsessions/collections, 5 surprising facts about you. Then tag 5 people. Easy and fun! Here we go:
5 FEARS: Being alone, my children getting kidnapped, heights, snakes, death.
5 JOYS: husband * My three kids *friendships * extended family * the gospel
5 OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS: cooking food, vinyl, card making, Reagan and her hair bows, my weight.

5 SURP RISING FACTS: i will have to have more time to think about this! unless someone anyone can think of something surprising about me. ANY TAKERS!!
I tag well just about everyone has done this, so I tag my family, Kelly, Megan, Ashley, mom

Family Night

2008-10-28T08:41:00.000-07:00

So our FHE was quite interesting last night. Gary and I had took the kiddos to the Pumpkin Patch, but not just any Pumpkin Patch, the one at Cal Poly because you can pick your own pumpkin from the vine and it is just cool, but anyways so as we were driving there MOM forgot to get directions because she thought she knew where it was and little did she NOT know where it was. So after driving around um for about 35 min or so we finally found it, and of course by this time Aiden had just woken up, and Derick and Raegan were yep sleeping. So as we are driving up the road we find out that IT'S CLOSED. I am so bumbed and at this point just want to go home, I am mad and hungry and trying not to take it out on Gary and vise versa. So we decide to go get some food. So we did and then Derick woke up and was so bumbed that we are not going to the Pumpkin Patch, so Gary and I look at each other and decide to go to this other Pumpkin Path my sister had told me about. Heritage Farms we were off, so we get there and it is 6:50 and can you guess what time they close, yep 7pm, so we hurried and ran up there and at least got some pictures and let the kids pick out a pumpkin, looked at some animals and I was talking to the lady and they do a Hay ride and all kind of stuff so needless to say we are going back on wed, and early enough so the kids an do all the fun things. So here are some pictures of out journey that night.

Derick holding a baby chicken

Gary and I

The Three Little Pumpkins

So cute!!!

The Family

Gas= $56.00
Dinner=$31.00
Pumpkins=$8.00 so far
Getting lost=42 miles out of the way!!
Not fighting with your husband= ALMOST PRICELESS
Pumpkin Patch with the Family= PRICELESS

ANOTHER TWO

2008-10-23T09:51:00.000-07:00

So it is TWO, My sister found out on Monday that she will be having twins. She is so excited and kinda scared to have two, but I know that she will do just fine, and that she out of everyone in our family is the most organized to have twins. We are just so thrilled for Ashton, and he is going to be such a great big brother and a big helper since mom is going to need it. CONGRATS MERRILL'S. What a great journey!!

Another One... or Two... Maybe Three...Possibly Four???

2008-10-13T20:42:00.000-07:00

So today I got a phone call from my little nephew Ashton, and this is how the conversation went...
me: hello
ashton: hello is this lala
me: yes, hey ashton
ashton: hey lala it's ashton, hey lala guess what, my mom is going to have a baby
me: she is
ashton: yeah and i am going to be a big brother
me: oh ashton I am so excited for you, let me talk to your mom.
So after years of trying and not being able to conceive, my sister Kelly did the invrto, and after 2 long pain full weeks she found out today that she is going to have a baby, now how many..... well check back again in about a week or so and I will tell you. So CONGRATS TO kelly and her FAMILY. we are looking forward to your journey. we will always be here for you. we love you tons. CONGRATS AGAIN!!!

Comfort Kinda

2008-10-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

So Gary got insurance through his work YEAH!! we are so excited, anyways so I made it a point to get all three of my kids in to the doctor just for a check up. All are doing well we found out that some kids still have some of the same problems that they have had for while, but it is very comforting to know that all is well. Last year our little Aiden had surgery, he had tubes put into his ears and to our suprise our amazing dotor had told us that that his tube in his left ear has fallen out. So now is going to be the big test on wiether Aiden's ear ill drain
like it is supposed to so it does not look like this ever again.(pictures are a tad gross, viewer disgession is advised)

So now is going to be the real challenge, will we have to deal with this for the next upcoming years of his life, or will all be fine? Who knows. We will just love him anyways.

Ashley's Baby Shower

2008-10-12T20:32:00.001-07:00

So last weekend we threw a baby shower for my sister Ashley, we had a blast, we played some great games and had great food, and had so much fun. She is having a little girl so it is defiantly fun to shop and plan for girl since we all have boys. Out of 11 grandchildren this will be the third girl. We are all so excited and can not wait until little baby Brookelynn comes into our family.

Party

2008-09-25T09:45:00.001-07:00

Hello to all my blog fans. I am going to be having a Party on Thursday, Oct.2 at 6:30 p.m This is going to be a great party because I will have all my product as well as all my vinyl and plotter there so you can custom order that night and receive it that night. How awesome is that!! As well as my vinyl, there will be Bows, all these bows are hand made and sell anywhere from $1.00-$5.00 how great is that, she also does headbands that are way too cute, but that is not all, there will be handmade cards that are made by a wonderful talented girl, and great fashionable jewelry!! It can not get any better then that, s stop on by and get all your Christmas shopping started. For more info on this Party email me at lindseyslettering@gmail.com. Hope to see you all there!!

Yard Work

2008-09-23T22:05:00.000-07:00

Gary and all the kids pulling weeds. So cute!!

Gary and Aiden mowing the yard

Go Derick Go...

Raegan trying to get in there.

My Little Soccer Star

2008-09-20T23:52:00.001-07:00

My little Scorpion :)
Derick with his team... GO SCORPIONS!!!

The coachs telling the kids where they are going to play

Derick had his very first game last week and he did great. His team won 10-0. They rock. He can't wait to play. He talks about it all the time. (I too am a bad mom kelly for posting 1 week later).

That One Last Run!!!

2008-09-08T00:02:00.001-07:00

So last Saturday Gary ha work off so he and his friend Joel decided to go on a mountain bike ride, while i stayed at home with the kiddos... He called me around noon and said hey i am going to go down the hill one more time is that OK, and how are the kids doing. I was like go ahead they are fine i will See you soon. So yeah he comes home and he has this on his face and shoulder and he helmet was cracked. I said what happened hunny, are you OK, he said I ATE IT HARD, he was kinda out of it his helmet flew off and he landed face first going about 20 . Poor Gary he said later that he might have had a slight concussion, but i guess we will never find out cause he seems OK. I could not help but laugh, it is kinda funny :) Gary's battle wounds
The not so proctive Helmet!!

Derick's first Day of School!!

2008-09-03T22:18:00.000-07:00

Derick in his new outfit!!! So handsome!!

All three kids!

Derick putting his backpack away!

Derick with his teacher Mrs. Beardsley!

Derick was so excited to go to school. He woke up at 6:45 this morning. HOLY COW! So freaking early. If you ask him if he is excited or had a good day at school or anything along these lines he will give you a short answer.. yes, fine, good. He is getting to big to want to talk or give hugs, he was like go mom!! I will miss him around he is a great kid, but defiantly glad that school has started!

An Anniversary Gift to My Parents

2008-08-30T23:37:00.000-07:00

Before!!!

After we toe up old floor!!

The new Floor!!

So for my parents Anniversary all of us decided that it would be a great idea to gt my parents a new floor since some water damage had ruined it several years ago. So my mom picked out some flooring that she liked and we all chipped in and bought it for them. So last weekend Gary and Kevin installed it and they did such an amazing job. W decided that we should have a party so all who could come over came over and we watched them install it and just hung out and played while they worked there behinds off. Great work guys!! Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!! We love you.

Jenifer's B-day

2008-08-28T21:57:00.001-07:00

So just a little later but who cares. My cute sister-in-law turned 17 last week and we threw a birthday party for her at our Aunt Sandie's house in Chino. We had a blast playing fun games and eating on the table. yes THE TABLE. So we all sat down at once and grabbed a fork and Sandie came and poured our food in the middle of the table and we all ate. It was so much fun. We missed Carly and Jon and there kiddos but thought of them and wished they were there. Sandi did such a good job we love all of her ideas. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENN WE LOVE YOU!!!

We love Grandma

2008-08-16T23:25:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Raegan when she was blessed!

Grandma, Gary Jenny and the kids posing for a picture at the bowling alley!

Grandma, Jenny and Derick chucking corn :)

Grandma and Grandpa with Raegan Christmas 2005

So on Friday my sister Kelly called me and we were going to get together and go out to lunch with my kiddos, because her hubby and little boy are in Utah and so I told my kids about it and Derick was excited to see Ashton, which Raegan and Aiden fed off of him, Then I had to tell Derick that Ashton was in Utah visiting his grandma. Well to my surprise my sweet little Raegan said " no mom grandma is broken" So I said "no Hun Ashton is visiting HIS grandma" Well then she said"OH mom well OUR grandma is broken" So I said "she is" and Rae said "YEAH" so I said " well why do you think are grandma is broken" So Rae said " she went into the swimming pool and got broken and died" I said " grandma Watson did die you are right" So the Rae says " why did she die mom" I said she was sick and Heavenly Father wanted her to come home" Then Raegan said"ok I love her" I love the sweet innocence of children, they are so observant and have very selective hearing and a wonderful imagination. Here are some pictures over the years of grandma and Raegan. We love and miss out GRANDMA!!

Carly Baby Shower

2008-08-14T15:50:00.001-07:00

We had a great time at Carly's shower. Mary and Holly did such a good job. Here are some photos of the kids all playing so well too!!

The Egg Story

2008-08-14T13:38:00.000-07:00

and in the kitchen!!!
one of the many up close
So the day that Megan and Luke left to go back to Texas my kids were so bored. So i put Raegan and Aiden into there room so they could play with there toys shut the door and and started playing with Derick... well while i was playing with Derick all of the sudden it got really quiet..... so like anyone i knew something was wrong so i got up and to no suprise i found my two little butheads throwing eggs in the garage. So after i got mad and put them in time out, I started to clean up the eggs. It was so hot and the eggs were actually cooking on the ground. SICK! I was so mad but then later laughed about it. It is kinda funny:)

Happy late Birthday Dad!!

2008-08-13T22:10:00.000-07:00

We went down to my dad's work on his birthday and surprised him with lunch and bomb cake and had a little party for him. Here he is with most of his grand kids. They sure do love there grandpa.

Bye Lukie

2008-08-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

So sad, today pickles (that is what we call luke) went home back to Texas. The house was very quite and not as much fun, expect Aiden and Raegan decided to take a dozen eggs and throw them all over the garage floor, pictures to follow tomorrow. Was so mad but we cleaned them up so no worries. We are sad and are going to miss him jumping in the pool with all the boys. Cannon ball!! WE LOVE YOU LUKIE!!! We will always remember the fun times. :)

All The Grandkids

2008-08-03T20:50:00.000-07:00

WOW!!! Can you actually believe that we got all 10 kids to sit and smile and look at the camera. Well at least most of them. How freaking cute are they all. We did this on a day where it was about 100 outside so dang hot!! It was quite the experience but well worth it. Enjoy

2008-07-31T23:22:00.000-07:00

Lani and Ryan were sealed in the Redlands Temple for Time and all Eternity on July 19 2008. It was a great pleasure to be a part of there day and to get to be such a big part of planning there wedding. We are all so happy for them as they start there new life together and wish them great joy and happiness. Good luck to them and we love you very much

Run Run Run

2008-07-30T23:48:00.000-07:00

Aiden is so funny. He hates the water as well. He will stay back as far as he can from the water, but this day I got him close enough to take this picture. He will just stand there and watch the waves go back and forth. Love him!!

My Pretty Kitty

2008-07-30T23:43:00.000-07:00

Raegan hates the water. She would rather play in the sand and get all dirty then go in the cold ocean water (don't blame her i hate the ocean water too!!) My pretty kitty.

My Little Fish

2008-07-30T23:27:00.000-07:00

On Monday night the kids and I went down to the beach with our friends from Idaho. With no suprise all Derick wanted to do was go in the ocean. He is like a little fish. He loves, loves, loves the water.

2008-07-26T23:26:00.000-07:00

Well as most of you already know we moved back to California and are doing well. I am still a stay at home mom with my 3 kids Derick 6. Raegan 3, and Aiden 2, and Gary is in the construction industry learning more daily and loving it. We are content right now here in Cali but someday maybe moving back to Idaho! We look forward to this experience on here and can't wait to hear from all of our friends.

2008-04-19T13:34:00.000-07:00

Welcome Finally!!! YEAH! well this will be a new thing for me, and hopefully with my crazy life I will be able to update it often and keep in touch with all of you. So here we go.