Who Needs Kiddie Kandids?

I finally found some time to have some fun with the pictures Susan took of the kids. I am so pleased with the final results that I had to share. Sorry, there's a lot of them....I couldn't decide which ones to not show you!

New Pics!

So I finally got around to getting some new pictures taken of the kids. I am so lucky to have friends who have amazing talents! Susan so kindly agreed to take pictures of my kids. We took them out to the old Butch Cassidy home just south of Circleville. Hadley was a little cranky by the end and Kyle was tired of posing too, but we got some great pictures! Thanks Susan!!!!

When You're Bored....

O.K. So I have been tagged....several times. Thus, when you are bored, you can take the time to read this.

Four things I love about my husband:

I answered this question in a previous tag, so please look at that! (Yeah, I'm being lazy!)

Four movies I can watch more than once:

1- Forest Gump - my favorite movie of all time

2- Dumb & Dumber - makes me laugh every time

3- Top Gun - Young Tom Cruise, volleyball scene....need I say more?

4- The Best Two Years - very funny, but not too corny LDS movie

Four T.V. shows I watch:

1- Everybody Loves Raymond (reruns) - almost too much like my life!

2- The Office - I'm newly hooked!

3- Anything about house flipping, redecorating, remodeling

4- CSI.....any of them

Four places we have been:

1- Nauvoo, Illinois...twice and I could live there!

2- New York state - Palmyra, Niagara Falls, but didn't make it to the Big Apple

3- San Diego - Lynn and I both love it there too. Channa's blog brought back some sweet memories of that place!

4- Samoa....when I was really little, I hope to go back someday.

Four people who E-mail me regularly:

1- Sherri

2- Jamie

3- Nina, my mom, and other relatives

4- A handful of stores who know I am a sucker for sales!

Four favorite foods:

Once again, answered this on a previous tag!

Four places we would like to visit:

1- Hawaii...hopefully that will happen soon!

2- New York City

3- Europe

4- Book of Mormon lands in South America

Four things we look forward to in the next year:

1- Hopefully losing some weight!!!!!

2- Finish landscaping the yard....right, Lynn? :)

3- Hadley walking, Kyle graduating from preschool, Mason turning 10.

4- 13 year anniversary!

TAG #2
High School Tag

I sort of answered the same questions in a recent email, so I'm mixing it with the tag questions:

Did you date someone from your high school? Yes

Did you marry someone from your high school? Yes, but we didn't meet until after I graduated. Did you car pool to school? The Big Yellow Bus Carpool! What kind of car did you have? BMW (Big Mormon Wagon) - a huge van that had a fridge and table in it, we also called it the "eco-van" Did you pass your drivers license test on the first try? Yes! It was Friday night...where were you? At some sort of sporting event. What kind of job did you have in high school? Worked at local store Were you a party animal? maybe.... like a sheep Were you considered a flirt? I didn't think so, but got voted that anyways! Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? choir Were you a nerd? Probably, in a way. Did you get suspended/expelled? Never Can you sing the fight song? Dear ol' Piute high..... I guess that's a "fight" song Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Scott Bagley Where did you sit during lunch? At the lunch table eating, of course! What is your School's full name? Piute High School When did you graduate? 1995 What was your school mascot? A Thunderbird If you could go back and do it again, would you? No. It was fun, but I'm over it. What do you remember most about graduation? Jeff Morgan falling backwards off the stage in the middle of the program...hilarious!!! Where did you go for your sluff day? Whole week of California...the good ol' senior sluff! Who did you take to Senior Ball? What is a Senior Ball?:) Were you in any clubs? Speech & Drama Have you gained any weight since then? hello...I've had three kids, so yeah, I've gained a "little" weight! Did you have fun at Prom? Yes!!!! Who was your date? Lex Allen Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with? Haven't seen him in years. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Already went, I'm old!!! Do you still talk to people from school? Only the ones I want to!

Hold on...there's more!
(like I said....only when you're really bored!)

FIVE

10 Years Ago I.....
1. Was pregnant with our first child...Mason!
2. Lived in Circleville
3. Worked at Stan's Merc
4. Drove a green Chevy Blazer
5. Was in the Young Women's presidency

5 things on today's "to do" list...

1. Laundry
2. Make bunko cards for a friend's bunko
3. Make a lesson plan for teaching music in Antimony Friday
4. Order pictures of the kids
5. take care of three kids!

5 snacks I enjoy...

1. Chocolate
2. Yogurt - only orange cream
3. Granola bars - chocolate chip
4. PB&J - still just a kid at heart!
5. Chocolate milk

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire...

1. Make Lynn retire!
2. Build a nice home for my mom and hire somebody to de-junk her old one!
3. Start big trust funds for the kids.
4. Build a huge bird lover's paradise for Lynn and his flock of birds.
5. Donate....

5 places I have lived...

1. Salt Lake City
2. Koosharem
3. St. George
4. Circleville
5. that's all!

5 jobs that I've had...

1. Waitress, Cook, Cashier - Koosharem Cafe
2. Cashier, etc. - Grass Valley Merc
3. Secretary - Dixie College Continuing Education
4. Class Coordinator - Dixie College Continuing Education
5. Currently: Music Teacher and Support Specialist at Junction Seminary

And finally.....

3 Joys:
1. My hubby....he's been gone with work the last couple of weeks and I realize more than ever just how much joy he brings to my life.
2. My three kids....no matter how my day is going, these three can bring a smile to my face with just a look!
3. The gospel....truly the only way to have peace in my life.

3 Fears:
1. Deep water - no matter how hard I try, I'm still terrified of deep water!
2. Heights - the older I get, the worse it gets
3. Mice - if you know me, you know just how truly scared I am of these little....things

3 Goals:
1. To run a 10k...I ran my first 5k this last summer and took 3rd place! I am NOT a runner, so I was pretty happy.
2. To maintain a clean house. Yes, Nina, I did laugh when I read this one on yours....but good job having it as a goal! It is still a goal of mine!
3. Maybe get a master's degree.....maybe.

2 Obsessions/1 Collection
1. I don't really have any "obsessions"....and my only collection would be my cows (Mary Moo Moos collectibles)

Phew! I think that's it.
So....TAG! You're It (whoever you are.....) :)

My First Tag...

O.K. This is my first "tag" and I must thank Mekeisia for not tagging me with the photo tag...we spent the weekend in Salt Lake and then I had the stomach flu for a couple of days, so my house is a mess right now and I'd hate to have to show all of you what it looks like! Here goes....

7 things I CAN do:
1. Cut hair - I'm no professional, but I do o.k. Mostly boy haircuts and simple girl cuts.
2. Play musical instruments - piano, violin and flute and a few others if needed, but piano is the only one I feel very comfortable with.
3. Pick up almost anything, any size, with my toes. In the process of giving birth to Kyle, I broke my tailbone. So for six months after, it was extremely painful to get up and down...thus the need to use my toes to pick things up.
4. Organize - I love to organize things. There are parts of my house right now that do not exhibit this talent, but I do enjoy it!
5. Work/Play on the computer. I'm a computer geek. I love to do anything I can on the computer.
6. Hunt - in fact I quite enjoy it. I can't wait to go elk hunting this fall!
7. Do a high kick (with only my right leg) like the good ole' days of drill team!

7 things I CANNOT do:
1. Crochet - and it drives me nuts! I can do a chain just fine, but when it's time to turn and come back....I just can't do it!
2. Tread water. I'm still pretty scared of deep water. But that is one fear I plan to conquer....someday. :)
3. Have mice in my house....I'm terrified of mice and I almost can't live in my house when there is a mouse in it. Fortunately, I haven't had to deal with that issue much.
4. Remember if a ton is one or two thousand pounds. In fact, I'm not sure right now!
5. Drive a stick shift. I still remember getting stuck at a stop light in Cedar City...how embarrassing!
6. Cook - I try my best, but my food is never as good as my mother-in-law's! :)
7. Understand why this list was much easier to complete than the first.

Seven things that attracted me to Lynn:
1. His blonde hair and blue eyes.
2. His humility.
3. He loves kids and kids love him.
4. The gospel is important to him and he sets a great example for our kids.
5. He cares about people and wants to help others all the time.
6. He is SO good to me.
7. He's a hard worker. I don't think he has a lazy bone in his body.

Seven things I say most often:
1. According to Mason, "O.K"
2. According to Kyle, "Leave Hadley alone!"
3. According to Hadley, "Hi beautiful!"
4. According to Lynn, "Lynn, would you....." At least I feel like I'm always bothering him to do some honey-do for me.
5. I love you.
6. Holy Tamoly - got that from Lynn.
7. The goats are out!

7 favorite foods:
1. Anything chocolate.
2. Burritos
3. Lasagna
4. Wendy's 99 cent chicken sandwich
5. McDonald's chocolate shake
6. Sweet-n-sour chicken
7. My mom's cheesy chicken dinner

7 celebrity admirations:
1. Oprah Winfrey - her charitable spirit
2. Sarah Palin - her pride in being a mom and shaking things up with the "old boys club"
3. Dara Torres - even at age 41, she's still not giving up her dreams
4. Reba M. - for being an amazing musical artist and not too bad an actress too!
5. President Hinkley - I consider him to be a celebrity because he reached out to the world in a positive way and showing the world what we should all be like
6. Sean Hannity - I'm a news junkie and I love watching Hannity and Colmes, but mostly just Hannity - he doesn't put up with any of the Democratic schmooze.
7. Kate Grosselin (of Jon & Kate plus 8) - mother of twins and sextuplets....need I say more?

7 people I'm tagging:
Carly, Jamie, Kristi, Megan, Susan, Terra, Nicole
(only if you want to!)

Finally...some scrapbooking time!

Now that Kyle and Mason are back in school, I have a few hours to do some scrapbooking. It just works out that right after I get Kyle off to school, Hadley falls asleep for her nice morning nap. I could spend the time doing extra housework, but who wants to do that? So I've done a few pages and thought I'd share them with you.

I purchased Photoshop Elements a couple months ago and have finally decided to give it an honest try. It's a lot different than My Memories Suite and takes a bit longer to do a page, but you can do some extra fun things with it. This page of Hadley is kind of corny, I know, but it was still kind of fun to do. I love that I can cut the background out of pictures. I really need to get me a pen, though, because it's really hard to do with a mouse!

This was another fun thing I tried...a clipping mask. I was able to "cut" my set of pictures out in the shape of a "4." The possibilities for this are endless!

I did a few pages in My Memories Suite too. I think I'll flip back and forth between the programs. I'll use MMS when I need to get pages done quickly and I'll use PSE when I want to do something with a little more "spice." Either way, I'm having fun, getting done and have NO mess to clean-up!!

First Day of School

Kyle and Mason both started school. Mason started 4th grade a couple weeks ago and Kyle started his second year of preschool yesterday. They were both pretty excited to get back to school. Kyle was really anxious to get back. He's been begging to go ever since Mason started going again. It gets kind of boring here without Mason around I guess.

August 18, 2008 -First Day of Fourth Grade!!! (By the way, his shirt says, "Your mom pays me to go easy on you."

No turning back now! (Circleville Elementary)

How can you start school without a John Deere shirt?

He's so little to be riding on such a BIG bus!! It's moments like these that I have to hold back the tears and be happy for my little guy!