Laura and Family

Halloween

2008-11-12T12:23:00.007-08:00

This year Halloween was a lot warmer for us. Last year we were in Utah and had to go to a Mall to have a warm place for the kids to go "Trick or Treating". This year the kids were able to go to houses and I think it was more fun than dealing with the mad house of the mall. Anyway, Tanner was a Skeleton. He had so much fun going around with his little mask growling at everyone trying to get someone to get (or pretend to get) scared. Even now he trys....it is so cute

William was a Fireman......

Alexandra and Eysia wore their dresses from last year. They were princesses last year and this year they were vampire princesses.

Which really helped in the money part of things.

Well they all had fun and came home with enough candy to last a life time.

Carpenter Update

2008-08-18T16:48:00.002-07:00

K-I know it has been awhile since the last time I wrote. Things have been busy very busy. Since last time we have gone to Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and have moved to California. Yep, that's right. We're back...The girls started school last Wednesday. The go from 9:05am to 3:10pm. They love it. Thank goodness. I would hate to have to force them everyday to get ready for school. I'm sure in a few months things will change and I WILL have to force them to go. For now, I will be glad things are running smooth in that category. I have pictures from Disneyland and Knotts. I will post them later. Right now we are staying at Scott's parents. As soon as we both get jobs we will be out and fast! If you know me or Scott you know what I mean. Until next time.....Bye....

Who Knew?!

2008-07-01T22:35:00.003-07:00

Who knew that yard work would be so much fun? Not me, but the kids sure did think so! I sat on the sidelines and watched as the kids tried to help my dad mow the back yard this evening. It made the whole yard work thing go so much slower but dad and the kids enjoyed it. It was my job to get them all cleaned up once they were done. It is these fun memories they will all remember for years to come.

La Brea Tar pits Museum

2008-07-01T22:17:00.002-07:00

Today we went to the Tar pits. My mom's paino student had mentioned to my mom that today the admission to the tar pits were FREE. I couldn't pass that up so off we were to the Museum. I had never been there before and I don't usually go to Museums that I have to pay for cause it's usually a hit or miss and I Hate paying for the miss's. I was very surprised. It was very interesting. The kids Loved it and it gave us something new to do. All the bones were really found in the Tar pits there. Not one bones used there were manufactured. I'm not one for Museum's but this one I kinda liked. But, don't tell anyone....K!

The Fridge at GaGa's

2008-06-28T21:30:00.004-07:00

It's Saturday and the kids are busy playing on the Webkins Website. The Fridge guy is supposed to be showing up between 1-4. He shows up at 3 which is pretty good for any repairman. He quickly looks at the leak in the Fridge and tells us what is wrong. He says the tubing is clogged and needs to be flushed. He said we could do it ourself or he can take it to the shop and charge us $150 to start. So, of course, we (well GaGa and PaPa) choose to do it. All and all pretty simple, RIGHT?! Wrong.......really wrong. 2 hrs later and it still was not done. It turned into a BIG project. The kids had fun though......they got to spray out the Fridge and Help dry it. They had a blast, but us adults got tired fast. Oh to be young again....well maybe not. Here are some pics that I was able to get.

Cali Update

2008-06-27T22:58:00.004-07:00

Okay, so we have been in Cali for a few weeks now and need to update my blog. So what if it seems I only get around to blogging once a month. Isen't that enough?! I know it's not but o'well that's just the way life is sometimes. Anyway, like I said we have been in cali for a few weeks now and we have had already had some fun. We stayed at Krista's for 2 nights.....that was a lot of fun. Our kids always seem as if not one day has gone by since the last time they saw each other. I am glad they ALL get along so well. While at Krista's we went to the beach and had a blast. We stayed with Scott's parents for a week and a few days until it ended not so nice! O'well that's the way life goes...I guess. While we were there the kids had fun playing in the sprinclers and playing with MoMo (the dog). We also got to go to Disneyland with Grandpa. He enjoys seeing the kids have fun even though it was hard on him. We love you Grandpa....thanks for taking us! It was a lot of fun. Now we are at GaGa and PaPa's. Tanner is so funny.....he CAN say GaGa....but he always seems to call her BaBa. We went out to dinner at Island's tonight. I guess that was a good update. We will have to see how long it takes for me to post again. I promise to try harder to get it done more often. O' and before I forget....I do have pics. My card on my camera just doesn't fit into the computer. I will have to figure something else out so you all can see my pics. That's it for now.....Bye....

We MADE it!

2008-06-12T12:03:00.003-07:00

Yesterday we made the BIG trip to California. I got the kids up at 5 am and left the house at 5:30. I had hoped that they would go back to sleep in the car since the sun was not up yet. But, of course, the only one who did was Tanner. We got to Vegas at 10:30 Utah time. We stopped to stretch out legs and to get some lunch. We ended up staying there a little while longer than I had thought that we would. We were on our way again at 1:30 California time. We stopped for our last potty break at state line. Of course, Tanner had just fallen to sleep when we stopped. That made it a not so nice ride for a few hours. We all made it in one peice and that is all that matters, Right?!

Mother's Day 2008

2008-05-12T11:02:00.006-07:00

Mother's Day this year was a good one. The kids, I think, were the most excited. On Saturday I had to go out and go to the bank and Scott stayed home with the kids. When I got home I was surprised with cards, gifts and flowers on my bed. It was a surprise to me, a very nice surprise!

My BOYS (Scott too) got me beatuiful pink roses.

Alex made me a nice letter that they did at school and had it framed.

Eysia made a plate at school with our whole family on it.

I love my husband and kids so much! They ALL drive me a little crazy most of the time, but I would NOT trade them in for anything.

Pictures and Updates

2008-04-11T10:05:00.003-07:00

Will is such a good big brother. He sits with Tanner while they listen to Will's MP3 player. It doesn't always last to long but, they both have fun while it lasts

When I let the older kids go outside Tanner will climb in this toy box and watch them outside playing. He screams at them as if he too was out playing. I keep telling him that if he would just learn to only walk then he could go play. He still isn't listening to me. He does walk a lot more now. It is so cute, but when he wants to get somewhere fast he still goes back to crawling.

Eysia lost her other front tooth a few weeks ago. Now she looks darling and sounds funny. I try to get her say things and she will try and then starts laughing causes she can't say them very well. It is very cute.

Here is Tanner a Walmart in the family play center. He has fun until you put the money in. Then all he wants is out. Which is fine for me, saves me money!

We SAW it!

2008-03-19T10:17:00.003-07:00

On our daily trip to Walmart we SAW it. Yep you guessed. We saw the Oscar Mayer Wiener . They were letting the kids play games to win a wiener whistle. They had 3 buckets set up with prizes in them. You had to stand in one spot and try to throw a ball into the first one if you made it the first time you got to try the second and so forth. Of course most kids could only get the first bucket. So, they ALL came home with a annoying whistles. Which are now all in the trash, I think! They also got stickers that said "I SAW it" with the Wiener Mobile on it. It was all very cute.

Disney On Ice

2008-03-17T19:18:00.007-07:00

For Valentine's day, Scott got the girls and I ticket's to Disney on ice. We had to wait until a few days ago before we got to go. It was a fun experience. It was a neat show, but the best part was seeing the girls faces light up. They did short versions of the shows like: Aladdin, snow white, little mermaid, mulan, sleeping beauty, and Cinderella. It was weird to just be out with the "Girls" the "Boys" had to stay home. After the show we went to McDonald's and had lunch. We even got ice cream, what a treat! I had forgotten how much Disney charges for everything, but then you add arena prices on top. My goodness, the girls wanted snow cones in a silly take home cup and it was $10.00 for EACH. I couldn't believe it. We had a blast anyway...Well until next blog....bye....

It's FINALLY in

2008-03-10T12:41:00.004-07:00

Scotty's Headstone is finally in the ground. I am so glad. I went to Walker Monument on Oct. 25th 2007 and picked everything out. They finished the sketch a week later and started. We were told that it would be around a month maybe a little longer. Fine, I was just excited to get it in before the 1yr anniversary of Scotty's death. By the beginning of December it was done being made. All the monument place was waiting for was the cemetery to call them back and give them the exact spot to lay it. They tried and I tried, and no calls back. I was MAD, and I had every right to be. When I finally got to talk to someone, in January. She told me that the ground was to cold and It couldn't be done. I gave her a piece of my mind. If they had only called Walker Monument back then it would have been there before the 1yr anniversary. Now, we had to wait until the ground wasn't frozen. It was a long wait but it is finally done. I'm going by today and I will take a picture. I will post it later....Well here it is. Doesn't it look nice?!

Tanner

2008-03-07T09:35:00.006-08:00

Feb. 17th Tanner was hospitalized with RSV. I thought that he had an ear infection cause he had a fever of 104, so I took him in to the doc's. The next thing I knew we were on our way to the hospital. That was fun! They put him on oxygen cause he was having a hard time breathing when he would fall asleep. They tried to keep his fever down which was not easy. He also got pink-eye in both eyes the same night in the hospital. After 2 nights he was well enough to take home. At home he was on eye-drops, breathing treatments, and medicine for his ear infection. Poor guy had it all. He is doing great now and is back to his old self.

2008-03-05T22:33:00.003-08:00

I am new to this whole Blog thing. It will probably take me a while before I really know what I am doing.