Just too ADORABLE!

Hello all-- So I have been hanging out in Mona and it's been a lot of fun. Cailyn is getting so big so of course I have been taking lots of pictures. Sadie has stolen some of mine-aka-all the ones on her latest blog, but what can I say she beat me to the punch. Here are some pics for right now. This one was fun--everytime I would start to raise the camera she started looking like this. So funny!
This one is us just hanging out and she just sat (which is has been doing a lot of) there on the floor and just tipped herself over onto Sadies lap. She laid there for a little while just chillin out.

What can I say I get the pics when I can especially when she's happy, which is pretty much most of the time, so lets just say I have a lot more then I put on here. I will post more later. She and I were just playing here and got laughing--man alive she's cute. I swear I have the cutest nieces and nephews!

Here are a couple video's for your viewing pleasure the first one is of Cailyn being as cute as ever and the second I just couldn't help myself. I mean what would an oldest sister be if she didn't bug her younger sister every once in a while.

Well that's good for right now. I still have Christmas to do and will get that up soon. I just wanted to get these on here before Sadie stole them from me. Also to let you all know that I am still blogging I just am pretty much a slacker when it comes down to it. But things are going well-just getting everything ready to go to the Big Apple.

See ya'll later!

Tis the Season...

I just wanted to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. I know I have really been slacking on my blog, but am kinda dep... at where I am in my life right now so when it gets more exciting I will fill you all in. I am having a blast reading everyone else's. I do wish you all a wonderful Christmas and hope it goes great for all of you. My whole family is here and if it wasn't so late I would post pics of our little party in Palmer so I will do that soon. It's so great having Sadie and Lisa back home and with some great additions--Corey and Cailyn (Sadies hubby and baby girl). Anyway we are having a great time being together and will do my best to remember getting the camera out. Well that's it for now. My thoughts are with you and wish you all a great new year!

SNOW SNOW AND MORE SNOW!

So last night Mother Nature was having a hay day and it snowed quite a bit. It's not too cold (just under 40 degrees) out so hopefully it goes away. It's just too early for there to be this much snow. AND it just started again--who knows maybe it's here to stay. I suppose a great number of evil snowmen will be made today! So if everyone can cross their fingers that the sun comes out I would appreciate it.

Other than the snow--things are going well. I'm still looking for a job--there just isn't too much available here. Anyway I hope it's nice and warm where you are. Later!

Catching Up!

IT"S SNOWING!! I can't believe it--well ok I can, but I just don't want to believe it. I hope it doesn't stick but it's been snowing for a couple of hours now--it did stop a little then started up again. There are really big flakes coming down now. So I thought I would make the best of it....


This is the first snowman--I tried to make him look evil cause that's what snow is--cold and evil. If you look closely you can see how mean he looks.
Here's our house with a fresh coating of snow--My moms pretty excited--she loves snow and I just don't understand it--it is pretty I just like it in pictures.
This is the evil snowman killing all my moms pretty flowers as well as everyone's pretty little flowers!

So I decided to take matters into my own hands and I am sentencing the evil snowman to death--by a very slow melting process! Ok Ok I know I'm bored, but haven't you ever heard of cabin fever??

Well thats it for now--the snowman has been eliminated! From the looks of it the snow has no intentions of slowing so there will be more evil snowmen I am sure.

I hope everyone is doing well! Feel free to comment--I know I'm not good at this but drop in and say hello! Ta-Ta!

Nightmarish Dejavu!

Well Dad has brought the wood home and the scary noises from my past--you know the wood splitter and chainsaw have started up again. He hasn't really told me that I have to do wood, but I can tell he wanted to--he would keep mentioning it and say how much he needed help. So I went out there and helped for about 5 hours--let me tell you I don't miss it at all. Then the next day we worked on it for a little more. I just couldn't just stay inside while my mom and dad were out there working--the guilt was just too much. Anyway Mom was pretty funny--I thought she could use a break from stacking so I let her at the splitter, but she was just too slow and almost dainty that I had to take over or else I was gonna go crazy--we would have been out there forever. No offence mom--I LOVE YOU! Man there is a lot of my father in me!!! Anyway we had fun-well as much fun as can be had anyway.

I'm only smiling here cause I didn't realize Mom had the camera then I just couldn't help myself. This is taken after I kicked my Dad off--all I had to say was "do you want help or not" then he started stacking. I know it wasn't very nice, but he's lucky I went out there at all. You don't have to say it I know I'm a brat!!

Here she is using her big muscles to get the wood. She was having a lot of fun doing wood--I always knew my parents were crazy. I swear I would rather walk around in full winter gear then having to do this much wood. But how can you resist this face!

Here's mom--she was being so dainty (look at her hand over the wood) it was really funny and cute.

Needless to say I was really happy when Conf. started--on Saturday. Now he has it hooked up to his truck so there is no chopping wood today! Just thought I would share my hardships with you all hoping for a little sympathy!

Trip to Utah

I went to Utah to visit my two sisters and brother! Sadie as most of you probably know by now that she had a baby 4 months ago and I had been dying to see Cailyn--so I did. Anyway Utah was a lot of fun. I stayed in Mona for the most part and just hung out with my sister Sadie and baby. Cailyn is getting so big and she really has a fun personality. She has the prettiest smile and snuggles with you--I loved it! Here are some pictures:

Here she is sitting in her bumbo--dang she really is cute!

Don't be alarmed Sadie didn't pass out on her baby as it appears here--she really is kissing/blowing on Cailyn's neck cause it was making her laugh so hard--but I missed it on the camera. She is at least smiling--I swear she knows all camera's now and can stop smiling as soon as the little light comes on right before the pic. She is so funny!
Lisa was able to come down and visit--that was a lot of fun to have her there. She's always been able to brighten up anyone's day. However as it's evident Cailyn is done with pictures and not even Lisa was able to get her to crack a smile. But she's still cute as ever.

Here's a pic of all of us. We haven't done this since Lisa went to the MTC. Man it's crazy how fast time flies.

It was so much fun spending time with my sisters. On the weekend I went to SLC and stayed with Lisa. Todd came down from Logan and we painted her apt. It really looked great once it was done and made such a difference. I miss my sisters and can't wait till Christmas when we will all be here together. It's been awhile since everyone has been home. I was only in Utah for a week and it went by really fast. It was sad to leave, but I had a lot of fun!

I'm Finally Done!!

Well I just finished my last tour-and I couldn't be happier. I was really ready to be done! Here are a couple of shots from my last couple of tours that I thought were great. The first one is with my driver and her name was Lisa Jean--funny huh? (In case you don't know my sis. name is Lisa Jean).

This one is a shot of Mt. McKinley on the way to Denali from Fairbanks on the train--and let me tell you now many people get to see this.
Anyway--my last tour wasn't that great, but I really can't blame them--everything had basically closed and we were literally the last tour of Holland America. That and it rained everyday but the last one and was pretty chilly. But really what do people expect when they buy the cheapest possible tour and come to Alaska in the middle of September. Anyway they still tipped out pretty well which I wasn't expecting, but we planned for them to go to the conservation center so they saw animals and it was sunny--so that helped I'm sure.

So now the question that everyone has is what am I doing now?? Thats still up in the air--although for the next week at least I am going out to see Sadie and the bebe and Lisa. Well Todd too if he wants to come into town--it would be good to see him. Other than that i am applying to lots of places in hopes that I get a call back. I will def. keep everyone updated when I find something. I am trying to get a job in Russia so I can become more fluent. I am looking at Tauck--they have tours going from Helsinki to St. Peters or I am looking at a Russian Embassy in Moscow. There are some others I am looking at. I am having a hard time deciding where to go--although I am really leaning towards New York! Well I gotta get back to the kiddo's--hope all is well. Ciao!