The Bloomfield's

Womans BEST friend

2011-10-02T15:01:00.000-07:00

From one dog lover to the next, THANKS Mom, for calling today and remembering my "Dempsey-Lena". Its been a LONG year, thank goodness for the "Rainbow Bridge".

Love ya & miss ya Demps, Love Mom

Yah-Visitors

2011-07-18T16:25:00.000-07:00

My parents came to visit us last week, YES i said PARENTS... My mom AND dad came for a quick little visit, I guess if you whine enough, someone will come and see us. We had a blast with them here. We went to a Pirates baseball game, picnic at Twin Lakes, Rode the Gateway Clipper, shopped, golfed, and so much more. We enjoyed their visit so much, they came just at the right time, i feel like it totally gave me a recharge to finish these last 5 months. (not to mention Wes and Larcy will be here in 2 months as well) but seriously i feel like i can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Its a scary thought not knowing where we will be going next, but I'm looking forward to the next journey for us. I'm so proud of Darin and all his hard work.

Thanks mom and dad for all the fun and spoiling us while you were here!

2011-04-29T18:19:00.000-07:00

Well i just wanted to say that Devin (my br0 -in- law) has an old mission companion whose wife has cancer, she is terminal, she has two small children. She first had cancer when she was 19 and then was in remission and since then it has returned. I feel so sorry for this family, she has no idea what day will be her last. Her attitude is so positive. I have never met this girl, but i saw her blog and it truly has impacted my life. I read in her blog that she was talking about the cancer with her dad and she told him it was terminal, and her dads comment was, "Sarah, aren't we all terminal?" I just want everyone to know how much I love you and am so thankful for being a part of my life. I always say its not what you have in life its who you have in life. I challenge all of you to put yourself in Sarah's shoes and be grateful for all the blessings you have in life. I love my family, I love my friends, I love my Heavenly father, and I love my life. I am so blessed. Sara's blog is hopeforsarah.blogspot.com

My Sweetest Blessings!

Look WHOOS 1.

2011-04-29T18:06:00.000-07:00

Ooh my gosh. I thought b-days were supposed to be fun...For Harper yes, but for me i cannot believe my baby is already one. This year went by so fast. I have to laugh because it was not more then 3 weeks ago that this little munchkin started to crawl, yes crawl..not walk. CRAWL. She absolutely HATES her tummy, so i knew it would take awhile, but not that long. Harp is an absolute joy to have at our house. She has the cutest little smile and such a sweet, but sassy personality already. I made her owl cupcakes and then made her a chocolate cake to dig into and i said she can't just have a plain old cake for her very first b-day, so at the last minute, i made it an owl also. She wasn't sure about all this b-day stuff, but all in all it was a good day. I feel so blessed to have this little family i have. Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Happy Birthday Colt-boy!

2011-04-29T17:52:00.000-07:00

We're a little slow, but Colter celebrated his 5th Birthday on March 22. Ooh, he was so excited. I think we were on the b-day count down for half the year. He wanted a dragon cake, so... that's what he got. He had preschool that day so he took cupcakes (which he thought was sooo cool) his teacher, Mrs. Smith told me that Colt told everyone that his mom spent alot of time on these cupcakes and they were very special! He is such a sweet boy. He told me the other day that he was going to buy me a "princess"cup to drink out of, so I asked him if he thought i was a princess, and he says,"yah, but mostly just adorable!''I don't know where this boy comes up with some of this stuff, but he is a hoot. This age is so cute and fun. He is such a joy to our lives. Rue-I don't know what i would do with out ya. Love ya Happy Birthday!

2011-03-27T14:14:00.000-07:00

These are my two "little stink pots". I think they look alot a like in this picture. You surely can tell they are related. Harper thinks her brother is so funny and i dare say Colt boy is fond of her too!

2011-03-25T11:46:00.000-07:00

Happy Valenine's Day! XOXOX

2011-03-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

I'm a little slow, but between two hospital visits for Harper, school for Colter, Darin gone to Ohio for 6 weeks, enrichment, and regular house work, the blog has become last resort. So here is a few pics from Christmas in Utah. We had so much fun. We spent tons of time with our family. My Gram Joker fell and broke her hip while we were there, so we spent a lot of time in the hospital, but we did get to have fun holiday parties and play with our familias.

2011-03-25T11:29:00.000-07:00

When we came home from Utah, Harper and I spent a few days in the hospital, she had pneumonia. It was so sad to see this little muffet so sick and lethargic. (you can tell the 1st pic is the day we were leaving!)

2011-03-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

So I'm a little slow, but I redid our bedroom, not to the fullest since we will be moving in a few months, but i needed a little change, so with the help of Katie and the sewing machine this is what we came up with. I got rid of the red and tan and decided to go with green. What do you think?

A simple dog treat...

2011-01-28T16:47:00.000-08:00

We have this UPS guy that is so sweet, all summer long when we are playing out side we would have demps out with us and he'd stop and pet him and give him a bone. If we weren't here, he would leave our package on the door step with a dog bone on top of it, or he would just simply drive by and throw a treat our way. I haven't seen him in along time, so I figured he'd gotten another route.

Today Colt and I were out shoveling and the UPS man stopped a few houses in front of ours and then as he passed us it was our same sweet one from the summer. He stopped and handed me a doggy bone...I said with tears in my eyes "um...we no longer have him." he asked what happened and I told him we lost him, and he said, "ooh, i am so sorry, i will miss that guy!" (It's amazing what a little dog treat can do to someone.) I just wanted Demps to know how much we love and miss him. There is NOT one day that goes by that I don't think about him and think what a GREAT dog we had. I know its silly to mourn your pet so much, but this guy was such a big part of my life. He was my 1st baby!

I love and miss you Demps

Love, your mom.

2010-11-09T16:36:00.000-08:00

Just a few pictures of Harper. It is so amazing how fast they grow. The other day I was saying "ooh, I wish I had two hands to get something done" and I stopped right in my tracks and said...."no I don't". These days are not going to last forever, so yes it may be nice to have my hands back, but I would not trade these days for anything, so for right now I am just going to sit back and treasure every moment with these two munchkins! I truly would do anything in the world for my family, I feel SO SO blessed to be a mom to these guys.

Happy Halloween

2010-11-09T12:21:00.000-08:00

We had a fun Halloween Holiday this year. We had a primary activity, Colt had a party at school, we had a fun neighbor party and trick or treating on Halloween night. We played lots of fun games, I made these fun spiders for the kids party along with chili and home made rootbeer. Colt was a Dragon-dino... and Harp was a fairy. I tell you what there were a lot of cute butterflies, lady bugs and fairy's, but this little woman was high on the list of being one of the cutest! Thanks mom for making Colts costume so cute and warm and especially minusing the camel-... Ha ha.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

SURPRISE!!!

2010-11-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Okay, I knew for 3 whole months and keeping my mouth shut was soo HARD! Lesley, Justin and the kids decided that they would make the trek to lovely Pennsylvania to surprise Darin. It was GREAT. I told Darin that I had a relief Society meeting in Cranberry (which is 1 hour away) and that he needed to watch the kids while I was gone, Little did he know i was on my way to the airport to pick these guys up. Dare's face was priceless, when they walked in. He had NO idea, I guess we are all great fibber's and liars. Ha ha. We had a ton of fun while they were here, we went to Schramm Farm, carved pumpkins, went to Mammoth Park to the big slide, The Children's Museum, Johnny Carinos, swimming, good old Applebees and we rode the the Gate Way Clipper. It was so fun to see these guys, it made us miss home so much. We love you guys, thanks for all the fun and coming all this way to see our ugly muggs!

Starting Pre-K

2010-11-01T18:08:00.000-07:00

Colt started Pre-School at the Penn Trafford High School. He absolutely LOVES it. The first thing he says when I ask him what they did that day is always what hey had for a snack! I think its the highlight of his day. Ha ha. He gets homework once a week and you would think it was the best thing that has ever happened to him. (someday that will change). He has done really well and he absolutely loves school. We are proud of you Colt-Boy, keep up the good work.

Dempsey Oscar Bloomfield June 18, 2003 to October 2, 2010

2010-10-03T11:21:00.000-07:00

Mans BEST friend...No definitely Women's BEST friend!

We had to say good bye to our sweet puppy dog yesterday. What a good friend. Darin and I had Demps for 7 years and there is not one place that we have been that he didn't come with us. Some of the things we will remember most about him is riding the 4-wheeler with him in a tote on the front, Mr. Rags, his jowls shaking as he snored, surviving being hit by a truck, being so sweet with my kids, hogging the bed, protecting me when Darin and I wrestle & his kisses. He was treated just like one of us. To me he wasn't just a dog. He was one of my kids and I will never forget this sweet boy! He truly was one of my Best friends and I hope everyone who has a puppy today gives them a special little love because they are only here a short little time. Till we meet again Demps! Love ya and miss ya.

2010-07-28T07:10:00.000-07:00

LATE NIGHT ADDICTION!!!

So anyways I saw a few of these darling hair bows on the Internet and I thought well, goll i bet i could make some. So here you have it. I can't quit making them, they are so fun! I put everyone to bed and I make hair bows like crazy! I thought they would be so cute in your hair with a messy bun or on a head band or even pining them to your sweater or necklace. I guess I'll need one in every color!!!

2010-07-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

I do not know how, but we had a few extra minutes before church today, so we took a few pics with us all dressed up and I thought they turned out kinda cute. I was sitting here feeding Harper this morning and Colter walked in and says "I love you mom" and walks out. I sat there just thinking how lucky i am to have these little kids in my life. They truly are WONDERFUL!!! I feel so blessed to stay home with these two and to watch them grow everyday.

I am so lucky to be a mom.

2010-07-18T14:48:00.000-07:00

Ooh Boy!!! WELCOME TO THE BIG 30...

So I've been DREADING this day for quite some time now, and trust me it sneaks up on you fast, but Yes, it happened, I'm officially never going to be in my 20's again. (ready or not here it comes!) and...it wasn't that bad, i guess with everything that has happened to me in the last few months ( a baby, 15 kidney stones) a calm uneventful day was GREAT!!! We spent the weekend in Gettysburg and on the big day we headed home, so we spent most of the day driving. We got home got Demps from the kennel and headed to Pittsburgh to have pizza and B-day cake and say hausta la vista to my sis and her clan, so all in all the day was good. These would be the only pics i have of my 30th b-day, so enjoy... sometimes happy meals in the car can be fun for the whole family!!! Ha ha.

2010-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

My sister and her family came out and spent a couple of weeks with us. It was so fun to have them! We did a ton of fun things we hit the zoo, Idlewild, Pirates baseball game, keystone park and we finished the weekend in Gettysburg. It was crazy fitting all of us in our little town home, but we made it work and it was awesome to see everyone!

2010-05-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to the Children's Museum in Pittsburgh. Colter had so much fun. He got to play in a smart car, float sharks and boats in the water, play in Mr. Rogers neighborhood, and his most favorite part was getting to "make" lunch for everyone with the play food. The first thing he made was a great big hot dog between two tiny pieces of bread, it was hilarious! I hope this isn't his calling in life, he enjoyed it too much! Ha ha.

Blessing Day!

2010-05-24T17:05:00.000-07:00

We Blessed Harper yesterday and here are some pics. Her dress was beautiful! Thanks Mom. Everyone loved it and thought she was beautiful! Thanks to g-ma and g-pa Bloomfield for coming and spending some time with us and helping out so much. We love ya.

2010-05-08T19:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures we had taken the other day. They turned out pretty dang cute!

2010-05-07T12:46:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more pictures of the baby. She is such a doll! We went and had her pictures taken yesterday at a girl in our wards house, she will have the disk ready in a few days and then I'll post some of those. Hopefully they turn out cute, she was a little mad when we undressed her for her pics, but after she peed and puked on me it tuckered her right out and i think there will be some cute ones. I was holding the baby and i called her a peanut and Colter goes peanut??? and he looks at me and says, "no mom, lets call her chocolate!" It was cute! So far he is really soft and cute with her. I think Bama Pam has got the brunt of his attitude this time, but we really are glad that she came to help us these past 2 weeks. We are thankful to have her here and we'll miss her when she goes home.

Harper Lee Bloomfield

2010-04-27T16:02:00.000-07:00

Harper Lee Bloomfield

She's Here!!!
We are so excited to welcome baby Harper to our family! She was born on Friday April 23, 2010 at 2:47 p.m. She was 7 lbs. 14 oz. and 20 inches long. We had to stay two days in the hospital because she made her appearance at 36 weeks and 6 days, not quite 37 weeks, so she was considered a preemie. I have to laugh at an almost 8 pound preemie. She is BEAUTIFUL! I am so happy to have a new little one. There is no better gift in this world then getting to be a mom. Here are a few pics and surely more to come. Colt is adjusting good so far. The first time he saw her he says, "mom, she has a little mouth and tongue, can I hold her? Mom, I love my sister!" He is going to be the BEST big brother.

Latest projects!

2010-03-30T14:44:00.000-07:00

These are my latest projects. I think they are so cute! I saw a newborn baby in one of these tutu's and I thought it was the cutest thing ever, so... I HAD to have one, so I went to the store and bought all the stuff to make it and walla. My baby is going to have one too!

I saw these shirts on the Internet and thought they would be a fun project to try. Katie and I did them today and I think they turned out pretty cute. Colter thought it was awesome that he had a shirt with his name on it. He did ask me where the "Q" was???

(he spells his name c-o-l-t-e-r Q) He says that "Q" is his favorite letter and that one should go after his name??? Who knows about this kid, one day will both figure it out! Anyway I thought these were fun and cute. I did get a little too much spray on Colter's and my bottle leaked down the front a little, but all in all, they turned out cute! FUN!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Colt!

2010-03-21T20:00:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Colter's 4th birthday on Saturday! I can't believe my baby is four. CRAZY!!! Wow how time flies. I remember the day we brought him home like it was yesterday and since then there has never been a dull or quiet moment in my life. Ha ha, and I would not change it for anything!!! Darin had to study most of the morning, so we celebrated a little later in the day. Our friends the Henrie's came over and we had "monster cake" and ice cream cones. Colt loved every single present he got (you'd think he'd never received one in his life before.) After every present he would say, "Wow, ooh I just can't believe it!" He was so excited to turn four. He kept asking me if his sister was gonna be here for it. He told me that he was so excited for his party and that he couldn't wait for Jack, Kenli, and Max to get here. I had to remind him that we live too far and that they still loved him, but they just couldn't be here. (it made me sad, but then everyday that goes by means the closer we are to being done.) Colt said he couldn't be four until he blew out his #4 candle on his cake, so after he blew it out he says, "Mom, I'm four now!" He is such a fun, cute, loveable, and very particular boy. He is such a joy to watch grow up. I could not imagine my life with out you rueski! We love you so much. Your BEST my friend!!! HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY!!!

Relief Society Birthday

2010-03-21T19:49:00.000-07:00

For our Relief Society Birthday party night we did a theme with President Hinckley's "Be's" and it turned out so cute! I made these cute bee cupcakes and michelle made a sunflower cake and then we made wood cubes with the "be grateful, be prayerful, be humble and be smart"on them in vinyl for the activity. We had such a fun time and the decorations were so cute. Happy "Bee-utiful" Birthday Relief Society!

Witches in the doctor's office!

2010-03-21T10:51:00.001-07:00

It was so funny, the other day I had a doctor's appointment and Colt came with me. They have a big basket of books, so he always looks forward to the "Thomas' book when we get there. We walk in and he heads straight for the basket and we sit down and he looks up and there was a nun sitting right in front of us and his eyes got real big and he says, "mom, you think hers a witch?" It was SO funny, but a little embarrassing! Being from Utah we don't see many nuns, but out here there a little more common. Ha ha. I had to quietly tell him that she belongs to a different church and she is a really sweet person, but as I was doing that another nun came out of the back room and the look on his face was priceless. I think it spooked him to think we were going to have our baby at a place that had witches!

2010-03-07T14:54:00.001-08:00

We had a 30 week ultrasound yesterday, and everything looks GREAT! I couldn't be more happy. I had two major concerns 1: Is it still a girl? 2: Is she healthy? Not in that order, but we were glad to learn she didn't grow anything extra in the last few weeks and she is healthy! They said she is measuring big about 11 days further along then we think, but I'm sure she'll make her grand appearance when she feels like it. I just want to say how thankful I am for my family and how thrilled and excited I am to be a new mom again, I have to admit there were a few days when I didn't think Darin and I would get the chance to be parents again, but I am so thankful for the power of prayer! They might not be answered when you think they should be, and sometimes we wonder why such things are happening to us, but I'm a strong believer that EVERYTHING happens for a reason and I can't wait to meet our sweet little angel!

2010-02-20T14:29:00.000-08:00

It's starting to look "girly" in here!

I'm so excited for our sweet little girl to get here. I can't wait to see how Colt is going to react. He is so super excited to have a sister, hopefully his excitement will still be here after she is! This is the start of her room, its really cute so far. I can't believe I only have 12 weeks left. It is going to fly. I just hope I'm not having this baby by myself. She is due May 15 and Darin's last final is May 9, so lets just say if she decides to show up early she picks a weekend!

I thought Utah's snow was bad!!!

2010-02-20T14:05:00.000-08:00

Snow, snow, and more snow!

It has been a very crazy and cold winter here in Pa. The start of the storm started about two weeks ago and I think that I can say it is official that today is the first day in these two weeks that we haven't had any snow and that we actually have had sun all day. Wow. Darin and I shoveled about 20 inches the first day, it took us about 4 hours. Our snow blower wouldn't even work cause there was so much snow, so we had to shovel the first 12 inches and then we could snow blow it. After we were all done and way worn out...the plow came and trapped us in and we had to once again dig ourselves out! I guess I can't complain; here were over 29,000 people without power for over a week. They said this is the most snow they have gotten in like 30 years.

We got home today and Colter looks at me and says, "mom why is there water up there?" And so the winter saga continues with a leaky roof.

It's Official...

2010-01-29T17:07:00.000-08:00

Its official...IT'S A GIRL!!!

I think I've been a little hesitant to announce we were having a baby, since all that happened last time, but at 25 weeks, so far we are going strong! We are excited to say that we found out today that it was a girl. We did find out the hardest way possible, but it all turned out okay. I woke up at 6:00 and I didn't feel the greatest and by 7:00 Darin was driving me to the emergency room. I ended up having a few kidney stones and if you have never experienced them you are LUCKY!!! They are AWFUL!!! I would much rather have 10 kids than have anymore of those, well not maybe 10, but 2. Ha ha. They did an ultrasound on my kidneys and we told the lady that if she could peek and see the sex we wouldn't mind, (since we've had 2 ultrasounds and she hasn't wanted to spill the beans) so the nice lady took an extra minute and said "I'm 90% sure it a girl!" We are so excited! Anyone who knows me knows how organized and how prepared I try to be, so being this far along and not exactly knowing has killed me. Anyways I am happy that I am home and that this day is over and hopefully I never have another morning like this in my life.

Our Vacation

2010-01-16T15:50:00.000-08:00

Then the last few days we went back up to my Mom and Dad's. We went sledding with all the kids and toasted in the new year! All in all, the trip to Utah was Wonderful! We miss it there so much. We miss our families so much!!! We were so excited to get to see everyone and get to spend so much time with them. We enjoyed every minute of it. I just want to say how blessed we are to have such awesome families on both sides. Our families are truly our best friends. Thank you to the mom's and dad's that spoiled us so much and let us come trash their houses for those few weeks! We love ya tons!

2010-01-16T15:39:00.000-08:00

The 3rd week we were in Utah we spent with the Bloomfields. It was so great to see everyone and get to spend time with them. We had our Christmas party there where we frosted sugar cookies, opened presents, the kids acted out the Nativity, and we did white elephant gifts, which by the way were hilarious this year! and the "ugly" sweater contest, i must admit no one's sweaters were very attractive! Ha ha. The kids got to play together all week and they loved it. We took the kids shooting and they loved it. Colt likes the more quiet guns, where Kenli could care less as long as she gets to shoot, she doesn't care! They are so funny!

2010-01-16T15:35:00.000-08:00

The girls got together at the Olive Garden for dinner and it was so fun to see everyone! It is so awesome that we are all so close still and always have things to talk about. We can talk to each other only a few times a year and always leave where we left off and when we all get together its crazy fun! I love these gals.

2010-01-16T15:26:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun in Utah. The first week Colter and I stayed at my Mom and Dad's. We played in the snow, Colt got to see Santa, shopped, got to spend time with g-ma Joker and the Wadsworth's. We had our Christmas party and Colt and Jack got to have a sleepover, lucky for me they slept in the same room as me!!! No they were so cute. I think they told each other good night and they loved each other about a thousand times. They are the best of buds. We also got to spread the news of Colter getting to have a sister??? (at least we think)?? I get another ultrasound in March. We had a blast.

2010-01-16T15:12:00.000-08:00

Happy 7th Anniversary!!!

Darin and I had our anniversary on December 6. We just celebrated by going to eat at a resturant called Mad Mex. Darin had school all day, so we didn't plan anything too exciting. Babe-you are the BEST! I am so thankful for you and all that you do for our family. I love you so much and can't imagine my life any other way. Happy Anniversary!

Home Sweet Home!

2009-12-13T10:04:00.000-08:00

WERE HERE!!!

Colter and I are so excited to be back in Utah. The plane ride was a little tough, who am I kidding it was AWFUL! First 0f all I am not a big fan of flying. In fact I HATE IT, but I didn't care being we were going to get to see our families. Colter was pretty busy and active. He did pretty good, but its hard to keep a three year old occupied and confined for 4 hours the first flight and another hour on the second. I tried to have a bunch of different things for him to do, but between me puking my guts out and him changing every five minutes what he wanted to do, it was crazy. I got off the plane and there my Mom was standing and it made it all worth it! I am THRILLED to be back here. I only wish Darin and Demps were with us. I can't wait for Darin to come on Saturday, but at the same time I don't want to wish my week away. All of my family met at my Mom's last night and we had dinner and visited and just seeing them all was awesome. I could not let go of my G-ma Joker and Tess loved me, it was great!

I am so thankful for our families and have always been, but being far away and not getting to see them all the time, you really treasure the relationships you have with all of them. Darin and I are really lucky to have each and everyone of you. We love you!

Santa

2009-12-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

I took Colter to see Santa. He waited in line with the biggest smile on his face. When it was his turn he ran up to Santa and gave him a huge hug! He told Santa he wanted trucks, tractors and boxes. I told Colt that he already had trucks and tractors, and should ask for something he doesn't have and he says "well then, I want boxes and stuff!" I guess it'll be easy for us this year! Colter and I are going home for Christmas. We only have TWO more days! We are so excited. The Bloomfields came and spent Thanksgiving with us and it was great. We were so excited to have visitors our way. I seriously can't wait to be back in Utah. Close to our families and even just the Utah mountains. I however am not looking forward to the nasty plane ride with a 3 year old, but as soon as we are off the plane, it will all be worth it! Darin will be coming out a week after me. He has to stay and finish his finals...and stay with Demps so he doesn't have to be kenneled for as long. I've sat down and had a long talk with Demps telling him we had to make some serious sacrifices to even bring him with us to PA, so he needs to return the favor and be strong without his familia for 2 weeks, hopefully he listens?

We are very proud of Darin and all his hard work and dedication to school and to us. He has done really well in school this semester and we are so lucky to have him. Keep up the good work babe-and we'll see ya in the west!

Gobble till you Wobble!~!!

2009-11-21T14:46:00.000-08:00

I've been trying to come up with fun little crafts and activities for Colter and I. He always wants to watch t.v. and I hate it, so I thought we needed some fun little things while the weather is cold. This is the turkey hat we came up with! Ha ha. Colter thought the ribbons were a necessity!

2009-11-21T14:40:00.000-08:00

Delicious!!! I made toffee and it was sooo good. I usually try and make it once a year around the holidays and it never ever turns out. It usually is too soft and this year Wall-La! I always think its done and turn it off a little to early and this time I thought it was done...so I waited just a minute longer and PERFECTION!!! I'm gonna give my Mom a run for her $$$ with this batch. Ha ha.

"UP"

2009-11-14T15:23:00.000-08:00

So anyways I have been on the count down for the movie "UP" to come out. So the morning of we were all sitting at the breakfast table and I all excited start chanting U-P, U-P, U-P. (I spell things out around here so curious little ears don't get it yet.) and Colter gives me the funniest little look, his brows are all down and furrowed and says, "Mom, I did not!!! and I just burst out laughing. I was bawling I was laughing so dang hard. He thought I was accusing him of peeing. Ha ha. Then he proceeded to get mad at me and told me not to be dunny! (funny.)

GOBBLE-GOBBLE!!!

2009-11-14T15:16:00.000-08:00

I am the Enrichment Leader out here and we had our November Enrichment and we did a fun getting to know you activity and then we had refreshments. I made these "special" turkeys for the night. I saw them on a website and they looked soooo cute, so i decided i would make them. for the love of pete, these suckers took along time. I have no idea how these people on the Internet get these cakes, brownies, candy & cookies to look so dang perfect. So these are how they turned out, pretty cute but definitely special!!!

Story time with Mrs. Janie

2009-11-14T15:10:00.000-08:00

I signed Colter up for Story Time at the Library on Tuesday mornings. It is a really cute class. They read a story and watch a little movie on the wall and then they make a craft and have snack time. This weeks theme was mice and they made these funny little mouse ears. CUTE!

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium

2009-11-14T14:55:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. It was a really cool zoo. They had the cutest baby elephants and tons of little things i've never even heard of. They had this awesome indoor aquarium. Colter's favorite thing was the sharks. He could not wait to see them. It was the best day to go to the zoo, it wasn't too hot and it wasn't very crowded. We told Colter we were going to the zoo that morning and he says, "oooh and Jack will be there!" Right before we moved out here we went to the Hogle Zoo with Amy and her family and Colt was excited because he thought Jackie was going with us.

Don't feed the ducks!

2009-11-07T18:23:00.000-08:00

We took Colter to go and feed the ducks and geese at a local park. Colter loved it. I've never seen so many geese in one place. I bet there were 50 or more. My Dad would love to see them all. They fly over our house all the time. We took some bread and let Colt break it off and give it to them and when we were all done we saw a sign that says "Don't feed the ducks!" oops. Oh well we're from Utah; out here in a foreign land... ha ha what do you expect!

2009-11-01T14:39:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!

We went to the Henrie's and we had homemade chili in bread bowls and then we got the boys in their costumes and we went trick-or-treating. We had a blast! The boys loved it. They were so cute and polite. They told everyone thank you and then when they were leaving Braden would yell "Happy Halloween". Colter wanted to pull Braden in the wagon almost the entire time, Katie would help him push it up a hill and Colt would get a little angry and say " no, I can do it". Katie and I had almost as much fun as these little jammers. People out here in Pennsylvania don't mess around on Halloween. Colts bag was so full, people were giving these little three year olds hand fulls of candy. When we got home we went through the bag and there were tons of the big size candy bars. It was crazy! We live close to a steep hill and when we were headed home a lady from the top of the hill comes down and says "no one is coming up the hill, so I'll bring the candy to you!" It was such a fun night. We got home and Darin and Kameron could not believe the amount of candy these kids got. We ended the night by the little boys painting and we made sugar cookies. It was a lot of fun. Colt was a little mad at first because I had to go to the store to get some kidney beans for the chili and he thought I said "Kenli beans" and he thought we were going to get Kenli and she was going to trick-or treat with us, but we had to remind him that we live too far away, but we will get to spend lots of time with our cousins at Christmas! (Once we reminded him we're going on a big plane to see everyone it was okay!)

2009-10-30T06:51:00.000-07:00

These are the Missionary's Elder Brown & Elder Worthlin that come and visit us and the Henries all the time. They love Katie because she feeds them all the time and they love me because I give them free haircuts. They are really cute guys! I gave Elder Brown a haircut the other day and Elder Worthlin entertained Colter while I did the haircut and when we got finished both Colter and Elder Worthlin were sweating like crazy, Elder Worthlin's tie was hanging low and his shirt was tucked out in the back. (I think Colter gave him a minor workout.) Elder Worthlin said Colter made him his little puppy dog!!! Ha ha. I laughing as I write this I guess you just had to be there, but by the time the Elders left I think Elder Worthlin was ready for a nap. We really enjoy these guys and are proud of all the work they do.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-29T10:56:00.000-07:00

Colter is a "dinosaur-dragon" for Halloween this year! Bama Pam made this cute "little" costume for him. He was so excited when he got it in the mail. He opened it up and put it right on. Being that we live clear across the world right now, she could not measure him and he is growing like a weed right now, its a little snug, but its still so cute. I tease that his little "camel-toe" if you will, is going to make him squeak like a little girl all night. Ha ha. We went to the Library for our weekly activity and he dressed up as a skunk this time and the the teacher Mrs. Janie asked each of the kids to stand up and say what they were and what they liked about their costume. Colter got up and says "I live in the woods and I'm gonna eat all the animals". It was so cute and then his little friend Braden gets up and says I'm a pirate and for all of you that have little kids right now and watch mickeys clubhouse and know the "hot dog" song, Braden starts shakin his hips and says "hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog! They are so CUTE! It is so fun to watch these kids grow and develop their own little imagination.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2009-10-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to the Henrie's house to celebrate Braden's 3rd birthday! The boys a had a lot of fun. The played pin the tail on the donkey, sat on balloons to see whose would pop first, played one potato-two potato had carmel apples and cake and decorated a Halloween House. Colter's teeth and mouth were black with all the frosting he decided to down! They had frosting EVERYWHERE, all over their faces, hands and on every side of their shirts. It was funny! I didn't take my camera, but their little house was really cute! They did a good job.

Licorice Carmels

2009-10-17T13:00:00.000-07:00

Ooh the infamous black licorice carmels with "ANUS" oil! My mom makes these every year for Halloween and since we won't be there this year I took matters into my own hands...Let's just say they look a lot better then they are. I didn't think about the difference in sea levels, so I didn't cook them long enough. The flavor was really good...but they were pretty mushy. Next year they'll be better because my mom will be sending me some. Right Mom???

Schramm Farms

2009-10-17T12:47:00.000-07:00

We went to Schramm Farm to a pumpkin patch. It was so cute for the little kids (well us big kids too!) We went through a corn and a hay maze, Colter got to ride a pony named "Rocket". They had a gigantic pumpkin patch for the kids to pick any size pumpkin they wanted. We went to pick out our pumpkins and Colter wanted the biggest one he could find, so we ended up getting a wagon and we got a 38 lb. pumpkin. The sucker is huge!!! Then the day wasn't complete until we got hot dogs, snow cones and carmel apples. It was a fun little place!

2009-09-18T18:30:00.000-07:00

Oh what poor Pennsylvania has done to Colter. Ha ha. We were going to the park and I told him to grab shoes and socks and this is what he came up with. (I guess we'll fit in at Walmart). I figure I don't really know to many people out here yet so why not? Ha ha.

2009-09-18T18:24:00.000-07:00

I put Colt in the bath before bed the other night and he wanted to bathe in my tub with the jets, so I let him and of course we had to have the "Lighting McQueen" race car soap and holy crap bubbles galore. I had to take a picture of ALL the bubbles, it was crazy. Let's just say when he was done bubbles were everywhere and the floor was anything but dry!

2009-09-18T18:15:00.000-07:00

We went out in our front yard to let Colter drive his car and Darin asked him if he wanted to drive fast? There is a little screw that you can take out of the gear shift to make it go faster. I did not know this, we've had the dang thing for over 2 years, but its a good thing that I didn't know because this thing hauled butt! Colter's face was so funny. We have a little speed racer on our hands. Needless to say Colt will not be letting us put that screw back in!Dempsey-Doo

This would be the face!

2009-08-26T20:04:00.000-07:00

When we went to Washington D.C. we left Dempsey at a "pet hotel" for the three days we were going to be gone. I was really nervous about this, but then I figured it was for only 2 nights and then we would be home. I called everyday on him and they said he was good, nervous, shy and a little growly, but doing okay. The pet hotel closed at 7 p.m. so I had Darin race home, so he wouldn't have to stay another night and I got a bucket of chicken to spoil him with and then I told him he had to have a bath...this is where I found him. Hiding underneath the computer table hoping I would not find him.

(what a BABY!) He thinks he is so smart! Ha ha.

Washington D.C.

2009-08-26T19:29:00.000-07:00

We decided that since Darin starts school on Tuesday that we would take a little family vacation. We invited our neighbors the Henrie's and packed up the car and we were off. It is only four hours from here, so it was not a bad drive at all. The first day we spent the day at Arlington. Wow... That was unbelievable, no words could describe the feelings in that cemetery. On our tour bus they told us that they have on average 27 funerals a day there. Day two we went to all the war memorials. We spent a lot of time at the World War II Memorial; I think just because we were more familiar with that one and that being the one that both our grampies fought in. We went to the Tomb of the Unmarked soldiers. That was really cool how they do the exchange, so respectful. Then we went to a couple of the Smithsonian Museums. That took up our whole day. There is soooo much to see in those places and then on day three I said to everyone that we didn't get to see the Iwo Jima Monument, so we took the metro to Arlington and went and saw that statue. That was my favorite thing we saw. Then we went to the Holocaust Museum. That was my least favorite thing we did; just because the pit I had in my stomach the WHOLE time we were in there. I cannot even imagine going through what those people did. I tell you what after this trip I've learned a few things:

1. I am very thankful for my freedom.

2. I am very thankful for my freedom.

3. I am very thankful for my freedom.

We had a great time. It was really hot and we walked a lot, but it was fun do go and visit Washington D.C. There is so much to see, you could spend a month there and still not see everything. It was neat to learn and pay our respects to all the men and women and their families that fought for all of us!

Rain, rain and...a little more rain.

2009-08-22T19:46:00.000-07:00

I don't know if you can tell very well from this pic, but it is CRAZY weather out here. We will just be sitting there and all of a sudden rain like you've never seen it. I took this from our deck hence it was bright and sunny all day and then it rained for about 30 mins (down poured) and then it was hot and sunny again. I guess i'll be buying an umbrella in the near future!

Twin Lakes

2009-08-22T19:28:00.000-07:00

Darin was getting a little stir-crazy the other day, so we decided to pack a picnic and go to Twin Lakes. It's a walking trail out here about 30 minutes from our house. It was so pretty. Out here everything is so green. Of course we weren't there only but maybe 1 minute before we made the mad dash to the pavilion before the monsoon rain came down, but we lived to tell about it. You can tell by my hair-do that I am totally in love with the humidity out here!!! Colter got to feed the ducks and play on the toys surrounding the lakes. We also saw a baby turtle; Colt thought that was pretty cool.

We saw this sign when we first got there and we got a big kick out of it. Only in Pennsylvania.

This is a pic I took, I was under the pavilion after it had just rained and look how freaking pretty, it almost doesn't look real.

Clampets are back again!

2009-08-08T20:34:00.000-07:00

Lets just say Darin and I are up to our old tricks!!! Our families are the only ones who will understand this. HA HA HA. This would be one of the thousand reasons why when we are finished with school that a truck will be one of our FIRST purchases.

Our carpet in our townhouse is so light, so we wanted to get a couple of big rugs to cover where we are going to be most and giant rugs are so expensive, so we went to Home Depot and got an "enormous" carpet remnant. Let's just say that I am SO glad that we were not in Utah when we were driving home with this blasted thing on the top of our explorer.

2009-08-08T17:06:00.000-07:00

These are just a couple of pictures of us on our way from Utah to PA. We didn't stop to site see very much since it was a long trip, but a few stops we did make were fun. First Colter loved the big yellow moving truck, so we let him ride in it for a couple of hours. He DID NOT want to give it back to Penske when we were done.

We stopped in Nebraska and had lunch at this World War II Veterans Memorial. WOW, that was humbling. I don't know if it had anything to do with my G-pa Joker, but when we were there, my heart was just so filled. I am so thankful for the men and women who fought for our country.

Colter loved this. We got to go inside an actual railroad car. He thought it was so cool that he got to turn the wheel and be the driver. We also went to Winter Quarters where the pioneers settled in Omaha. They had a statue that hit me like a ton of bricks...it was a mother and a father huddled in a blanket getting ready to bury there child who did not survive the winter. I looked at it and instant tears were in my eyes. I could not even imagine. I would have taken pictures, but having a three year old in this kind of a place that was extremely tired of being in the car, I forgot, but it still was for the most part an enjoyable place to visit.

2009-08-08T16:58:00.000-07:00

The weekend before we left my dad took the boys "sishin". They absolutely loved it! Dad gave them matching red fishing hats and took them to the fish farm in North Ogden. They each caught four fish and were so excited about it. Colter waited all summer to go with papa fishing. Thanks for taking them papa "yee" they loved it so much!

2009-08-05T17:02:00.000-07:00

We are here! Ooh what a crazy few weeks!!! We have been so busy putting stuff away. So my first impression of PA is very green with tons of rolling hills, humid, HATE the toll roads, and where we live there is not very much shopping, but in Greensburg about 10-15 minutes away there is tons, so after we ventured out and I found a close shopping plaza, I am much more happy (other than we have to pay $0.95 each way on the toll road to get there). Darin's parents just left today, so I haven't had time to get very home sick yet. but i'm sure in a few days it will suck. I just want everyone to know how much we love them and how thankful we are for the support. We weren't even here one day before we got cute cards in the mail and funny little "trolls" Amy Troy know what I mean! So thank you and we love everyone.

6 Days Left

2009-07-21T09:36:00.000-07:00

We are on the count down...6 days until we leave for Pennsylvania. Oh boy are we in a mess, boxes here and boxes there. Its amazing all the crap you accumulate over the years. We leave on Monday and we'll get there Friday afternoon. It should be a very interesting ride with a 100 lb. dog and a three year old. I've been buying little trinkets here and there and I stayed up late the other night wrapping them and then I thought I would let Colter unwrap them every few hours on the trip. (Hopefully keep him somewhat excited about being in the car for 30 hours and 5 days straight). Anyways I just thought I'd let ALL of our family and friends know how much we are going to miss them. We had a hard time saying goodbye to all of you the other night at the party, thank you for coming and showing us your support! We love you all so much and are looking forward to the new adventure for our family, but we are also looking forward to being finished with school and the return!

Tour of Italy!

2009-07-19T22:49:00.000-07:00

All of us girls met last Monday before Darin & I leave for PA. We met in the afternoon and took our kids to the water park. It was broken, so we ended up just letting them play on the playground for a while. It was so hot, but it was fun to let our little one's play together, then we took the kids home and we went to dinner at Olive garden, it was fun to actually have an "all" adult dinner for once. It was so much fun to get together and talk about the old days! I just want all my girly friends to know how much I love them and are so thankful for them. All of you have been such great examples to me and I am just so glad that we are still so close. Thanks for everything, and we'll keep in touch!

Pucker-up!

2009-06-22T21:59:00.000-07:00

We were in Ogden and Colter and Jack were full of it!!! I can't believe the energy these kids have. They went 100 mph the WHOLE time we were there. This picture was funny, we were getting in the car to leave and Colter says to Jack, "Let's smooch" and Jack goes "okay" and they planted one on each other. It was so funny; to bad I didn't the actual kiss, but I got a cute picture of these great buds!

Colter holding up Papa's fish. Colter thought the fish were so cool. Last year he would not even go near one, but this year he can't wait to catch a "shish".

Jeannette Townhouse

2009-06-19T17:52:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!!! After a lot of miles, money, gas, phone calls, appointments, sweat, A LOT OF TEARS, fights about the dog and frustration. We found it. We will be living in this townhouse for the next year at least. Darin needed to leave Greensburg at 3:00 today to make his flight in time and we finally signed the application to this place at about 1:30. Let's just say...wait until the last minute! Darin has been in Pennsylvania since Tuesday and has had the hardest, most stressful time finding us a place to live that would except the dog. I found this one this morning and made some calls and walla. This is the one! THANK YOU hunny for all the HARD and TIME CONSUMING work, but thank you so much for going out there and doing this by yourself and especially thank you for making some sacrifices for me to keep Demps. Your the BEST and I LOVE YOU TONS!!! OXOXO

2009-06-16T08:34:00.001-07:00

Darin just left for Pennsylvania to find us a house. We took him to the airport at 5:00 this morning. We had a stressful day yesterday trying to get everything ready for his trip and with the car breaking down it was crazy, but Darin is going to be out there on his 27th Birthday alone, so I just wanted to tell ya babe we LOVE you and thank you for being such a great Dad and hubby. Your the best and we hope you have a good Birthday! Be safe and careful, we'll see ya on Friday!

2009-06-16T08:09:00.000-07:00

We went to Ogden for the Air Show. Colter absolutely loved the air planes. The whole gang was there. We barb-qed and then went over and watched the show. It actually was a better show in my parents backyard the day before, but it is AMAZING to see those guys fly up there. Nothing makes you feel more patriotic then that. It was awesome! This is one of my all-time favorite pics. These are a couple of my two favorite guys in the world and Colt actually put on a smile for the camera. "Papa Yee" & Colt.
Watching the Thunder birds.

Camping

2009-06-16T07:57:00.000-07:00

We went camping in Oak City this weekend. We had alot of fun! We have been very busy between both sides of our family. One weekend there, one weekend there. We are enjoying every second of it. We got some rain, but it wasn't too bad. The kids love to camp. They can be dirty, and run around all day, they love it. It was fun to have all the Bloomfields there. Colt & Kenli on the wheelers, we could not get these guys off of them, they LOVE them. We made the mistake of leaving the keys in them and lets just say we won't do that again!!!

Our family pic (nice what a couple of days camping does for ya)

Playing in the river.

Colter & Kenli with their uncle Jesse.

Kenli, Max & Colter.

Hogle Zoo

2009-06-16T07:45:00.000-07:00

We went to the zoo with Amy and Troy and their family. It was so fun. The kids had a blast. It was Colter's first time ever going. The girls are going to spend the summer with their mom, so we tried getting a few fun things in before they leave. Colter loved seeing all the different animals, but his favorite thing was the train. We only went on it once, but everytime it went by he would run up to it and wave to everyone.

2009-06-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

I bought Colter a new train at the store and it didn't come with batteries, so I had to run back to the store to get some, so we were cruzin along and baaarrrffff!!! Yep you guessed it, Colt puked a gigantic amount on the store's floor. It was EMBARRASSING! I couldn't find anyone anywhere to help me and this was not just a little amount that the hand full of wipes you carry in your purse can take care of. I was frantically trying to wipe it up and I saw a store phone and called for help and they didn't come forever, so I'm waiting there with puke all over Colter's face and on my leg and hands. It was nasty. Finally we got it all cleaned up and I raced to my car hoping we would make it home for the next spew. Well needless to say Colter came home puked a few more times and then slept like a baby, me on the other hand not so much I was up every two hours spewing my guts out! flu-shmu. Anyway we are all feeling better and are ready for the big camping trip this weekend.

Damn Theives!

2009-05-15T08:49:00.000-07:00

We went to Ogden last weekend and my Mom called me on Tuesday and said that their cars had been broken into. She was telling me that they took dads golf clubs that were in his car. She said Dads & Darin's golf shoes were in there, but they left them and then it hit me... Darin had forgotten his clubs as well, so needless to say both Dad & Darin are golf-clubless. We felt really bad, for the last 4 months we have been getting Darin new clubs as we could, bit by bit, and I know my Dad just bought a brand new club, so all around it was a bad deal. Those little POS's... I hope somebody finds them. I know we will probably never get our stuff back, but I hope someone finds them and makes them pay it back or do some community service or something. We do keep in mind that we are really glad that it wasn't Colter or someone that was in our family, (THANK GOODNESS), but it really sucks to work hard and save your money for something and someone does this. Little BRATS! Well anyway just thought if anyone knew anything they could let us know.

2009-05-10T19:08:00.001-07:00

We went to Ogden this weekend. Colter had so much fun. Papa Lee & Bama Pam took Colter to Bues Pond to feed the ducks. He LOVED it!!! He actually let one of the ducks come right up to him and take it out of his hand. He was cute with them. I was more afraid of the big ducks then he was. It was funny we were all feeding the ducks and my mom says "that one over there only has one leg". So me, mom & dad all went right over by it to give it bread so it wouldn't have to go far to get a bite and the dam thing bends down to get a piece of bread and his leg comes down. It was funny, we were all feeling bad for this pour handi bird and he had us all fooled! I forgot my camera, but it was so pretty up there. We spent some time with my G-ma Joker and she is just one of the cutest things ever, I just love her! Darin and I argue if she loves me or him more and I always say me, but it really is a toss-up. She loves Dare so much. She really has had a HARD time since G-pa, but i give her props for really trying hard. She is one of the dearest people to me, so when we move to PA in 11 weekends, she will be one of the people on my Most missed list. Today for Mother's Day we went to Amy's and Troy's for dinner, it was yummy! We left early so Dare could go to work and my whole family walked us out and hugged us 3-4 times, and it really hits ya that we don't have much time before we leave for 2 1/2 years. I LOVE OUR FAMILIES SO MUCH. They are so good to us and so supportive. My parents treat Darin if he was theirs and Wes & Larcy treat me if I was theirs. I really hope when we are finished that we end up somewhere in the middle of all these Patterson's, Bloomfields, Ridge's, Wadsworths, Millers and the whole crew cause we really are blessed to have such great families on both sides! Love ya all

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!

2009-05-04T18:15:00.000-07:00

My Friend Amanda from since like the time we were one came to visit. We don't get to see each other very often, but when we do it is awesome. We only talk a few times a year, but whenever we talk we can just pick up where we left off. She is such a great gal. Thanks for being such a great lifetime friend!

Camping

2009-05-04T17:53:00.000-07:00

We went camping in Oak City this weekend. It was so fun. Yes we did get rained on, but we were glad that Les, Justin, Grandma & Grandpa Bloomfield had their trailers. The kids had a blast. They got to ride the wheelers, pick up "woods" for the fire, skip rocks into the river, watch movies, fight over the pez truck & shoot their daddy's guns, but most of all get to be DIRTY and not get into trouble. Boy was it a muddy mess. Here are some fun pictures from this weekend. My favorite would be the one where Colt is wearing the orange earmuffs on half his ears and half his eye's. Ha ha. He looks like a dork. I think he thinks they worked perfect! Anyways we had a good time and it was fun to get away.

2009-04-24T08:24:00.000-07:00

Our little man is learning to ride his bike. He has been practicing in the basement and around and around in our kitchen, but now that we've had a couple weeks of warm weather, he is getting pretty good. We went for a walk the other day and Colt rode his bike and we started down a hill and he was not about to do that! He walked the rest of the way home. Its a little bit of a struggle to get him to wear his helmet, but he saw a "Word World" where sheep & bear were wearing them, so for that day it was ok.

2009-03-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

I ve been making these growth charts, I think they are cute. If anybody wants one or knows anyone who does let me know I'm selling them for $30.00. I can make them to match your room decor.

Happy 3rd Birthday Colter!

2009-03-26T13:33:00.000-07:00

HaPPy BirTHdAy!!

Colter turned 3 on March 22. We went to Ogden and had a fun little party for him. He got a lot of fun stuff. He begged us ALL day long to open his presents. He was so excited to have a B-day cake and he wanted it to be an orange truck, so with my not so awesome baking and frosting skills thats what he got! He said, "I want to blow out the dire" (fire) and when we sang Happy Birthday to him he got pissed, but it was funny to see him so excited about his presents. He has been a hard kid to raise, just very particular in EVERYTHING, I definitely have mastered patience, but I would not trade it for the world. I can't believe my baby is 3. I am so proud of him and all that he gives to Darin and I. I love when I put him to bed at night and he'll say mom, I lubba you, and you best my friend! He is a joy to have around. Happy Birthday Bud, your the best! This is a darling hat my mom made him, its a dog with big floppy ears, colt thinks it AWESOME!!!

Colt getting a fishing pole. He wants to catch a "big black one"! Last year he wold'nt even touch one, so hopefully this year he will enjoy it more.

Opening presents.

My master piece of a monter truck.

2009-03-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

I had to put this picture on for Darin. Everyone who knows me knows that I freaking LOVE Kyle Korver. He is my all-time favorite basketball player. Not to mention he is HOT, HOT, HOT!!! But I got a kick out of this picture because I did not find it, Darin did and he was trying to get it to download to my phone so i could have Kyle as my screen saver, he couldn't get it to work, but thanks for trying babe. I met Thurl Bailey at the store the other night and I got a picture with him and Darin was teasing me that Kyle wouldn't take me, but Thurl would! (little does Darin know, Thurl is the middle man that gets me one step closer to Kyle!) Ha ha.

GO JAZZ!

2009-03-10T18:59:00.000-07:00

Just FYI, this is how Colter and I ran errands the other day. We started the day off right, he was looking pretty handsome, cute outfit, cute hair and when we decided to leave he refused to wear shoes, he insisted that he wear his blue cookie monster slippers with the big plastic eyes and these SILLY freakin 3-D glasses. He had some really cute camo sunglasses that he broke and we haven't got him a new pair yet, but if we keep going into the stores looking like a big musty, then I guess we need to get him a new pair sooner then later!

2009-03-10T18:44:00.000-07:00

We thought we were done with winter, but apparently we are not, so we thought we would get one more snowball fight in! Colter thinks it is so funny if he runs and I peg him with a snowball, so for now while he's little I am going along with it because when he is bigger it might be a different story. In this first picture Colter would be munching on some snow which makes me SICK. I think that is so gross regardless if its clean or not, but anyways we have a dog and the backyard would be his potty so needless to say... DON"T EAT YELLOW SNOW!!! Ha ha.

2009-03-02T22:02:00.001-08:00

OH MY HECK!!!!

So anyway, I am the BIGGEST Bachelor fan and anyone who saw tonight's episode, what the freaking crap??? I really think that both girls were way cute, and this season had some of the nicest and genuine girls on it, but i felt so bad for Melissa. What a heart break. I was excited when he picked Melissa and then I paused it so i could put Colt to bed and then the next thing I know is he is in love with Molly, (wow). Anyways I guess I'll keep watching the dam show, they've got me hooked!

2009-02-17T21:00:00.000-08:00

Darin has been working nights the past week and apparently he checks the blog late at night when he is at work and he came home this morning and scolded me for not keeping our blog updated, so anyway there is not much going on, its winter so we basically have been hermits. Colter and I did build a snowman yesterday and I was trying so hard to get one built; so colt would think it was cool and between colter kicking the snow every time I packed it and laughing and Dempsey gnawing on my gloves, we did not get much of a frosty built, but we did come inside and chase "monsters" with our guns and that was thrilling!!!

Today Colter did tell me that he did not like my shirt, he goes, "mom, I not like your shirt, it not cute." I laughed my you know what off and then I realized that a 2 year old was telling me that I didn't look cute today, so needless to say I got on the treadmill and scheduled a haircut this weekend. (no that had nothing to do with it) but sometimes being a mom you focus so much on your family and their needs that you forget that YOU need time for you, so anyways I'm getting an upgrade! Ha ha.

I was telling Darin the other day that I felt like nothing good has happened to our family in sometime, you know just feeling a bit down, 2008 was a tough year for me, one of the worst. We had a lot going on that was just challenging. I need to remember to be positive and thankful. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger! I was in the store and and I saw little girl that had noticeably been in a fire and was scarred on her face from it, and my heart broke, it was so sad to see her, but I am so glad that I did because I believe that sometimes you need to have a reality check and remember that someone always has it worse than you. I am really thankful for who and what I have in my life especially my hubs, and Colter. It is so amazing to watch a little person grow up. He is definitely my pride and joy, and I love both of our families so much. They are so GREAT and very special to me. It is not very often that you get along with each other like we do, my sister in-law is one of my very best friends; I feel that me, my bodaget sis, mom and g-ma Joker have such an amazing bond, that not many people get to experience in a life time. I am just so grateful for ALL of our family.

Anyway DARIN, I bet you'll never harp on me to update the blog again...Ha ha. Love Ya Babe!

Steelers Fans??? Guess so!

2009-02-12T17:23:00.000-08:00

Well its been a month since Darin interviewed in Pennsylvania for CRNA school, and we have been antisipating the answer and today they called and said.....................................................YES!!!!
So as of now we will be moving to either Latrobe or Greensberg Pennsylvania. It is kind of bitter-sweet. We are excited to be accepted to school and really excited that we don't need to apply again, but at the same time we will miss being by our families, another good thing is the school is only 27 months long, so we will be back in no time (hopefully we can get a job in Utah when we are ready). It will also be nice to be done with school and be able to get more settled. (only a few years Les & Just, till we get our houses and rhino tram) ha ha. Anyways for the most part we are excited and I just wanted Dare to know that we are so proud of him and all his hard work he has put into this school stuff. Good Job Hubs! Love ya.

Uh-Ooh Cavity...

2009-01-08T14:30:00.000-08:00

Today we took Colter to the dentist, his 1st Check-up, He absolutely HATED it and...He had a cavity between his two front teeth, which to me was not a surprise because I had noticed it a little while ago, but it really made me feel bad as a parent to have my little two year old have a cavity. So my 1st New Year's Resolution is to take better care of ALL the familias teeth. 2nd to get Pregnant sometime between the months January and December. I'm hoping the saying "the best comes to those who wait" is true. I heard the best quote in the world the other day and it said: I believe that God only gives three answers to prayer: 1."YES"! 2."Not Yet". 3."I have something better in mind". So we'll let that be our moto this year. Last but not least I hope that my hubs gets accepted into a CRNA school in the year 2009. I've never made resolutions before, so we are going to see how this goes. Hope everyone had a happy New Year!

2008-12-22T22:25:00.000-08:00

This is the only family pic we've had lately, and i felt bad that good old Dempsey wasn't in it, so I added one of his ugly mug at the bottom. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Dempsey Dooser Bug-Lena

Sleigh Riding

2008-12-22T22:07:00.000-08:00

Lesley and Justin came to hangout this weekend and since we were snowed in we all decided that we would take the kids sleigh riding. It was so funny! First we got on all our gear which first things first, Colter is getting a coat from my sis for Christmas, so needless to say I have not got him one and Kenli had two, So the bright pink coat Colt is wearing is not the one he will be getting for Christmas! ha ha, then Lesley didn't have any boots, so i had some from the 1980's which i would wear fishing with my dad, some rubber weird things and then Lesley had her snow pants (she is due in Feb) so lets just say her snow pants were a little snug, and by the rest of the pictures you can tell that the full body jumpsuits are totally HOT!!! It was hilarious, We had a BLAST!!!

Delta Christmas Party!

2008-12-22T21:53:00.000-08:00

We had our Christmas party in Delta. We all had so much fun. Colter got to go see Santa, (which he actually liked him somewhat this year). The kids got to break a pinyata, we did white elephants, played B-I-N-G-O and had yummy eats! It was fun to have everyone there together.

Colter and his BEST bud Kenli. They love each other so much! Its amazing to me they act just like brother and sister and from this picture I think everyone would think they were!

2008-12-07T20:34:00.000-08:00

Darin and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! Well i shouldn't say celebrated...Darin is on his six night shifts in a row and our anniversary landed right smack in the middle. So anyway we "had" our anniversary. The night before we went to Darin's work party and actually got a babysitter, (the first one we've had in about a year) so that was somewhat of an pre-anniversary treat. It's crazy to think that six years has already gone by so fast. I just wanted Darin to know how much we all love him and appreciate all his hard work. He is such a great husband and I wouldn't trade him for anything! Love ya Baby! HAPPY 6TH ANNIVERSARY!!!

Fun at Amy's

2008-11-13T21:35:00.000-08:00

Tess Tyler

Me, Colter and Dempsey spent all last week up in o-town babysitting Amy's kids. It was quite fun trying to entertain these munchkins all day long in the rain. We watched movies, went to the park in between rain storms, read books, jumped on the tramp, painted rocks, made snakes and paper fishes and played school. Oh and who could forget my wonderful air mattress; that only held air for the first 3 hours of the night! The boys were good most of the time other then the occasional fighting over who got the Lighting McQueen wallet, and Tess, I don't think she's ever had a bad day in her life! I had fun up there and I look at these little farts and think just how cute they are and how lucky we are to have them.
Colter & Jack

Pee-You!!!

2008-11-13T21:20:00.000-08:00

Somethings never change...Dempsey is our angel child and Colter is our little stinker. We had a fun Halloween, we went to good old Santaquin, met up with the fam, we had my all-time favorite carmel apples and took all the kids around. Colter loved it this year, so that made it really fun for me. Here's a few pics of our kiddos!

PUMPKINS...

2008-10-28T21:33:00.000-07:00

We started the day by making Halloween cookies and then we carved pumpkins. We thought Colter would love to carve the pumpkins and he did pretty good, but he'd stick his hand in the opening and pull it out real fast and say "gross". Those of you that know Colter it's not a surprise that he didn't enjoy being dirty. I think this year Darin and I had more fun carving them then Colter. We were all into it and trying to have the best one out of eachother. (by the way mine is better!!!) No actually they are both kind of cute and i'm proud of Darin going along with the idea and being a good sport.

I bet you can't tell who carved which pumpkin??? Ha ha.

Grandpa Joker

2008-10-10T13:59:00.000-07:00

In Loving Memory...
I just wanted to pay a little tribute to David Paul Ridge, my Grandpa Joker. He past away yesterday October 9, 2008. He was one of the BEST men I have ever known. He was so kind, sensitive, and gentle. I feel so blessed to have been his grand daughter. I am so thankful to my parents for always involving us in our grandparents life. I have a unique story that probably does not happen to many, but when my parents got married and introduced the going to be in-laws to each other, they became BEST friends; so when holidays rolled around or events it wasn't about which grandparents house we were going to be at, wherever we were each grandparent was there, they would always go to lunch and do their shopping together every Friday. They had a forever friendship!
Some of the things i remember most about my Grandpa Joker is knowing he was in World War II, He didn't get to meet his first born until she was two, he got hit by a bull dozer and broke every bone in his body, the long drawn-out history talks, he could tell you where every road, lake, cave, and mountain was or where it had been, the tilted hat (just a titch), his penny jar, all the pocket knifes, the yo-ho-ho's at the softball games, the "red" pepper at cactus reds, his blue eyes that he past down to Colter, who could forget all the publisher clearing house paraphernalia, and the love he shared for all of us and grandma. I will never forget visiting him these past few weeks and the tabernacle book he desperately wanted to read with me and showing me some of the places he and grandma had been and me telling him "that when he married her it was the best decision he had ever made" and he saying "yah i picked her didn't I". The love between them was nothing but true love.
I am so thankful for the relationship i have shared with my grandparents, i truly believe they are my angels!!!
I Love you Grandpa, and will miss you everyday.
Love you the mostest!!! Janey

Why me???

2008-09-12T16:24:00.000-07:00

It has taken me a long time to talk about this to anyone other than family and close friends, but I had a miscarriage on July 15, 2008. One of the WORST days of my entire life. We went in for my three month check-up and they could not find the heart beat. We were devistated. You just think this kind of thing won't happen to you. It was never even thought of. It has been 2 months and not a day goes by that I don't think about that day. People say time heals all pain...that is NOT true. Time just lessens the pain. The first couple weeks were the hardest; you wonder why, you feel like a failure, we had started telling people, Colter wanted a baby sister, friends and family were having babies and we were ready to add to our family, but ALL things happen for a reason. We may never know or understand why this happened to us, but Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us and what may be our plan is not his. I want to thank my family for their love and support especially my "Bodaget" sister. She helped me more than she'll ever know! Thank you Amy. And Darin, let's just say I definately remember why i married you, Thank you sweetie, I LOVE YOU!!! OXOXO.

Things are going good for us and we count our blessings every single day. We are thankful for who and what we have in our lives. I believe that someday we will be blessed again with a little spirit that needs us!

Big Boy Bed!!!

2008-08-30T16:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, lets just say I have been soooo excited to put Colter in a "BIG BOY BED", we have been talking about it forever, hoping it would get him excited! So, I found the perfect bedding and sheets and we started taking the crib down and man i started too feel so sad...my little man is getting so big, then I started second guessing myself, is he ready, he probably won't sleep tonight or the rest of his life in this bed, will he fall out and break his head? All this stuff started running through my head and needless to say...he LOVES it!!! He has done so awesome in it. So the moral of this story is that my two year old son was much more brave than his twenty-eight year old mom! Ha ha.

Wheeler Farms

2008-08-22T14:54:00.000-07:00

We went to Salt Lake today to Wheeler Farms. Colter had a ball! We fed the ducky's and Colter got to ride a pony. We took Colt into the candy store and told him he could have any candy that he wanted in the "whole entire" store (thinking this would be soooo cool for him) he picked 1 dum dum sucker! He definitely is a cheap date!!! At least he got what he wanted.Mommy and Colt feeding the ducks.
Colt getting a ride on "Nibbles".

Dad & Colt hanging out with the ducks!

Welcome Home Madison & Hannah!!!

2008-08-22T14:40:00.000-07:00

We went to Logan to Becky and Don's house last weekend for Hannah & Madison's homecoming, we also celebrated Hannah's eighth b-day. We went swimming, had a Barb-Q, and some awesome homeade rootbeer. We had so much fun! Amy, Jack, Colter, me, and Hannah playing in the pool!

Papa Lee holding Tessie Tyler.

2008-08-14T11:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks dad for the socks from Alaska! They are really creating a fashion statment!