My Transformer

As we all know from older posts Trent has a BIG imagination!

He is VERY into the Transformers since his cousin Mikey came for a visit.

Today he is Optimus Prime.  Tomorrow, maybe jazz or bumblebee... Your guess is as good as mine!

Ballet

This last year, Mallori took Ballet lessons.  Here are a few pics of her during her recital this year.  She was so good!  It's great to have a dancer in the family!  She didn't get that talent from me!!!  LOL

Mallori is 8!!!

Mallori turned 8 years old on June 14.  I can't believve it went by so fast.  She got to be baptized on her birthday.  We love her so much.  What a beautiful girl we have. (Thanks Tammy!!!)

Too Long

It's been WAY too long since I've posted anything on this blog.  

Here's a few highlights from the last few months.

Trent remains silly as ever!  He keeps us in stitches all the time! (as you can see)

Easter Came and went and we had our 2nd annual picture of all the grandkids on the slide in my yard.  We were missing Ashli's Mikey and Madilyn, but we'll get 'em next year!

I got to babysit Mom and Dad's dogs again, and Jiggers became a Dodgers Fan!!!

Go Dodgers!!! (Don't let my dad see this!  LOL)

Now it's summer time and we are all home having a grand time!

Go Speed Racer! Go!!!

Trent has a NEW Character to be.  Speed Racer!

The funniest part of this whole "play Out"

that I couldn't get on film, was after he would

win the race he would get out of his car,

take his helmet off

put it under his arm,

Look around the yard nodding his head

saying, "Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!"

to the crowd!

What a funny kid!

Good Guy VS Bad Guy

Anyone ever wonder what little boys do when they play?

BTW Here's PROOF that Michael and Trent DO get along. LOL

Mallori in her new Glasses

Here she is

Mallori in her new glasses.

We got a notice from the school saying she failed the eye test!  What?!?  Not my daughter!

Every time I ask her if things are blurry, she says, "No, really mom!"

Well, turns out she has an astigmatism in both eyes.  Her left eye sees at a 20/50  Not too bad and it does ALL the work cuz her right eye sees at a 20/2500.  Yes that's right, 2500!

So now she has CUTE princess glasses with BLING on them!  Wish they made them in my size!

The Superman "Doodle-loot"

"Mom, can you make a 'doodle-loot' in my hair 

like superman?" says Trent.  

"Sure, No problem" Says Mom.

Jee-Ji-Joe

This is Trent as "Jee-Ji-Joe", That would be GI Joe to the rest of us.

This is what me and my friend Micha saw when we looked out the craft room the other day. We're not sure if he was protecting us or hunting us, but whatever it was, we HAD to capture it on film.

I think this is the Cutest Soldier I've seen in a LONG time!!!

Big Hair, Braces and a ZIT!!!

First I had some Big Farrah Hair! (Check older posts) Now I have braces on my teeth! I am going to go through the trial of Metal Mouth for the next 2 years with Dylan. My teeth are straight but my bite is off, so here I go, to fix the problem.

It hasn't been too bad so far. I will say that the soreness is a weird feeling though, kind of like my gums itch or I have a head cold. Nothing bad, just annoying. Tylenol does the trick. The worst part is eating. Things get stuck REALLY easy in them! I only have my top ones on right now too, I can only imagine what it will be like when the bottom ones are put on.

So here I am, "railroad tracks" and all!

AND to top it off, I got a ZIT that morning too.

What?!? Am I 16 again?

Left Overs

Michelle & I hosted a Scrap Retreat at the Tenaya Lodge last weekend. In order to Feed these 30 people, we served crock pots full of Chili and Carrot Chowder in our suite. It was YUMMY! But What do you do with the leftovers? The little fridge was NOT big enough, and we really didn't want to take them home the next day so we FLUSHED THEM DOWN THE TOILET!
Yup! I dumped half a crock pot of chili into the toilet and then thought "Oh Crap" (no pun intended) "I hope it doesn't overflow!!!"
It didn't! Thank goodness! But there was a lovely coat of a grease rainbow on top of the water the next morning! EEWWW!

I bet you're wondering how we washed the dishes too. No? Well, we are problem solvers in this family so our two crock pots took a Lovely Jaccuzi Bath! Problem solved!!!

Just Call Me FARRAH!!!

WOW, Look at my Big Hair Farrah Faucet Feather!!! Woohoo! This is how my hair turned out today AND Crazy Me, I WORE IT this WAY!!! Good thing nobody but my kids had to be by me and claim me as there own.
So REALLY though, the "Farrah Feather" IS coming back! IT IS!!! REALLY!!!
Charlie, Here I come!!!

Braces Are Coming

Dylan is going to get Braces. We had to get some X Rays and photos taken, so like a good Scrappin' Mom, I went in and snapped a photo!

Trent had to get in on the action too!

Scary Woodland Creature

So one of the reasons I haven't posted in awhile is I went to CHA (The Craft & Hobby Association Conference and Show) with Michelle and Ashli. This is where we find all the cool stuff to put in our Scrapbooking Packs for our Business Designs & Such.

For some reason some of the designers out there think they need to put woodland creatures on paper and make embellishments out of them. I'm not sure why, but a Big Dear Head in the middle of a page is NOT my idea of CUTE! In fact there were quite a few scary things at the show. Here are some examples!

Slogger

Hey, I know it's been a couple of weeks or more since I posted anything on my blog, so I am now a "SLOGGER" That would be Slacker and Blogger put together. LOL

Wanna know what a "Slogger" looks like? Apparently I'm not the FIRST one to come up with this word.

This is what Wikipedia said the Definition of a "slogger" is

1) In the sport of cricket, a slogger refers to a batsman who plays with an attacking mindset with the intention of scoring runs on almost, if not every, delivery.
Sloggers are known for their big hitting and high strike rates, however they sometimes lack the technique of higher-class batsmen and therefore often go out for low scores through their excessive attacking.

Ha Ha

I guess I'm just gonna have to come up with a Better word for my Laziness!

My Rock Star

Not only does he like to be Super Heroes, but Trent is a Guitar Hero too!
He is very good at making sound effects. You'll see what I mean after watching the video. Pay special attention to the last part where he incorporates the Whammy Bar! BTW, he came up with this all on his own. Nobody showed him how!

Scary Perry, Actually Scary Mallori with My Perry!

Anyone who is familiar with the Disney Cartoon "Phineas and Ferb" will know what I'm talking about, but if your not, go to DisneyChannel.com and check it out.

I LOVE Perry the platypus from Phineas and Ferb. He is my favorite character! So I got a stuffed animal from Michelle for Christmas! He even makes his growling noise when you squeeze his hand.

The kids love him too. They can't help but play with him when they come into my craft room. I am constantly reminding them that he is MINE!!!

Here is Mallori being silly with him.

I GOT A TATTOO!!!

I did! I Got a Tattoo! OK, it really doesn't count, but

I went and got permanent eyeliner done last week. I'm LOVIN' it!

Here's a pic of what it looks like. I have NOTHING on my eye! Cool huh?

It didn't hurt much, not really at all for me. The gal numbed me up pretty good. It was more weird feeling than anything. I could feel the vibrations from the tattoo gun and it's right by my eye, so I wanted to blink. I had to concentrate really hard not too. I probably looked REALLY FUNNY! I bruised some and my eyes were swollen for a day. After the swelling went down I loooked like I got hit in the eyes, but not Punched! LOL The red spot on the bottom right corner in the pic is some of the bruising left over. It's almost completely gone now. I am finally allowed to wear mascara now, I couldn't do that for about 5 days.

I'll go back in 2 weeks to have any touch ups done I want. I think I might have the bottom one done a little thicker, but not too much.

So What d'ya think? BTW don't pay any attention to the blood shot part. That's just from lack of sleep due to finishing the 4th book in the Twighlight Saga! LOL

Dylan's a Deacon

Dylan is a Deacon now! He is 12 now and on Tuesday night we had our family come over and Brian ordained him with the Power of the Priesthood. My little boy is all grown up now! Kind of, I still think of him as my baby! LOL Here he is with Brian, and with my Grandpa Boyd! We had 4 generations of priesthood holders in the prayer circle! Wow!

Anyone wanna come watch him pass the sacrement now?

Spidy or Superman

Which is it today? Spiderman or Superman (Batman is in the wash!) Trent couldn't decide who he wanted to be today. Spiderman can Shoot Webs, but Superman Can Fly! Such tough choices to make when you're 3!

So he decided to be BOTH! I changed his outfit back and forth several times! What a Kid! What a SUPER Kid!

Shake That THANG!

Trent! We LOVE Trent! He cracks us up everyday!
Here he is Shakin' his Booty for me!

Dylan's Birthday

OK, even though today is JANUARY 5th, "I'm saying Happy Birthday Son!" to Dylan because in Australia, it IS January 6th! Here are some pics my Mom sent me today. Following is her email too. Scroll down on the "Jumping" post too, I added some pics.
"We are in Melbourne, just waking up. We have had a fun few days. I think the last note was the day Dylan bungied. He has worn his t shirt every day. I finally got it off him and washed it.
The second day in Queenstown we were up early and rode up the Dart River valley with a group of others. We got to Glenorchen and were briefed on what the day was going to be like. They outfitted all of us in wet suits, wet booties, fleece, jackets and life vests. Then they took us by jet boat up the river. the jet boat was invented here so that the farmers could navigate the shallow rivers on their sheep ranches. It can function in as little as 4" of water.
Our boat had a cover on it, so we didn't get wet when the pilot did 360 turns in the water. He took us upstream a bit and then left us on the river bank. We met a bunch of river guides there and learned how to pump up the Funyaks. This is a cross between an inner tube and a kayak/canoe. We divided into small groups and luckily, the guide-Sophi-was with us. She hooked two boats together-she and Dylan in one, Dad and I in the other. We felt a lot safer doing this.
We then started floating down stream. Dylan learned a little about canoe navigation. I learned how to paddle.
We floated down a bit with no disasters and then beached, and pulled the canoes up the river bank to a little inlet. The water was very cold when it got in my boots! After a short break, we got back in the boats and paddled a short way up stream into this gorge that had been created by the water. Very narrow, very steep, very beautiful.
After that we enjoyed lunch on the beach before boarding the boats and heading downstream again. In our group was another family from Kansas. The mom and dad were in one boat and the kids, 2 boys (13,16) and the girl (15) in the other. We were a little ways ahead of them on the river when they came up to a log and tipped over, dunking both the boys into the water. The dad called out to Sophi that the kids had tipped and she really went into action. We beached our boat very fast, she grabbed a rope, told the boys to swim and got them both ashore. Then the girl, who had been holding onto the boat, swam over to us. The current was strong in that part of the river, which is what pushed the boat into the log.
After the kids were safe, Sophi went to work getting the boat unstuck from the log. It wasn't easy because of the way the river was holding it against the log. Finally after about an hour, a jet boat came up river and the pilot and the guide were able to help Sophi and the dad put a rope around the end of the canoe and pull it from the log. It took the jet boats power to do it.
That whole episode took about an hour and 40 minutes to resolve. After that we hooked all 4 boats together and floated back to the end. All of us were glad to be on land and finally get the wet clothes off. My feet were so glad to be in my socks with dry shoes.
We were going to take the rescheduled helicopter ride to Milford Sound, but again the rain over there was creating problems, so we just headed back to the hotel and had dinner watching the Return of the King.
Yesterday we flew from Queenstown to Christchurch and had a very brief visit in the city before boarding the flight to Melbourne. I had forgotten how pretty this city is. It brought back a lot of memories. We walked from our hotel, over to the area where we stayed years ago and had dinner by the river. Then back to the hotel and bed. We were all tired.
Today, Dylan's birthday, we are visiting a sheep ranch. Tomorrow we head north to the beach.
I finally got a connection with my laptop, so I'll try to send some pictures with this note. We are having fun. Dylan has been great"

My Jumper!

Dylan is in New Zealand right now with my parents. It's his 12th Birthday vacation present.

We've been getting updates every couple of days. So he decided to go Bungie Jumping. Off a Bridge! 104 feet high WITHOUT HIS MOTHER!!! I'm so jealous of that one, Ya, I know I'm crazy. So here is an excerpt from my Mom's email about it and a pic from her IPhone. Dylan is the small spot in the middle.
"this morning we were supposed to take a helicopter ride to Milford Sound, but the rain caused some problems. So we changed the itinerary and the guide took us around the area. We went up to Arrowtown, met a local artist (who is actually from Montana) and then we headed for the bridge where the bungie jumping started. The guide was able to get Dylan on the schedule, so we watched him jump! The bridge is 140 feet above the river. He did it! He will probably talk about the experience for the rest of his life. He has been walking around town with the T shirt that only the jumpers get and people are commenting on it. I'm sure he was the youngest jumper of the day (Grandpa signed the consent form). We bought the still photo's and the DVD of the jump so he can share it with all of you. and I got pictures with the burst so you can see him all the way down. "











Dylan called us after to tell us about it. Cell phones are great! I guess after you stop bouncing up and down you grab a pole the raft guy has and he pulls you into the raft and unhooks you to take you back. You can see the raft better than Dylan in the pic, but did you notice he had the ankle harness on, NOT the body harness. What a Cool Kid I have! When they get home, I'll share more pics and the video.