Pictures from the last couple weeks

Uncle Jason & Baby G, December 24 2008

Baby G's Christmas present from us 2008

Christmas cards

I asked him to put it outside. When I saw this I laughed. It's so the babies can see it still

Thank you darling, December 15 2008

Vinnie in the snow, December 18 2008

Just the right kick

I made jalapeno poppers a couple weeks ago and they were killer.
Super easy, fast and good.

12 jalapeno's, cut in half, take out seeds

1 pkg cream cheese, softened

bacon (I had turkey bacon in the freezer)

Fill jalapeno's, wrap bacon around, bake in oven preheated @ 350 about 20-25 mins. Enjoy ♥

Christmas pictures 2008

Some of our loot

See that thing in the middle that's got the white base and it's tall, that is an herb keeper. You put your fresh herbs inside the clear part fill the bottom with water and store it in your fridge. It's suppose to keep your herbs last longer. I got my SIL one for Christmas and when I saw it I freaked out about it so of course Santa had to bring me one as well. Do you see what my ipod is sitting on, lower left corner? That's the new cooking mama game.......be jealous, it's the shit!

We got Baby G her first purse

Jason & Baby G
My goodies from Santa

Jason, Christmas morning

He was being a goof ball

Looks like we'll be having a very white Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE

I hope you all are having a great Christmas eve so far. I've been super busy getting everything ready and baked for tonight & tomorrow. I've been taking lots of pictures, and once I have a minute (& a couple glasses of wine) I'll sit down and load all these pictures for you too see. Till then have a great Christmas eve & a wonderful Christmas.

From my family to yours, Happy Holidays.

Our first for 2008

Jason & I ate sushi for dinner a couple of weeks ago. I loved the Locati roll, liked the Shawn roll alot and did not like the New York roll at all. I can't wait to go back and try some new rolls. This place has like 20 rolls and they have the best pot stickers ever. We got ours to go, hence the plastic.

Shawn Roll: crab, cucumber, crystal shrimp, avocado

New York Roll: smoked salmon, apple, cream cheese, avocado

Locati: seared tuna, cream cheese, tempura bits, pineapple

This season we rock

Rink Rats VS. The Tigers

11-3

We won. I'm feeling bad for the Tigers, they have not won a single game so far. I'm really hoping they win at least one game this season. My dad missed the game (he's in California). Jason scored a goal. This is his 2nd or 3rd goal of the season. GO BABE!! No hockey for the next two weeks, cuz of Christmas and New Years.

Weekend pictures

Sunday morning when I woke up

Elidah's Christmas goodies

Goodies for Jason peeps at work

The inside of a goodie tin: Cookies, fudge, & a candy cane
Christmas cookies

I bet Disneyland at this time of the year is pretty amazing

My dad and the family took off this morning for California. They are taking the kids to Disneyland, and have several stops planned (they are in their trailer). They plan on being back Christmas Eve. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers ♥

That's why this is my blog

Nala, December 13 2008

Vinnie, December 13 2008

...baby it's cold outside...

I got this in an email and thought I would bring it here and share with you. The list has already been provided for me, and I highligh/bold the one's I have done ♥

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Been homeless
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

cookies, cookies, & more cookies

I baked cookies ALL day today. I started about 9:00 this morning and pulled my last tray out at 5:17 pm. Then immediately started cooking dinner, the kitchen & I are taking a break at the moment. The cookies turned out great, and we have plenty of them. Elidah & Christopher are coming over to help decorate tomorrow. I'm glad considering we have about 120 cookies to decorate.


Christmas cookie cutters

Christmas sugar cookie ingredients

The dough chillin'

Cookies cooling

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

We got snow! It started about 7:30 am and stopped about 7:00 pm. It was pretty to watch.

8:45 am

3:30 pm

8:00 pm

Warning: Not for the faint

I was just looking through pictures and found these. They are from last year when Jason got into a motorcycle accident while riding in the mountains. He hit some gravel and his bike went out from under him. At first everyone thought he had broken his arm because a rock was lodged under his skin and sticking out, which at first looked like bone. Once he got to the hospital they realized it was a rock. They went under his skin and pulled it out. The rock was all the way up to his elbow! These pictures are a couple days after it happened.

Rink Rats VS. The Icemen

11-7

We lost.

Sorry, under the weather today. I'll post more tomorrow.

Gotcha...

Pictures of my babies...

I think she's starting to like them :]

Oh how I love thee Christmas season

We got our tree. It's decorated. My cat has already knocked down 12 ornaments in 24 hours. Fun, fun. We got our tree Saturday morning, and finally got it decorated late Saturday night. I love it. It's worth
beatingdisciplining my cat, at least for the next 17 days, Christmas day that tree will be down! I decorated our entire place and it's really got the Christmas cheer going on.

Elidah and Christopher came over on Sunday. We ate lunch, then Elidah and I headed out to Shopko and K-Mart. Elidah brought over the new Cooking Mama game for the Wii, and I'm now dying to get it. It's much harder than the first one, but way cooler.

I've asked Elidah and Christopher to come over next weekend and help me decorate Christmas cookies. I plan on baking cookies on Saturday then decorating them on Sunday. Every year for Christmas I make goodie baskets and send them to work with Jason and I send out a few each year. I love doing this, but it's always a lot more fun with someone. I'm making sugar cookies W/icing, chocolate chip cookies, ginger snaps, & Fudge. I'll try to take pictures while I'm in the kitchen up to my eye balls with sugar & flour. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and are staying warm in this cold weather ♥

The Knights are the team to beat this season

Rink Rats VS The Knights

13-12

We lost :[

Good news though is Jason scored a goal! Whoo-hoo, great job hun. It was tied at the end and we did a shoot out and out of our 3 peeps who did the shoot out, Jason was the only one to score. The other team came back and scored 2 shots during the shoot out and won the game.

I can't help myself

This is my Christmas ornament for this year. I love it so much ♥

I love Christmas ornaments, yet I hate paying the price for them. I've learned that if you find an ornament that you have to have them buy it cuz it might be gone. There are always several ornaments I want each year, so I buy my fav then wait till after the holidays then buy the others half price. Here's my fav from last year.

The little paper sticking out of the cookie pulls out and has a fortune on it

Rockin' out

This picture is from Wednesday night while I was at my parents house with the kids. We were playing Rock Stars. E on key board, T on guitar, & B singing. I was the fan/groupie. We were rocking out to some AC/DC on T's boombox.

Thanksgiving 2008

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'm sitting here listening to Christmas music and the moment couldn't be any better. I'm so thankful for everything I have and I truly know how great life is for us. I hope you all have a wonderful Turkey Day. Eat lots, take many naps today, and enjoy your loved ones.

Our little secret

Rink Rats VS Tigers

15-5

We won. I was not at the game tonight because I went out to my dads house and watched the kids so my Wmom could go and watch the game. She's never been able to atend the games because she's got the kids. We didn't tell my dad what was going on. When he got home from the game he was so excited for mom to have been there. It was priceless ♥

I've got pictures from last night that are so awesome and I can't wait to share but right now I gotta get my butt in gear and get some cooking done.

...tryin' to catch the breath you take away...

Happy 5 years babe ♥ Life has been so amazing, I love you

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Louie, happy birthday to you. Happy 14th birthday Louie

We won

Rink Rats VS. IceMen

We won
10-9
The game was intense and I spent most of it on my feet. We kept our heads in the game and pulled through another win. Way to go Rink Rats!!
My dad had the late game and I did not stay for it so not sure how he's doing.
**UPDATE**
My dad's team lost last night

My 100

1. I have a total of 5 brothers & 2 sisters
2. Only 1 is full blood
3. 2 are adopted
4. 4 are half
5. I love the color pink
6. Anything pink
7. I use to despise the color pink
8. I've been to 9 concerts
9. They were all when I was in high school
10. I wanna go to one now
11. I'm addicted to The Sims
12. I love my birthday
13. I love Halloween
14. I love Christmas
15. I love Christmas music
16. I love everything Christmas
17. I love the smell of a fresh Christmas tree
18. Yet I love the easiness of a fake tree
19. but I will not get a fake tree....yet
20. I love organizing
21. I love baskets
22. I like to make plans
23. I hate breaking plans
24. Or having plans broken
25. I love my cats
26. Maybe a little too much
27. I have more pictures of my cats then I do of family
28. I suck at taking pictures
29. But I like taking them still
30. I like having framed photos
31. A lot of them
32. I love my phone
33. It's the LG Dare from Verizon
34. I love my crockpot & use it all year long
35. I love my Wii
36. My fav games for the Wii (so far): Cooking Mama, Order Up, Hell's Kitchen, MySims, Guitar Hero, Rayman Raving Rabbits 1 & 2, Harvest Moon:TOT, any Sims game
37. I love lounge days spent playing video games
38. I love Crocs
39. Anything Crocs
40. I do 95% of our clothing shopping online
41. I'm addicted to shopping online
42. I'm addicted to online
43. I love chocolate
44. I'm realizing I love a lot of things
45. Reeces peanut butter cups are my favorite
46. I really enjoy camping
47. I like to go say 4-6 times a summer
48. I got married when I was 24
49. My husband & I dated 3.5 years before we said "I do"
50. I got married in my dads back yard
51. It truly was the perfect day
52. I've had 3 jobs in my entire life
53. My first job was at a burger joint
54. Called The Ice Berg
55. I have many wonderful memories from those days
56. My IB memories hold top 10 all time favs
57. My second job was in a gas station
58. That job was crazy
59. I met some amazing peeps at that gas station
60. My current job is being a dispatcher
61. I'm the only female there
62. I like working with men
63. Less drama
64. I love drinking & smelling wine
65. I can't live without my DVR(s)
66. I'm lucky to have 2 moms
67. I love Sex & The City
68. I miss my out of town friends very much
69. I bought a web-cam so we could keep in touch
70. I love it
71. I have a lot of cook books
72. & I want many more
73. I should say I need many more
74. I love to thrift shop
75. I donate to thrift shops
76. I cut out coupons
77. But always forget about them
78. I don't have a lot of girl friends
79. But the one's I have are the BEST
80. I've always had more guy friends
81. Again, less drama
82. As a kid I dyed my hair every color you could imagine
83. I never really knew what I wanted to do when I grew up
84. And I still don't
85. My husband drives "my" car
86. While I drive "his" truck
87. I collected stickers as a kid
88. I enjoy scrapbooking
89. I think I enjoy buying scrapbooking stuff more
90. I love purses
91. I just started getting into shoes this year
92. I'm now addicted
93. My mom, dad, full brother, & I all have the same middle name
94. Mine's the only one that is spelled different
95. I only have 4 pictures of when I was a kid
96. I can't whistle
97. I just started listening to country music this year
98. I love music
99. But I'm horrible with knowing who sings what
100. I watch a lot of reality TV

Not our night

Rink Rats VS Knights

We lost 11-6

It was a good game though, we played hard and went after the puck every chance we got. Jason had many great shots and blocks, but unfortunatly no goals tonight. I'm so proud of him even if he does not make any goals (I know he will though, he's so determined). He's gotten so much better just from last season, and I'm so proud he's out there again this season.

My dad's team (Tigers) lost their game also. It just was not our night.

Next week we (the Rink Rats) play my dads (the Tigers) team. I'm sure I'll look crazy yelling for both teams :]

What does friendship mean to you?

What is a friend?
"A single soul dwelling in two bodies". - Aristotle

Definition of friendship (per internet search):

"Friendship is a personal relationship shared between each friend for the welfare of other, in other words, it is the relationship of trust, faith and concern for each other feelings. It is a relationship of mutual caring and intimacy among one another. A friend is one who knows you as a person and regards you for what you are and not what he or she is looking in a good friend. Best friend is one who accepts the good as well bad qualities of his friend and also takes an initiative in correcting and mending them. Friendship is a distinctive kind of concern for your friend, it is a relationship of immense faith and love for each other.

Friendship is all about how much you care and understand each other. It is a pure relationship, which would make your friend smile, feel good as to how much you love him and care for him. It is all about talking, listening and building up a strong relationship loyalty among each other. It is string of love which develops gradually with each others involvement. In certain cases friendship may not last for a longer period and might end up or lose its prime importance of love and regard for each other. There are some friendships which might end with unresolved conflicts and tiffs which means that these type of relationship were not so strong that could hold on their own in adversity and bad times. Friendship is not about merry-making and fun it involves equal loyalty from both the partners.

It should be understood that not all friends are best friends. One might come across numerous number of friends in his life but there are very few who will be their during your ups and down. How one should recognize your best friend the one who will understand your strengths and shortcomings and would be with you in all your good and bad phases of life.

A true friendship does not consist of a huge number of friends you keep but it is valued by its worth and capability to hold you and stand by you in all phases of life.That said finding a best friend from among your friends is the hardest task to do.A lot of people say that the best friends automatically come closer from among a group of friends and you will never have to make an extra effort to do find one."

Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?Definition-of-Friendship---A-Few-Facts&id=1267049

I'm still kinda shocked...

It's official, our flight for Vegas is booked!! Sunday March 29 we fly out and arrive back home April 02. We are freaking out! It's so more real now that our flight & hotel is paid for and reserved. We are staying at the Rio. We decided on the Rio because all the rooms are suites and we all thought that was cool. We're all really excited to see Pen & Teller and there show is at the Rio, so that's kinda neat too. Not sure about all the different shows we're going to see, but I know we're going to do 4 total.

I want them in my size

My SIL's mother bought these little pink (fake) crocs for baby G. When I saw them I freaked out, being the croc ♥ lover I am! A couple days later I was at WalMart and I saw the black zebra one's and I picked them up for G

They grow up so fast...

Nala, November 6 2008

My "blankie"

My Wmom made this quilt for me a couple of Christmas' ago. I love it very much and always look forward to bringing it out in the winter. She's been making quilts for several years now, and there always awesome ♥

Victory

Rink Rats VS Tigars

Rinks Rats won 9 to 4

Way to start the season guys (no girls on our team this season)

Looks like the Rink Rats will be Jason's team this season. He's excited, there's some really great players on the Rink Rats.

First game of the season

Getting ready to head out to the hockey game. Jason got called by the hockey organizer guy (if I ever have to refer to him again, he will be HOG) and was asked to play the late game on a different team. Not sure if it's because that team is short handed or if that's going to be his new team. I'm sure we'll find out though. I hope we win ♥

Hockey: Year 2

Jason starts hockey this week. His first game is on Wednesday. My dad & him are on different teams this year. Their excited to play against each other. Must be a man thing! I'm getting excited to get back into watching the games. I'm sure that will only last a couple weeks though :]
Jason is on the Ice Men again, and my dad is on the Tigers. Should be a fun season.

Halloween 2008

 

Trey

Emily

Brock

Christopher

Cameron

Elidah