Catching up

So I haven't been blogging, because Bre tells me that I have the old version of the blog thingy and it takes forever, loads the pics in random spots and it never ceases to annoy and frustrate me so I have to really prep myself for it. But I had some pics that were cute so I thought I would give you all a update. Nothing much changes in my life-same old same old. I did have a lot of fun for Halloween this year since we went to a Church dance on a boat that sailed around the San Diego Harbor (not that great, but it was different) and I got to dress up. I had a ton of fun with my costume!!

Barbie and I on the boat. It was a beautiful night!

My Halloween costume. I had so much fun putting it together and trying to find different accent pieces. All I was missing was the spiderweb tattoo...

This is the gang of us that went to the boat dance. The dance was fun (or at least as fun as church dances are) the down side was that it was on a boat so that when we were all ready to leave at 1245 or so we still had to hang around for another hour and a half...not so great.

Barbie posing in her hot Batman/girl costume. She said Batman, but since there was no cross dressing allowed at the dance when people asked she was batgirl.

Barb and I again. I had sprayed my hair with black hairspray for my costume-something I will NEVER do again. It really completed my costume I think, but it was so messy. Everytime I touched my head black stuff would come off. It stained my fingernails for days and I will not even mention the disaster my bathroom is. Had I been smart I would have started the spraying outside, but unfortunately they don't put that on the bottle under directions and you can't see any of the black...until it gets wet. Just thinking of the disaster I have to clean in my bathroom is making me groan. Plus there were 7 people in my apartment this weekend all using the shower and bathroom so now there are footprints and handprints ALL over the place. I really hope the costume looked good...

Luke, Breanna, Z, Barbie and Mom all came down to Yucaipa to shop and look at my dream house (only a dream cause it is way outta my price range). On our way back from lunch we saw a sign for a pumpkin patch with pony rides so we stopped so Z could ride a pony (which she loved) and go to the petting zoo (which she was not such a fan of). This is Bre, Z, and Luke.

Z riding the pony. She was so cute up there on the pony and didn't even cry when the strange man buckled her in although her face did look a little disconcerted that her family would just hand her over to a stranger when they were all right there. She REALLY loved the pony.

Stefanie and Z in a pumpkin cut out (obviously)

Luke, Breanna, Z, Barbie, and Mom at my new fav restuarant Soup Plantation (or something about tomatoes if you are in Oregon). We had some fun picture time there. LOVE their chicken noodle soup-although Dad's is still better (hint hint dad about what I would like for dinner this weekend:))

So Z LOVES Paka (not sure how to spell it since it is a word she made up) and if he is outside working then she wants to be outside to. I took her outside on Saturday morning and she wanted to swing in the swing all by her little big girl self. I had a few nerve wracking moments as she likes to look at her shadow when she swings and I was certain that she was going to overbalance and fall right out of the swing (which brings up some rather poignant memories of when I lived in Victorville with Jared and Michelle and Sadie was swinging and face planted in the dirt and then a few days later Trini did almost the exact same thing-I was hoping to avoid that situation with Z). Thankfully she did surprisingly well with her center of balance.

I am just waiting for Drew and Kim to find time in their crazy schedules to post more pics of the house not that it is officially theirs... I am so excited for you guys!!

I love all of you and hope things are going well!!

Minnesota, Birthdays

Hello. Here are some pictures. Stef had a work conference in Minnesota so Mom, Grandma and I went. It was fun. Grandma especially liked seeing her sisters. It was beautiful. Doug and Dad's birthday was pretty great. We had dinner and just had fun. Life is great!! Love you all!!

Before the boat ride on the Mississippi

On the boat

These are called Lochs. I guess they help you move up and down the river. It was interesting.

Minnesota Skyline

Grandma's family

Doug with his kitten (birthday present) Oliver

Dad with his birthday present

Always wear a helmet...

First test drive...

Donut competition-Trin is cheating a little...

Doug won...

It was Bre's first time...

The whole gang

Trin and I decided that the best way to win is to push our donuts together and then eat it. It was a little messy. I would have put pictures of our technique on, but you could see right down my shirt.

Aslynn ate the chocolate off of the donut and then decided to eat the donut.

Chelle and Doug had a competition with each other to really see who is the best. Doug won again...

Birthday boys!

This is what Doug looks like most of the day lately...Sleeping with his phone nearby so he will never miss a text. He is so funny.

Deer Season 2010

Deer Season 2010 was good, surprisingly we actually saw living animals, even more surprisingly they were the animals we were actually looking for, SWEET!!!! It was good fun, Kim was ablt to get a nice Non-Typical which if you check the horns you will understand the name. I admit I scored the smallest catch of the day but heck in the hunting world something is much better than nothing!!!

Kim's Non-typical, her buck had some mismatched horns that were partially still in velvet. Very nice, some thought we should have it mounted but that is TONS of money!

My not so stupendous 3 point buck, he is a little dusty cause we had to drag him down a hill. The cute addition is Kara Hanson, was missing Aslynn something fierce but Kara is doing a great job of being a super cute niece!!

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Love, J D M

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Conference Weekend Madness!!!

Okay, so really I just like to blog. I will admit it right now. I live my life thinking oh that would be a great blog post, but I am too chicken to actually post it because in all reality it is not all that exciting, but I thought that this would be exciting-mainly because it has nothing to do with me...

So Conference was pretty great. It was not as quiet as it has been for me the past couple years, but that is a good thing because I didn't fall asleep once. So we decorated for Halloween between sessions. It was a lot of fun. Although Aslynn was scared out of her mind and she would run from the decorations yelling "Say me, Say me!" (Roughly translated is save me save me). She became great friends with Grandma, although Grandma did teach her some important life lessons; we were eating dinner (Clam Chowder home made by Bre which was delicious!!!) and Z was sitting close to Grandma. There is a goblin in the dining room and Z was getting kinda scared of it. Right in the middle of dinner Grandma starts singing "If you don't walk as most people do some people walk away from you, but I won't, I won't. If you don't talk as most people do some people talk and laugh at you, but I won't I won't..." She then said to Z, "Yeah that guy is super ugly, but we still need to be friends with him..." You can imagine the conversation that this life lesson set off around the dinner table. We were laughing for ever!! It was hilarious. So the main lesson we learned today...ugly people need friends too!! It seemed to work though...Z wasn't scared of the goblin anymore and actually wanted to give it a kiss when she left. It was a great weekend!

Z pointing to her new friend...

What her new friend looks like...

Awesome Clam Chowder in an awesome bread bowl

"The" Tree

Dad was working all weekend, like always. He is fixing the cupbaord cuz it came off the wall.

Watching conference. Z can almost say prophet.

Holding her baby. She would rock it and kiss it and love it.

Doug painting some of his figurines during conference (the ghost is Bre's)

Stefanie, avidly listening and taking GREAT notes!

Z going under the bridge...

She really loves playing with the light switches. Another thing she loves to do it to scream randomly. Stef thinks that she may have that disease where you just do random things randomly (I would spell it, but I can't)

<3

Mom getting everything beautiful...

Dad's favorite (other than "The" tree) Z was afraid to come into the house because this was up.