Scott has been hard at work trying to do some videos of the kids and so far we have some really fun ones, but we wanted to try and see if they would work on the blog, so here's our first attempt at seeing if we can post these videos here -- if not, well then I guess next time you come out to Tooele it will be home movies and popcorn night :)
Okay - I just tried it and it worked for me, but it is not at a wonderful resolution. You have to click download on the screen it brings you to and then make sure you have your volume on. Bradley is on the Blue team and he is #10 (just look for the handsome dude that is playing AWESOME!!!!)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Chapter 62: Just a good Day!!
I guess a good day always should start out with being in the service of others, I had the opportunity to help out with the Great American Bake Sale to help end childhood hunger, I made cake ball suckers and then regular homemade suckers, and although I did grumble (only at 1 or 2 in the morning), I love the feeling that you get when you serve others.
After dropping off the goodies it was off to the soccer field to watch Zacky in action. There is just something about watching little 8 year olds playing soccer, I LOVE it, and Zachary is really starting to blossom. He is really good at defense, although he loves to try and score goals to, but he is really good at watching the opposing team and matching them step for step, it is always fun for me (I just hope I don't embarass him toooo much).
Since the rest of our day was going to revolve around "girl" stuff, Zachary called in his back up family and they came to the rescue (Thanks Manziones!!!!), oh I guess at this point I should have already mentioned that Scott and Bradley left at 3 am to go Turkey Hunting. So with just the girls I loaded up and headed to Salt Lake for Aunt Cassie's baby shower, we are all so excited to meet her baby girl and we hope she makes her debute soon (please)!!!! After the shower (which as a side note, Lainee said that it shouldn't be called a shower because babies only need baths they can't even stand up and they can't wash their own hair) but anyway, we went to Kari's house to continue visiting and make the boys feel a little included!!!
I have to say sometimes I think my family can't get any funnier, and I really wish that you could lose more weight with just laughing, because I am pretty sure I could almost be to my goal weight by now. I am going to reference a few key points, just for my own future reference - Matt, comic books and shaving and my favorite of the night Grandma and the King Size Bed (don't ask because if you weren't there you just missed it, so sorry for you!!!)
After we left Kari's we headed to our favorite dinner spot The Olive Garden. Now there are some times as a mom that I want to just freeze time or rewind and relive, and this was one of those times, I was having so much fun talking and laughing with my girls it was awesome. I asked the girls where they would go if they could choose any trip, Kennadee said Maryland right off the bat, when I asked why, she simply said "because you always say you have so much fun when you go to Maryland, so that is why I want to go." (ohhhh) Lainee had a much different plan she told me she would go camping and when I asked her where she wanted to camp she said "ummm, definately the city!!!" so I have decided that Scott will go with Lainee and I will go with Kennadee..............hey that sounds fair to me!!!!
You know those days where at the end of your day you are just Happy, well today was it. It sure is nice to have a good day every once in a while :)
After dropping off the goodies it was off to the soccer field to watch Zacky in action. There is just something about watching little 8 year olds playing soccer, I LOVE it, and Zachary is really starting to blossom. He is really good at defense, although he loves to try and score goals to, but he is really good at watching the opposing team and matching them step for step, it is always fun for me (I just hope I don't embarass him toooo much).
Since the rest of our day was going to revolve around "girl" stuff, Zachary called in his back up family and they came to the rescue (Thanks Manziones!!!!), oh I guess at this point I should have already mentioned that Scott and Bradley left at 3 am to go Turkey Hunting. So with just the girls I loaded up and headed to Salt Lake for Aunt Cassie's baby shower, we are all so excited to meet her baby girl and we hope she makes her debute soon (please)!!!! After the shower (which as a side note, Lainee said that it shouldn't be called a shower because babies only need baths they can't even stand up and they can't wash their own hair) but anyway, we went to Kari's house to continue visiting and make the boys feel a little included!!!
I have to say sometimes I think my family can't get any funnier, and I really wish that you could lose more weight with just laughing, because I am pretty sure I could almost be to my goal weight by now. I am going to reference a few key points, just for my own future reference - Matt, comic books and shaving and my favorite of the night Grandma and the King Size Bed (don't ask because if you weren't there you just missed it, so sorry for you!!!)
After we left Kari's we headed to our favorite dinner spot The Olive Garden. Now there are some times as a mom that I want to just freeze time or rewind and relive, and this was one of those times, I was having so much fun talking and laughing with my girls it was awesome. I asked the girls where they would go if they could choose any trip, Kennadee said Maryland right off the bat, when I asked why, she simply said "because you always say you have so much fun when you go to Maryland, so that is why I want to go." (ohhhh) Lainee had a much different plan she told me she would go camping and when I asked her where she wanted to camp she said "ummm, definately the city!!!" so I have decided that Scott will go with Lainee and I will go with Kennadee..............hey that sounds fair to me!!!!
You know those days where at the end of your day you are just Happy, well today was it. It sure is nice to have a good day every once in a while :)
Monday, April 5, 2010
Chapter 61: Playing Catch-up!!!
So here is a quick catch-up, I know we just had my Dad's b-day and Easter but I didn't have my camera handy and I had a goal of posting something on the Blog today. So now I can check one thing off my to do list - YAY!!!! *check*
Every year at the school they do Spirit Week and everyday is assigned something like: favorite sports team day, hat day, green day, 70's day and the ever famous cRaZy hair day. Poor Zacky doesn't have any hair to make crazy and he didn't want me to try anything weird so he skipped out as soon as his friends got here to pick him up. Kennadee being a conservative went with the 3 braid look, one on each side and one in the back (I think it still looked a little cute). And then there is Bradley, he was still trying to decide what to do when Kennadee's friends came to pick her up, one of them said "Just go grab some hair things and we will help you out."
Mistake #1 - listening to them.
Mistake #2 - letting them.
They were all like Bees to Honey, they swarmed him and all he could do was try to stand still as they pulled and twisted and grabbed at any loose hair they could find.
I don't think he will make that Mistake again, but it made for a great photo op, good thing my camera was nearby :)
our friends - McKenna Hammer, Brooklyn Searle, Isabelle Manzione, Bradley, Kennadee and Kenadee Marx.
Every year at the school they do Spirit Week and everyday is assigned something like: favorite sports team day, hat day, green day, 70's day and the ever famous cRaZy hair day. Poor Zacky doesn't have any hair to make crazy and he didn't want me to try anything weird so he skipped out as soon as his friends got here to pick him up. Kennadee being a conservative went with the 3 braid look, one on each side and one in the back (I think it still looked a little cute). And then there is Bradley, he was still trying to decide what to do when Kennadee's friends came to pick her up, one of them said "Just go grab some hair things and we will help you out."
Mistake #1 - listening to them.
Mistake #2 - letting them.
They were all like Bees to Honey, they swarmed him and all he could do was try to stand still as they pulled and twisted and grabbed at any loose hair they could find.
I don't think he will make that Mistake again, but it made for a great photo op, good thing my camera was nearby :)
our friends - McKenna Hammer, Brooklyn Searle, Isabelle Manzione, Bradley, Kennadee and Kenadee Marx.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Chapter 60: A little bit of Harvey"ness"
It just so happened that Kennadee and Lainee's dance competition was in Roy, UT so what does that mean for us...........oh yeah, a trip to Grandpa and Grandma Harvey's house. There are so many things I love about Grandma's house but my favorite is the fact that when you walk up to the house you most always see Grandma and Grandpa through the window with a smile on their face walking over to open the door for you and then when you walk in you just smell Grandma's house (I know it sounds weird, but every once in a while I will catch a wiff of someones laundry and it just smells like Grandma's house)
Grandma and Grandpa were so excited to see us and made us feel so welcome. We sat down to visit and found out that Burt, Tanya and their kids were going to be stopping by in just a few minutes as well. Soon the Harvey home turned into a regular party house, we had Kira and Mara stop by (Pam's daughter in law and grand-daughter) and also my mom's brothers Paul, Burt and Burt's family. After the girls warmed up to all the company they took the camera and had a blast taking some pictures of all the important things "to them."
if you notice the "" marks around some names, it is just because I have a hard time calling people "younger" than me Aunt without laughing (call me crazy)!!!!
Also Kira and Mara couldn't stay to long so we missed out on pics of them.
Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for letting us stop by, we LOVE YOU!!!!
p.s. another of my favorites is how when we leave they always stand in the driveway and wave to you until you are out of sight, maybe they just want to make sure we are really gone :) or maybe they just love us too!!!
Grandma and Grandpa were so excited to see us and made us feel so welcome. We sat down to visit and found out that Burt, Tanya and their kids were going to be stopping by in just a few minutes as well. Soon the Harvey home turned into a regular party house, we had Kira and Mara stop by (Pam's daughter in law and grand-daughter) and also my mom's brothers Paul, Burt and Burt's family. After the girls warmed up to all the company they took the camera and had a blast taking some pictures of all the important things "to them."
if you notice the "" marks around some names, it is just because I have a hard time calling people "younger" than me Aunt without laughing (call me crazy)!!!!
Also Kira and Mara couldn't stay to long so we missed out on pics of them.
Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for letting us stop by, we LOVE YOU!!!!
p.s. another of my favorites is how when we leave they always stand in the driveway and wave to you until you are out of sight, maybe they just want to make sure we are really gone :) or maybe they just love us too!!!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Chapter 59: Dance, Dinner and Dates
As promised here are a few pictures of our "never-ending" spring break (don't worry I am not the least bit bitter that the kids are out for 10 days)!!!!!
I bought some curlers for Kennadee a few years ago, looking for something that would work with her incredibly thick and straight hair, and no this one did not work either but it did come with a curling spray that I do love!!!! So with Lainee needing curling pony's for dance I decided to give them a whirl again, and Voila, perfection.
Here are just a couple of pics from their competition, I forgot to bring my other lens so they are dark, but hey, bonus points for those who can find my girls!!!! Good Luck!!!
I bought some curlers for Kennadee a few years ago, looking for something that would work with her incredibly thick and straight hair, and no this one did not work either but it did come with a curling spray that I do love!!!! So with Lainee needing curling pony's for dance I decided to give them a whirl again, and Voila, perfection.
Here are just a couple of pics from their competition, I forgot to bring my other lens so they are dark, but hey, bonus points for those who can find my girls!!!! Good Luck!!!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Chapter 58: Spring Break
So the kids are out of school, for forevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. So I am going to try and do some posting about the things we are going to be doing for this year's spring break. I will also have to play some catch up since I haven't posted for a "few" weeks. Today is filled with so much excitement, the kids could hardly contain themselves!!!!!! Ha, ha, sometimes I just make myself laugh. Actually the only fun thing going on today is the fact that at some point in time, they will have their jobs done and the house will be filled with the sweetness of peace and quiet.
I will have to post pictures soon of the jobs they so willingly did, and the fact that Spring Break is now in full swing!!!!! (despite the fact that it snowed a little this morning)
to be continued...............
I will have to post pictures soon of the jobs they so willingly did, and the fact that Spring Break is now in full swing!!!!! (despite the fact that it snowed a little this morning)
to be continued...............
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Chapter 57: Tag......
You are IT!!!!!!
When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
I love my hair cut!!!
How much cash do you have on you?
467.13
What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?
Core
Favorite planet?
I always liked Venus!!!!
Bright or Dark Room?
Both - I love to wake up in the morning and open all the blinds, much to Scott's dismay!! But if I have a migraine it is dark, dark, dark, the darker the better.
How many drugs have you done in the last three days?
Just say "NO"
What was the last thing you said to someone?
Throw it away, she had it as a snack!!
If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?
I would totally fly, if I could fly I could start charging people to watch me and then pretty soon I would be a millionaire!!!!
Where did you live in 1987?
In Roosevelt, Ut with my Mom and Dad.
Where were you when 9/11 happened?
I was at my home in Tooele, Ut and Scott called and told me to turn on the TV, I had 2 very small children who were playing with their Daddy's shoes and I was Pregnant with my 3rd child. I was literally glued to the TV that day.
If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
Um, I don't think you could pay me enough, did you know they use needles!!!!
Would you move for the person you loved?
If it was for a good reason!
Name three things that you have on you at all times?
I don't know if I have things on me all the time, I guess I would say my Cell Phone (Scott is probably laughing reading this!!), my I-touch and Lainee (she is going through a clingy phase right now)
What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
my Groceries at Macey's
Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?
Who do you count as your first love???? Well, I guess if I had to pick this person, I would say that he is married and has 4 kids (I think 4 it might be 3)
Does anything hurt on your body right now?
Cramps - enough said!!!
Have you been burned by love?
This is a stupid question and I would say No, hurt yes, burned no.
Have you burned others with love?
I would have to say Yes, although I would have to say in my defense I didn't "love" them.
How old do you look?
Ummmmm, I am going to say 21. (Hey it didn't say how old do "others" think you look:)
Are you waiting for something?
Sanity
Have you ever thought about converting your religion?
No.
What was the last thing you drank?
Water
Who do you most look like in your family?
My Mom
Have your parents ever smoked pot?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, I can't even imagine that..............my Dad probably wanted to a few times, to escape us kids!!!
What do you order at the bar?
Pina Colada with the Umbrella (virgin please)
What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
Strawberry Jam, or a piece of a Hershey Bar, ohh or I like it w/van. ice cream and crushed butterfinger bar!!!
Where were you on July 4th, 2008?
I think we were in Tooele watching the fireworks from Deseret Peak.
Whew!!! I did it, I usually never do these things because I never have the time, but I am in between laundry batches right now. Oh and I was totally kidding about the cash, I don't have any on me per say and I am far to lazy to get up from typing and hunt down my purse to see if I have any in there, but I thought it would be funny!!!!
When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
I love my hair cut!!!
How much cash do you have on you?
467.13
What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?
Core
Favorite planet?
I always liked Venus!!!!
Bright or Dark Room?
Both - I love to wake up in the morning and open all the blinds, much to Scott's dismay!! But if I have a migraine it is dark, dark, dark, the darker the better.
How many drugs have you done in the last three days?
Just say "NO"
What was the last thing you said to someone?
Throw it away, she had it as a snack!!
If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?
I would totally fly, if I could fly I could start charging people to watch me and then pretty soon I would be a millionaire!!!!
Where did you live in 1987?
In Roosevelt, Ut with my Mom and Dad.
Where were you when 9/11 happened?
I was at my home in Tooele, Ut and Scott called and told me to turn on the TV, I had 2 very small children who were playing with their Daddy's shoes and I was Pregnant with my 3rd child. I was literally glued to the TV that day.
If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
Um, I don't think you could pay me enough, did you know they use needles!!!!
Would you move for the person you loved?
If it was for a good reason!
Name three things that you have on you at all times?
I don't know if I have things on me all the time, I guess I would say my Cell Phone (Scott is probably laughing reading this!!), my I-touch and Lainee (she is going through a clingy phase right now)
What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
my Groceries at Macey's
Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?
Who do you count as your first love???? Well, I guess if I had to pick this person, I would say that he is married and has 4 kids (I think 4 it might be 3)
Does anything hurt on your body right now?
Cramps - enough said!!!
Have you been burned by love?
This is a stupid question and I would say No, hurt yes, burned no.
Have you burned others with love?
I would have to say Yes, although I would have to say in my defense I didn't "love" them.
How old do you look?
Ummmmm, I am going to say 21. (Hey it didn't say how old do "others" think you look:)
Are you waiting for something?
Sanity
Have you ever thought about converting your religion?
No.
What was the last thing you drank?
Water
Who do you most look like in your family?
My Mom
Have your parents ever smoked pot?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, I can't even imagine that..............my Dad probably wanted to a few times, to escape us kids!!!
What do you order at the bar?
Pina Colada with the Umbrella (virgin please)
What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
Strawberry Jam, or a piece of a Hershey Bar, ohh or I like it w/van. ice cream and crushed butterfinger bar!!!
Where were you on July 4th, 2008?
I think we were in Tooele watching the fireworks from Deseret Peak.
Whew!!! I did it, I usually never do these things because I never have the time, but I am in between laundry batches right now. Oh and I was totally kidding about the cash, I don't have any on me per say and I am far to lazy to get up from typing and hunt down my purse to see if I have any in there, but I thought it would be funny!!!!
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