#200

This is my 200th post. I will use this post to post about the past year...

Dec-Jan 2008
We spent New years with our Friends Keith & Sue with their 4 kids. Our Friends Kenny & Jodi and their 2 kids came as well (well Kenny and the kids did as Jodi was sick). Josh had just turned 2 and we started out the night with a birthday party and then just continued it into a New Years Party. It was a blast. We did fire works around 10 so Kenny and his kids could get home to Jodi and spend the rest of the night with her. We finished the fireworks at midnight to bring in the New Year.

February 2008
We got our Tax Return and purchased our plane tickets and hotel reservations for our Trip to Chicago to take place in August.

March 2008
Our co-ed softball season started. Loved everyone on our team and we had a blast all summer!

April 2008
WE FINISHED OUR BATHROOM (almost).


Went the Boise with Joshs parents and spent a weekend + 2 days with Mandy, Cory, and the kids for Carters birthday.


We got a new car cause of an accident that totaled our other one.


May 2008
Went to Helena to celebrate Elexis (our neice) birthday. Mandy, Cory and the kids came down from Boise to celebrate it with the family so we made the trek from Belgrade.

It is always nice seeing them.

We wish we lived closer to them.

June 2008
Josh and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary.

Our friends Conrad and Ali came down for the weekend and we went tubing.

Josh went Backpacking at Ramshorn Lake. We finally got our shed.

July 2008
Spent the afternoon and night with our backyard neighbors for the 4th. Did a BBQ, hung out and went to Bozeman for the fireworks show. Started the process with Big Brothers Big Sisters to get a little brother. Conrad and Ali came down and we floated the Madison River.



August 2008
Our Friends Randy and Devlin got married.

Our friends Kyle and Lyndsay got married. Josh turned 26. We finally took our trip to Chicago (it was a blast).



I turned 24. We got our little brother. His name is Nic and he is 6. My parents came down from Washington to look over the house while we were gone and when we came back had a solid 4 days to spend with them.

September 2008
Conrad and Ali came over for a weekend but family emergency happened and had to go home early. Hung out with little brother Nic alot. We finished our Softball Season.

October 2008
We did a pumpkin carving contest with Little brother Nic. Had a Halloween costume contest at work.

I made my halloween costume (I was Pippi Longstocking).

Had only 6 trick-or-treaters.

November 2008
My parents and Granny came down for Thanksgiving. It was my grannys first time to our house and we absolutely loved having her there. We are glad that we had so many extra places to put people to sleep. We did a family picture with my family.


Dec-Jan 2009
Went to Helena to make Christmas Candy. Hung out with some friends doing dinner and bowling. So much fun. Took our annual Christmas Card picture.

Went to Helena for Christmas and was there for 5 days. Mandy, Cory, and the kids were there. They (the kids) are getting so big. Even though they live so far away the kids still recognize us, which is great! Elexis spent the first few days we were there shy and not coming to many people. Then towards the end of the trip she went to everyone and switched people every 5 minutes or so.

We spent New Years with our Friends Keith and Sue and their 4 kids. Kenny and Jodi came with their 2 kids. Danielles boyfriend came over as well. It was quite the housefull. It was Joshs 3rd Birthday so we started the night with his birthday party and then just transformed it into a New Years party. We shot off some fireworks at 10ish because Kenny, Jodi, and the kids needed to get home to spend the rest of the night with their Grandpa that was visiting. We then played a little Guitar hero, Kareokee (sp), ping pong, and finished the fireworks around midnight to bring in the new year.

Overall it was a great year!

Sunrise

So the quality of this picture isn't the best, but you get what you can get when all you have is the camera on the phone.

We were on our way to work this morning and I thought it was a pretty sunrise.

So I decided to share it with you.

Paperclips

Here I am at work and making some copies. I took the paper clip off the papers and set it down and proceeded to make my copies. I then looked down and this is what I saw...

I didn't think you could balance a paperclip on its edge like that, especially without even trying.

Learn something new everyday!!

Snow...

We were running some errands on Saturday and it was snowing the entire time. This is what we had to shovel when we got home around 2PM.
It has yet to get above 0 degrees since Saturday night, though the high today is 1. Here is hoping. Tomorrow its supposed to be around 5-8 degrees above zero... HEAT WAVE!!!!

Christmas Season

While my parents were here the Saturday right after Thanksgiving we put up all our Christmas decorations.

I had to take a lot of our pictures down to make room for decorations. It happens every year.




We are heading to Helena on Friday to make candy with family. We are trying to see if we can hang out with some friends while we are there... Not sure if it is possible this trip. If we can't we will definitely make time while we are there for Christmas.

Thanksgiving 2008

Here are 2 of the 10 place mats I made for this Thanksgiving and the rest that will be had at our house.


Here is the centerpiece I came up with. I like how it turned out!

Here is the table before the food goes on...

This was our first Thanksgiving at our house. We had my family from Washington over as well as our friend Danielle. Even my 85 year old Granny was able to make it. It was a very nice Thanksgiving.

We all decided that we wanted a family picture taken, so we headed for the park. I placed the camera on a garbage can and squeezed everyone close and hit the 10 second timer. It turned out pretty well for a spur of the moment kind of thing.


I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!

I am...

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

Sunday

We had Nic (our little brother)over and played some new games that we recently bought. Granted they are kids games, but we do a lot of babysitting and its always good to have games that kids are able to play.

Ker-plunk - a new favorite

Don't break the ice - pretty fun, it requires more set up then what it takes to play the game.. That's ok, its still fun.

Don't spill the beans - makes you kind of try to think of where to place the beans.

Uno - tried it and he is still too you for the concept of it.



Do you have any favorite kids games??

Saturday

Well, we went to see the movie Twilight on Saturday night. Josh and I both enjoyed it, and he hasn't even read the book yet. I think that they did a very good job choosing the characters for the movie, they all played their part well.

I read book 2 on Saturday night/Sunday morning. It was a slower read then the first book (also almost 80 pages more) but still a very good book. Now I can't wait to finish the series. I hope they make a movie for New Moon. If they do I sure hope they use the same people. That always makes life easier.

What have I done??

I got this in an email and thought it looked like fun. (The bolded ones are things I HAVE done.)

What have you 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 overnight on a train
21. Had a pillow fight -
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when your not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden a gondola in Switzerland
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 Amish country
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
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. One cavity or less

There are definately some things on here that I haven't done that sure would be fun. Maybe one day....