N i c k & S y d

2010-07-26T11:33:00.000-07:00

THE ZOO

This was J's first trip to the Zoo. Can't say he really cared all that much. I didn't really expect him to care though. But he did still have fun being entertained by Kali and Sofi. They are so cute with him and get him laughing so hard.

Robert, Freida, & J

Me & J

Dad & J

J swimming at Kunkle Ben's sweet pool in his new raft - loves it.

2010-07-26T11:10:00.000-07:00

CHILD FAMILY REUNION

July started out with a reunion for Nicks family up in Wyoming. Nicks Grandpa, Doyle Child, was inducted into the Afton, Wyoming Hall of Fame that weekend, so they planned a reunion around it. His Grandpa had done so much for the community up there, it was really great to see him honored. The City of Afton did a ceremony for the Hall of Fame, then there was the parade right after, which we were in of course. The parade is a pretty big deal up there. There were so many people there. I didn't even think that many people lived in the area. But it was a lot of fun.

2010-07-26T10:41:00.000-07:00

SURPRISE PARTY FOR GRAMPS

Gramps Fraser turned 85 this year. His wife, Mary, put together a surprise party for him in June. It turned out great. All of the grand kids got up to say a few words and we had a dinner after. Then we headed over to Grandpa and Mary's for the rest of the evening. It was a lot of fun to have all the grand kids together. We all live so far away from each other so we don't get together very often, except for wedding and funerals.....not always the best times.

This is the 4 Generation pic with Gramps, my mom, me, and J.

2010-07-26T10:28:00.000-07:00

SWIMMING
This is J's first time swimming in a "real" big pool. We went over to Colby and Brenda's to swim with the kids. He had a blast in his own little boat. He even did some dunks in the water and loved it.

Nick got J his own SWEET pool. It has a hot tub, slide, spitting dolphins and palm trees. Pretty snazzy. This is also his FIRST time swimming, and he loved it! He splashed and LOVED going down the slide. He probably thought it was tub time since we brought Super Duckie out with us.

Grandma keeping J entertained while I slave away making baby food.

2010-07-26T10:25:00.000-07:00

CAMPING

We took Jaxon on his first camping trip over Memorial Weekend. We headed down to Logandale with Kay & Paul, and Katie and Mark. I hadn't been there before, but it was a great place. Perfect for 4-wheeling. Mr. J had so much fun and didn't have a single problem. Just loved being in the great outdoors!

Right when we got to Logandale we found out that a girl had fallen down a cliff. We never heard how she was, I hope she was ok, but we did watch the rescue. It took quite a while and quite a few rescuer's to get her. It was interesting to watch. There were no other accidents while we were there, whew!

2010-07-26T10:09:00.000-07:00

TRIATHLON

Nick and I did a Triathlon in April with Katie and Mark. It was so much fun! Getting ready for it was a lot of work, but still fun. It was great for getting off some of the baby weight. We are doing another one in the fall. I don't have very many pictures to post because they really were not very attractive :) For my swimming portion I eneded up on the kiddie pool! The "photographer" couldn't even find me down there so I don't have any pictures of me swimming. We need more photographers next time for sure. We will be another one in the fall. Any volunteers?

Getting the bikes out for the BIG event

Me & Katie - ready to get our Triathlon on!

Nick swimmin away

Me getting back from the biking portion. (I don't know why that chick is giving me the stink eye, maybe because I have more spandex and she is jealous??)

Nick coming across the final Finish Line - Good job babe!

2010-04-27T16:54:00.000-07:00

MS Walk 2010

We had a good team for the MS Walk this. We rocked!!
We had the 2nd largest team, and had the best team shirts.
Thanks to everyone who came and supported my mom. It was really awesome to have so many friends and family come.
Next year we will rock it even more!

2010-04-27T16:42:00.000-07:00

2010-04-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

2010-03-04T18:56:00.000-08:00

6 MONTHS

Our little man is already 6 months old! It is so crazy how time flies.
I love this little guy to death!

2010-01-31T13:30:00.000-08:00

How CUTE is this face?

2010-01-14T10:57:00.000-08:00

H A P P E N I N G S

Here is a quick update of the past few months since I have been sooo horrible about blogging. But I have some cute pics of Jax. He just had his 4 month appointment, so crazy. He is still a small little guy, but he is perfectly healthy and doing awesome, and so much fun!

Baby J with Grandma Freeda after Christmas

Now with Grandpa Robert

Sylv's at our Christmas Eve Party. We had my fam and some of Brenda's fam over to our house. It was a lot of fun to have the whole gang over

Jax LOVED the fire Christmas morning! He sat and stared at it while Nick and I opened presents. He didn't care about the paper, he just wanted fire. We probably have a piro in the family.

We went to see Santa so we could get Baby J's first picture with him. (Thanks to Kendra for talking me into it) He was dead asleep until Santa jingled his bells to wake him up. It was so funny and sad at the same time.

I took a few (hundred) pics for Christmas to make some cards, so I had to get a couple of the cats too. They almost made it into the Christmas card, seriously.

Jaxon was W.T. for Halloween. It was pretty funny. You can't see it in this pic, but he has a sweet tattoo in him arm too. Poor kid. The mullet wig was the best.

2009-10-27T16:59:00.000-07:00

BIRTHDAY PARTY!!

I threw Nick a surprise party for his B-Day this year. It was a lot of fun and turned out really good. All of my family was there, some of our friends, and Nick's mom and dad were awesome enough to come down for it and help me out with getting it put together.

Nick had no clue I had been planning it. I told his family months in advance about it so they could plan to come down for it, so I thought for sure that it would get out. Nick's dad took him out for the day to keep him out of the house. Colby tried to take him out also, but Nick didn't play along very well. But it turned out really fun! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!!!

The theme of the party was New York. I made some of the awesome food we have eaten in New York. I made chicken from Carmines, hotdogs, pretzels, and candied nuts from the street vendors. Nick made the tiramisu from Carmines. And Brenda made cupcakes from Billy's Bakery in Chelsea. They were so delicious!

Nick noticed that I had bought some lady fingers and marscapone and asked what it was for, so I told him that I thought it would just be fun to make some Tiramisu. So then I asked him if he would make it (He makes the best Tiramisu!), and he did. So he made his own birthday dessert. Ha ha!

2009-10-27T16:47:00.000-07:00

Baby J always has to have his arms up either to the side of his head or on his face. There is no swaddling of the arms, he can get out of ANYTHING!!

Jaxon is all ready for the rodeo. We didn't take him since he was only two weeks old, but I still had to get his boots on him. They were waaay to big for him, but still dang cute.

I put these little bags of custom M&M's together in place of the cigar (M&M's are much more delicious). They turned out pretty good.

2009-10-01T01:09:00.000-07:00

I have a bunch of pics I didn't get a chance to post before Baby J was born, so I am doing a quick catch up. If the explanations of the pics are boring or don't make sense, that would be because I am posting this in the middle of the night because my "sweet and precious" little boy does not think it would be a really great idea to let his mom get some sleep....ever....good thing he's cute!!!

Baby's Room

We didn't get Jaxon's room done till he was about 2 or 3 weeks old. Which I knew was probably going to be the case. We did have the dresser and the crib assembled just in time, but nothing else. However, if he had waited till his due date we would have had it done. Not to place any blame on anyone (Baby J). :)

Nick putting the furniture together.

TOO CUTE

Village Baby Shower

Nick's awesome co-workers threw us a really fun shower, so much fun in fact, I went into labor right after. I really mean RIGHT after. Pretty funny. We had a great time at the shower, then went home and on came labor.

The really awesome thing about this shower was that Nick got to do all the present opening! I loved that!!! I find it a bit awkward to have people watch me open gifts, so it was really nice to have Nick be the center of attention at this shower.

SHOWER

My really awesome friend Cassie threw me a shower and it was so much fun. She did a really great job putting it together, it was sooo cute! She put flowers in rain boots and hung really cute umbrellas from the ceiling. It was awesome! Thanks Cass!!!!!

These cupcakes were so cute! And delicious!Cassie, the amazing hostess!

Brooke and Carolyn. Sorry it's so blurry!!!!

My mother

RaLinda. Look at her wide awake. I don't usually like to post pictures of her with her eyes open, but this time I didn't have a choice. Ha ha!

JaNene, Katie & Alison. I love these girls!

Natalie & Andrea. Nat's eye's are not open, sorry, I had to have someone with their eyes closed. Love these girls too!

Melea & Kendra. Someone is not focused on the party! Love ya!

Brenda & Megan. I love this pic!!!

Star Valley

Nick and I took one last little trip before Baby J was born. We headed up to Afton Wyoming for a few days. I LOVE it up there! We went up to Jackson Hole for a day and just walked around.

Nick outside of Billy Burger. For those of you who know Jackson Hole probably know Billy Burger, they have delicious hamburgers. However, they are under new management and I have to say I may not go back. Part of the fun of Billy Burger was the atmosphere, more than for the burgers. They have changed their rules and it really isn't much fun anymore. Way to be "fun killers" people!!

Speaking of "fun killers", that little belly on me was a big "fun killer"! This year there was no mountain biking, no horse riding, and no white water rafting. I was a real drag. However, we did hike up to the Geyser. That is always fun!

A bit out of breath

The neighbors dog came over to play frisbee with us. Good thing we found that awesome frisbey at Kings.

Nick shooting, obviously.

Every time we are in Afton we must make a stop into the wonderful Kings store. They have sooo many MUST haves. Nick and I will walk up and down every single isle to make sure we see ALL of the AMAZING items they have for us to purchase. The awesome find this year are these great tapes. Haven't seen these for sale ANYWHERE for quite a while now. Only in Afton will you still find these for sale. I will say though that there was a nice layer of dust on them, so i will give the people of Afton a little credit for not buying them.

On the way to Star Valley we went to Bear Lake this time and stopped and got a raspberry shake. I had been craving one for a while, so I'm glad Freida and Nick allowed me to indulge my craving.

Garden

We decided to try a garden this year. I didn't get any pics of it, but here are some of our tomatoes and peppers. Delicious!!

2009-09-09T12:43:00.000-07:00

JAXON IS HERE!!!!

Our little man is here! He has finally graced us with this presence after what has felt like 5 years of pregnacy. I'm not kidding either, it really felt that long to me. But the second I saw him, I decided it was all worth it. Doesn't mean it was fun, but this little guy has proven to me that there can be a good outcome. He has been so much fun. Nick has been the cutest dad I have ever seen!! Not that anyone should expect anything different, but it is so much fun watching him with his "little boy". I love it!

Me loving me new baby boy!!!

My two boys! Love them!!!

Awww...

Grandma Seeg loving her newest cute grandson while he yawns.

Grandma Child keeping Jaxon happy

Jaxon loves the swing! And he is so cute and tiny in it. So funny!

2009-05-21T20:03:00.000-07:00

I know, I know! I can't believe it either! I am actually updating my blog. I have never been more proud of myself! A lot has gone on over the past several months, so I am almost positive I will miss something in this attempt to catch up. But I am giving myself credit for trying, and I think everyone else should too.

Maternity Pictures

Ben took some maternity pics for us. Thanks Ben!! They turned out awesome!!!! Here are just a few of the hundreds....

Baby Shower

Freida and the girls threw me an awesome baby shower for all the family and friends up north. It was so much fun! There were awesome people and awesome food. Thank you so much Freida!!!!!! And thanks to everyone who came, it was a blast!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!
We miss you and think about you every single day!!!!!
We love you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!!!!
LOVE YOU!

Belly Shot

I have been SOOOO bad at getting pictures of myself as I get larger and larger. But finally at 7 months I decided I better get at least one shot, so here it is.

Ry-Guys 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Ryan!!!!

4th of July

Ben and Vickie came down fornthe 4th weekend. We went swimming and hung out with my fam before going to the fire works show.

Mmmm...BBQ steak pizza

Seth's & Brenda's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday!!!!!!

Nick against the youngsters with the light sabers

T.J. and RaLinda on the tramp. They wish they were 8 again :)

My man!

Mother's Day

We had mother's Day with my mom this year and had some good food.

Happy Mother's Day to Freida too!!! Love you!

We got my mom a bunch of plants for her patio and planted them.

Ryan was such a big helper...we didn't really have a choice but to let him help, he was very insistant.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Nick had some AWESOME! flowers sent to me at work for Mother's Day. Thanks babe!! Love you!

Happy Birthday Kayli & Sofi!!

2009-05-17T20:35:00.001-07:00

PEBBLE BEACH

SO. CAL

Nick & I went to Pebble Beach again this year with his fam. But we mixed it up a bit this year. We drove with Mat & Jen instead of flying like we normally do. We left a couple days earlier than the rest of the fam and spent a couple days in Southern Cal. on our way. It was a ton of fun and well worth the drive.

I need to start off with a few pics of Mat because they are hard to come by. Yes, he is strangling Jen for reasons unknown....Sorry Jen, I would never do that to you ;)

On the road!! Jen and I relaxed and napped in the back seat (and I tried not to throw up) while the boys navigated the trek to Cali.

This is us at Manhattan Beach...loved it. There are some great shops, and some AMAZING houses along the Strand. I am pondering what it would be like to live in the huge house on the beach right behind me that you can't see. Then I am being kind enough to share my delicious churro with Jenon the Santa Monica Pier. I love churro's and I don't share them with just anyone. Nick is getting his work out at Muscle Beach, lookin good babe! And Jen is.....loving the California life!

We headed down to the Farmer's Market in L.A. one morning. It was great. We ate at a Crepe stand Mat & Jen love, and it was delicious! However, if anyone wonders if it is possible for two crepes to cost $30, I can tell you that is it is. We were there right during the peak of strawberries, and these things were huge!! Californian's are very selfish and clearly keep all the big delicious ones to themselves and send all the small moldy one's to the rest of the country.

We ate at a delicious Italian Restaurant on Manhattan Beach on one of our trips down there. Nick finally agreed to put me out of my misery after asking him 1000 times to just do it. (From being so sick all the time.) He didn't push hard enough so I could still breath...didn't quite work.

BIG SUR

Once we got to Pebble Beach we knew that we had to some things that we hadn't done yet, so headed down to Big Sur one day. It was a lot of fun, and freezing. The Big Sur bridge is pretty famous, and pretty amazing. The town of Big Sur is different. You really can't see much of it from the road because the huge Red Trees are so thick you really can't see anything beyond the road and everything is built off the road in the trees. Pretty cool.
Along the road there were some places you could stop and hike down to the coast. So we hiked down to a great spot where the waves come crashing up on the granite rocks. It was pretty awesome to watch.

We also headed up to Santa Cruz. Pretty fun place. We went to the boardwalk first, where it was freezing and not really a place for two sick chicks (me pregnant and Jen car sick) to hang out to play all day. But the rides looked really fun....for kids. So then Jen and I came up with a plan to get Nick to drive down town. We had to scheme because no one liked the Boardwalk and wanted to head straight back to Pebble Beach. But Jen and I knew there had to be more to this town....

As it turns out, we were right...as usual. Down town Santa Cruz was pretty fun with a lot of fun shops. It is a real artsy, hippy town, but it was fun to see all the artists out on the street singing and painting.

This is us on a cliff in Santa Cruz, really cool. And on the way out of town we stopped at a little bakery famous for their muffins. They were delicious.

Every morning in Pebble Beach we all walk along the golf cart path to the club house to get morning perks and pasteries at the market. This year I stayed at the house most mornings due to not feeling good. But on the first morning I decided to venture out we almost died from a couple of drunk golfers trying to hit us with golf balls. Mind you it was 9am. Maybe they weren't drunk, but that should be the only excuse for how bad they were golfing. Unless they really were trying to hit us and have really good aim. One ball hit little Semry's stroller, and one almost hit me in the head, and would have if Nick didn't puill me out the way fast enough. The golfers thought it was pretty funny. I'm still not laughing though.

Freida & Kayli out on the rocks along 17 mile drive.

Most nights everyone heads out to the coast to look at the marine life. This is everyone staring at the sea otters. They had a bunch of pups, really cute small, fat and not so cute big.

Easter morning....Freida, Sofi, Semry & Kayli

More of the treks to the market at the club house and to the coast

Darien, Cody & Semry at hole #7. This is the same hole that Darien and Cody had some AMAZING wedding pictures taken.

The awful view from the house. Not fun to look at all.

Nick holding a star fish. They don't feel anything like what I thought they would feel like. Pretty weird little creatures.

Don't jump!!!

The Sea Otters with their pups.

2009-04-17T09:52:00.000-07:00

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!

We are so thrilled!! We found out just before we headed on vacation to Cali which was awesome because I could look for some sweet boy stuff.

Yeah!

2009-04-17T09:32:00.000-07:00

MS WALK '09

We did MS Walk at the end of March with my mom. Nick's fam was down for the weekend and came to support the cause and my mom as well. THANKS GUYS! It was a lot of fun to have a big group of people. This was the first time I had been out and about for a couple months, let alone had any sort of exercise. But I made it and loved it!

2009-04-17T08:43:00.000-07:00

I am finally going to try to get caught up on my blogging. No promises that I will get to everything though. An attempt is good enough for me :)

About a month ago we had my family over to the house to celebrate T.J., RaLinda, and Colby's BIRTHDAYS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY guys....a few weeks ago :)
We had a lot of fun!! we made some delicious burger & hot dog sliders. Best idea ever because you don't have to choose which one you have, they are small enough you can have both! Mmm. Then we did a little Easter Egg Hunt for the kids since we weren't going to be here for Easter. Pretty sure they loved it.....they for sure loved the candy!

Thanks for coming fam!!

2009-03-22T15:57:00.000-07:00

Update

I haven't been much of a blogger lately, I really have not felt like even being on the computer much. To be honest I really don't feel much like being on the computer right right now either, but I am going a bit stir crazy, and I thought it was time to update you guys as to why I haven't been feeling up to being apart of the blogging world. I have come to find out that being pregnant does not agree with me much. Yip, it's true, it doesn't agree with me AT ALL!! Oh-and I'm pregnant. I am 14 weeks. I am so excited!! I am due the end of September, so I am looking forward to a nice hot summer. But as long as I start feeling well, I don't care how hot is it! I have spent many many days in bed, which is where I am right now because I pushed myself too hard yesterday.
So like I said, pregnancy hasn't really agreed with me. I have been really sick, and I thought I was just being a huge wuss, so I was trying really hard to be tough, which in turn made me even more sick. I was at one of my Dr. visits where I was expecting my Dr. to tell me "buck up, you are pregnant, get use to it" like everyone else around me was thinking. But to my surprise, he didn't think things were going "normal" for me. He was feeling there was something else wrong and immediately started running tests to get to the bottom of it. Turns out I have had two problems going against me the last few months. I have had pancreatitis, which is extremely painful! So I was trying to be so tough while I was in horrible pain because I haven't been pregnant before and didn't really know what is normal and what isn't, especially since everyone who has been pregnant before kept telling me it would pass, it is probably just gas or that they had the same pains. Except my sister-in-law Brenda, she had a feeling there was something else going on. But I also didn't tell many people about my pains because, again, I didn't realize they weren't normal. But I only hope everyone else has "just gas" pains, that would be a walk in the park compared to what I have been going through. Anyway, I was also telling my Dr. about some other symptoms I had been having and he got really concerned. I found out that my poor little heart is not enjoying the pregnancy either. To make this long story short, I am going to Dr. visit after Dr. visit to do different testing to find out everything going on with my heart to make sure it is going to continue pumping for me through the pregnancy. I still have a few more Dr. visits before I know for sure what is going on. But my "little" problems have made me pretty sick and very fatigued. My Dr. has had me cut down hours at work, which I'm pretty positive they aren't too happy about. But it's ok. I can only do what I can do.
So that's the latest with me.
I do have to say AMAZING my husband is!!!! He has been sooo good to me!!! I don't think I can say THANK YOU to him enough. He has done so much for me. I'm sure he wants me to start feeling better just as much as I do so he doesn't have to be my servant any more. Poor Nick! But thanks for everything you are doing for me babe!!! Love you!!!

2009-03-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!!! (YESTERDAY)
I haven't posted for quite a while, and I don't know of a better reason to show that I am still alive than by saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jen. I hope you had a fabulous day and had some delicious mystery food ;) Love Ya!

2009-01-25T19:44:00.000-08:00

I finally stole the pics from our trip to Vegas for "O"........

2009-01-20T16:25:00.000-08:00

Nick & I really haven't been boring lately, I just haven't had the time to tell what is going on with us. And I have been waiting to post this particular post because I have been waiting for BRENDA & RALINDA to post pictures on their blog so I can steal them. (I forgot my camera) However, they have not very helpful, and have not posted any either. :) So here is the post WITHOUT pictures. Boring!

All of us kids got my mom tickets to Cirque Du Soleil for Christmas. So we all took her down to vegas a couple weeks ago. She loved it! I had seen the same show a few years ago, but I slept through half of it, so it was like seeing it all over again. And I didn't fall asleep once!! I was so proud of myself.

So that was my mom's Merry Christmas present!

2009-01-06T11:33:00.000-08:00

Four Little Pigs Went to Market

Well, not yet. They are at the farm. We got four new little pigs at the farm. They are so cute....right now. They are still so small. These aren't great pics of them, but it is always dark when ase are down there. We haven't had pigs for many years. I was probably in middle school, or even younger, last time we had some. So I am really excited about them, or mine. Nick and I got one, Colby & Brenda got one, TJ & RaLinda got one, and Brooke & Rowdy got one. I forgot how cute they are!

2009-01-06T11:28:00.000-08:00

Bye Nicole

Nicole has left us to work in St. George. Something about not having to drive as far. I don't know. I think it is very selfish. :)
We went out to dinner for her last day with us, and ironically enough, it turned into her Birthday as well. So she got some balloons and ice cream.
We miss ya!

2009-01-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

hAPpy nEw YeAr!!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful safe & New Year!

Nick & I decided to stay at home for dinner and make something new.
We made these delicious Honey Balsamic BBQ wings. They were sooo good. And really easy to make. I'll have the recipe on my GRUB BLOG. Then Nick made his new favorite salad. Just a simple wedge salad. He think it is the greatest thing ever. It is very tasty babe!

New Years Day we went down to Colby's and had our traditional homemade chicken noodle soup and egg bread. And when I say "homemade" I mean everything is homemade. Except we don't raise the chicken, but the noddles are handmade from scratch, and the egg bread is made from scratch. We made them the other night. Brenda made the bread, and Nick, Colby & I made the noodles. However, I did all the hard work. Making the dough for the noodles takes a lot of energy. It may sound like I am being sarcastic, but I'm not. There is A LOT of kneading involved. So anyway, the food was delicious!!!! I love New Years, it is the only time we make the bread. We make the noodles for both Thanksgiving and New Years. Lots of traditions that will never die! (I forgot to take a picture of the chicken noodle soup)

2008-12-30T12:27:00.000-08:00

TAGGED

I was tagged by Lenzi, and I really don't know why. I don't even have (real) kids. I think she just has a lot of interest in how we ended up with our wonderful cats. So I am going to humor her and tell everyone all about my (unreal (cats)) kids.

1-Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? Hmmm...no where I guess, since I never have been.
2-Who was with you? Just me.
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? I never found out.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Don't know.
5- Who was the first person you told? I kept it to myself. Secrets secrets...
6- Did you plan to get pregnant? Nope.
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? Nope.
8-Was everybody happy for you? They were so thrilled!
9- Did you go out and celebrate? Sure did.
10- Did you want to find out the sex? Absolutly! When we adopted Boy, we just couldn't wait to find out the sex, so at the soonest possible time we looked on the card on his cage.
11- What was the sex? A boy - They are all boys.
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? No - freakin rude everyone!
13- If yes, who? Still no, and still rude.
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? No, still no shower...
15- How much weight did you gain? I didn't gain an ounce! It was amazing. But Boy sure gained a lot of weight after we adopted him. (He has a bit of an eating dissorder)
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? No.
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Nope. Their mom's probly did after giving birth to a whole litter, poor things.
18- What did you crave the most? Just the same everyday stuff I always crave.
19- Did you crave anything crazy? No
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Ummm....no one and nothing really.
21- Were you married at the time? Yes, whew. Actually no, not when Screech was born, I was in middle school still, and Boy was probly born before we were married too. Is that bad? Yiddo was for sure born after we were married.
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? I sure didn't. Their mama's pregnancies were a piece of cake for me.
23- Where were you when you went into labor? I didn't. But their mama's were probably frolicking in a neighborhood somewhere.
24- Did your water break? I broke a water bottle once....
25- Who drove you to the hospital? I have driven myself to the hospital a few times when friends and family have had their babies.
26- Did you go early or late? Go where? To the Hospital? I usually go after they have their babies. So late.
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Not applicable
28- How long were you in labor for? I wasn't, but I remember when Screech was born, his mama, Freckles, was in labor all night. I could hear her outside my window. Poor girl.
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? I had some Lortab when I had my wisdom teeth out, but I only took one.
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? The mama's went all natual. They were so strong!
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? After Freckle's gave birth I was very excited.
32- How big was the baby(s)? Just itty bitty.
33- Did your Husband cry? Bawled his eyes out!
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Screech, Yiddo, & Boy
35- Does his name have any significant meaning? Screech was named Screech because he can't meow, he screeches.
36- Did you have any visitors? Yip. When we got Boy & Yiddo, Nick's family came over to welcome them.
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? They must have because they still have complications. One can't meow, one has an eating disorder, and one is looney.
38- How old is your baby today? Screech is probly about 12 or 13 or 14. Boy is a probly 3-ish now. And Yiddo is about 18 months-ish.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? Who the heck knows. We already have another one who wants us to adpot her.
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? This tag? No, I would just have the same answers again.

So there you have it.

2008-12-28T21:36:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day

Christmas day was a great. Partially because I didn't have to be at work, but mostly because it was CHRISTMAS DAY!! I was sooo excited for Nick to open his gifts. I did end letting him open them first thing in the morning. I didn't make him ponder the true meaning of Christmas all day. It was just a fun day. He got me some great stuff, I loved it all! After we opened our gifts we went to the cemetery and decorated for my dad, then headed to Colby and Brenda's to hang out with them and Mom and the kids for the day. We played 80's Trivial Pursuit. I grew up in the 80's, and everyone playing the game lived through the 80's, but can I say....we didn't know anything!!!! We finally had to start cheating so someone could win and be done with it! I don't recommend it unless your are a brainiac. It was fun trying though!

Nick's family came down Christmas night and we did a little minnie Christmas with them. We had everyone down over the weekend except Cody, DD, & Semry (they were snowed in). It was fun to have everyone here all at once!

Nick sooo excited about the gifts he was given

Adam's sweet new ride

Seth's sweet new ride

Freida freezing in my basement

Yiddo giving Mat a christmas gift from Yiddo, Boy, Gray, & most importantly, Screech. They are soo thoughtful.

Kaili & Sofi opening their awesome tutu's.

Ryan showing off his new beanie. He made me take this picture. It was so funny.

Rockstar Colby. Don't quit your day job!

Pimps: Colby & Brenda

Yiddo was like a little kid playing in all the wrapping paper, and dragging this stocking around.

2008-12-28T20:30:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY!

Christmas Eve was fun, as usual, this year. All of my family and some of Brenda's family got together at Colby's for some real serious festivities. It was really fun. We played the usual Mr. & Mr.s Wright gift exchange game, and everyone walked away with some sweet gifts. I ended up with three beautiful, colorful chip clips. Wait, that's what Nick got. I came home with a chocolate chip cookie....haven't eaten it yet, but I am sure it is fabulous! This game really is fun, but if I were to explain it, it would sound lame, but it's not!
We ate lots of food, hung out, played some Wii, laughed....and that fun stuff. A good night was had by all. My family always keeps things entertaining and funny. And it helps when Brenda's family is there to add to it.

2008-12-24T08:17:00.000-08:00

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!

I am so excited for Nick to open his presents!! But not till tomorrow. It might be a rough night for him. His family opens all their gifts on Christmas Eve, which is tonight. So he might be needing a little extra support from friends and family as he will not be allowed to open a single gift till tomorrow morning...sometime....when I decide it is the appropriate time. Maybe tomorrow night, after we ponder the true meaning of Christmas as we eat our cinnamon rolls. After all, it isn't all about the wonderful gifts I have purchased for him. I, however, will probably open mine first thing in the morning. :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

And Merry Christmas to the Child's. I hope you guys have a great party tonight, and have a Very Merry White Christmas!

2008-12-21T08:54:00.000-08:00

Christmas Prep Fun!

My mom & Megan came to my house to make the traditional cinnamon rolls with me. Eating them Christmas morning along with Turkey and lots of Stuffing is the best part of the Holidays! Mm mm mmmm! It's a strange tradition to eat turkey, stuffing, and cinnamon rolls for breakfast to most people, but to my family, it isn't Christmas without them. Some traditions will never die.

After we made the rolls, Megan and I played some serious Pictionary. Pretty sure I won.

2008-12-21T08:40:00.000-08:00

GNOCCHI

Nick & I made Gnocchi the other night. It is one of my favorite pastas, and have wanted to make it forever. So we finally did. They were very tasty! It seems that a lot of people don't know what gnocchi is, so this is what it looks like.....

2008-12-10T18:33:00.000-08:00

Gettin' Ready for

ChRiSTmaS!!

The Christmas season is always so busy, and this year is not any different. But I love it all! The challenge of finding gifts for everyone (this year was especially hard for some reason). We (I) got our tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving. I got a little A.D.D. putting it up this year, so it doesn't look as great as I want it to, and I haven't had a chance to go fix....and I probly won't. But it still looks great.

Freida, Coby, & Miss and little Kayli came down for a golf tourney the boys were in. Boy Kit couldn't get enough attention from Missy. I'm guessing it has something to do with her being pregnant. He just like to lay right on her belly. So funny. (S0rry her head is chopped off)

Kaylers & I drew everything Christmas we could think of. We are pretty amazing artists!

Yiddo was being a great help holding down the bags as I took the Christmas good out of them. This cat is unreal. It may seem lame that he is in a bag, but he is constantly trying to buried under something. I don't get it - I guess it is his comfort zone.

Still.......

2008-12-09T22:09:00.000-08:00

tHAnKSgIvIng

I didn't do a very good taking pics during the Thanksgiving festivities this year. We went up to be with Nick's fam and had a ton-o-fun of course. It was really nice to get outta town, and have a couple days to do something other than work. I always love going up north....I really really miss the good restaurants and the good shopping!! However, I am THANKFUL for......good food and shopping in nearby Viva Las Vegas. :)
So here are ALL the photo's I took.....only look if you have plenty of time....there are quite a few.
I made the delicious chocolate pretzels..mm...
Missy, Jen, Mat, Freida, Nick and myself headed up to the Outlets in Park City. This picture sums up the whole day. It has to, it is the only one. But as you can see...Jen can hardly wait to get there! Mat was just as excited :)

2008-11-24T11:22:00.000-08:00

Nicks {Backpacking} Trip
Nick went backpacking with his buddies, Brandon, Chris, & Adam a couple weekends ago. I wasn't there, so I can't do the best job at describing these pictures, so I will just make stuff up. What I do know is that they went to Escalante and hiked through Hurricane wash.

This is Nick & someone (can't tell who it is with their back to the camera) hiking out of the canyon to find a bathroom.

The boys still looking for a bathroom.

Brand-o, apparently found the bathroom.

Nick says this arch is HUGE, and the picture doesn't do it justice at all.

Yip!! Big foot was there!!! Amazing find. And the foot prints led them right to the bathroom!! Another amazing find!

Which way do we go?

Tired

Can't go on.....still so tired....

Beautiful waterfall

The camp ground

2008-11-18T11:26:00.000-08:00

GOOD NEWS!!

I have some really good news for everyone! We have a yard! It is the second miracle to happen in the few weeks. Pretty amazing. I am so thrilled! Nick is going out of his mind with excitement! Seriously. It really doesn't seem real to me yet though. Hopefully someday it kicks in. It's just hard to believe the WE ARE OFFICIALLY DONE! It's not "almost done" anymore. It's been "almost done" for a year and a half. But we have learned A LOT! Being our own contractors, we now know who NOT to use for Subs, and we know who does a great got in town. And the best news....we are still married! We got through this whole process a lot better than I think ANYONE ever could. Yip, we are pretty amazing. But once we finally got to the landscaping I was soooo done with this whole project! But I would do it again because we did a lot of the work ourselves (Nick did the really hard stuff) and we can actually say WE did it. We did have some outside help along the way, but I am more proud off everything WE did.

I would like to give a special thanks to both of our families for all the help you gave is to get it done.
I do have to give a special thanks to Mat/Jen who help us with a project every time they come down. It is MUCH appreciated!!!!! Thanks guys!!!!!!

So here are the final pics of the remodel......the long awaited yard.

2008-11-17T11:47:00.000-08:00

wEEkeNd wITh tHe kiDs

Colby & Brenda went on a cruise with Brooke and Rowdy (thanks for the invite) So we were the BEST sister & brother-law anyone could ask for by watching their kids for them. It wasn't so much "watching" as it was "playing". I didn't have our camera for most of the weekend, but I did take a couple pictures of them after Seth's and Adam's soccer games - which they did an awesome job in! We took them out for pizza and ice cream after. Man, we are awesome! They are great kids though!
Nick, Ryan & Seth

Megan & Adam. Megan almost had to walk to lunch.....she learned her lesson :) JK!
Ry-guy. Ryan calls me Deenee. It's pretty dang cute!

2008-11-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Mom.....Again!!

I didn't have my camera when we ALL (except Nick) went out to dinner for my mom's B-Day, so I stole these off Brenda's blog. Thanks!!

Mom having a great time! She even had a beautiful song sung to her by the wonderful staff. Luckily she was feeling well enough to go out to celebrate and chow down on the good food.

T.J. & Ralinda. I really shouldn't have posted this picture because RaLinda's eyes are open...but I did. Ha ha! JK RaLinda! (Inside joke from a previous post) Cute pic guys!

Colby and Brenda...very precious...I hope they are having fun right now, as I am taking care of their wonderful chillin's while they are cruising around their world. (The kids really are being great!)

Me at the Birthday Bash Dinner - Solo. :( Nick was backpacking with his friends. I might post pictures of that one of these days, but he didn't take his camera, so we are waiting for Brand-o to send the pictures.

2008-11-12T19:20:00.000-08:00

hAPpY BirThDay mOm!!
I hope you had a great day!
We love you!!!

We all went out to dinner over the weekend (I don't have pics for that) and then went down to Colby & Brenda for cake & ice cream on her B-Day. Delicious cake Brenda!!! Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

Pure Hottness!!

2008-11-02T16:21:00.000-08:00

We did a tribute to Richard Simmons at work for Halloween. It turned out pretty cool. We had everything all decorated, and we all looked incredibly HOT!!!
I did find out that people do not know much about the Halloween holiday. All day we all had people asking "What's with the 80's outfits?" or "What is with all the Richard Simmons stuff?" It got really hard to be nice to people towards the end of the day (actually by the third person) when they asked a really really stupid question like that. It wouldn't have been such a dumb question had it not been the 31st of October. One person actually asked if Fridays were dress up day. To give them all the benefit of the doubt, maybe they all.....no, never mind, there is no excuse.

Thigh master rocks!! And so does the crimping iron!

WHAT?????

2008-11-02T15:46:00.000-08:00

This next bit of information might be unbelievable to some. Or maybe to just Nick and I. Our garage and patio are finally finished!!!!!!! It has taken FOREVER to get to this point! The garage took about a year and a half TOO LONG to build, and the patio couldn't be finished until the garage was done. And then the landscaping couldn't get done until the garage was done either. So we have been waiting on the garage for waaaaay too long!! But it is done! There are a lot of exclamation points in the paragraph because we are soo excited. The landscaping is finally getting started tomorrow! It really seems like a miracle at this point. Here are a few shots of the patio and the garage.

The garage is a two-car garage, but it is and extra large two-car garage. So far we have fit 3 cars and a motorcycle in it with plenty of room left over. We love it!

Halloween = Caramel Apples

2008-11-02T15:28:00.000-08:00

I make these caramel apples every year for Halloween, usually for my work peeps. I didn't think I was going to have time this year. But then I got a request from my work peeps to make them, so I found the time....thanks to Jen helping me with them. They turned out really good. We had cinnamon sugar, peanut, and Oreo. Very tasty! Thank Jen for helping!!

HELP

2008-10-23T08:26:00.000-07:00

I am on a qwest to help my mother. Does anyone know of any one suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia, and if they have come across anything that has worked to reduce the pain. She has tried a few different medications, some work for a while, but for some reason quit working, and some really don't work to begin with. It doesn't help that over time the pain has gotten stronger and stonger, and more (constently) frequent. So if there is anyone out there who has had, or knows of someone with any success please comment.

What Is Trigeminal Neuralgia?
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), also called tic douloureux, is a condition that is characterized by intermittent, shooting pain in the face.
Trigeminal neuralgia affects the trigeminal nerve, one of the largest nerves in the head. The trigeminal nerve sends impulses of touch, pain, pressure, and temperature to the brain from the face, jaw, gums, forehead, and around the eyes.
What Causes Trigeminal Neuralgia?
The most frequent cause of trigeminal neuralgia is a blood vessel pressing on the nerve near the brain stem. Over time, changes in the blood vessels of the brain can result in a blood vessels rubbing against the trigeminal nerve root. The constant rubbing with each heartbeat wears away the insulating membrane of the nerve, resulting in nerve irritation.
What Are the Symptoms of Trigeminal Neuralgia?
Trigeminal neuralgia causes a sudden, severe, electric shock-like, or stabbing pain that lasts several seconds. The pain can be felt on the face and around the lips, eyes, nose, scalp, and forehead. Symptoms can be brought on when a person is brushing the teeth, putting on makeup, touching the face, swallowing, or even feeling a slight breeze.
Trigeminal neuralgia is often considered one of the most painful conditions seen in medicine. Usually, the pain is felt on one side of the jaw or cheek, but some people experience pain at different times on both sides. The attacks of pain may be repeated one after the other. They may come and go throughout the day and last for days, weeks, or months at a time. At times, the attacks can disappear for months or years. The disorder is more common in women than in men and rarely affects anyone younger than 50.

Birthday Boy

2008-10-14T11:16:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Nick's Birthday! He got to do whatever he wanted all day. So he almost finished his PS3 game. I surprised him with a sweet camping trip Sunday night that stars didn't really align for. The stars really need to align for things to go well, and they did not. But I can't say I didn't try!!!! But the rest of the weekend went well. We went to dinner with Josh and Cassie Saturday night. Then I surprised him with dinner with Brian, Whitney & Ozzie Monday night. And we picked out some plants for our yard that we plan on finishing in the next century. No promises though. And it was not my idea to look and yard stuff, it was all his, so no I did not drag him out to do that on his birthday.

This is what Nick got for his cake this year. A stack of very delicious home made Italian donuts.
It may not look like the greatest cake, but it was good! Especially while they were still hot.

This makes me laugh. A stack of donuts with candles..........

Happy Birthday Babe!!!

GRATEFUL!!

2008-10-09T12:35:00.000-07:00

So today marks year #4 since my dad passed away. But that is not what I am trying to focus on. For the past few months I have really been thinking about how INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL I am that my father and I had such a good relationship. We got along great. I went to him for advice, I respected him for his honesty, as well as how he lived his life, and for how he took such great care of my mom. He treated me with respect, he was proud of my accomplishments and made sure all of us kids knew we were loved.

Several things over the past few months have really made me think about the relationship I had with my dad. I have been feeling a lot of comfort due to the fact that I do not have any regret with how our relationship was, and what was said between us the last time I saw him. I know that if for some reason we were not on speaking terms or if there had been some sort of a disagreement and I had gone home with bad feelings between us, I would beat myself up about it for the rest of my life. I'm pretty positive that just wouldn't be worth the extra heartache. When people say things about treating your loved ones (and everyone in general) like it could be the last time you would see them....it's true, and really is something we should all think about.

There are so many things that made my dad my dad. This picture is one them. Happy to be here, and if you really know him, you know there is also sarcasm in that look he is giving.

I realize that he doesn't look exactly thrilled to be there in this picture. But he was happy to be there because he was with his favorite daughter. But really, he was happy to be there at the good 'ol Super Stepper Review.

EARLY B-DAYS

2008-10-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

We got made a little cupcake tower out of Mat's favorite cupcakes (25 Main)
So cute blowing out the candles together! Good team effort boys! We made the awesome pizza's on the grill. Soo delicous!
Coby & Miss..cute

Coby parents, Gay & Link, and my awesome mother came over to help us eat all the awesome pizza.

Freida & Missy cleaning up our huge mess - Thanks, you did some real work.

SHOUT OUT FOR HANNAH

2008-09-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

I MEANT TO PUT THIS ON OVER A WEEK AGO, BUT HAVE COMPLETELY SPACED IT. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE SLC AREA OR WILL BE UP THERE THIS WEEKEND AND NEED A GREAT BOUTIQUE SHOW TO GO CHECK OUT HANNAH'S CUTE BABY STUFF, THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO!!!!

IF YOU CAN'T GO BUT LOVE TO FIND SOME CUTE NURSING COVERS, BINKY CLIPS, BOWS, BURP CLOTHS, TU TU'S, ALONG WITH OTHER FUN STUFF, CHECK OUT HUSH BOUTIQUE. CLICK ON THE LINK I HAVE LABELED HUSH BOUTIQUE.

I'VE GOT SOME REALLY CUTE BURP CLOTH'S, BINKY CLIPS, AND PEE PEE TEE PEE'S. REALLY CUTE. (NOT FOR MYSELF) AND I PLAN TO GET SOME TU TU'S.

HUMOROUS

2008-09-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

Well, I learned today that I have been breaking the law for about 6 1/2 years now. And who better to fill me in on this information than a kind Hurricane Police Officer. And when I say "kind" I don't really mean kind. This guy needs to get a personality! And a job.

I NEVER get pulled over. I am a very cautious driver. And I know when you enter the Hurricane Valley you really have to watch what you are doing, because if you blink more than they believe you should, you WILL get pulled over. I understand that there is absolutely NOTHING to do in Hurricane, so they need to find something to do to earn their paycheck, but seriously. The only time I EVER get pulled over is in Hurricane. I am constantly watching my speed through there, because that last thing I want is for those great Police to have a REAL reason to pull me over.

So you are probably wondering what I have done to break the law. Well I will tell you. I am very ashamed to say.............my license plate cover is illegal! Holy crap....I feel awful! Worst thing ever, right? Apparently he could not see my little stickers from a 100 feet away. The last time I got pulled over in Hurricane, I got pulled over for a tail light being out. I understand that we need to have all of our lights working, but I got the biggest lecture from this guy about how dangerous I am being. I couldn't be more greatful for him letting me know.

So, this cop this morning tells me why he has pulled me over, and I started laughing. I didn't mean to, but I found it hilarious! He however, did not. He asked "Oh you think this is funny?" I said "I just find it interesting that I have had this car for over 6 years, and you are the first to ever mention it." He says "Well it's illegal, I will just give you a warning. Are you going to get it taken off, or do I need to cite you for it?" Hmmmm....let's think what my answer to that question was. Then as I was searching my glove box for my insurance, I offered him some napkins because I have gotten quite the collection of them. You never know when you will need them. I think everyone can guess that he didn't want any. So as of later tonight sometime, I should be much safer, and being making it so the cops wont have to squint to see my stickers, as I will be taking it off.

It may sound as though I am bitter about this, and I am only a little because it was a huge waste of my time and he made me late. But I mostly find it extremely humorous that he didn't find it a waste of his time, and that he had nothing better to do. And, how serious he was. You would have thought I had been speeding at an extremely dangerous speed and had put people lives in danger with the way he acted towards me. I hope he doesn't have ulcers, as he seems to take life way too serious.

The lesson of this story: Don't drive in Hurricane with chips in your paint, and don't be too serious of a person so people will like you.

Just like new....

2008-09-15T11:46:00.000-07:00

When Nick & I bought our Dining table and chair set, we really liked the color of it, be we didn't care for the fabric on the seats, so we said we would just re-upholster them. Well we have finally done it. I am so thrilled. Jen went with me to pick out fabric, and fell in love with these four. Which is perfect, we have 8 chairs, so we used each fabric twice. Then Jen helped put the new lovely fabric on. I will also give credit to Nick and Mat for the occasional use of the drill and staple gun. The chairs turned out great!

Before - Boring!

After - Fabulous!

WEEK WITH MAT & JEN

2008-09-11T12:54:00.001-07:00

Mat & Jen have been staying with us for the past week. It has been so much fun! They ran some errands for us, did some grocery shopping, and some cleaning. Needless to say, I am bumbed they left today.

We made yummy pizza on the grill, and some serious good Oreo chocolate chip cookies, along with Carmine's chicken. I think we ALMOST convinced Mat that cooking is fun.

We went out to Snow Canyon and did some more exploring. we went as far as we could, until we ran out of water and had to turn around.

This is Jen all buckled up and ready to hike!

NAP TIME

2008-09-10T19:15:00.000-07:00

Nick and Boy Kit had a rough day

10 YEAR HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

2008-09-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

wOW! iT HAS ALREADY BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE i GRADUATED FROM dIXIE hIGH. cRAZY!! i WASN'T SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO, BUT WE DID END UP GOING. i HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH hANNAH & tAYLOR (hIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS & ROOMIES UP NORTH) AND THEIR RAD HUBBIES, aSHISH & dARREN. nICK HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE GUYS TOO.
i STOLE THESE PICS OFF hANNAH'S BLOG BECAUSE i DIDN'T HAVE MY CAMERA.

hANNAH, sYD, tAYLOR
hOTTER THAN EVER!

sYD, tAYLOR, hANNAH
aT fROSTOP

aSHISH, dARREN, nICK
aPPARENTLY STILL IN hIGH sCHOOL
(tHAT'S WHY WE love THEM)

2008-09-10T12:17:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Brenda......

How long have you been married? Getting close to two years. Seems like a lot longer. I don't mean that in a bad way!! Nick knows what I mean.

Where were you married? St. George, Utah

Honeymoon? Couple nights in Viva Las Vegas, then a few days in Oahu, then a few days in Maui.

How old is your spouse? Nobody knows

Who eats more? Hopefully Nick, but I eat a lot of small stuff throughout the day, so who knows.

Who said I love you first? Nicker Baucher

Who is taller? Nick

Who sings better? That is still a mystery. We haven't ever sang for real around each other, we usually see who can sing the worst.

Who is smarter? Nick, he remembers and knows everything

Who controls the T.V. remote? For sure Nick!!! Even if I start with it, I don't end with it.

Whose temper is worse? Mine - sorry

Who does the laundry? We both do our own. I don't like the way he does it, and he doesn't like the way I do it, so we do it all separate. (I do it the right way)

Who does the dishes? We both do, but Nick is really good about doing them quite often.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Nick

Who cooks dinner? We both do equally

Who is more stubborn? Ya know, I'm not sure. I might say Nick on this one. But it might just depend on the situation.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me for sure, but it rarely happens that I am wrong. And Nick is never wrong either.

Whose parents do you see the most? My mom

Who has more siblings? Nick, he has 4, I have 2

Who wears the pants in the family? I don't think either of us REALLY wears the pants, regardless of what others might be lead to believe. ;) We both have one leg in the pants.

HAPPY 8TH ADAM

2008-09-09T12:37:00.000-07:00

Saturday was Adams 8TH BIRTHDAY. He also got baptized right on his birthday. Such a big day for him. I ran out of the house so fast, trying to be on time, I left my camera at home, so I stole these pictures of Brenda's blog. Thanks Brenda!!

The Seeg's

Mom, TJ, Me, Nick, with the big Birthday boy!

Adam with his cute baptism boy cake Brenda and Brooke made.

GREAT PRODUCTS

2008-09-04T22:22:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have stainless steel appliances, these Weiman Stainless Seet Wipes are fantastice!! Nick and I have tried product after product that claims to clean your stainless and leave it streak free. Nothing up till the Weiman wipes have worked. But these are really great. You just wipe down your appliance (be sure to wipe every square inch, or you will know where you missed in the end) then you buff it off with a dry soft towel. Sounds like a little bit of a process, but it really isn't. It is so easy, when you are done there are no finger prints or streaks. FABULOUS!!! Love it!The other product I found out I love is this No-Bite-Me. It is a baby mosquito repellent. I haven't actually used it as a repellent yet, but I have used it to stop the itch after I got bit. My sister-in-law Darien had it up in Star Valley for her little girl Semry. It is 100% natural. I found it quite amazing when I put it on a few bites I had and the itch went away. It may not work for everyone, but it worked great for me!

Labor Day Weekend - A.K.A MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

2008-09-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

Yip, the whole weekend was my Birthday. No not really, I wish it were though. I use to know how to make my Birthday last a whole week. Not sure what happened, I think it is very selfish of everyone not to celebrate it for a week anymore. :) However, we did have a fun weekend. The original plan was to go camping, but the weather did not cooperate with my plans. Some might wonder why we didn't just tough it out....a little rain never hurt anyone. Well, we were going to go to one of Nick's backpacking slot canyons. And since there were flood watch warnings, we figured it may not be the best idea to be in the exact spot where all that flood water would be going. This is my Birthday Cake

We went swimming at Colby and Brenda's with the kids a couple times. This is Nick do a flip off the diving board.
We also went out to Sprindale with Coby, Nate, Link and Gay. We went to dinner then watched the Batman movie at the Imax. I don't remember the real name of the movie, sorry bout that. I didn't even know they show other movies at the Imax theater. It was a lot of fun, and it worked out great because going out to Sprindale was one of the things I really wanted to do for my "Birthday Weekend". Here are a couple shots showing how beautiful Zion is.

On my "real" birthday Nick to me out to breakfast to McDonalds. It was tasty. He gave me a "Birthday Girl" ribbon pin to where all day, but it didn't even make it to McDonalds. Cute though. Then we headed out to Snow Canyon and hiked around for a while. Then we headed over to Colby and Brenda's to swim again.Then we went home and made pizza on the Barby. It was a great day. Thanks babe!! Love ya!

NEW YORK CITY

2008-08-29T20:22:00.000-07:00

NYC

Nick, Freida, and myself were able to go back to NYC again this year to hang out with Jen while she does her Oly show. It really worked out rather well. She worked her booty off while we walked our booties off. Pretty good trade off I think. We had an amazing time. I don't know how you can't in NYC though. It really is such an exciting place. Never ending fun. And a very special thanks to Jen for making it all possible!!!!

We were there for 8 days. One might ask what you would for 8 days in New York. But 8 days is not enough time to do everything there is to do there. This was actually my 3rd time going, and I still haven't done everything I would really like to do. But here is a nice short list of what we did:

1. Walked around for miles and miles
2. Ate enough food to feed the state of New York
3. Went to a couple shows
3. Went to a couple Museums
4. Walked more
5. Played with Jen and her Oly peeps (great people) at night
6. Pretended we were tourists (we really were tourists)
7. Met and learned the life story of a Lady in Brooklyn - she's coming for Christmas
8. Ate more
9. Hung out in Central Park
10. Went to South Sea Port
11. Went to Brooklyn - that was an adventure!
12. Checked out Harlem
13. Tried not to people watch on the Subways
14. Walked around Chelsea, SOHO, Greenwich, and other areas that we were not sure of
15. Then we got hungry, so we ate
16. Got dropped of on the opposite side of Manhattan by a cabbie, which contributed to me leaving my cellular telephone in the cab that managed to get us to the correct destination
17. Shopped Fifth Ave. - Found a new great store, thanks to Jen!

This is a very short summary of everything we did, but the list could go on for a while, and there are still pics to check out. There are really just a few of the pictures taken. I know it's a lot, but those of you who haven't been to NYC can maybe get a little feel of what it is like, even though pictures don't do it much justice.

These are all shots of the view from our Hotel window. We were right off Times Square, so it was busy busy outside.

OUT & ABOUT

2008-08-29T12:46:00.001-07:00

Here are a bunch of pictures of us as we were wondering around , and wondering, and wondering, and wondering..........

NO PHONE :(

2008-08-29T05:48:00.000-07:00

So I managed to leave my phone in a cab in NYC. But luckily the next guy to get in after was a very nice gent and called the last number I had called, my sister-in-law Jen, who I was at dinner with at Bobby Flays MESA Grill, and offered to leave it for me at Grand Central Station. (How is that for a run on sentence?) He then called back a few minutes later to say the lost-and-found was closed, so he offered to ship it to me. He had just left his wallet in a cab the week before and it was returned to him so he was paying it forward. Very kind! I'm just not sure when he is thinking he will send it, as I have not yet received it. But I'm not too worried.

However, the problem to all this is that I can't talk to anyone! I don't know any phone number without that thing! How sad is that? I checked my messages on it the other day, and had quite a few. So sorry to everyone I have not yet called back.....I can't!

BROADWAY

2008-08-28T12:48:00.000-07:00

This year we went to Wicked & Mamma Mia. Both were really good. Nick like Wicked more than Mamma Mia, but like them both. I had seen Wicked in Chicago a few years ago, but I didn't remember everything about it, I just knew that I really liked it. I love going to the Broadway shows. They do such an amazing job.

Freida and Jen, and the stage before Wicked. We weren't allowed to take any pics in the theater for Mamma Mia. They were really strict about it.

OLY

2008-08-28T12:41:00.000-07:00

The whole reason we were able to go to the big NYC! This is the beautiful Oly furniture and accessories. Very lovely!

Me and Babe

2008-08-27T11:43:00.000-07:00

These are just a few shots of Nick and I throughout NYC.

MISC ARCITECTURE & BUILDINGS

2008-08-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

St. Patrick Cathedral

Rockefellor Center

Radio City Music Hall (Obviously)

Grand Central Station

Brooklyn Bridge

Still Brooklyn Bridge

Looking back at Brooklyn Bridge

One of the four new wat falls that the City if New York has put in along the East River. The light up different colors at night.

We saw soooooo many building, I can't remember the names of all of them! But this was has some amazing detail.

This is the Dakota Building where John Lennon was killed. Very pretty building. Yoko Ono still lives there.

Cool old church in Harlem

Apollo theatre in Harlem

Angel "Morony" as New Yorkers apparently call him. We just laughed.

FOOD!!!

2008-08-26T20:06:00.000-07:00

A very important part of our trip was FOOD! We ate at......actually, where DIDN"T we eat? We tried to try as many new places as possible.

Tabla - Delicious Indian food, with a great atmosphere. We went with Jen's peeps from the oly show.
Carmine's - MMMM....Italian - twice. This is our favorite spot in New York.
Vynl - Twice as well - Very fun atmosphere for all types of people, also where more locals than tourists eat. Delicious American-ish food!
Juniors - CHEESECAKE!!!!
Street Vendors - We ate at the vendors several times. I LOVE hot dogs!
O'Lenney's - an Irish pub. Great authentic Irish food.
Little Havana (I think) - It was a lot of fun and great Cuban food.
Chelsea Market - fun place
Billy's Bakery - THE best cupcakes EVER!!!!! All the other stuff was amazing as well.
Cafe Lalo - Tiny tiny tiny place, but really fun atmosphere, and great Belgium waffles and sandwiches and desserts.
Big Booty - Bakery
Amy's Breads - Delicious!!! we ate so much yummy food here!!
That is all I can think of right now, but I know there were more places.

Ruben sandwich cheesecake from Junior's

WINGS, Tirimisu, and bread from Carmine's
MMMMMMMM!!!!!!

Fried Zuchinni from Carmine's

Eating at Billy's and Carmine's

Vynl

At Tabla with Jen, Paula, Mark, Freida, Nick, and myself
And at O'Lunney's with Mark and Jose
I was a lot of fun to eat and hang out with Jen's peeps from Oly. They are a blast to be around.

Nick and Freida arm wrestling at O'Connley's

Breakfast

2008-08-12T13:03:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we had all of the Fraser cousins in town for a Fraser Cousin Gathering. It was a lot of fun!! Uncle Dick and Anita, and Gramps and Mary, and Sylv's all came as well to help supervise and keep us all under control. It was a real hard job I'm sure. We had a lot of fun putting this together. I tried to get some of the same food and candy and games that we used to have when we went to Grams and Gramps house in Tremonton. It all turned out great, and everyone had a good time. Thanks for coming down everyone!!

FOOD

2008-08-12T12:56:00.000-07:00

Everyone all together eating some serious good food before some of the families started trickling away. It was so fun to have everyone together, eating, and having a great time.

Swimming

2008-08-12T12:33:00.000-07:00

Colby & Brenda got their pool done just in time for the Fraser Cousin Gathering

The Last Dinner.....

2008-08-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

.......at Rococo. The steak house is suppose to be closing at the end of this week. Our family has gone to the Rococo for just about every family event.....Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, just because dad wanted a good streak.....just whatever. So we wanted to be able to go one last time before they close and new ownership takes over. We had a great time being all together as a family.

Oly

2008-07-27T21:53:00.001-07:00

Mat/Jen invited us down to Vegas to hang out for a day before they had to do some REAL work for Oly at the furniture show. Oly is an amazing furniture company Jen works for. Her uncle is one of the designers. If my whole house was all Oly, I would be a happy, peaceful camper. I love it all. But here are a few pics of the Oly showroom in Vegas.

Jen hard at work

The chairs may look like they are just for looks, but they are really comfortable....clearly.....

Just me wondering which piece I am going to take out the door with me when Jen isn't looking.

Happy B-Day Megan!

2008-07-27T21:50:00.001-07:00

Megan turned 10! So crazy! This was the only picture I got before my camera died....sorry Shmoe, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Ryan's 2nd B-Day

2008-07-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

I just realized that I forgot to post Ryan's cute B-Day pics. He was so funny once he figured how this whole birthday game is played! He is such a cute kid.....

Lunch in Jackson

2008-07-17T11:49:00.005-07:00

There is this awesome burger joint in Jackson called Billy Burger. It is a tiny place where you eat at the counter and grab any seat you can. The guys that work there are hilarious and the music is blaring. It is so much fun!! The burgers are really good, but the atmosphere is worth it even if the burgers weren't good. But...we didn't eat at the counter, the restaurant next door lets you order from Billy Burger and eat in there. So that is what we did this time so everyone could sit together. It was still a lot of fun, but if it is your first time eating there, I highly recommend sitting at the counter!!

Woo woo DD!

Uhhh.......really? Am I missing something?

RIVER RAFTIN

2008-07-16T22:27:00.000-07:00

We rafted the Snake River. It was a blast this year! Last year was a lot of fun, but the water wasn't very high, and therefore not as many rapids. Since it was such a wet winter, this year rocked!! However, it was FREEZING!!!! If anyone is wondering if fresh snow run off is cold, I will tell you that it is, especially when you are just in a swim suit and swim shorts. I went all prepared to jump in the river during the slow parts, but that was a very bad plan! Very bad!! I wasn't sure I would ever be warm again. Turns out I did get warm again.....a few hours later.....
These are the before and after pictures. The pics of us on the river are being mailed to us. Can't wait to get them!
The rafting company serves us breakfast before we hit the river.

UMMMMM....

2008-07-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

So I know Afton is small town, but I guess they didn't get the memo about slouch socks. Yes, I almost bought them, and I am now regretting that I didn't!!

ROBERT'S BIRTHDAY - IN AFTON

2008-07-16T21:51:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT!!

Robert had his birthday in Star Valley, so we had a nice little party for him. Grandma made her FABULOUS lemon cake...mmmm...

BIKE RIDE TO JACKSON

2008-07-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

We had a whole day planned to {ride} up to Jackson from Afton and all over Star Valley, but poor little Nick got really sick, so we only made to Alpine before we had to turn around and go back to Afton. Poor Nick had been looking forward to this ride for weeks! I did still get some fairly decent pics on the way. There is a lot of very beautiful scenery in Wyoming.

STAR VALLEY

2008-07-16T17:09:00.000-07:00

Cody wishing he were on a "REAL" bike

Freida holding little Semry

Just a really pretty view from the Cemetery

Yes, this is what you find right on the main street in Afton. Pretty Fabulous!

And this is what else you will find. The LARGEST antler arch!!
What does it mean? It means you wont find one anywhere else! (Except for the smaller one's you will find in Jackson.

Nicker Bacher driving the Girlies and Torren around the yard in the little tractor. The girls LOVE going around in this!

Fredia, DD, and Sem

Kayli & Torren heading up to the Geyser

Missy Lu, also heading to the Geyser. Nick was still sick, so we didn't make it up to the Geyser this year. Luckily it will still be there next year.

Grandpa Brog..........being Grandpa Brog

4TH OF JULY

2008-07-16T11:35:00.001-07:00

{Happy Fourth!} (A little late I know) It was a great day! We went out to dinner with Colby, Brenda, Mom, and kids. Then went to watch the great fire works. I haven't watched the fireworks for a few years now, so I enjoyed it. Then we headed down to the Seeg's and did our own little show. I have no idea where we got our fireworks, but they were much better than the neighbors. Not sure how that happened, but we won! And that is what it is all about ;)
The Fam!Me and the babe!

Me and the Mom!

Ooooh!

SWIM

2008-07-16T11:24:00.000-07:00

Cody and Darien invited us to go swimming with them for the 4th. It was a blast, thanks guys!
Little Semry doesn't look like she is having a ton of fun here, but she really was. She loves the water!

Gigo

2008-07-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

This post is for Aunt Val. She gave us this cat when he was just a little pup (kitten). She hasn't seen him since , so this is him all grown up. His real name is Bails, (because he, along with two other brand new kittens, were found in a hauler loaded with bails of hay in Idaho) but his name changes monthly. It just evolves into a new name., but he still responds to all of them. Right now his names are Yitto and Gigo. Not really sure why his name changes.....

Lunch

2008-06-30T20:08:00.000-07:00

This last weekend was the weekend of another {BIG DAY} for Gramps. So we all loaded up and headed North for the event. It was really nice because we were able to make the weekend a great family get-away. We don't get to do that very often. Nicks family invited us to go swimming in Alpine with them on Saturday, then have lunch on our way back home on Sunday. It really was a lot of fun to have my family and Nick's family all together. I wish the two families lived closer together so we could do it more often................(not a hint at all)

Grandma Brog & Freida. Sof being a Sof with Ben on the couch.

DD and Semry, with Kayli's booty to the camera.

Missy playing in the Kiddy Pool again. Can't keep her out! :)

The Seeg's eating their grub.

Ryster wandering of somewhere.

Alpine Swimming

2008-06-30T19:53:00.000-07:00

Saturday we went swimming in Alpine. This home is absolutely beautiful. And so are all of the views. It was pretty awful :)

Seth showing off how brave he is now days

Missy with Sofi being a Sof again. She didn't leave that step much.

A couple shots of what the views are like from the pool.

Ryan is really trying to get off that thing. He was a bit tired. Still cute though.

Mom, Freida, and Mat talking about the birds and the bees. (I didn't choose the subject)

T.J.....cold?

Kaylers!
Jen had some pretty sweet diving board tricks too! Never new she had those skills! Unfortunately , no pics of her doing them.
I didn't get any pics of Colby and Brenda doing their tricks either!!! I dont think anyone got any shots of my skills either though, which is too bad really.

Shmoe!! AKA Megan

Adam!

I didn't get any pictures of the whole reason we were up North to begin with, Gramps Wedding, but as soon as the photographer gets some to me I will share.

Screech Kitten

2008-06-30T19:42:00.000-07:00

Screech is a cat that I have had for YEARS. he has been around for about 13 plus years. All this time he has come and gone as he pleases. Sometimes I will go a couple months without seeing him, then he suddenly decides to grace us with his presence. Not sure why, or where he goes. He is getting pretty scrawny though. He is really a huge cat, but in these pics he is pretty skinny compared to what he normally is. I don't think he is doing so hot. But we still make sure he has food and water around in case he shows up.

Sand Hollow

2008-06-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

Gay and Link took us out to the lake last time Missy and Coby were down. It was great! I haven't been to the lake for such a long time.
Nick and Missy

Nick having a swell time in the water

All the boys {jumping} off the cliff at the same time

The Nick and The Ethan

I caught Gay right in the middle of chewing something. I'm sure she appreciates that!

Sorry Coby and Link, I didn't get any pics of you two. So if you have some, send them too me!

Miller Raceway

2008-06-22T20:24:00.000-07:00

Matt sent these pics to Nick of him at Miller Raceway last year. Some pretty cool pics! Nick just sold the Gixxer to a kid in Idaho and he is pretty bumbed about it! It is an awesome bike. But he does still have the Vulcan Mean Streak, so not all is lost.

Sweet shot with the sky

This is a pretty cool shot. The guys, (Nick, Ben, and Jason), are all hyped up and talking something really major about motorcycles and how fast they were going through the cork screw and the straightaway, with me just tagging along, being the only girl, acting like I know what they are talking about. Actually I really didn't act like I knew, I probably wasn't even listening, probably focusing on trying to stay warm. It doesn't mean I don't care though!

Happy Father's Day

2008-06-15T21:57:00.001-07:00

Happy Father's Day Robert!

Nick and I went up North to spend Father's day with his FAMILY. It was a lot of fun, as it always is! We had awesome blue cheese / swiss burgers on the grill - Way to go Babe on the burgers, they were fantastic!

I just happen to have Robert's senior picture in my e-mail, so I thought I would throw it on here for him.

Robert got the hook-up on some new clothes for Fathers Day!!

Mat/Jen
DD , Cody, Coby, and Missy {hanging out}, doing whatever they are doing :)

Maggie enjoying the Father's Day festivities

DAD

2008-06-15T20:49:00.000-07:00

Today is Father's Day, and I wanted to pay a little tribute to my dad. Father's Day, along with all holidays, and along with every other day, is difficult without him here with us. We all love and miss you very much! Not a day goes by that we don't think about you, and wish you were here to tease us or give us advice!

I think this picture of my dad was just after High School, back in the days when he had hair. :)

The BIG DAY for Mom and Dad!!

Dad took Colby and T.J. out hunting every year, I think, when they were younger.

Brenda's dad, Rex, was down at the farm taking pictures of Colby and Brenda and he caught this shot of Dad out discing the field. It is one of my favorite pictures of him because that is who he was.

Dad walking Nibly

This is typically where you would find Dad on a hot summer Saturday, or Sunday, when it was way too hot to be down at the farm. He had his spot right in the middle of the living room floor with his corduroy pillow folded perfectly every time so he could see the T.V. just right.

This pic is in Moab at the Jeep Safari. It was really {rainy} that year, hence the mud. But he had a good time in it anyway.

Dad loved to camp, and taught us all to love it from the very beginning. When we were younger we went to the Grand Canyon every summer and camped out in the Kiabab. This picture of my dad was at our last camp out together in the Kiabab.

Dad with Syds only a day or two old.

Mom and Dad in {San Diego}. We all drove down to San Diego for a weekend to play and take the kids to the zoo and to Sea World. It was a lot of fun for all of us, since we hadn't been on a family vacation for a while. It turned out to be our last family vacation with all of us together, so I am so greatful that we all decided to do go!!

Happy 5th Seth!

2008-06-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

Bug had his 5th B-day party with his friends. Good times!

GYMNAST

2008-06-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

Adam is showing off his sweet skills he is learning in Gymnastics.

Double Bonus

2008-06-01T10:08:00.000-07:00

The Ry-meister was having a bit of a {rough} morning, and not much was making him very happy. But when "you're helping you're happy"....ha ha! I got him helping me water the lawn and the flowers, and he loved it. You can seem he still had a bit of a scowl going on in the beginning....this kid kills me!

Joys of Farming

2008-06-01T09:29:00.000-07:00

Farming = Late nights & fixing broken down equipment. Of course the tractor has to have problems right when we are trying to hurry to get all the hay off the fields. Colby and T.J. really weren't standing around watching Nick do his magic, it just happens that I only took pictures of Nick....weird. Nick has been an awesome help getting things done at the farm. Love ya babe!!

Happy Mother's Day Shoutout!

2008-05-14T20:10:00.001-07:00

Happy {Mother's} Day! To both Sylv's and to Freebs! We LOVE you both, and APPRECIATE everything you do and have done for us!

Child Family Picture

2008-05-14T19:55:00.001-07:00

Pebble Beach Sweetness

2008-05-14T19:51:00.001-07:00

Nick's brother's, {Mat & Ben} are both amazing photgraphers! Ben took this one of us on the rock's at the beach just off the cliff the the famous "Lone Tree" at Pebble Beach golf course.

HOUSE REMODEL - BEDROOMS

2008-05-14T15:42:00.000-07:00

HOUSE REMODEL - THEATRE

2008-05-14T15:36:00.000-07:00