Just the four of us

Crazy Hair

2010-01-31T17:32:00.000-08:00

This week at school the kids had crazy hair day. This is what my kids hair looked like. Jaxon decided to go as James Bond. I think he doesn't know what crazy hair is. Phebe just wanted pony tails all over with hair pretties. She definitely knows what crazy hair is.

Scappoose Trip

2010-01-30T13:43:00.000-08:00

We were able to go down to Scappoose while Brian's brother and his family were there. It was so fun being with them and their little girl, Karlee. The kids loved playing with her. We got to have a little Christmas with them and with Grandma & Grandpa. Grandma & Grandpa gave Jaxon a red ryder bb gun and Phebe a Fancy Nancy Doll. Jaxon did not put down his gun for 2 days. Whenever we are at Grandma's house, Phebe has to fed Dexter carrots. She got her wish. This time she let Dexter eat from her hands.

Brian's Birthday

2010-01-30T13:26:00.000-08:00

The kids decorated Brian's cake. I like how they make you do math to figure out how old Brian is. Phebe was really into giving presents to her Dad. She gave him a lot of gag gifts. She wrapped up some of her toys, some tinker bell pencils from her stocking and a card that actually said I love you, Dad.

Brian turned 35 this month. He asked for a tool box. This is the tool box that my Grandparents gave him. My Grandparents made a funny. They were laughing so hard. Brian did get a bigger tool box from my parents.

Spelling Test

2010-01-25T15:28:00.000-08:00

Phebe took her first spelling test a couple of weeks ago. She got 11/10. Since then she has had two more spelling tests and has gotten 100% on both of them. We're so proud of her. Maybe Phebe will be like Jaxon and be a spelling whiz. She is loving Kindergarten. She is one of the top readers in her class and she can even write better then Jaxon. She can count and write to 100. She is having a blast learning. It looks like we have two smart cookies in our family.

Family Picture

2009-12-31T21:03:00.000-08:00

This is for Julie. Here is what our picture looks like. I got it framed and matted in one day. I couldn't believe it. I was able to get it framed, matted and upgrade the glass for $45. I lucked out. Craft Warehouse was having a huge sale. Brian thought it looked to big but I think it looks great. I've gotten lots of compliments on it and the book you did for us. Thanks again.

Our update

2009-12-31T19:55:00.000-08:00

Can you believe it? I'm going to post something. It seems that the past month and half have gone by too quickly. Heck the whole year has gone by too fast. We've been really busy this month. I finally have a chance to let you know what's been going on here in YakaVegas. I have been very busy sewing up banners for people. I sold 22 banners. I finished the last one right before Christmas. I'm so glad to not be at my sewing machine for a while. I do have a few things to finish for January. I made a few collages of all the activities we have been doing. Enjoy, we sure have.

Phebe has become an honorary activity girl. We had an activity at one of the leader's home. She had all the girls dress up like Mary and travel to Bethlehem. She had a manger all set up. The girls got to have their pictures taken. It was an awesome way to start the month off and to remember why we celebrate.

We have been truly blessed this past year. We have each other and our family and friends. Here's to a new year. Hope this next year will go a little slower. I can always hope. Happy New Year and a Happy 35Th Birthday to Brian.

My projects

2009-11-15T17:08:00.000-08:00

This is the 6 Be's Yahtzee game I made up. My ward made them for our Super Saturday. I finally got them back. Now, we can play Yahtzee for family home evening.

These are the banners that have been keeping me busy for the past month. My brother and I have been doing a few bazaars. I haven't sold much at a bazaar. Good thing I am a Mormon. I have lots a orders through my ward. My friends are keeping me busy.

Halloween

2009-11-08T07:31:00.001-08:00

We had a family party this year for Halloween. The whole Webster clan, few more cousins and Grandma Loghouse and Grandpa were in attendance. We had fun fishing, bobbing for apples, making spiders, putting our hands in yucky stuff, and eating lots a stuff.

We took the kids trick or treating. We went to our first neighborhood trick or treating. Lots of candy and people. Phebe was so excited. She kept running past houses. Next year, we will have to start a little bit early, so we can get more candy.

Who is that man?

2009-11-08T07:19:00.000-08:00

If you seen this man, don't buy anything from him. He will rip you off.

Can you figure out what Brian's alter ego is? Maybe, this is why he has chest hair. Notice the necklace, the ear ring and his wind gauge all slick back.

Family Pics

2009-08-21T16:49:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let the family know that Julie has posted a some of our pictures on her blog. She is still working on the CD for us. I think she felt my anxiousness. I've been checking her blog every day, multiple times. I really like the ones she has up. I can't wait to see the other pictures. Thank you Julie for taking our pictures. You did a wonderful job. I only wish we could of had more time together. Her blog site is www.jktphoto.blogspot.com. Check them out and I'll let everyone know when the rest are ready.

Dress Up & Tea Party

2009-08-05T16:32:00.000-07:00

A lady in our ward gave a manners tea party for my activity girls last night. Phebe found out that I was going to a tea party and promptly put on her snow white dress and invited herself to come. I am so glad she did. She loved it and so did my girls. We had a tea party with beautiful cupcakes and lots of finger foods. Before the tea party, the girls learned about manners then they got to dress up. I only had four of my girls come and that meant more dress up time for them. I think at least all of the tried on five different outfits. They all got their pictures taken in each outfit. Phebe tried on three outfits. She loved the pink ones, the hats, and the fuzzy high heels. We had so much fun. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Phebe.

The butterflies are made out of frosting. Can you believe it?

Doesn't she look like she came out of a bridal magazine?

Having too much fun!!

Brian's favorite.

This is the only time Phebe has looked like me. She had fun trying on the wigs.

Scouts

2009-08-05T15:52:00.000-07:00

Jaxon putting one my bear pin. Luckily, I had a collar shirt on.

Brian trying to get a hug from Jaxon.

Jaxon got his bear. He probably would have gotten it sooner if his mother had read his book. There are 24 achievements and I thought he had to do all of them. He only had to do 12 and he only had one more to finish. So he was able to finish it before pack meeting. July's pack meeting's theme was a kite derby. We were supposed to make a kite. But with Jaxon and his grand ideas and not willing to simplify, he didn't make one. He used one of Poppa's kites. Pack meeting was on one of the hottest days last week and no wind. Jaxon got his kite flying, pretty high. Higher than anyone else.

Running with the Bears

2009-07-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

Jaxon and Phebe were chosen to run out on the field with a Yakima Bear baseball player for Fridays game. It worked out well for us. We were planning on going. The kids each got a free t-shirt, a signed baseball and 4 tickets to get into the game. We got in free and gave the other 4 tickets to my brother and his family. The kids had a good time. I was a little worried about how well Phebe would do. She doesn't like being in front of people and talking to strangers. She did it. I'm so proud of her. The Bears won the game. It was actually a really good baseball game. After the game, they had fireworks show. So that was our fourth of July show.

Camping at Bumping Lake

2009-07-03T10:52:00.000-07:00

We went camping this past weekend with my whole family. My sister and her kids were up from Ca for a few weeks, so we decided to have our yearly camping trip together while she was here. It's kind of weird going camping with everyone when you see them every week. We had fun being together in the woods. We canoed, rafted, rode bikes, took walks, swam with the tad poles, sang campfire songs, ate smores, got eaten by mosquito's, star gazed and tried not to eat dirt. Jaxon learned how to build a fire. Phebe had fun being with her best friend Irish and practicing riding her bike. As always I took to many pictures. I couldn't decide on what pictures to do, so I made a few collages. We can't wait for the Vocana get together in August. More water fun and being with family. That's what it's all about. Family.

This is the first time the kids watched their hair up at camp. ever.

Day Camp

2009-07-03T10:38:00.000-07:00

This year the theme for Day Camp was Cubs in Space. Jaxon learned a lot of things about space and made a few cool things. Phebe and I got to go to camp for a day. I got to walk a long with Jaxon and 8 other boys. We did archery, made a space shuttle and ran a space obstacle course. Phebe was in the tag a long group. She had a few friends to keep her busy with the various activities she did. I also got to drive the truck to camp. The boys in the truck thought I was cool because I knew how to drive a stick shift. Jaxon had lots of fun. One more year of Day Camp. Good thing I only have one boy. It's draining being around 9 year old boys.

A simple fix

2009-06-23T18:12:00.000-07:00

The A/C in the car was having problems. I took it in today, for a simple fix. NOT!! A $100 problem became a $840 problem. The radiator fan was not working, found out that the motor was broken. Thanks to the engineers at Chrysler, we have to buy a whole new fan assembly part for $452. That's right, the part is more than the bumper that was replaced last June. The part is coming from back east and the car won't be fixed until Tuesday. Fun times at the Vocana house hold. I don't think I need a car this week. Just have to take Jaxon to Day Camp, have Activity Girls, and get ready to go camping. We're just lucky the car didn't blow up on our way to Oregon or Utah this summer.

What's been going on with us!

2009-06-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

Okay, I realize it's been a long time since I've posted. As it seems to be the theme of our lives, we have been busy. I've only had enough time to check on what everyone else is doing in their lives. Plus I like to have Brian around to proof read my posts. Since the last update:

*Jaxon finished baseball. We are all shouting Hooray, it's over!! Jaxon's team finished last. We only won one game the whole entire season. After the season, we were in a tournament. We won one game because of rain. Almost all of the games, we played in a thunderstorm.

*I put in six quilts for our local quilt show. I, actually, quilted 5 of them on the big machine. I'm so proud of myself. I've been a big chicken about using the big machine. Now that I have done a few, I want to do some more. I definitely have some quilt tops that need to be quilted.

*Jaxon had a few field trips during the last two weeks of school. He allowed me to tag along on one of them. We went to the Yakima Nation's Museum and to Fort Simcoe. The most exciting part of the field trip was that I saw a HUGE snake on the pathway.

*School is out. Jaxon is now going to be a 4th grader and I have to get ready to having both kids in school. Brian's already planning what I will be doing with all my free time. Jaxon wants to flunk two grades to be with his teacher, Mr. C. He loves Mr. C. We finally had a teacher that challenged the kid and they moved him down to 2nd grade. Jaxon was supposed to keep Mr. C for 4th grade. We shall see what next year's teacher will be liked.

*Brian's been selling his plants like crazy. He's finally figured out how to have a hobby and make money at it.

*Brian and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. We went down to Portland for a quick weekend. We had fun. We went to a wedding reception in Newberg (one of my mia maids, I can't believe she's old enough), went shopping at the outlet mall, visited a few nursery's, went to a quilt store, and Macaroni Grill. We could have spent a few more days together. Someday.

*We went bike riding again at the Greenway for FHE. Phebe is getting better at riding her bike. No accidents this time. I want to go some more this summer but I have to figure out how to get the bikes in the PT.

*I have been on jury duty for the past two weeks. It was definitely a learning experience. I was picked to be on a jury the first week. All I have to say that it is very hard to keep a person innocent until proven guilty. I earned my $10 dollars a day plus a free lunch on deliberation day. We never got to deliberate, the guy pleaded out.

*The kids and I went to the movies this week while I free from a day of jury duty. We went to see UP with my family -brother & his family, my Mom & Grandma, and sister and her kids. We figured we spent around a $100 dollar just to get in because of the extra $2 for 3D glasses. Good movie but could have seen it regular movie mode.

Next week, Jaxon has day camp and we are going camping for a few days. I can't wait to get away and have fun camping. Brian will be with us for the weekend and the kids and I will be satying a few days longer with my parents. Hopefully, I will have some good stories to tell when we get back.

Fishing and Bikes

2009-05-24T17:43:00.000-07:00

Grandma Loghouse and Grandpa came up a couple of weekends ago and we went fishing. A local group was holding a fishing derby for kids. For $5 dollars, the kids got a t-shirt and a fishing rod. We had a great time. Phebe was the first to get a fish. Little bit later Jaxon got one. Phebe had a few close calls on getting another one but Jaxon's fishing line kept getting caught with other peoples lines.

After we were done fishing, we got the kids bikes and they rode their bikes down the greenway. This is the first time Phebe has ridden her bike since she got it for Christmas. She was doing great until Daddy came into the picture. He pushed her to hard and she fell into the grass. That was the first accident. Her second accident, she was going down the hill too fast and Brian tried slowing her down with her handle bars but that didn't work. She did a flip over her handle bars and skid to a stop. She hit so hard, it made a dent in her helmet. She now says she won't go bike riding with Daddy.

My Purse

2009-05-13T00:09:00.000-07:00

I made a purse for our YW/Scout Auction last week. The purse went quick. It sold for $55. I can't believe it. The lady who bid for it has been telling me that I should sell my purses. She has been coveting my purses for a while now. Well, she no longer has to covet. I had a few people surprised that I could even make purses. I have them fooled.

Phebe's Parties

2009-05-03T19:23:00.000-07:00

Phebe is always having parties for her dolls, teddy bears and anything she can think of. She really likes giving birthday parties and getting gifts for them. Whenever we are at the store she wants to buy a present for Princess(her teddy bear) or anyone else she can think of. While we were at the store on Thursday, I told Phebe that it was Aunt Chelsea's birthday. She says we have to pick out a gift for her. She proceeds to ask me what color and size Aunt Chelsea is because she wanted to give her a dress. Something fancy. I said I don't know. She then started trying to figure out something else for her. She loves giving presents to people. My brother and his family moved here on Friday and she decided they needed a house warming gift. She made them a stack of pictures. She wouldn't give Uncle Ben the pictures, she got shy. So I had to give them to him. She is such a good girl and we love her to death. I am so glad she is a part of our family. Right now, it's a little quiet around here, Phebe lost her voice. She's had too much fun with all of her cousins the past few weeks.

He DID it!!

2009-05-03T19:02:00.000-07:00

This is Jaxon's first time at pitching. He's only pitched twice. I think he is pitching on Tuesday. He plays first base.

Jaxon hit the ball on Saturday and I was the only one there to see it. He hit a double. We've been waiting for him to hit the ball during a game. The past few games he has been walking to base. Last week, he walked three times and decided that was his lucky bat. Jaxon's team has not won a game yet but they are getting better. At the beginning of the season we lost 16-0. Yesterday's game we lost by one point, 18-17. It was a good game. Jaxon scored 2 runs.

One of his runs that he scored.

Our Easter

2009-04-13T16:31:00.000-07:00

Here is the whole crew. We had fun being with each other.

We had a great and chaotic Easter weekend. All of the my family was here this year. On Saturday, my nephew, Xanen, was baptized. After he was baptized, Jaxon had a baseball game and pitched for the first time. He did great for his first time. He wasn't to happy about not throwing strikes outs. He threw a lot of balls. But practice makes perfect and that's what he is doing right now with Brian practicing. He'll get there. After the game, we had a big family dinner with my sister's in-laws to celebrate Xanen getting baptized. We were able to get some new family pictures with Elyse in them. She is the newest member of the family. Hopefully before my sister and her family move to Japan we can get a new family picture with the newest addition coming in August. My brother and his wife are expecting a little girl. The Easter bunny came to our house and made Jaxon look for his basket. That's what happens when you say there is no Easter bunny. Phebe was excited to have her basket filled with goodies. We dyed eggs after church with the cousins and did an Easter egg hunt. That was fun trying to get equal amount of eggs for all 7 kids. They had fun I think. I am glad that we had good Easter with all the family. It can get rather loud with all of us here but it's worth it. The cousins love to be together and I love hanging out with my family.

Here are the kids in their Easter outfits. On the way to church, Brian says they match and I said I know. I made Phebe's Easter dress to match Jaxon's outfit. I haven't made a dress since I was a Merry Miss girl. I'm so proud of myself I got Phebe's dress done on Friday. I usually get things done at the last moment. Aren't they cutest kids?

Teacher Conference Time

2009-03-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

Today was Jaxon's conference. We were not too worried about it. His teacher said his conference wasn't that fun because there were no problems or concerns with Jaxon. It only lasted 15 minutes. He is doing great as always. His reading level is at a 6th grade level and math is at a 4.97 grade level. So he working on double digit division while his class is working on their multiplication of 0,1,5's and 10's. Pretty soon Brian and I will need a tutor to help Jaxon with his homework. We are so proud of Jaxon and glad he finally has a teacher that can handle him and challenge him at the same time. I also registered Phebe for kindergarten. I can't believe she'll be in school. She's on the fence on whether or not she wants to go. It changes from hour to hour. Just like she will never get married because that means she will not live with her mommy. Two kids in school. What will I do with all the quietness? We will have to see.

Birthday Party

2009-03-17T17:48:00.000-07:00

I got invited to an eleven year old birthday party this weekend. The eleven year old is Dorian. She is in our primary class. She also invited Phebe to come along. Jaxon was upset that he didn't get to go because it was at the kids castle. NO BOYS ALLOWED!! That was Dorian's rule. Dorian is an awesome girl. She loves me to death but not that boy (Brian). All of our girls came to Dorian's party that is in our class. I am so proud of our kids in our class. Dorian can be a lot to handle and they accept her. They try to help her and are very patient with her. I am so glad that Brian and I are teaching this class. I made Dorian a purse and a marker roll for her birthday. She likes pink and orange. So that's the colors she got. On Sunday, she brought her purse and roll with her to class. She started coloring after running a few laps in the church. I need to start bringing tennis shoes.

This is Dorian. She saw me taking pictures of Phebe and wanted her picture taken.
Phebe finally got brave enough to go into the foam pit.
Dorian opening her presents.

Our Dad

2009-03-16T16:48:00.000-07:00

My friend Julie had these questions on her blog and her kids answers were so cute. I decided to ask my kids. This is a cute idea. Copy this note, ask your child the questions and write them down exactly how they respond.

Phebe age-5

1. What is something dad always says to you? Sugar and Gracey Poo.
2. What makes dad happy? I don't know. Me
3. What makes dad sad? I don't know. Not being with him.
4. How does your dad make you laugh? Tickling him, I mean me.
5. What was your dad like as a child? I don't know.
6. How old is your dad? 17
7. How tall is your dad? 80ft.
8. What is his favorite thing to do? watch sports.
9. What does your dad do when you're not around? snuggles with Mom.
10. If your dad becomes famous, what will it be for? I don't know. being a movie star.
11. What is your dad really good at? playing sports.
12. What is your dad not very good at? I think he's not good at soccer.
13. What does your dad do for his job? landscape.
14. What's your dad's favorite food? pancakes.
15. What makes you proud of your dad? nothing.
16. If your dad were a cartoon character, who would he be? Bugs Bunny.
17. What do you and your dad do together? watch movies.
18. How are you and your dad the same? nothings the same with Dad.
19. How are you and your dad different? Let's see, nothing together, nothing together.
20. How do you know your dad loves you? Because he tells me every night!
21. Where is your dad's favorite place to go? Mmm, he doesn't like to go to the movies.

Jaxon age-9

1. What is something dad always says to you? One more.
2. What makes dad happy? You being good, doing things right.
3. What makes dad sad? When Dad gets the kids upset.
4. How does your dad make you laugh? He does stupid things sometimes.
5. What was your dad like as a child? He had a weird life in Portland.
6. How old is your dad? 42
7. How tall is your dad? almost my size
8. What is his favorite thing to do? play baseball or guitar hero.
9. What does your dad do when you're not around? goes to work.
10. If your dad becomes famous, what will it be for? playing baseball.
11. What is your dad really good at? baseball, basketball, soccer, and playing guitar hero.
12. What is your dad not very good at? building Lego's.
13. What does your dad do for his job? landscapes.
14. What's your dad's favorite food? scrambled eggs.
15. What makes you proud of your dad? Because he provides for us, so I can have Lego's.
16. If your dad were a cartoon character, who would he be? Sponge Bob.
17. What do you and your dad do together? play baseball.
18. How are you and your dad the same? our bodies-everything.
19. How are you and your dad different? He went to a different school then me.
20. How do you know your dad loves you? He apologizes.
21. Where is your dad's favorite place to go? any place he can hike.

Catch Up

2009-03-05T10:50:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted last. Where did February go? If your life is like ours, it went by to fast. Let me give you some updates on us. Brian is back to work. YEAH!! It's been another adjustment for us. That's the way our life seems to be a lot of adjustments.
I went and saw the Pajama Game with my Mom and Grandma. It was so good. If only Harry Connick, Jr. was the main guy again. The whole gang went and saw Oklahoma the play. The high school kids were putting it on. We loved it! Phebe has been singing ever since. The cast was mostly LDS kids. The next Sunday, Big Judd was blessing the sacrament and Phebe was star struck, couldn't believe he was there.
Jaxon has been playing basketball. He's starting to figure out the game. He's so funny. His coach told him to stand on the block underneath the basket. So every time Jaxon comes down the court he gravitates to the block. He has made one point so far and we are so proud of him. Next we are on to baseball. Not looking forward to sitting out in the cold.
We have been playing a lot of Guitar Hero, mostly Brian. He's trying to beat me at playing in the medium mode. He just can't do it yet. He is also a little upset because I couldn't play the easy ones and then I started on the medium ones and can whip his butt.
I've started working out with a few Moms at the church. I couldn't walk for three days because of Yoga Booty Ballet. I, now, can never make fun of Brian when has sore muscles from playing basketball.
The last part of the month, Brian and I have been together for 14 years. I can't believe it. All I can say is eating in the cafetria at Ricks was well worth it.
This was some of the highlights of the past few weeks. I could go on about Sharing Time, Activity girls, Scouts, playdates, sleepovers with cousins and grandparents, math night at the school, cleaning the church building, quilt class, making aprons for nephews, finishing a purse. That's why February flew by. Hopefully, March will be a little slower.

We finally have one

2009-02-11T22:02:00.000-08:00

Jaxon is no longer a deprived kid. We got a Wii over the weekend. Now he can hang his head high and be like the other kids in his class. Because as you know Jaxon and Phebe have a rough life, ha ha, living with their mean parents. So what has the four of us been doing all week? Guitar Hero and the sports game. Brian and I have been trying to out do each other playing golf. I was winning with +4 and he had +5. Now he is at a -1 but I got two eagles and a chip in. He can't beat that. Jaxon is getting good at GH. He's starting to rock out like he is playing in a rock band. If I was computer savvy I would put a video on here of him rockin'. But I am not. Phebe is so cute when she's boxing. She really gets into it.

Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa

2009-02-11T21:50:00.000-08:00

Grandma and Grandpa Loghouse where able to come up and visit with us the last weekend in January. We had our Christmas with them. Grandma made Phebe a cowgirl outfit and Phebe did not take it off for three days. She even wore it to church. Jaxon got a chair for his room and all he wants to do with it is swirl around and around. We went up to see the elk and the mountain sheep. Grandma and Grandpa were able to watch Jaxon play at his game. We had a good weekend with them and the weather cooperated with us, that was a plus.

Basketball

2009-01-30T09:31:00.000-08:00

Jaxon started a new sport this month. Basketball. He had his first game on Saturday. He did pretty good for his first time. The rest of his team all played last year and knew what to do. I have decided that I like basketball better than baseball. It's warmer, shorter and inside. Hopefully, this year for baseball the weather won't be as wacky as it was last year. Here are some pictures I took at the game. I thought I put my camera on sport but found out later that I had it on night vision. Jaxon and I thought these are some cool pictures anyway. Hopefully, I can get some better ones in the next few games.

Pinewood Derby

2009-01-29T17:05:00.000-08:00

Jaxon had his pinewood derby the other night. He won two out of three races. He improved over last year. Last year, he only won one race against the Phantom car which is suppose to be slow. He came in second place with his car at 2.763 seconds. We are so proud of him. Brian really got into it this year. We got a book and figured out where the weight should be and Brian fixed the wheels so the could spin better. Brian and Jaxon are already talking about next year's car and what they can do. We are thinking about entering in the local scout district pinewood derby in April. Jaxon had fun racing.

Out of a 4 year olds mouth

2009-01-12T09:49:00.000-08:00

In closing exercises, yesterday, in Primary, a 4 year old girl told me that I must be a crazy person with all that weird, wild hair. I don't think she has ever seen curly hair before and I was having a good hair day. It was calm, no lion's mane just my ringlets.

Our winter break

2009-01-10T11:15:00.000-08:00

I just checked my calendar and realized that I haven't blogged in 3 weeks. Sorry about that. We've been a little busy with some life changes added to it. We had a wonderful Christmas. The kids loved everything the got. I always worry that they won't like what they get especially Jaxon. They kept saying it was the BEST Christmas ever. Jaxon got a motorized scooter, some Lego's and a Harry Potter book. Phebe got a new bike, some clothes, a doll and a bear cub that moves, cries and wants to be feed. Jaxon is trying to learn patience about his scooter. You can't ride it when the temperature is below 32 and in the snow. We took him to the church building so he could ride it in the gym. Now he wants to do it all the time. Christmas night Phebe went to bed with her new doll and bear cub. The next morning she woke up and said she didn't sleep at all because her bear kept waking up and wanted to be taken care of.

After Christmas, my brother and his kids came down to spend the weekend with us. We went sledding behind my Dad's tractor around the yard. It was fun. We haven't played in the snow because it was to cold. That day we had a warm spell of 25.
We spent New Year's Eve with my parents and grandparents playing domino's. Phebe lasted until 11:30 and Jaxon was up until 1 am. We always have sparkling cider at midnight. Usually, we have Martinalli's cider but my mom couldn't reach them in the store and got a different kind that's made in Sweden. The Swedish don't know how to make apple cider. It tasted like the glue on an envelope. Yuck!
We woke up to more snow falling on New Year's Day. That meant no Grandma Loghouse and Grandpa coming to visit. The kids were sad about that. Phebe keeps asking when we're going to see them. Hopefully soon if the weather will cooperate. Brian had a good birthday. The theme for his gifts this year was DVD's. I think he got 5 plus the last season of Seinfeld. We haven't watched all of them yet. Brian and the kids watched the Seinfeld while I was doing inventory at the quilt store I used to work at. Jaxon is back at school. He started basketball this week. He really liked it. This is the first year he's played basketball. Luckily, Brian is home and he can take Jaxon to his practices. As you can tell, we had a wonderful winter break.

I forgot to tell you about our car. The day after Christmas we were stopped at a light and were hit by a teenager. She scratched the paint on the bumper. We just got it back from the shop. They had to take the bumper off and repaint it. This is the second time we had to fix the bumper. Last week, we went grocery shopping and while we were unloading the car a cat got in and peed in it. The cat was in the car for over 12 hours.

Christmas Peformances

2008-12-18T22:05:00.000-08:00

Jaxon had 2 Christmas performances last week. The first was at school. It was only the 2nd and 3rd graders. Jaxon's group did a good job. They sang a few songs that we didn't know. One song they sang, all they needed was some robes and they would have been a Southern Baptist choir. The kids really got into it.

The second performance was at the mall on Saturday. Jaxon joined a group at school called the X Jam. He practices twice a week during lunch recess. He is enjoying it. He likes playing on the xylophones and of course, he's able to play them. The kids did good. Jaxon's favorite song of the night was Carol of the bells.

Christmas Lights Parade

2008-12-18T21:17:00.000-08:00

A couple of Sundays ago, we went to the Christmas Lights parade for FHE here in Yakima. This is the first time we have ever been to it. We had a lot of fun and we didn't freeze. There were some cool vehicles all lit up.

This is my favorite picture I took of the night.

Can you tell Jaxon doesn't like his mother to take his picture.

Phebe looking thrilled to be there. At least she lets me take her picture.

I have to say the Coca-Cola truck had the best Christmas lights on it.

Negative Brrr!!!

2008-12-16T08:00:00.000-08:00

Just wanted you to know that it is showing a -3 degrees outside right now. Jaxon and I will, definitely, be waiting for the school bus in the car. Hope you have a warmer morning.

Brrr...

2008-12-15T23:43:00.000-08:00

This morning we woke up to no heat. Lucky, Brian was home to help figure out why we didn't have any heat. After talking to my Dad, we figured out that we had a frozen pipe line. We had to thaw the pipe, get anti-freeze gel and get the oil flowing again. We thawed the pipe but the furnace would not kick on. So we called our reinforcement, my Poppop. He came over and figured out our problem with in 10 minutes. By pushing the reset button. We had tried pushing a button but it was the wrong one. That's all we needed to do to get heat. So now we can be warm and cozy. If only the temperature was 68 degrees outside instead of the high of 15 like it's going to be tomorrow.

To Forks we will go

2008-12-05T17:21:00.000-08:00

I have become a Twilight groupie. I am not as bad as Brian is with his Collective Soul. Last week for Thanksgiving, we went to my brother's house in Port Angeles. Since Forks is an hour a way, we went on a field trip. We didn't get to go on the Twilight tour but we made a few stops. It was raining. I thought Portland got a lot of rain. It doesn't compared to Forks. Forks gets about 116 inches of rain a year, where Portland gets about 25 inches and Yakima gets about 13 inches. I'll take the 13inches any day. My sister in law and I went to see the movie. I think my imagination is a lot better than the movie. I had a problem seeing the actors they picked as the characters they played. But what do I know. I still liked it.

Jaxon's New Pets

2008-11-17T19:46:00.000-08:00

Here's Jaxon swimming with his new fish.

For Jaxon's birthday, he got a fish tank. We have been working on it all week. Tonight, we were able to get some fish. More fish to come. There are so many choices. He wants to get kissing fish, neon's, a snail and a plecostomus.

Student of the Month

2008-11-17T09:44:00.000-08:00

Last week, Jaxon received the academic Student of the Month award for October. We are so proud of him. This is the picture I got of him. He was embarrassed by his Mom taking pictures of him. So I kissed him in front of his whole class. Now that's embarrassing. We also had his teacher conference on the same day. No problems with Jaxon. His teacher is challenging him and that's what we want. He is doing 4th grade math and reading at a 5th grade level. A story about mister smarty pants. In September, the class was working on subtraction and a girl in the class asked if you could subtract 6-12. Mr. C said you could not. Jaxon raised his hand and said yes you can. The answer is -6. Mr. C said you are right but that's for when you are in 5th grade. Jaxon is now known as Mr. Negative. Pretty soon, Brian and I will have to get a tutor for ourselves to help Jaxon with his homework.

The Scissor ghost

2008-11-05T15:38:00.000-08:00

Phebe decided she needed to cut her bangs. I was thinking we were out of the woods with scissor happy hands. Guess, I was wrong. Phebe said she didn't cut her hair. She was under a spell and a ghost did it. A ghost always does something when Phebe thinks she is in trouble. Jaxon was quite happy about Phebe cutting her hair. That meant she got in trouble. I had to take Phebe into the hairdresser to get it fixed.

Before Haircut

After Haircut
She wanted to get a Tinker Bell haircut. I think she looks adorable and it fits her personality. You can't even tell she cut her bangs.

Brian's new hobby

2008-11-02T17:39:00.000-08:00

Brian has been wanting to get a greenhouse for sometime now. His wish came true this week. He was able to put it up on Saturday with Jaxon's help. There are a few more things he needs to do with it like a door, heater, fan, and much, much, more. We're pretty excited about it. Hopefully, we'll be able to grow some plants for next year.

Halloween

2008-11-02T17:12:00.000-08:00

Jaxon had a hard time figuring out what he wanted to be this year for Halloween. First, he wanted to be an imperial guard (Star Wars). We couldn't find a costume for it. His second choice, Greedo, the green guy Han Solo talks to in the 4Th movie at the bar. Couldn't find a costume and didn't really want to make one. His third choice as you see is Indiana Jones. He was the best Indiana we saw. Phebe was easy this year, we decided to be Fancy Nancy (Fancy Nancy is a series of books). We had a good time trying to get Phebe fancy. She was just adorable. She was the only Fancy Nancy. We had a good Halloween and it was even better that Brian was home for a few days.

Getting Fancy

2008-10-30T10:26:00.000-07:00

I just took this picture of Pheb's getting ready for the ward Halloween party tonight. Her costume is Fancy Nancy. Her hair needs to be fancy, so we attempt to do curlers again. She found my old pair of glasses. Doesn't she look like an old house Frau? Brian says she looks like a school teacher.

Brian's 8 Favorite Things

2008-10-21T13:08:00.000-07:00

8 Favorite Restaurants

1.Macaroni Grill
2.Red Robin
3.Majors
4.Big Town Hero
5.Miners
6.Pizza Factory
7.New York Teryaki
8.Rheinlander

8 Favorite TV shows

1.Sports Center
2.Big Bang Theory
3.The Soup
4.Seinfeld
5.Dave Ramsey Show
6.The Colbert Report
7.King of the Hill
8.My Big Redneck Wedding

8 Things I did Yesterday

1.Took a shower.
2.Tire shopping for the car.
3.Went to Costco.
4.Surfed the web.
5.Watched TV.
6.Pet the dog.
7.Ate.
8.Fell asleep watching TV.

8 Things I look forward to.

1.6 Figure income.
2.Being home more.
3.Building my new greenhouse.
4.Christmas to be over.
5.All fabric stores to go bankrupt.
6.Another Collective Soul concert.
7.The next Collective Soul release.
8.The economy to turn around(so I can start making money on my investments again)

8 Things I wish for.

1.Lose weight.
2.Full head of hair.
3.A month long romantic getaway with Trin.
4.Subaru WRX.
5.A big house with 10 acres to ride ATV's.
6.Early retirement.
7.For Jaxon and Phebe to be sucessful.
8.Daily hot tub soaks and massages.
4.Subaru WRX

Tagged, again

2008-10-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

I was just looking at Jeff and Chelsea's blog and I got tagged again. This tag is also on my sister's blog. So this can count for both of you. The tag is the 8 things. I don't remember all of the rules. Here is goes.

8 favorite TV shows
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. ER
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Private Practice
5. Brothers and Sisters
6. Dirt
7. Ace of Cakes
8. Rules of Engagement

8 Things I did yesterday
1. I sewed. I was at my quilt retreat with my Mom, Grandma and Aunt
2. I came home to a lot of dirty dishes.
3. got attacked by my kids- hugs and kisses
4. We went to FHE at my Mom and Dad's house.
5. put the kids to bed
6. Read my book
7. Brian and I ate chicken nuggets and hot coco at 11 o'clock at night
8. Slept in my bed with Brian

8 Things I look forward to
1. not having to watch the world series this year
2. getting my Christmas shopping done early this year
3. seeing my two new nieces
4. Brian being home for more than 2 days
5. not having to teach a lesson for 3 weeks in Primary
6. watching Jaxon and Phebe growing up
7. warmer weather
8. going on a family trip with all of us

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Macaroni Grill
2. Red Robin
3. Chilli's
4. El Ranchito
5. Abby's Pizza
6. Hunan Pearl
7. Big Town Hero
8. Applebee's

8 Things on my wish list
1. a Tahoe
2. a new sewing machine
3. going to Hawaii with Brian
4. for Jaxon and Phebe to be friends when they grow up.
5. to see family and friends more often
6. a TV cabinet
7. to have a maid come and clean my house
8. to be a happy family forever

That's all the 8 Things about me.

I got tagged

2008-10-20T16:28:00.000-07:00

Last week, my friend Julie tagged me. So here are my answers. The tag was on 6 things that are quirky about me.
1. I critique Dairy Queens. I worked at 2 DQ's in high school and college. I have a high standard for them. I can't stand dirty tables or doors and the swirl not being right on the ice cream cone. My dad thinks I need to own one, so I can do it the right way which is my way of course.
2. I never forget. I am like my Grandma. It takes a lot to upset me. But when I do get upset, I never forget.
3. I have to have peanut butter on my pancakes and french toast. It is a must.
4. I can't stand it when Brian scrapes his fork when he eats. It's almost like the sounds from the dentist.
5. Brian and I are starting to finish each others sentences. I know this isn't really a quirk. I just thinks it's funny that we can do this. Next on the old married list is wearing matching shirts and jackets.
6. I have inherited one of me father's traits. An obsessive researcher. I will research something to death. Brian can't stand this. I get something in my head and I am checking everything I can before I get it.

I have a few more quirks but Jaxon didn't want me to tell anyone. I am suppose to have 6 other people be tagged but I don't know that many.

My new quilt

2008-10-12T09:59:00.000-07:00

This is my quilt I just finished for the quilt shop I use to work for. It was suppose to be done a month ago. It took me longer then I expected. I really like it. It's going to be our winter quilt for our bed. Phebe took the picture for me. She did a good job.

Fair fun

2008-10-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

We went to the fair last weekend with Brian's parents. We got to see a little bit of the rodeo, a few barns of animals, the vendors in the sundome, the ag building and rides. The rides were the kids is favorite part. This year Jaxon discovered the big kid rides. He rode a ride called the cliff hanger. He's laying down in a hang glider going around in real fast. He loved it. Phebe just loved everything. She got to go on the ferris wheel wiht Jaxon and me. I remembered why I don't like the ferris wheel. To high and a lot of wind. We had fun and plenty of fair food.

Apple Picking Time

2008-10-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

Tis the season to pick apples. It is a family tradition to go pick apples with my grandparents and parents. This year my parents were not able to come. Poppop likes to load us up on apples. We usually get three to four boxes full. We never seem to get them all eaten before they go bad. We decided to go small this year. We tried. Poppop kept giving us more. Lucky, Brian's parents were with us and they got some and so did Brian's work. You can see Phebe's curls. Jaxon loved picking the apples from the ladder.

Girly Do's

2008-10-10T09:39:00.000-07:00

Phebe let me and her grandma play with her hair. She looks so cute. She wanted to keep her curls, so she could look like me. We are trying to talk her into putting rollers in again. She doesn't want to. I don't think she wants to sleep with them.

Wolf

2008-10-10T09:01:00.000-07:00

Jaxon received his Wolf last week. He also got a gold and two silver arrows. He needs four more electives in the next month to get another arrow. Hopefully, we can do this.

Things that go BANG in the night!!

2008-09-26T09:50:00.000-07:00

No, Todd it's not what you're thinking.
This is what went BANG in the night. Our mailbox got into a little accident with a car. The car took out our mailbox, the post that it was on with the cement, a rail road tie, and the telephone box. We have no phone. So I tried calling Qwest, using the right procedure, but couldn't get a live person. So I called my own Qwest man, my Dad. He is coming out to replace the box. Now we have to replace the mailbox this weekend. I liked our mailbox. This is the second accident with the mailbox since we put it up this year. The first one, the mail lady hit the mailbox with her mirrors.

This is where our mailbox use to be. You can see the hole where the post was and you can see the tire tracks of the car heading for our mailbox.

Here is the shredded mailbox. I don't think we can use it.

This is the telephone box. Between the mailbox and the telephone box is about 30 feet. They kept on driving.

Snores anyone

2008-09-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

We promised the kids we would make smores with our new fire pit. Phebe was so excited. She kept saying, 'We're having Snores!' We had a good laugh at this. So does anyone want a Snore?

Jaxon's Plane Ride

2008-09-15T18:48:00.000-07:00

Jaxon was able to go flying in a Cessna 172 plane this past Saturday. He took part in a group called the Young Eagles progam. They were having free rides for kids 8-17years old. Jaxon liked it so much that now he wants to go every year. He wasn't to sure on flying in a little plane. He didn't tell us much about it. He was trying to be cool. I got more info when Jaxon was telling Poppop about it. He told him they flew aroung the valley and he was able to see the SunDome and the mountains. Jaxon's flight was about a half an hour long. He went up 3,ooo feet in the air. I think now he wants to fly planes. He's always wanted to be an Blue Angel pilot.

Brian's Home

2008-09-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

Brian is finally home for the week. YA!!!! Since sales are slow, he will be working at the nursery in Scappoose. This was our first full week with him gone. I think we did alright. I sure did miss him. I don't like being alone at night time. I've spent a lot of nights sleeping on the couch. The kids kept asking for him to come home. Sugee even said she missed him. Time will tell on how they will handle this new arrangement. Especially Jaxon. He doesn't do well with change.
Update on Jaxon in school. He's loving it. He now thinks his teacher is awesome. Let me tell you why. Mr. C loves Star Wars and Legos. Two of Jaxon's favorite things. Mr. C even has a Lego that Jaxon has been wanting forever. The only thing is that the Lego is $100. Jaxon keeps scheming on how he can get that Lego. He thinks he can get a $1 for every time he feeds the animals. He wants to feed them twice a day now. I don't think so. We wanted to have more homework this year and we got it. Last week, Jaxon worked on his homework and it took him 2 hours to complete it. He was rewarded for it. He turn in his homework on Friday. He was the only kid who finished his homework in class and he got 5 gummy bears for it. He thought this was cool.

Funeral and Lincoln City, Again

2008-09-05T11:24:00.000-07:00

Last week my great grandma past away. The funeral was on Monday and Tuesday of this week in Oregon and in Washington. We can no longer say that we have 5 generations. I am so glad that were able to go. It was a very nice funeral with lots of relatives that I didn't know. My brother was able to come down for the services in Sunnyside. Before the funeral, we decided to go a couple of days early and go to the beach. It was our last mini vacation. We meet up with Brian's parents for lunch and Renee said it's just like your honeymoon. We went to Lincoln City for our honeymoon and went to my Grandpa Webster's funeral in the same week. I had forgotten about that. We even took the kids to the Portland Temple. Jaxon and Phebe are still bummed that they can't go into the temple. Only 10 more years for Jaxon and he will be going on a mission. I can't believe that. It seems like we just brought the kids home from the hospital. Time is going by to fast. I wish I could slow it down. Back to our trip. We had fun at the beach. We stayed in a brand new hotel. It was awesome. Nice soft beds and pillows which Phebe would not sleep in a bed with her brother. She choose the hard floor. Flat screen TV(Jaxon's idea of pure fun) and most in important an indoor pool. The kids loved the pool. Jaxon was practicing his swimming. He's getting better. Phebe had Brian to tug her around. We had breakfast at Pig-n-Pancake which is an Oregon thing. I even think we ate their on our honeymoon. I made them take me to the outlet mall before we went to the beach. Jaxon didn't like this until we found some dress shirts for him for 99 cents at the Children's Place. We finally went to the beach. Jaxon was in heaven. He loves the beach and the water. Brian and the kids built a sandcastle. Phebe thought this was cool. It was a gorgeous day. The kids want to go back this weekend. I don't think so.

Jaxon's first day of school

2008-08-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

Doesn't he look all grown up? He'll definetly have the girls chasing him.

Yesterday Jaxon started 3rd grade. He was excited when I dropped him off in the morning. By the time he got home, he wasn't excited anymore. He would not tell us anything when he got home. His Maaka called him and he wouldn't even talked to her. Which is not like him. If he doesn't talk to us, usually, he will talk to his Maaka. We think his new teacher is not what he expected. A lot of rules and too much information for Jaxon on the first day of school. He just got stressed out. We told him it's only the 3rd grade. Breathe, relax and have fun. His new teacher is Mr. C. I actually went to school with him. He is Jaxon's first male teacher. We will see how the second day of school went for him.

The Sinking Duo

2008-08-25T00:20:00.000-07:00

The Sinking Duo. You can tell Pheb's sure loves her Jaxy.
Future Olympic swimmer? Maybe, maybe not.
Phebe concentrating on arms and kicking. I love her tongue sticking out.

This past week has been a busy one for us. I should be getting use to it. They tell me it's only going to get worse as the kids get older. Good thing there's only two of them. On to the Sinking Duo. The kids had their first swimming lessons this past week. On the first day, the Vocana kids tried drowning and scaring their teacher. Jaxon was the first one up to the challenge. He tried swimming up and down the pool. On the way back to the swallow end, he got tired and started going down. He was then put close to the edge in case he got tired again. Next was Phebe's turn in her class. The kids were learning how to jump into the water. They were doing one at a time. Phebe was waiting for her turn sitting on the steps into the pool. She slipped of the step and started sinking. Only my children. After the first day and we had no more problems. The kids became swimming fools. Jaxon learn how to dive and is loving that. Phebe has figured out that the noodle is cool to swim with and to practice kicking and using her arms. Next year, we will be definitely doing swimming lessons earlier in the summer. On a side note, the rest of our week was filled with unpacking our camping gear from our camping trip with my family last weekend, finishing up school shopping, missing Brian (he was in Portland all week for a Nursery Expo- getting us some cool free stuff), our stray dog getting hit by an orchard truck (only scrapping his mouth), and finding a dead muskrat in our basement that came in from the dryer vent.

Pics from our trip

2008-08-14T01:09:00.000-07:00

These are some of the highlights of our trip. Hope you enjoyed them. We sure enjoyed taking them.

Mama Mia

2008-08-13T21:33:00.000-07:00

Today I saw Mama Mia with my Mom and Grandma. To contrary belief, I didn't corrupt my elders with sexual innuendos. It had as much talk about it as a Rock Hudson and Doris Day movie. Those movies probably had more in them. We all liked it. My Mom kept smiling at me because I was singing to the music. She said it was because I was raised on ABBA music when we lived in Germany when I was little. We walked out of the movie uncringed. I'm going to go get the soundtrack. There's a few songs on it that we don't have. Especially the one about daughters. That's for Phebe.

There's no Place like Home!!!

2008-08-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

After driving 2987 miles and seeing 39 license plates, WE ARE HOME!!!! The kids and I had a great vacation. We sure did miss having Daddy around. Hopefully, next year he can come with us. Jaxon has decided that we should make it a summer tradition. We will have to see about that. We went to all kinds of places. Jaxon's top favorite 5 things were the Copper Mine, the Zip Line and Alpine slide at Snowbird, Jump on It in Pleasant Grove, Going to the Twin Falls Temple Open House, and staying in hotels with swimming pools. Phebe's top things were Jump on it, the hotels, playing with Maya, Sophie, Hannah, Katie, and Abby, and the Twin Falls Temple. My top things were seeing Julie and Todd, visiting with family, the Zip line, the Material Girls quilt shop (a lot), seeing Ricks College (aka BYU-Idaho), seeing Karlee and Spencer (almost makes me want to have one), and taking my kids to the Twin Falls Temple. I could keep going. It was great to spend time with Kyle, Robby and the girls. It was good to get some cousin time in since we don't get to see them very often. Karlee's blessing was awesome. She is a cutie pie. We survived the Vegas heat. We even took the kids to the playground in 110 degree weather. Being with Julie and Todd was what I needed, (mostly, Julie). Wish we lived closer to them like we did in Oregon. I loved the girl talk in the car. As you can tell we all loved the Twin Falls temple. It was a very spiritual experience. We all felt the spirit especially in the celestial room. Jaxon liked the sealing room with the mirrors that go til eternity. Phebe was excited about everything. I am glad we saved it for last. On the way home, we went through a thunderstorm that felt like we were in a tornado. Very cool and scary at the same time. Pics will come later. We have too many to choose from. I have to say one more thing. My kids are the greatest. I did not have one problem traveling with them. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. We are very lucky parents to have them in our lives.

Pioneer Trek & Slip-N-Slide

2008-07-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, we crashed Brian's parents stake pioneer trek at Ensign Ranch. We were able to camp with Grandma Loghouse at base camp. On Saturday, we waited for the pioneers to come into the Salt Lake Valley. It was quite awesome to see the pioneers come into the valley. They were singing Come, Come ye saints and were so excited to see their families and to finally stop walking. We found Grandpa. He did the trek. Phebe would not go near him. It was a cool experience and we didn't even do the trek.

While we were waiting for lunch, we went slip-n-sliding. Mormon style. Jaxon had no problem getting in and sliding. Phebe on the other hand was not to sure about it. So Mom to the rescue. I went sliding in my street clothes. Jeans and all. We had fun. Now, we want one in our backyard or my parents big hill.

Busy Week

2008-07-13T19:08:00.000-07:00

We have been busy around here.
1. Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Loghouse on the Fourth of July. Jaxon had fun with Grandpa cutting wood. Phebe enjoyed feeding Dexter the donkey. We had fun letting off actual fireworks. Phebe is scary with a sparkler.
2. I got older on the sixth. I caught up to Brian.
3. Kids enjoying the slip and slide only once before it got broken. Jaxon was really upset about that. I think the old stand by will be next. Big Black piece of plastic for the slip and slide like we had growing up.
4. Brian went on a Man Date with my brother, Ben. They went to see a Collective Soul concert with Blues Traveler and Live. They enjoyed each others company. This is Brian's third CS concert this year. He's become a groupie.
5. Having a girls weekend with my Mom, Grandma, sister, sister in-law and great aunt. We went to Sisters, Oregon to see all the pretty quilts. It was fun to spend time with just the girls. Too bad it only lasted two days.
7. Brian and the kids went to a Bears game, our local baseball team, with my Dad, my brother and his kids and my brother in-law and his kids. Brian had to become Mr. Mom while at the game. Phebe had an accident. She wasn't feeling to good. So they had to come home and miss the fireworks.
8. Family pics and a BBQ. Since everyone was here this weekend. We took our family pictures. I have to say it is a lot more difficult with 15 people in the family then when there was only five of us. We got some good pictures. Good thing we only have two kids. It is hard to have seven kids look at a camera and get them all to smile.
9. Glad to be home this evening. Relaxing with Bri and Pheb's. Jaxon is with his cousins destroying my grandparents evening. It's quiet here which is what we need. Phebe is quiet which is a miracle.

Can't wait to see what our next adventure brings us this week.

My New Purse

2008-07-03T11:27:00.000-07:00

I wanted to show off my new purse that I just made.

Mt Rainier

2008-06-28T19:40:00.000-07:00

Family in Old Growth Forest

Phebe with the snow

Jaxon on Suspension Bridge

Jaxon & Phebe Mt. Rainier

We took our second adventure today. Since it was hot in Yakima, we decided to head to the mountains to keep cool. We found a hike in the Mt Rainier National Park. It was an area of Old Growth Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, and Western Hemlock. There were trees that were a thousand years old. It was interesting to learn that these trees have survived winter storms, fires, and volcanic activity. There was also a suspension bridge that we crossed to see the giant trees. Since they charged us $15.00 to get in; we decided to drive through the south end of the park. It was very beautiful up there. We were so close to the mountain that we could of reached out and touched it. We went up there to escape the heat, but I think it followed us because it was in the 90's. The kids acted like they have never seen snow before. Every chance they got they were playing in it. We had a good time. Too bad we had to come home to warm house.

Phebe and Seattle Temple

2008-06-22T08:19:00.000-07:00

Whenever we go to Seattle, we have the kids look for the temple. It's the first landmark we see, so we know that we are in Seattle. Phebe has a problem with seeing things that are pointed out to her. She just says she sees it and is usually looking in the wrong direction. On Wednesday, coming into the Bellevue area, I told the kids to look for the temple. Jaxon found it right off. Phebe soon found it. I asked her what she saw. She said she saw Pres. Hinckley in the sky. Jaxon and I told her that's Moroni not Pres. Hinckley. I thought this was cute. At least she saw the temple this time.

M's adventure

2008-06-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

We took our first adventure of the summer. We went to a Mariner's game on Wednesday with my brother and his family. We had a lot of fun. We had our hot dogs and pop. A typical ballgame meal. The kids got some cotton candy for an outrageous price but that's Safeco field. Brian and I tried the garlic fries. Too much garlic for us. The game was alright. The Mariner's lost 7-3.

Consequences

2008-06-14T23:19:00.000-07:00

Jaxon has learned a valuable lesson this week. WEAR SUNBLOCK!!!! On Thursday, His scout leader invited him over to play at her house. She said to bring his swimming trunks and his basketball shoes. I thought he would be playing in the sprinkler or a slip-n-slide. They had a pool. He enjoyed it for three hours with 20 other boys. I told him to put sunblock on when we got there and he said he did. Well, come to find out only on his face. Needless to say, he has a sunburn. Not only a sunburn but a second degree sunburn. His shoulders are blistered. He keeps saying that he has learned his lesson. He has been bathing in tea. Hopefully, he will heal quickly.

To the Cannery we go!

2008-06-14T23:00:00.000-07:00

Today, we went to the Kennewick Cannery with my family. Like always four generations. We decided to meet at my parents house and caravan down. As we were leaving the fun began. My Dad backed into our PT Cruiser hitting the back bumper. We'll see on Monday how much that fun was. We met Brian at the Cannery. He went down to Walla Walla, Hermiston and the Richland stores to see if he could get some orders. I think he got a few. We had a good time at the Cannery. The kids were able to help out. Phebe looked real cute in her hair net and gloves. She helped put the stickers on and Jaxon was in charge of getting the cans. After that fun, we went to the Mall and had some dinner like Brian's grandparents. 4 o'clock in the afternoon. That's early. We went shopping since our mall sucks. Hopefully, we will go to the cannery more often. We're trying to get our one year food storage. More fun, when we got home to unload, my Mom realized she was shorted 100 lbs. of wheat.

Happy 12!!

2008-06-02T23:13:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, Brian and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been 12 years. It's gone by so quickly. We watched our wedding video for the first time. We were such dorks back then. It was fun to see the changes in us and in our families. It was also nice to see our grandparents that have past away. I sure do miss my Grandma Brennan. She would have loved my kids and they would of gotten a kick out of her. After going down memory lane, we headed towards South Bend. We stopped in Chehalis and went to my favorite quilt store. I got some gorgeous fabric. After that stop, we went shopping in Centralia. It is so nice to shop with out kids. We started on way to South Bend. In South Bend, we stayed in a B&B. It was a gorgeous Victorian house over looking the Willipa Bay. The innkeepers left us a bottle of champagne for our anniversary. She figured out that we don't drink alcohol and replaced it with sparkling cider. That was very nice of them. It was a little creepy sleeping in someone Else's house. We whispered a lot. The house reminded me of my Grandma Webster's house. Lots of antique's. The house smelled like hers. I was almost afraid to touch things. You couldn't touch anything at my Grandma's. We decided to take the long way home. We drove the PT on the beach, saw some cranberry fields, stopped at a lighthouse, saw some nurseries for Brian and checked on two of his Home Depot's. It was a great weekend. I loved spending time with Brian. We don't get to do that very often. I told him we need to go away twice a year now. We'll see if that will happen.

flea market

2008-05-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to Packwood, Wa for their annual flea market. This is our third time going. Last year, we took Brian's parents with us. They liked it so much that we meet up with them on Saturday. Bright and early. Some of the booths were not even open, that's how early. It was a good flea market if you were a guy. A lot of tools and junk. I was a little disappointed. Jaxon was to. He couldn't find a yo-yo. Brian and his Dad wasn't. They found what they wanted. We had a good time anyway. It was nice to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa. Phebe was so excited to see them. Maybe, next time will be better.

Jaxon's Mother's Day Card

2008-05-15T10:34:00.001-07:00

Jaxon forgot to give me my Mother's Day card that he made at school. He tossed it to me on the way out to the bus on Monday. I read it. It says:

My Mom
My Mom is the best ever.
She likes to play my DS a lat.
She always goes to bed at 10 o'clock.
Sometimes she make stirfry.
But the best thing about my MOM is shes the best yet!!!!!!!!

Isn't he the best kid. I have to say the he wrote this in cursive which he is learning. When I got to the line- Sometimes she make stirfry- I thought and so did Brian that it said Sometimes she makes stinkes. I was mortified. I asked Jaxon when he got home and he couldn't believe his partents. He set us right. Sorry Jaxon.

Let's play ball

2008-05-07T18:52:00.000-07:00

Here is a pictures of Jaxon playing baseball. This is his first year in Little League. Let me tell you it is definitely a different from Park and Rec. His number is 1, just like his dad was. We've enjoyed all different kind of weather while watching his games. Snow, wind, heat and rain. I was hoping that the rain one would be canceled but it wasn't. I'm a typical Yakiman. I don't really like being in the rain. Jaxon told me I should be used to it because I'm an Oregonian. I told him no I am not. Only you, Phebe and Brian are. We have a 3 games this week, we'll have to see what the weather will be for us. I'm hoping for warmth.

I've done it!

2008-05-05T19:57:00.001-07:00

I have been looking at every one's blogs. I love reading up on every one's lives that I don't talk to or see on a regular basis. So I told Brian we were going to start one and that I needed a new camera. I got my camera last week and have been bugging my family with all the pictures I have been taking. I will post them when I figure how to do this blog thing. So, hopefully, you will enjoy reading our blog.