NEW PICS!

Yea for me!

I believe I actually have some new stuff to post. Kylee recently had her birthday (number 13) and she had a fun party at the park! She invited all of her friends and they were all so cute! They ran around, ice blocked, ate pizza and had cake! She had so much fun and has such a cute group of friends! Needless to say, I was exhausted after the party. Although my mom did most of the work because I was working all week! Where would we be without our mothers?! Anyway, here are some pictures of the eventful party!

One year later!

I suck at this! I told Kylee I would update. Nobody reads this anymore because it has been so long, but I told her I would. Too much has happened to update it all. In a nutshell, we are all doing well. Ky will be in 8th grade next year (AHHHHH!) She is still pretty sweet, so I guess the teenage angst is just around the corner. I am lucky it did not his sooner. We miss all of our friends and family, but it is way too warm down here to move back! Hope all is well!

Home Sweet Home

I Looked out the window and what did I see... SNOW! Are you serious? Now, I understand the first snow is exciting, but really, it was like an inch, maybe 2. No big deal, right? Not according to the school district. We had a SNOW DAY... NO SCHOOL! How ridiculous is that? There was absolutely no need for it. My car (not an SUV, not 4-wheel drive) would have made it just fine! Now we will have to make it up some time in April when the weather will be 80 and wonderful. These people down here have issues! I have never had a snow day, and last year I remember driving to school (on many occasions) pushing snow like a snow plow! It was such a waste. I would not be so bitter if we would not have to make it up!

However, because I have been sick, it was nice to have an extra day. It also gave Kylee some time to play with friends and make a snowman! So, not a completely wasted day!

What is THIS!!???

Are you kidding me? I went to great lengths to get rid of this stuff. I thought that I had eliminated this filth from my life! What am I talking about? SNOW!!! The Devil's dandruff! ICK!!! Today we got snow! The kids at school were excited about it. I, on the other hand, was in a really bad mood! Snow makes me cranky! I really was not in that bad of a mood, but it did put a damper on my day. It is actually kind of nice because it has been hard to feel like Christmas is coming without cold weather and snow. It has been pretty warm and very sunny! Blaine and I were playing tennis a couple of weeks ago. I am sure that my spirits will lift in a couple of days because it will melt before I know it! THANK HEAVENS! 

THANKS!

Wow! It has been a long time since my last post! My photos are not loading as quickly as I would like, so I am getting frustrated! Anyway, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I think the best part was that we had no idea where we were going! We were supposed to go to Las Vegas, then Blaine maybe wanted to go to California to watch the Weber State game, and Kylee wanted to go north. We got in the car having no idea which option Blaine would choose. He got on the freeway and headed north. We spent a great couple of days with family. It was really nice. We have not been home for Thanksgiving for a couple of years, so it was really great. My mom and I almost got up to hit "Black Friday" (JK!). There was no way we were getting up that early. We hit the stores at about noon, and we still were able to hit all of the stores we wanted and get the stuff we wanted. No way am I getting up early to fight with people over stuff. My sleep is too important. It is so amazing to really appreciate the holidays. I have been so busy during this time that I have not had the chance to enjoy Thanksgiving or Christmas. Not doing the drill team has given me so much more time with my family. We are having so much fun together. I miss my drill team family, but I do not miss the craziness. This change has been a blessing for us!

We are really excited for the upcoming holidays. We are having so much fun in the 60 degree weather! It is so awesome! Have I mentioned that I love it down here?

Bitter Sweet

Over the past week, our family has had an experience that I will call bitter sweet. My cutest grandpa in the whole wide world passed away. I am telling you, they don't get any more handsome than this guy! Although we are very sad at his passing, we are also so proud to say that we had so much time together. He was 98 years old, growing very weak, and more and more frustrated with every passing day. Oddly enough, he was doing pretty good, but he just had enough. I feel so lucky that I was able to have him around all this time. I remember kids throughout grade school losing their grandparents at such a young age, and I have had mine throughout my adult life. I am so lucky! The most important thing is that Kylee has been able to have these amazing grandparents as a part of her life. 

I could go on and on about my wonderful grandparents, but I will just say again that I am the luckiest granddaughter in the world!!! 

Halloween...What a crazy night

Halloween is a crazy night anyway, but to top it off, Blaine had a game! Kylee is getting old because she could have cared less if her mother was around! She went Trick-or-Treating with one of her friends and they had a great time. She only got 59 pieces of candy, and they were done by 8:00. Do you remember the days when you would start at 5:00 and get done around 10:00? My pillow case would be so heavy that I could barely carry it. I often had candy that lasted until Easter, and we would walk around our neighborhood, then go to the top of the city and walk all the way to the bottom, hitting almost every single house! Her candy will be gone by Monday. She dressed up as a spider (as you can see) and we are so glad that we were able to use an old dance costume. It was perfect! Everyone at school loved it. She did knock a few people over with her arms (on accident...wink, wink). She also complained that she had a hard time typing; her other arms were getting in the way! She is so funny! 

Blaine did win his game. YEA!!! So, it wasn't such a spooky night after all!