Erickson Family Blog

Jesse's Job

2012-02-09T16:26:00.004-07:00

As some of you know Jesse got a job. He is working at The Molycorp Mine in Mountain Pass California. It is about 60 miles south of Las Vegas. Here is some info about the mine he is working on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Pass_rare_earth_mine

He wont be working IN the mine, he will be constructing building's around it. First he is working on the Water Treatment Plant as a Carpenter. He is going to have some crazy hours, it will be changing depending on how quickly they want things done. So right now its 6~10 hour days Sunday off. Then it will be 13~10 hour days and 1 day off. Crazy!!!

He is super excited to be starting something new and even more happy to be moving out of Utah!! One thing I am NOT happy about( other then the obvious of him being there & me being here) He is working at a mine!!! They have to be fitted with a "gas mask" in case they hit something "dangerous". The mask has to have full skin contact, which means..........no facial hair!!!!!!!! This makes me so sad, I have never seen the man without it, it will take some getting use to for sure!

So the rest of us are hoping to be down there sometime in March. I can hardly wait. After 3 years of having him around ALL the time. It will be very hard to not get to see him til March!!

So, hope all the rest of you are doing great!

Rae turned 13!!!!

2012-02-03T10:58:00.002-07:00

Our Rae turned 13, can you believe it?? I can't! She is such an amazing young lady, so beautiful and such a warm, loving person. I know I haven't been there from the very beginning, but it sure does feel like it! She is my little girl, with the chubby cheeks and cute little voice! I love her so much and could not be more proud of her!

Here is a little video I made for her, it's about 23 minutes but fun to watch!!

Hope you like it!

Another slideshow by Smilebox

On another note, My Jesse got a job!!!!!! He will be working on the Mountain Pass job on the boarder of Nevada and California! He starts on Monday! So........Henderson, Nevada here we come!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:(

2012-01-03T15:32:00.002-07:00

I was always taught, "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"

So there ya go, I'm not saying anything!!!!

That's just how I feel right now!

2011-12-14T11:04:00.002-07:00

This is a small tidbit of Rae at her first Orchestra concert last night. She has done so good with this she is such a natural. She is playing Silent Night. After all was done her teacher looked right at her and said "You did such a good job" she is so her teachers favorite! So here ya go hope you enjoy it as much as we did!!!!

Super freakishly hugely long post!!!!

2011-11-29T19:26:00.012-07:00

A while ago Rae had asked for a very special Christmas present. She had requested a Family picture with ALL of her Family in it. So we decided it might be fun and had our own Family pictures done at the same time. So here are quite a few pictures for you to look at!!!

Here is the Family, mine of course and Della holding Emali, Bill holding Rion, and Lilly.

My Beautiful Family!

My Gorgeous Rae!

LOVE this one!!

My sweetie pie Payton!!

Such a cute Girl!!

My Handsome Lil' man!

So cute!

My Sweet little Logi Bear

He is so damn cute, I just love this one!

My Hunneybun!!!!

Love this one too!

My guys!

The Girls!

Another request of Rae, Her Daddy and Della!

Hope you Enjoyed the pictures, I did!!!!

Hall-o-ween pics

2011-11-01T09:54:00.004-06:00

So we will start off with Logen and his first Halloween at school. Here he is with his two Preschool Teachers! They just love him!!

Here are the girls pumpkins, mine is Mario, Rae's is Eeyore, and Payton's is the girly skull.

The boys pumpkin's Big Jesse is the crazy face, Lil' Jesse is the kitty, and Logen's is the new logo for Zelda Skyward Sword!

Rae was a Gypsy, and a very pretty one at that! (she is wearing the wig mom bought me after I shaved my head)

Payton is a very cute Batarina! I loved it.

Jesse the Ninja, he was going a to be a different Ninja that I bought online size 7-8, but it was to small so we had to go to a store here in town and buy a 10-12 in order for it to fit him! He is getting way to big way to fast!!

Logen is Luigi, he looks so dang cute!! He wanted to be Link but is was a much too expensive outfit. He second choice was Luigi.

My adorable girls!!!

My handsome boys!

Four of the cutest kids ever!!!

School Pics!

2011-10-18T09:28:00.003-06:00

So Here are the kids new School pictures for 2011-2012 year!

Our beautiful Young Lady Rae, she is growing up so fast!

Miss Payton, our little cutie pie! Still don't think she looks anything like me!

Quite literally our Little Jesse, looks just like his Daddy!

Our little ham Logen Bear, he is just to damn cute!

Something new, something borrowed, something blue......

2011-09-26T13:15:00.002-06:00

So I am trying to decided if we are going to renew our vows next year for our 10 Anniversary. We are on a super tight budget but I have been putting a lot of thought in to it and I think we might be able to make it work. It would of course be here in St. George, and I have been trying to get a hold of the Judge that married us, so he could perform it the second time to. I would definitely have to ask family for some help though, for instance, I would love for Maxing to make my wedding cake!!!! I remember talking to you about a few years ago when you first started learning how to do all that spiffy cake decorating stuff. Rochelle being super crafty could help with the announcement and stuff. Anngee being so awesome with decorating could help with table center pieces and stuff. Bertney could help with the cute outfits for the kids because she is so stylish! ;) There is also finding a place to have it too, but I think I got that one to. There was this Reception house by our house we rented when we first moved back here, it has recently been sold and bought by a Christian church. They have a sign outside that says "we still hold receptions" so I'm thinking of going there to talk to them. I of course am going to need Momma to help me pick out a dress too!!

So tell me what ya think, if there is any way any of you are willing to help. I love to have everyone involved! And any other ideas are welcome too!

Life is frustrating........

2011-08-14T11:46:00.003-06:00

...........but I guess its how my life goes! I think I have hit my breaking point, I wish there was some good to go along with all the bad. That at least would make the crap a little easier to handle. That being said in comment to a comment, I know I have blessing's like my family. I have 4 amazing kids who I love dearly and a wonderful husband who loves me. I have parents who are doing all they can to help me and I love them for it, but there is only so much you can handle.

On an entirely different note, kids start school tomorrow! Rae will be going into 7th grade at Lava Ridge Intermediate. They only have 6th and 7th graders there, the floor plan is just like Fossil Ridge so at least she won't get lost. She is super excited for her CTE classes (home ec., business, and shop)

Payton will be going to 3rd, and is only mildly happy about it. She is not fond of school, she is a lot like me in that sense. She is happy that she will get to play with Jesse at lunch though.

Jesse, my little first grader, well I guess he's not really all that little. He looks like a 3rd grader and towers over all his classmates. He is so excited to lean new thing and it makes taking him there so much easier.

Logen should be starting preschool this year but I haven't heard notification if he was approved yet. He want's to go now, but I think that will change once he realizes I'm not going with him.

I am still working, I like my job okay some days its fast paced others it's so slow I go crazy. But it's work so I cant really complain.

Jesse is busy helping people all the time, he is never home. Right now he is in Kamas helping his Mom with her parents house, so it can go up for sale. Then when he gets home he is off to Vegas to help his brother Wes, the Mechanic, with some cars to fix. But he will hopefully be bringing one home! He is doing some trade work for a 01 Chevy Impala with a bench seat in the front. I don't know why he doesn't just start his own Handyman business. Everyone always calls him for help with this or that from his Grandma, to all her friends, to people he comes across in Home Depot.

Well I guess I'm done complaining, and yes Britteny you are a blessing! Miss all of you like crazy!!

Lots of pic's from a wedding!

2011-07-12T13:35:00.009-06:00

On June 18 Jesse's cousin Cassie was married, we took lots of pictures. So I thought I would share!

Rae Cassie and Payton

Rae, Bethanie (Cassie's sister) and Payton

Jesse's Grandma Zella, Rae, Jesse, and Payton

John (Jess's Dad) and Zella

Shirlene (Jesse's Mom) and Payton

Rae and Shirlene

Jesse and the boys

This is Rebecca, she was Rae's preschool teacher when she was 3-4

They were so happy to see each other!

Makin Funny faces

Rae and I

Absolutely love this picture!

Caught Red Handed!!!!

Payton hanging with the girls, telling them which one she thought was the Best Bridesmaid!

And finally, the fireworks after the show!!

So there ya go, Hope you enjoyed the show!

Life!

2011-06-06T11:49:00.002-06:00

Okay so it has been quite a while so I figured I could update ya'll. If you didn't already know Jesse and I are living with his parents in the Dixie Downs area of St. George, we could no longer afford to live where we were. We have filled out more applications then I can count for here and Vegas with hardly any call backs. Apparently having bad credit now keeps you from getting jobs too. But alas there is hope yet, I got a job with Associated Sales and Marketing LLC. or ASM. its part time and I would work 5 1/2 hours per shift and I am a display person. Kind of like at Costco where they have all the people giving out food samples, I would do that plus a ton of other things besides food. So YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news, the school year is over and the kids are already driving me crazy with the " Im board!" crap. I can hardly wait for August 15! He he!

Rae is 12 going on 18, she thinks she is old enough to do anything she wants and is finding out real quick being more mature is really no fun! She will be in 7th grade this year and is so very excited to be done with Elementary, though she kind of was last year cause of the whole Intermediate School thing they have here. She is super sweet and helpful, I dont know what I would do with out her.

Payton is super excited for the summer, she hates school with a passion and never wants to go back! She is going to be 8 here soon and I cant believe she is that big already. She acts more like her Daddy everyday the little turd, you would never guess shes mine she doesn't look a thing like me! I feel bad for her sometimes cause Rae is 4 years older then her and doesn't want to play with her anymore cause "shes so grown up". Payton is really good friends with Della's girl Lilly though and she just lives around the block so that helps some of Payton frustrations.

Jesse boy is awesome, he is such a big boy and tries to do everything himself. He just learned how to ride his bike without training wheels and is loving it! He passed Kindergarten with high marks and can hardly wait to be in first grade. He is his Daddies shadow and wants to be just like him, working on the truck, the yard, and just about everything else. He has such a great sense of humor and is so happy, he reminds me a lot of Rae when she was little.

Logen is getting so big it makes me cry, he will be starting Preschool this year at Payton and Jesse's school and he is not to excited about it. He is kind of attached to me and I don't want to have the same problems I had with Payton. So I'm hoping this helps him get more use to the idea of not always having me around. Jesse is his best friend and they play together a lot, I think it will be hard on him when Jesse is gone all day when school starts. He is super lovey and always has a hug and a kiss and is so much still my baby!

As for big Jesse well lets just say he is rather frustrated, he hates being out of work and gets very restless. He has all these amazing ideas but has no money to put them into motion. He loves spending time with the kids and his dad but I think he would rather be working.

So that is the info on us, I am looking forward to coming up to Boise for Echo's blessing if my work gives me the time off. Miss all of you like crazy!!!!!

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-02-12T13:51:00.002-07:00

So some of you may know, we FINALLY sold our house this week! It is such a huge weight to be lifted off our shoulders. I am so very happy to be done with Bank Of America, they are horrible people and I wish nothing but the worst for them! =)

Jesse is headed to Vegas this coming week to try to get hired on at the new Veteran's Hospital being built there. If he can, he would start as a apprentice starting at $30ish and have a year to take his Journeyman's then moving up to $40ish. he has a really good connection at the job, so here is hopen he gets it. Then we will be Henderson bound!!!

As for the kids, Rae is in Fossil Ridge which is an Intermediate school that only has 6 and 7th graders. She really likes it and has a ton of friends. Rae just turned 12 and is very grown up, she amazes me all the time with how mature she is!

Payton hates school with a passion, no matter what school she is in, she plain hates it! She is in her second school now and seems to be doing slightly better with this one. Payton is very moody but loves to make people laugh, she is a teeny tiny little thing and big monster at the same time!!

Jesse loves school and gets upset cause he doesn't get to go all day. He is awesome when it comes to math and reading, he is way above average! Jesse is lets say BIG for his age, he towers most 3rd graders. He is at least 4-5 inches taller then Payton and she cant stand it!

Logen is my little love bug and shadow, he constantly plays the " I love you more" game with me. He always has a hug and don't forget the kiss, he is my baby!

As for me, okay I guess I really miss West Jordan and all the snow, the mountains and the smell of the fireplaces when I go outside. I'm hoping it will get better and I start to like it more here. I have mom to talk to but that's about it, I miss my sisters and nieces and nephews, and brotheres too!

So there is my little update, hope everyone is doing great! =)

Home?

2010-11-13T15:58:00.004-07:00

So I was asked to do a blog with pictures of my new house. So here we go.

Here we have the front room.

from another angle.

The Kitchen

From another angle.

The Dinning Room

The T.V. room

My awesome new hutch my Bro-in-law gave to me!

The hall way with tons of storage. ( dont mind the vacume cleaner cord=)

The boys room.

The girls room.

The kids Bath room

The Master

From another angle

Our bath room.

So I forgot to take a picture of the outside but it is all rock, no grass. We can go outside to the backyard from the kitchen and the master bedroom. It has valted ceilings except in the kids rooms. Its a nice place and it will do for the time being.

Movin' on up......

2010-09-27T23:08:00.002-06:00

To the East side......of St. George!

We have decided to move back to St George, we are leaving this weekend, the 3rd. We have had our home on the market for almost a year now, we have had more problems then I can count with Bank of America. They are EVIL!!!!!! Even my Realtor agrees, they are totally screwing us out of our house. We are listing it as a short sale just so we can get away from them and start over!
We got a cute house over on the St. George /Washington boarder. 195 N 2360 E. St. George , Ut 84790 if yall want to look it up on google. It is in a cu-d-sack with a park just 2 streets over. the schools are within walking distance, except Rae's. We signed a 12 month lease, so we will hopefully be able to work on our credit and find a permanent place later on.
I am going to miss the snow soooo much and this house, cause it is my dream house and we have put so much time and work into it, it will be hard to leave. I think most of all I am going to miss my best friend and confidant, it will be so hard to be without her, I cry every time I think about it!!! ='(

So here's to starting over and hoping that the future will be better then the last 3 years have been!!!!!

Vacation (sorry kinda long)

2010-09-06T16:54:00.006-06:00

So We decided while the kids were off track we should go on a little Vacation. We called Jesse's brother Wesley and asked if we could come to Vegas and spend some time with him. We stopped by Mom and Dad's on the way ans spent the night with them and then headed off for Vegas! Wes had acquired a new boat recently and thought it would be fun to take it out, so we headed to Lake Mead! Jes has been there a million times but the kids and I hadn't been before, it was Payton, Jesse, and Logen's first time on a boat! I was surprised they did so well, here are some pics, Enjoy!

Pulling up to the Marina at the Lake.

We went to the side of the Hoover Dam so the kids could see the new bridge they just built it was so awesome!

We tied the boat off to both sides and let the kids play in the water in the shade. Wes climbed up on a rock and was gonna jump in but he got a little scared. He did eventually jump when our rope to the anchor broke! Payton and Jesse jumped right off, scared the hell out off me, it was their first time in a big body of water and they didn't even care.

Rae was a little scared of the boat at first, she was sitting in the back and it was a little rough back there. I made her come the front of the bow and sit with me, she loved it!

Wes, baby Jane and Rae!

Jesse an the kids, headed off to find a little beach to play at.

We saw this cool Tour Boat too!

I have never seen a catfish before let alone this close up! They were just hanging out at the dock waiting for people to feed them the kids loved that too!

So we hung out in Vegas for about 3 days then decided to go see the Grandparents in St. George. We went to the water park with Mom and Dad but the sprinkler thingy was closed. They have this little lazy river type thing so we went to that and let the kids play!

My adorable kidos soaking up the sun!

Logen did not want his picture taken, he was very mad at me!

Cooling off in the lazy river, Jesse was a little cold!

Logen did have a super fun time jumping off the rocks in to the water!

We had an awesome time and can't wait to get to go out as a family for Vacation again! The kids go back on track the day after Labor day and are in I think til November Break, so it may be a while ;)

Update

2010-08-22T14:57:00.005-06:00

So its been a long time so I figured I would give y'all a little update on our life for the time being.

The kids started school Rae went into 6th grade, her last year in elementary school. Her teacher is from Southern Africa, his name is Mr. Raubenheimer, he is an awesome teacher and she really likes him. She is on the safety patrol this year too, she is full of all sorts of new responsibilities.

Payton in now in 2nd grade, her teacher was a first grade teacher last year so kind of knows her a little. Her name is Mrs. Coley and she is very nice and Payton really likes her too. Payton's last teacher in St. George was very rude and pessimistic, so I'm glade she has someone who is very optimistic this year!

My Jesse boy started Kindergarten this year, he has the same kindergarten teacher Payton had so he knows her real well. Her name is Mrs. Taintor, she said he is way above bench mark and is transitioning very well to school. Jesse loves it and has made tons of new friends, he is also the biggest kid in his class, he towers over everyone in there, he is almost as tall as his teacher!!

Logen is jealous and wants to go to school so bad, we leave the school and the rest of the afternoon he asks when do we go pick up Ja James (what he calls Jesse) He is getting so big it makes me so sad my baby is almost 4!

So as for the house, it still hasn't sold, so we did a little improvement to see if it would help!

Before

After

Closer up so you can see the color better.

So for 1 I don't recommend doing it all by hand and rolling it, it took forever and we ended up way burnt. We did however save a ton of money on paint, if we were to have spayed it we would have used a lot more paint, we were told it would take 5-5 gallon bucket to spray it or 3-5 gallon buckets to roll it. If you can't tell the color is a Moss Green with a lighter Green for the trim. We originally were going to do the trim white but it looked to bright we went back through and painted it green.

So what do you think??

Heading Home!

2010-05-06T14:10:00.005-06:00

So as the school year comes to an end on May 27 we have decided it is time we should head home. Our realtor is lets see how do I put this nicely, he is completely inept. He never kept us informed about anything, and I always had to call him for info. We figured it would be to our advantage to not be in the home, so it would stay nice and clean, it wasn't. So we will try again with a new realtor and stay home and hopefully have more of an connection with the sale. The girls are happy and sad at the same time, happy to get to see old friends, but sad to be leaving G-ma and G-pa. Della (Rae's mom) is moving to Victorville CA. so she probably won't get to see her as much as she normally does. We will hopefully be back to St. George, it is were we eventually want to end up, if our house will just sell. We will miss Mom and Dad so much ,but we are so very Thankful for them letting us crash their house for the past 6 months. They are the best and the kids will miss them very much too.

There is this really awesome Bed and Breakfast that was built in 1912 that is so cool it has 7 bed 5 bath, it also has a 2 bed 2 bath guest house in the backyard too. It is something we are really interested in, and would love to get to buy and fix up, but who knows.

So that's about all for right now and we will be "Seeing" you soon!

Hula Dance

2010-04-27T12:42:00.004-06:00

So my girls were in their first performance for Hula. They were asked to perform for the Temple workers at the Temple Presidents house. I think they did a very good job for only working on it for 1 hour on Mondays for 5 weeks.

Poor Payton is so sick, she didn't want to miss the performance so we gave her some medicine and hoped she could make it though. You could tell near the end she was starting to fell bad again. The 85 degree weather I'm sure didn't help much either!

I could not believe how good Rae could move her hips!! I must say I was very impressed. =)

SOLD!!!!

2010-04-14T21:51:00.003-06:00

Well kinda. We have been counter offering back and forth for the past week trying to decided on all of the fun stuff. So eveyone pray that everything works out and we will hopefully close on the 24 of May!!

Easter

2010-04-04T21:53:00.002-06:00

So we colored eggs on Saturday, mom and I put together all the baskets late that night too. I got up early with mom and hid all the Easter Eggs.

The hunt is on!!

Looking through their baskets.

The first thing Logen did was eat the heads of the Peeps.

Rae's new puzzle!

working on the puzzle,

W all sat and watched Conference. We had some very yummy potato salad, deviled eggs, BBQ pork chops, corn on the cob, and apple sauce. All in all we had a wonderful Easter!!

Improvments

2010-03-23T16:05:00.007-06:00

So this last two weeks Jesse and I have been trying to update our house more so that it will sale better. We came up for Braxtons Baptism and then started on our house on Sunday.

So here are the befores for the Bathroom

And here are the afters.

We also revamped the stairs, made a new place setting for the table, ( hey Britt, Cock a-doddle- dooo) and chnged some furniture around! We added new beadboard to the basement room to make it look more homey and we put in new flooring. We also put in new flooring on the very top level too.

We hope that it will do the trick and the house will sell!

11 Years Old

2010-02-02T10:45:00.002-07:00

So yesterday was Rae's 11th Birthday, I can't believe she is that old already. We celebrated it on two days, Sunday at Grandma Erickson's and Monday at Grandma Floyd's. Grandma Anderson, Della, and kids came over on Monday and that was a lot of fun!! She received 3 cakes, the last one Jesse made and Mom decorated. She received a lot of new clothes, new scriptures with a case and a ton of new books, all in all she made out like a bandit!!

We are so proud of the beautiful Young Women she is becoming, she is so trusting and loving and is the BEST big sister ever!! Happy Birthday Bubba, We Love You the Mostist!!!

Life in Limbo

2010-01-27T12:33:00.005-07:00

I hate having a life in Limbo, not knowing what is going to happen next, it sucks!! We have had quite a few showing of our home but no offers yet, we are thinking of dropping the price a little to see what happens. Jesse has been working with his Dad two to three days a week and has enjoyed getting to spend time with him and getting the company off the ground. The girls are not to fond of the school they go to but they are hanging in there, it will be weird next year. Rae will got to Intermediate for only 6th Graders and then Jesse will be in Kindergarten. so we will be driving all over the place. We started Logen on the whole Potty Training thing and man it sucks, I swear I just did this not to long ago, but hey when we are are done with him, I will have no more to do!! I love getting to talk to mom and hang out with her, I have missed this sense we moved. About a week ago we went and saw Blind Side together, it was very good. We are Visiting Teaching Partners, so that is fun too. She came home from church last week and told me that they have a calling for me and are going to call me in for a meeting sometime soon, I have no idea what they want me to do and am so scared to find out, even though mom knows, but she can't tell me!

We will be headed to S.L.C in March for Braxton's Baptism and I am Happy to get to see everyone again, hopefully our House will be sold by then.

My Christmas Gift

2009-12-23T15:01:00.005-07:00

So for Christmas all I wanted was some pictures of my kids, so my wondeful hubby went and had some taken for me, isn't he the best. So here they are, Enjoy!!!

The first one

The second one ( I liked this one the best)

My girls

My Boys

Rae

Payton

Jesse

Logen

The girls have beautifully matching bows that Becky made for me. She came by with her family last night, saw the dresses and made bows for the girls and brought them by this morning. They matched perfectly and completed their outfits, Thanks so much Becky!!

We are on the Market!!!

2009-12-09T16:31:00.003-07:00

So here is the site I received for my Realtor, we are very excited that we are finally on the market and hopes it sales soon!

http://www.utahrealestate.com/index/public.index
then enter this MLS #929389

Or you can try this one,

http://www.utahrealestate.com/report/display/report/clientfull/listno/929389/type/1

This last one will take you right to our MLS listing.

Logen's Birthday

2009-12-03T19:13:00.003-07:00

So Logen's Birthday was on Tuesday, he turned 3 years old. I can't believe my baby boy is getting so big!! We got to celebrate it with Grandparents this year, which was a lot of fun.
I am using Mom's computer so I can't do a slide show of him, so I'm just doing pictures of his Birthday this year. Enjoy!!

His new CARS shirt that him and Jesse were both excited about!

Having a difficult time with this one.

The one he liked the most.

His adorable cheesey grin!!

His very yummy cake that Mom and Dad bought.

Happy Birthday my sweet little guy, who is not quite so little anymore!!

St. George

2009-11-30T19:33:00.003-07:00

So we made it here to St. George on the day before Thanksgiving. We had a great Thanksgiving lunch with Mom and Dad, and then had Dinner with Jesse's Family. The kids are registered for school at East Elem. not the one I wanted them to go to but Washington school district sucks! The kitties Mow Mow and Cloe have adjusted okay, Mow has more then Cloe. The kittens are out in the Trailer with us and they are getting very big and are so freakin cute.

We should have the MLS listing for our house here soon, I'm just waiting for it to get emailed to me from our Realitor. Thanks so much to Britteny and Anngee who helped a great deal with the packing and cleaning of the house. You guys are awesome!!!

Logen has been sick with this stuff called Infentigo (spelling??) he has these tiny little bumps all over that get scabby and, red and then they bleed, poor little guy. Apparently it is a Bacterial Infection cases by Strep. hopefully he will be getting better soon.

Jesse loves it here, playing with Grandpa and running around outside, he couldn't be happier. Though he does miss Alex!

Payton was sad to leave her friends but has been doing okay, she is a little nervous to start a new school, but other then that she is okay.

Rae got to hold her new sister on Wednesday night, Della brought her over right after we arrived in St. George, she is adorable!! She is happy to be here and is enjoying getting to see her Mom and bro and sisters!

Jesse is just happy to be away from the snow and near his Mom and Dad!!

I on the other hand am missing the snow and a few other things.

Anyway, all is well on this front and I hope all is well on yours!!

Emali Toryn Carter

2009-11-08T20:30:00.004-07:00

Rae's little sister Emali Toryn Carter was born today November 8, 2009 at 6:55 p.m. She weighed in at 7 lbs 1 oz and 19 inches long. Both Mom and Baby are doing great, Congratulations Della and Bill!!!

To add to this note Rae will be seeing her new little sister in about 7-10 days when we move to St. George. We are leaving some of our stuff her to stage the house and are putting it up for sale at the end of this week. Our neighbors home is up for sale at 289,900 which is what it is worth and has been sitting for about a month, so we figure our home is the same size and lot size we will put it up for less at about 259,900 and hopefully it will sell better.

We will be staying with mom until our home sells, thanks so much mom for putting us up!! Britt and I are trying to put together a get together so we can see everyone before we go.

New School Pictures

2009-11-04T09:39:00.004-07:00

So here are the girls new school pictures....

Rae Lee, age 10, 5th Grade

Payton Aubrie, age 6, 1st Grade

We decided not to do the boy's this year, we figured we will do Family Pictures for Christmas.

A Good Time

2009-10-30T13:11:00.005-06:00

So my oldest bro Teddy was in town for about a week or so and I wanted to get to see him. So me and Britteny, Shane Anngee and their kids went out to dinner with Ted on Tuesday. We went to this place called Davanza's, it was pretty good, I had never ate there but Jesse had ate the one in Park City and he recommended it. It was really good to see Teddy I miss him, and he is always good for a laugh!! As with all Floyd's, he hates his picture taken, so I just took one!

Love the look on Braxtons face, Hilarious!!!!

Afterwards Britteny and I were driving home and we were both still hungry, we had shared a pizza at dinner but it was much smaller then we thought it would be. So seems how I have never tried Britteny's favorite food, Southwestern Eggrolls from Chilli's, we went there. Being alone with Britt reminded me of how much I miss living with her, hanging out at home while Ray was at work, trying to teach Rayden how to crawl and Ryan to walk, talking about everything and anything!! It was so much fun and I am absolutely positive we will be doing it again some time soon!!

Britteny and I, with her adorable new hair cut!!

On our way out of Chilli's we got a call for Jesse, my little Kitty Sami had finally had her kittens.

So Britt came home with me so she could see the kittens.

So this is what we found, she had two cute little kittens. They were born on my brand new winter Jacket Britt had helped me pick out!! So we moved them to a better spot where the Momma could have more room to lay down.

Then in the morning this is what I found!!

She had moved the two kittens back to where she had them, and had given birth to another one!!

So we have 3 adorable little kittens now!!

They are so cute, it has been along time sense I have had newborn kittens in my home, like at least 15 years!!

BTW Britteny, make sure you call me and tell me what happens with you know what ( wink, wink)!!

A Fun Little Project

2009-10-16T11:35:00.004-06:00

Jesse had an idea, we had some extra MDF from some other projects in the house, so we thought it would be fun to make something for the kids with it. This is what we came up with. I wrote their names on the MDF and Jesse cut it out with his Jig saw. I painted the girls and some on the boy's but Jesse did Lil' Jesse's.

Rae, Vines and Flowers Theme

Payton, Vines and Flowers Theme

Jesse, Race Car Theme

Logen, Transformers Theme ( Bumblebee )

I thought they turned out awesome!! We figured we could either put them above their door or hang them on the wall, we haven't decided yet!

The Count... Dracula that is!!

2009-10-07T18:09:00.007-06:00

So I decided to paint my window, it's not my best but I thought it turned out okay. I did notice that I put the Boo on backwards after I took the picture, it's fixed now.

We have been watching Britteny and Ray's cute little orange kitty for them, he is so freakin cute!

Cloe and Mow Mow get along pretty good now, he likes to follow her around and then attack her when she least expects it.

I have also been watching her kids to, well Soren and Alex anyway, the last pics I posted were of Alex so it is Soren's turn.

Isn't she so stinkin cute!!

Saturday Game Night!!

2009-10-03T21:41:00.002-06:00

So we just spend the last 4 hours in the back yard playing games with the kiddos. First we played this game the kids made up called Bulldog. It's almost the same as the game we played when we were little -ghost in the street. It was tons of fun, we also played Mother May I, and Are you awake Mr. Bear!! We have decided to make this an every week thing, but now that it is getting cooler outside we will most likely have to go to playing board games. Any one have any good recommendations?? We have a few, the one Mom and Dad got us for Christmas, and the one Chelle got us too, but that's it. I also need to paint my from window for Halloween and haven't figured out what to do yet. Alas it will have to wait cause tomorrow is FOOTBALL!!!!!

A SUPER Fun Time!!

2009-09-23T10:41:00.003-06:00

A Little bit ago we had Alex and Soren over so Brit and Ray could work on their house. My boys couldn't have been more excited, Jesse and Alex are best friends!

Spiderman/Alex, Superman/Logen and Batman/Jesse they all dressed up as super hero's and played together the whole time.

Best Buds Alex and Jesse!!

Goofy Faces

Rae and Logen

Alex and Payton

Allie Woodard

2009-09-18T12:26:00.003-06:00

Yesterday morning a wonderful man returned home to his wife and son. Jesse's Grandpa Allie Woodard passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Allie

Jesse with his Grandpa and Grandma Woodard

Jesse and Allie

He will be missed!!

A little Update!

2009-09-09T10:00:00.004-06:00

So we would like to have our home up for sale at the end of the month and we are almost there. Jesse got the master bath finished so I thought I would post some pics!

First we have the shower, Its not grouted or trimmed out yet but I still thought it was much better then before. When it is complete I will post a before and after.

Then is the floor that I designed and laid all by myself!! I thought it turned out pretty good!

This is the back splash around the tub, Jesse designed it and I put it in. We were going to replace the tub and put in a corner jetted tub, but they cost too much. So we just left the Garden Tub.

We will hopefully have the entire house ready to go by the end of next week. We repainted the Guest Bedroom and are putting in a wood floor down there. We ran out of the stuff that goes under the wood, so as soon as we get back to Sutherland's to buy some more we can finish that.

Jesse stated a new job yesterday at Berger Mechanical, he is working up at Park City again!! I swear can no one find work in the Valley?? Oh well at least it's a job!

Jesse's dad has his own business in St. George that Jesse is going to help him get off the ground. The company John (Jesse's dad) worked for went out of business, John carries the Generals License in Carpentry for the company, so when they went under they gave John the name of company and contract with Sun River (a subdivision in St. George). So when we hopefully get back down there Jesse can help his dad out!

And Then There Were None....

2009-08-23T14:36:00.009-06:00

So here is a little update on our quiet little life. Rae went to spend a while with Della in St. George, her little sister Lilly turned 6 on the 22nd. They went and got their hair done at a Salon and then went and got their pictures taken. Here is one I will have to post the other one after I go get copies.

I love this picture, she looks so beautiful and grown up. We miss her like crazy when she is gone, but she gets to have fun with grandparent's and spend time with her little brother and sister. Rae will have another little sister here soon too, Della is about 27 weeks prego. I believe the name she picked is Emali Klarisa Carter, but it may change. Rae is such a great big sister and she can hardly wait for another little baby to hold.

Payton, lets see besides her singing around the house at the top of her lungs nonstop she is doing great. She loves being in 1st grade and we have had zero problem so far. She got her hair cut a while ago and I just love the way it looks on her. She looks so cute with short hair!!

She is still obsessed with Tinker Bell, we have come along this game on Disney.com a cute little Fairy game where she made her own fairy that she can fly around with Tinker Bell, its pretty fun. She is missing Rae but she will be home next week.

Jesse boy is getting huge and looking more and more like his daddy everyday. I can't believe he will be in kindergarten next year, he is already bigger then most 2nd graders. He is still majorly obsessed with cars and carries then around with him were ever he goes. Him and Logen are best friends and can always be found together playing with cars.

He is about the sweetest boy ever, he is always telling you how beautiful or handsome you are.

Logen is our little Jester, he takes after his daddy, always trying to make someone laugh. He has the biggest smile, he can't keep his eyes open his cheeks are so big. He reminds me of Patrick with his dimples, even if he's not smiling you can still see them.

He is talking so good now, you can understand almost every word that comes out of his mouth, including Damn it!! Yes mom, I take after you!! He is getting to big for his toddler bed, we need to find some cheap bunk beds for the boys.

As for Jesse and I, I have filled out about a million application and got 1 call back from Ross, but it didn't turn out. Jesse has been working like crazy on the backyard still, he almost has all the sprinklers fixed. I have been trying to declutter my house, throwing away all the stuff I don't need, it has proved to be difficult.

I can hardly wait for Autumn to get here, I haven't painted my window all year and I am getting anxious. I want to put out all my Halloween stuff and Fall stuff, to see the leaves change color. It is almost my favorite time of year!!

A little excitement.

2009-08-08T12:59:00.005-06:00

So our little bit of excitement for the week was Jesse's bro Wesley coming up for a visit.

Jesse and Wes being dorks!!

They hate their picture taken so its hard to get a good one!

He arrived at about 8:30 right after we got the girls to school. Whenever there two get together they have this thing were they go out to breakfast and drink coffee and catch up, so that's what they did after he got here. The girls were way excited when they got home, they had no idea he was coming! We had a little BBQ in the backyard and he headed out about 11:00 p.m. I'm sure he didn't get to St. George til like 3-4 in the morning, they crazy guy!!

And now some fun with airheads!!

Back To School!!

2009-07-22T20:02:00.002-06:00

So as many of you know my kids are on year round school. The new School Year begins on Monday the 27. Rae will be in 5th grade, and Payton will be in 1st, I know scary! It will be quite a adjustment for me to have both girls in school all day and just me and the boys at home. Hopefully we will be able to get Jesse in preschool in the fall too, he is so smart and really wants to go to school. On the subject of Jesse we finally figured out why he had such a problem with going #2 in the potty. "Someone" told him that if he did the potty would suck him in and it would kill him.....nice huh!!! I am tyring to get him to realize the such a thing is not possible, we still have a few issues to work out but at least now we know why.

On a different note we got some papers in the mail the other day saying that we were approved for the modification of our home, they dropped our payment by $350 so that's nice. Jesse has been working like crazy to get the Master Bath finished, it is looking really nice and is just about finished. We have also been working on our backyard, when we moved in almost 4 years ago the weeds were taller then us. Its taken a while to tame them but it looks pretty good now, we got rid of all the weeds and are now waiting for the grass to grow in. So as you can see not much going on in our little home, hope everyone is having a great summer!!

Finally.......

2009-07-02T13:50:00.004-06:00

So as of late we have been trying to figure out which one a Jesse's trucks we wanted to keep. He has a red 93' Chevy ex-cab, 4x4 and a blue 84' 4x4. The 84 worked, but got horrible gas mileage. It is awesome to drive though, and Jesse's favorite one. Last year we traded vehicles with Jesse's ex-wife Della. She got the Status and we got the 93 truck. We have been slowly putting money into the 93' to try to get it running, Jesse has tore it apart and put it back together so many times I have lost count. The speedometer wouldn't work we replaced the speed sensers only to find out that wasn't what was causing the problem. Once we figured out it was some green board behind the glove box that had burned out Jesse attached a new wire to it and now that works, that was about $800. We had to replace the a-arms on the front of the truck was about $300, then the front and back windshields that ran us about $375. It still wouldn't start, we replaced the cap and rotters, plugs, wires, shocks, then we found this thing called a Ignition module, that did it, it was running, but wouldn't go into gear. Then some dude at Jesse's work has been begging him to let him buy the 84' from him, he finally gave into him and sold the 84' to him last week.

Jesse's 84' Chevy!!

The nice rims.

The clutch was out and needed to be replaced. That turned out to be $809, we replace some other things here and there, so that in all has come to ruffly $2,500 in all. We picked it up yesterday and it works, shocking I know!! Who knows for how long though. It still needs some work though, the door panels are in bad shape and the drivers seat isn't bolted down completely. So there is still work to be done but hopefully all the mechanical stuff is fixed, and this gives us another car that fits our whole family!

Once upon a time, 7 years ago...

2009-06-28T21:49:00.004-06:00

A wonderful family was made though marriage!! Today is our Anniversary, we have been married for 7 years!! Even though it feels like 50 sometimes. Jesse and I eloped on June 28, 2002 and I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. It was so quiet and peaceful, more personal that way. Because of that, we have no pictures of us on our Wedding Day.

This is the closest there is, it was taken on June 4, 2002 (Jesse's B-day) I was 19 and he turned 24, Little Miss Rae had just turned 3, and what a difference 7 years makes!!

This was taken in March. I'm 25, Jesse is 30, Rae is 10, Payton is 5 1/2, Lil' Jesse is 4 and Logen is 2.

I am married to the most amazing man in the world, he works so hard for all of us. We always have everything we need and he is always there to make us all laugh. The last 7 years have been wonderful, I had always wanted to get married and have a family, be a mom. It is everything I hoped it would be and more. Jesse is the funniest person I have ever meet!!! He will walk though the house and out of the middle of no where start singing some weird song at the top of his lungs. He is such a wonderful Daddy, he is by far the kids favorite! He is my other half in so many ways its scary, I swear sometimes he can read my mind. He lets me help him work on the house and the vehicles, he even takes the time to answer all my questions.

I love more then anything in the world Jesse! Happy Anniversary!!

6 Years ago today........

2009-06-24T11:41:00.004-06:00

A beautiful little girl named Payton Aubrie Erickson was born!!

Here is a little back story. This was the most worst pregnancy ever, but I loved every minute of it! I was so excited when we found out, we had been trying for a while. I started getting sick around the 3rd month and it was horrid. I pucked at least 4 times a day and lost 10 pounds in the first 4 months of pregnancy. I had to be put on an IV drip to keep me hydrated. At 5 weeks we had the ultra sound and fount out we were having a boy! That's right a boy! My doctor couldn't be there for it so a different Doc did the ultra sound. When she got back and looked at the chart she called us back in for a new ultra sound and said the other Doc had to be wrong and she wanted to see. Payton was being stubborn and would not show anything. So we went with the fact that we were having a boy. I was sick until about the 8th month, so the last month was bliss and agony at the same time. I was due on June 11, I went into labor on Fathers Day June 14, but my doctor was out of town so they stopped my labor and sent me home. On the 23rd I had this feeling that there was something wrong cause she wasn't moving as much as she normally did. I went in and had a fetal stress test and they said she was fine. Now with me being 2 weeks over due, on the 24th I finally went into labor again at about 5:00 a.m. not realizing that I was. I told Jesse to just go to work cause I didn't think it was real labor. Then at about 9 I realized it was, I called my Mom In Law and she came and took me to the hospital. At about 12 they broke my water and I called Jesse to come to the hospital. At this time I was only Dilated to a 4. By 6 I couldn't stand it anymore and got a epidural, that was when the doctor came in, checked me and told me there was a problem. He head was coming down the wrong way, so they tried to fix the problem and said they would be back in a bit to see if it had worked. At about 7:45 they came in and checked me and told me it didn't work I was only dilated to a 5 and I would have to have a C-Section, needless to say I was terrified. Finally at 9:25 P.M. my doctor starts laughing and holds her over the blue curtain and says "It's a Girl!!!" That is when the name changed form Peyton James to Payton Aubrie. I also sent my mom to go buy some girl clothes cause we had none, she wore lots of blue bows!!

Payton has been such a joy in our lives and a challenge at the same time. She is so full of life and happy almost all the time. She is a lot like her dad and very loud. She is a lot like me in the fact that she doesn't ever stop talking. She is very girly and loves to play dress up, she is my shadow and follows me everywhere I go. I am so happy we have Payton in our life!! We love you Payton, Happy Birthday baby girl!!!

Time 4 a hair cut!!

2009-06-09T11:31:00.003-06:00

My Logen has some very weird hair, you know what I mean Chelle, Dexy is the same way. We decided a while ago to let Logens hair grow out to see how it would look. I loved it I thought he looked so cute with his hair long, and it was a lot easier to mange that way too. Well it so long it started to hang in his eyes and it was bugging him so I tried to give him a trim. A little around the ears and by his eyes. Not a good idea, he would not hold still and we had some issues. Needless to say I decided just do buzz it!

Here is the before, Left side!

Back

and, Right side.

Here is the after shot, he was not happy with me. The sound of the razor sacred him and he cried the whole time.

I don't think he likes it!

Payton's First Field Trip

2009-06-05T09:03:00.005-06:00

So on June 1st was Payton's first field trip, she was so excited to get to go on a bus. We went to the Hogal Zoo! I haven't been there sense I was 13 so I knew I was going to get get lost, I figured I would just follow the buses. I decided I needed someone to come with me just in case so I called Britteny and asked her if she wanted to come and bring Soren and Alex. After I went and picked her up all the buses had already left, so I hauled ass to try to catch up, when we found 3 buses we figured that was them. I was ahead of them when I realized I had no clue where I was going, so I tried to slow down to get behind them. Didn't work, then all the sudden they turn on a street that didn't look like it was the right way. So I flipped a hooker and followed them the rest of the way, turns out it wasn't Payton's bus and she was already inside. It took us about 20 minutes to find her and then they told me she had to stay with the group she couldn't come with me!! I waited til her back was turned and Britt and I ran with the kids! Here are some pics! Enjoy!!

Payton compared to a chimp!

Jesse

Logen

And Alex!

Giraffe, the first animal we came across.

Some guy came by on a golf cart, it was more interesting then the animals.

Penguins

I like to move it, move it!! The Lemar

Zebra, They are so cute..

This elephant would through this chair and then go pick it up and though it again, it was hilarious!

Not much going on!

2009-05-14T19:10:00.002-06:00

This is what I got for Mothers Day from my sweetheart Rae. She goes to this thing called Achievement's every Wednesday. They had planned a Mother & Daughter Tea Party for Mothers Day. I think she made this the Wed before Mothers Day, our Tea Party was yesterday!

This is the little tag that was attached, I thought it was very sweet.

On the back. It almost made me cry, but we were in public, so I tried not to! They had sent home little questionaire for the moms and the girls to fill out separately, about each other. The game was to see who had the most answers right. We scored 6 out of 10. It was awesome to go with her, I had so much fun, I love my little Rae!

For Mothers Day I had asked for a Cedar Chest, not realizing how freakin expansive they are. 275 dollars!!!! That won't be coming any time soon. Jesse made me breakfast in the morning, we all went out to lunch together, and Jesse & the kids made me Spaghetti for Dinner, it was a wonderful day!

On another note, Rae went to St. George today with Della. She will come back on the 20th when Jess's bro, sis in law & mom are coming to Salt Lake to spend the weekend. It is Jesse's nephew Kyle's 3rd Birthday & they are taking him on the Heber Valley Rail Road. They are going to have a Locomotive that looks just like Thomas the Train! Then we are all going to Lagoon on a 2 day pass Sat & Sun. It will be tons of fun & we can hardly wait for them to come!!

Saber!!

2009-04-22T18:02:00.004-06:00

So we, or should I say I, came up with a name for our puppy. Her name is Saber, she is such a good puppy and the kids just love her. She loves to play and run as fast as she can, she follow the kids everywhere they go!

So far her favorite toys are a tennis ball and a rope, we tried to play Frisbee, she wasn't very into it!

I was taking the girls to school the other day and saw a cute little dog house in a front yard for only 10 bucks. After I dropped them off I went back and bought it, I think it was a pretty good buy!

Jesse and Logen have fun in it too. Saber sleeps in it every night, I'm glad she likes it to.

Jesse and Logen are outside with her almost every day, she just follows them around and seems very content with just their company.

It amazing how gentle she is with the kids, she makes sure she doesn't get them with her teeth. She doesn't jump on them or try to knock them over. Jesse plays with her with that rope for hours and she does really good.

The girls aren't out there nearly as much as the boys, well I should Rae's not out there as much. She was kind of scared of her at first, until we let her know she was the same kind as Grandma Erickson's dog Billy. She likes her much better now!!

Payton absolutely loves Saber, and it goes both ways I think Saber loves Payton just as much. She tries to climb the tree when Payton does, it's way cute, they are best friends!! I think she makes a perfect addition to our family!!

Spring School Picture's

2009-04-16T16:55:00.010-06:00

So the girls had their Spring Pictures taken a few weeks ago and they came in today. I think they turned out really good, but I was a little confused. Payton brought home 3 different packages, with 3 different posses. I guess when you are in Kindergarten they give you more options to choose from, maybe they are harder to take pics of so they take a few different ones. We haven't figured out which one we like the best, my favorites are #1 and #2 The 3rd one is a total fake smile. So which ones do you like the best?! Let me know so I'm sure I make the right choice!!

Rae's picture, very cute like always!!

Payton's first pose, with her arms folded which is not the pose I requested, but she looks so dang cute!!

This is the pose I asked for & I really like this one too!!

And this is the one with that goofy little fake smile, the one you get when you say "smile" Way to cheesy!!

Some Easter Fun!!

2009-04-13T10:31:00.004-06:00

Well technically we had our first Easter in St. George with Jesse family. Shirlene had bought a lot of stuff and we had a egg hunt outside with them.

The girls got cute little Easter hats!

The boys got cute little Fireman Hats, Logen the little bugger wouldn't wear his!!

Because the kids got so much stuff there, we weren't going to go all out at home. We had a fun little egg hunt at home and some candy from the Easter Bunny. I made some Deviled eggs for the first time and I think they turned out pretty good!

Logen found this egg and knew it wasn't his name on it so he left it there.

Then he found one of his and was a little to scared to stand on the table to get it, even though we were going to let him!!

Here is Jesse with the most noticeable egg, that took him forever to find!

Then Britteny called and invited us to a HUGE egg hunt at the park with the Eggertsen Family, an then go to Suzan's for dinner!

At the park, I have never seen so many eggs in all my life, the kids had so much fun. Now we have eggs all over the house and more candy then we know what to do with!!

Soren just loves her Uncle Jesse!! Everyone was doing other stuff to get ready for the hunt, and she just went up to him and let him hold her, it was so sweet!!

Anngee Brax and Boo were their too, Shane was sick so he stayed home. We all went to the Eggertsen house to eat and the food was great!! Suzan's friend Kathy had made a ton of really yummy food and it was fun to see all the kids playing together. All in all we had a much better Easter then we had planned, Thanks so much Britteny for letting us in on your family fun!!!

A new addition?! Maybe.....

2009-04-06T09:28:00.004-06:00

So on Friday after I picked up the kids from school, I was down stairs doing laundry. Payton calls to me saying there is a dog in our front yard, I thought nothing of it cause our neighbors always let their dogs out. Then it started to howl like there was something wrong with it. I went up stairs and looked out the window and saw the cutest little puppy. She is a Pitt Bull and we figured about 2 to 3 months old. She is mostly all white with lite patches of tan around her one eye and some on her ears and toosh. As I looked at her I noticed a rope had been on her but it looked like she chewed it apart, her little ribs were showing so I figured she had been loose for a while. I felt bad so I locked my kitties up and put kids in my room to watch a movie, so I could bring her inside. I called Anngee and she was nice enough to bring over some dog food for her, Thanks Anngee! She is so sweet and lovable, and a very good pup, she hasn't gone potty in the house, she sleeps in the garage, and loves to to play outside with the kids. We figured we would put up a sign in Maceys about her, not saying what she is or looks like, just that we found a puppy on Woodgreen Rd. and see if anyone calls, if not we will keep her.

I don't know what name to give her cause I don't want to get to attached,(I think its a little to late for that!!) and I'm just not that creative. So take a look and tell me what name would fit!

8 Things Tag

2009-04-01T17:17:00.004-06:00

8 Favorite TV Shows

1. Lost
2. Bones
3. Sara Connor Chronicles
4. The History Channel Period!
5. 2 & 1/2 Men
6. Fringe
7. Private Practice
8. Scrubs

8 Things I did yesterday

1. Bath my kids
2. Shopping
3. Cleaned Clothes
4. Got my car registered
5. Played video games with my kids
6. Took a nice long nap!
7. Went to the bank
8. Cooked dinner

8 Things I am looking forward to

1. Finishing my house
2. Selling my house
3. Moving out of Utah
4. School being out soon
5. Spending more time with my hubby
6. Logen being out of the terrible two's
7. Transformers-Revenge of the Fallen
8. My 7th Anniversary

8 Favorite Restaurants

1. Riley's
2. La Luna
3. Applebees
4. TGI Fridays
5. Bajio
6. Iggie's
7. Cold Stone ( does that count)
8. Gandolfos

8 Things on my wish list

1. Fixing at least one of Jesse's trucks
2. Jesse and I being able to go out on a date!
3. Having my car paid off
4. Having a home I don't have to work on
5. Looking like I did before I had kids
6. Having perfect teeth
7. Jesse not having to work so hard
8. A good economy again

8 People I Tag

1. Dawnita Floyd
2. Tonia Jorgensen
3. Rikki Warr
4. Mark Thompson Jr.
5. Our updates
6. N & N Ashby
7. Tammy Mendenhall
8. Becky Morrmann

Busy Weekend ahead of us!!

2009-03-24T14:13:00.004-06:00

So, Jesse and I have decided to still go to St. George this weekend after Grandma's Memorial. We will leave after Jesse gets home from work on Saturday, his annoying boss is making them work 5-10 hour days, 8 hours on Saturday and, 6 hours on Sunday. I think they can survive one day without him! The money will be nice, but I never get to see him, and when I do he's asleep! Anyway, Jesse's sister Sadie is getting ready to go back to California and we are going to see her one last time before she goes. Momma said we could stay at her house, while she is here, and she will stay at our house while we are there! Some nice warm weather will be nice too.

I am excited to get to see Rochelle for a little bit, and the rest of her cute family. I am also excited to see other people from Dad's side of the family too. It seems like we only see each other when something bad has happened, we need to change that!! Anyway my life is pretty boring so that's about all I have for right now!

Rae's Big Day!

2009-03-20T15:26:00.005-06:00

So today was the day of Rae's Assembly, I told her I had a Dr. appointment and that's why the kids were going to Anngee's ( thanks Anngee!!). I arrived at the school early so I could get a good spot, that girl is just to observant, she spotted me the second she walked in the door! She didn't know what was going on though, she just looked at me with a puzzled expression. She received a Certificate and a note form her teacher explaining why she deserved the award. She also got a pencil, water bottle, and a gift card to Del Taco!

We are so very proud of our little Rae, she has become such an extraordinary young women and I'm sure she will continue to astound us though the years!

Amazed By You!!!

2009-03-16T09:41:00.003-06:00

This is from a couple of years ago, Rae was awarded this certificate. We were very proud of her, she has done something Jesse and I never did in school. Rae is so smart it amazes me!! Reading has always come to her with no problems along with many other subjects.

On Saturday we received a paper in the mail informing us that Rae would have an assembly held in her Honor! She will be receiving the Oquirrh Pride Award for Outstanding Achievements and Exemplary Skills and Behavior in the Classroom.

She will be receiving this award on Friday the 20th, it is suppose to be a surprise for her, she has no clue she will be receiving this!! I am going and will be hiding in the back so she doesn't see me, I will be video taping it and taking pics. I doubt any of you will see her before then, but if you do don't say anything!!

Jesse and I both cried when we read the paper, she is such an amazing girl, she has the biggest heart of anyone I know. I am so honored to have been given the chance to have her in my life!!

I will post again afterwords and put up the video and pics from the Assembly!!

Rae's fun in St. George!

2009-03-07T11:03:00.003-07:00

Rae has been spending the last 2 weeks in St. George with her other Mom Della. They went Quading and Rae had so much fun, she got to ride a small one by herself and a big one with Bill (step dad).

Here she is all by herself!!

This is her with Bill!

Bill and her again!

This is Rae and her cousin Kaden, he also went quading with them!

Aside from that they went rock climbing, she got all the way to the top too. She is so afraid of heights I was shocked that she made it all the way!!

Here she is getting all the gear on to head up the rock.

On her way up the rock, lookin good!

Almost to the top, she did such a good job!!

On her way down, she said that was the funnest part!

We are so happy to have her home now. She was greatly missed!! Hopefully when we get our home sold and we move to Nevada we won't have to do the gone for 2 weeks at a time thing!

Jesse riding his bike & random pics.

2009-02-27T11:44:00.005-07:00

It has been really nice weather lately so the kids have been out side riding their bikes. Jesse is doing such a good job for it being his first time on one! Payton is a really big help too, if he gets stuck she gets off her bike and gives him a push. Logen tries to keep up but they are to fast for him, he has fun getting in their way!

When we were in St. George we went to the park to try to wear out the kids. We had a ton of fun here are some pics!

Rae and I played some football, we tried to kick it back and forth too. Oh man! My leg killed me for like 2 days after too!

Don't I look so graceful!

Logen loved this slide, all he did the entire time we were there was go down this slide. He looked so cute!!

Jesse did it a couple times with him, he mostly just ran all over the place and chased Uncle Wesley around!

Payton was pretty good at this balance beam, she did it a couple of times and old fell like once. She did really good, I think gymnastics may be in her future!!

Happy Birthday Jesse!!(really long sorry!!)

2009-02-23T15:26:00.006-07:00

So we made it to St. George at about 9:30 Friday night. All Jesse wanted to do was open all his presents, but we made him wait til Saturday. We went to the park and had a ton of fun, I have many pictures, but I'll post that on a different one. Jesse did fall and scuff up his elbow though, it was sad and really looked like it hurt! Latter that day we did get to the whole presents thing, and here we are, blowing out the candles

Every time he opened his present he would take off the paper and hand it to grandpa. It was kinda funny!

He was so excited for his Lightning McQueen PJ's, I tried to get him some for Christmas but they were all out. I went to a different place and found some, boy was he happy.

He got a ton of clothes!!! He needed them way bad though. One thing I find weird, he love polo's, collared shirts with buttons. I have never meet a kid that liked those.

It was funny, he had the hardest time opening this card, I don't know why. He made the funniest face while he was trying to open it, he had us all laughing!

We saved the helmet til second to last. He looked at us like what is this for, so grandpa put it on his head to show him how it worked. I think it was a little small!!

This is the bike all finished. We had a chain gard that come with the bike originally, but we had some problems getting it to work. I still think it turned out amazing for being a 27 year old bike!

We made him think his helmet was the last one, then Daddy told him he forgot the other one outside and Jesse had to help come and get it. When he walked out side he looked around and then he saw it, he looked at me and said" Look a bike, is it mine? " It was so cute, he was so excited he started jumping in circles with the biggest smile on his face!

We put his helmet on him and let him try it out but it was a little dark. He looked so dang cute though!

This is him riding it the next day, he did a really good job. Grandma house is kind of on a hill so he loved going down, but not going back up!! he had a ton of fun and I really think he loved his new bike!!

He also got a Spiderman costume from G-ma and Pa Anderson, and Della. He loved it, he put it on and went outside and chased his sisters around the front yard!

All in all we had a good time, and decided to take a group picture. Wesley(Jesse's bro) and his wife Rhonda-Jesse and I- Shirlene and John( Jesse parents) on the bottom
A not so happy Logen, Jesse boy, Sadie ( Jesse sis, on the ground) Rae holding Jane(Wes and Rhonda's) Payton and Kyle (Wes and Rhonda's)

Happy Birthday Jesse boy, We love you!!

Old becomes New!!

2009-02-19T10:22:00.002-07:00

So Jesse's boys Birthday is next week. We are celebrating it this weekend though, in St. George. Big Jesse has been working on Jesse boys present for the past month. When Jesse turned four his dad bought him a Takara Bicycle. At the time they were very expensive, but built very nicely and with great quality. So much so that his bike is still alive today!! A sum of 27 years later! Jesse came up with the idea to fix up his old bike and give it to his son Jesse on his fourth Birthday. He sanded it all down and repainted it, at first we wanted to do it the same color as it was; Candy Apple Red. Then we found this awesome color that changed from red to blue in the sunlight. We had to buy a lot of new things for it like a seat, grips, tires, forks, and the most expensive, a new crank. With all the money we spent we could have bought him a brand new one, but I think this one will have a lot more meaning. It looks awesome too. Its all packed up for our trip tomorrow so I don't have a picture, but I will post one when we get back. We also got him a bunch of new clothes, this kid is huge. He is turning four and he looks like he is six!! He has a new helmet with elbow and knee pads that have Lightning McQueen on them too. I can hardly wait to see his face when he gets his new bike, he has been asking for one for some time now. It will be great to see Johns (Jesse's Dad) face too. We'll have to see if he remembers the bike!!

Tagged

2009-02-12T09:21:00.003-07:00

Okay so here is how it works.

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules.
3. Tell six things about you.
4. Tag six other bloggers by linking to them.
5. Go to each persons blog and leave them a comment to let them know they've been tagged.

Thanks to Rochelle for tagging me. ( I don't know how to link people! )

Six things about me,

1. Everyone says when I was little I use to hug people that I didn't know. I would just walk up to some old man and hug him everyday after school on the way home. I don't know why, I just did. Apparently I did this to a lot of people. I guess I just like to give hugs!

2. I had to have c-sections with all my kids. I makes me sad that I never got to experience birth the way God intended it to be. I have one leg just a tad longer then the other, which over the years has screwed up the alignment of my hips. In turn preventing me from having children the normal way.

3. Wow this is difficult! Six things, I'm just not that interesting!! I always wanted to be a mom. When I was little I would stuff things in my shirt to make me look prego. In school I always said I wanted to grow up to be a mom. I truly can't think of anything I would rather do. I love my kids and taking care of them, the rewards of hearing I love you for the first time from your baby is just so much better then any job I could have.

4. I love old trucks. I would love to get my hand s on a 1951 Chevy that I could just sit in the garage with Jesse and fix it up. I also like big trucks, jacked up big tires and loud as can be. I don't know were it came from I Just like them. So if anyone sees a 1951 chevy, let me know!

5. I love, love, love to remodel. This home we bought has needed a lot of work. New kitchen and bathrooms. I have learned so many new things, I helped put in the cabinets and the flooring in the kitchen, I learned to cut tile and lay shower walls and floors. I do believe the best part is ripping all the old stuff out. What a way to relieve stress.

6. One more, lets see. I love being outdoors, camping hiking four wheeling. Our family use to go camping every year. I loved it and I miss it so much, talking by fire telling old stories. Catching make believe animals...lol. I hope it is something we can start up again.

So yeah there ya go, I tag

Tonia of The Jorganson's
Becky of The Moormann Clan
Annett of Annett's Blog
Rikki of The art of Warr
H of Our Updates
Mom of Dawnys Blog
Again I dont know how to link people!

Singing the Blues!

2009-02-10T18:54:00.004-07:00

Not much has been happening, hence the no posting! Jesse's Grandpa who lives in Kamas has been having some problems over the past few months. He had surgery at the Huntsman Cancer Institute to remove his bladder and some other things. He was there for about a month, he just hasn't got better, so he asked them to let him go home. Jesse's mom and sister Sadie are there in Kamas to help take care of him. Shirlene said he is starting to get better, hopefully he will pull through. They are coming into town this weekend to visit. Apparently they are bringing turtles! 3 of them! For the kids! This will be interesting. Get ready Chelle I most likely will be calling you for advise! We will be going to St George for Jesse boy's Birthday, we'll leave on the 19th and come back on the 22nd. Oh and Jesse's blue truck died today, well the Transfer Case broke. It is stuck in Park City right now until we find a cheap way to get it home. Man when it rains, it pours, hopefully this year will start to look up. That is all!

Rae's 10th Birthday!!

2009-02-01T20:45:00.005-07:00

Okay so Rae's Birthday started out with the first thing she asked for, a perm.
Here is the before picture at the salon.

Here is with all the curlers in and ready for the chemicals.

Here it is all done and ready to come home!!

At home with it all styled, she looks so cute with her hair curly. I love it!!!

Then came the presents time, and man did she get alot of stuff. This one is Rae, Daddy, and Rae's little sister Lilly.

A new DS game, with her brother Jesse.

This is Rae with her cake, Hannah Montana, of course!!

Here is a better shot of the cake.

All in all we all had alot of fun. She got a ton of clothes, a couple of games, alarm clock, and bath stuff. Oh and some new boots too!! Now we have to get ready for Jesse boys Birthday on the 25th. I think we are going to St. George to celebrate his. We have done so every year, we celebrate it with Grandpa John his is 2 days before Jesse's. It has been a while sense we were there, so it will be good to see everyone. So yeah that's about it.

Ambulance Ride

2009-01-31T18:33:00.004-07:00

So as I said last time all my kids have been sick. Yesterday was when Logen turn started. At about 2 a.m. Friday Logen started to have problems breathing, I was up almost all night with him. We had a few errands to run that day, by the time we were done it was time to pick up the girls from school. When we got home his breathing had gotten worse. I decided to take him to the Instacare. Anngee watched the other kids for me (Thanks Anngee!!!) When we got there his vitals were at 89 and his heartbeat was way to fast. The gave him a steroid to open up his lungs, then it had the opposite effect. He couldn't breath and started to freak out!! They called an ambulance and gave him some form of epinephrine to reopen his lungs. About 5 minutes later the ambulance arrived, and we were off. On the way there they had him on 100% oxygen. If they pulled it away his vitals would drop instantly. When we got there they did a bunch of test and stuff and it was confirmed that he has Croup. At 6 they told us he was going to stay overnight. Jesse left to go get the kids cause Anngee and shane had an appointment. He didn't make it on time so Mark went and got them for him( Thanks so much Mark!!) It wasn't a fun night, he cried a lot and boy does he hate to be touched!! The second a Nurse would walk in he would tell them to "get out" or "go away". They let us go at about 10:30-11:00 in the morning. He is doing much better now, just a little cough. They told us to just keep a close eye on him. I have to take him to his doctor on Monday for a check-up. Thanks everyone so much for all your help, Your awesome!! I will post Rae's pictures of her Birthday tomorrow.

Little Happenings

2009-01-27T11:13:00.002-07:00

So not much has been going on in our lives as of late. All my kids are sick, they sound like a bunch of dying frogs. I don't know where they got it from, sorry Britteny if your kiddos get it too. This will be a busy weekend with Della coming for Rae's Birthday, I think her parents are coming too, it will be a full house. On a different note my little Logen is such a talker, I am amazed at all the things he can say. He can say most of the alphabet, it is so cute!! On a completely different note, I am having problems with my Jesse boy. He has done awesome on the whole Potty Training thing, when it comes to going pee. He hasn't had an accident in months. I can not for the life of me get him too poop in the potty, he just won't do it. We've tried EVERYTHING!! We even have a a little preschool toilet in the downstairs bathroom for the kids to use. He will hold it in for like a week, I feel so bad I know it has to hurt his poor little belly. Any advise would be great!! As for Payton she is doing great in school. I have to admit I was a little scared at first, She just had no interest in learning anything, but she is doing really good. We are still trying to have the house up for sale by the end of February. That is assuming we get enough money back from our Taxes to finish the house. So there it is, my life in a nutshell.

10 Years Old!!!

2009-01-19T10:52:00.003-07:00

My Rae is going to be 10 on February 1, 2009. I know this is a little early to be posting this, but I just wanted to show some pics of what she looked like when I first met her.

To look at this picture it so hard to believe that my girl is turning 10. This picture above is my first Mothers Day Present. We weren't married yet but Rae still called me Mom. I remember her coming in and handing me the picture, I loved it.

To give all of you a perspective, Rae was Boo's age when I met her. She still kinda talked funny, and had those big chubby cheeks.

I was terrified the first time I met her. It was our second date, and we were going out to breakfast at Denny's. This is something Jesse and Rae did every Sunday morning. I was scared she wouldn't like me. We went to Sandhallow before it was all filled with water, and she fell asleep. Later that day we went to the park and that was the first time she called me Mom. Also the first time Jesse kissed me!!

This one is after we were married I was 7 months prego with Payton at the time. This is my all time favorite picture of Rae. It is just so her!!
She asked to get her hair permed for her Birthday, so I will be taking her to get it done the Friday before her birthday(January 30). A loose one, not too curly. I will post some Pictures of her birthday in a few weeks. New hair and all.

Blah, Blah, Blah

2009-01-06T08:39:00.002-07:00

I haven't posted in a while, I really don't have anything to say. Nothing much has happened, the kids are back in school now. Jesse still has his job, me too, YEAH!!! Our plans are to be out of Utah by or hopefully before May. If we can't sell it we will put it up for rent. We have talked to some people in Henderson and looked for homes to rent there for a while, before we buy a home. Jesse really hates the snow, even more then Mom I think! We only have a little tile work in the master bath to finish and the house will be done. Hopefully we can get it finished with our Taxes, amongst other things. So yeah there is a little tidbit of my boring life for the moment, hopefully something more interesting will come up at a later date!!

Christmas Stuff

2008-12-29T21:58:00.002-07:00

As you can see we had an awesome Christmas!! All the kids received almost everything they asked for. Santa brought some pretty awesome stuff too. Gotta love that guy!!
My Jesse is the best, he got me a new camera and printer dock. I got him some San Francisco 49ers stuff. We got up around 7:30-8 o'clock, so that wasen't to bad.
All in all we had a lot of fun.
Here are some pics of the kids enjoying themselves.

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-18T11:19:00.000-07:00

My mom sent this to me and I just loved it!!

Apparel Specialist

2008-12-15T08:48:00.004-07:00

So apparently over the last week my manager has been giving me these odd jobs to see how I handle them. Then yesterday at work she started asking me all these weird questions. So I decided to ask her what was going on. I am no longer a "Temporary" worker, I am going to be a part time employee and am now the Apparel Specialist!! They are also training me in all the other departments so I can be the Store Specialist. I was pretty excited, it should be official after Christmas. That's when I'll get my raise and stuff. This is good news compared to the last few weeks. On December 3rd, Jesse was laid off. There wasn't enough work to keep him on, so he filed for unemployment the next day. Then this last Wednesday the unemployment office called to confirm it. The next day Titan Mechanical called and asked him to come back on Monday(today). Apparently he would rather pay Jesse to work for him, then pay Jesse and not have him work for him. But they told him they would keep him til Christmas, but can't make any promises after that. Needless to say things have been a little stressful around here lately. Hopefully we will be able to get things figured out.

Awesome Poem!!

2008-12-10T21:26:00.002-07:00

New Christmas Poem

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.

NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.

THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.

WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
THE FLOOR FOR A BED?

I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.

THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.

THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
'SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;

I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, 'CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.

ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.

'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,!
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

Elf Yourself!!

2008-12-08T16:59:00.001-07:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Christmas Party

2008-12-08T10:53:00.003-07:00

So yesterday was the Annual Floyd Family Christmas Party last night. I hosted it at my house this time, tried to give Maxine a brake. All of the little kids made gingerbread house's. We had a ton of really good food too. I hope everyone had fun, it was good to spend time with everyone. We missed Ted this year too, wished he could have made it!

Logens 2nd Birthday

2008-12-04T13:25:00.003-07:00

So Monday was Logen's 2nd Birthday. I can't believe my baby is two already! We had some company with us. Jesse's friend from St. George, Shawn and his wife were in town for some tests at the U. So they celebrated it with us.

This is his cake and boy did he like it too.

We didn't have much money this time so we did our little thing at home, but it was fun.

Stupid Qwest

2008-12-02T16:26:00.005-07:00

Stupit Qwest pretty much explaines it. Not that much has happened lately. Rae's mother Della was here to pick he up the weekend before Thanksgiving. Jesse was playing around with Rion, Rae's little brother. Jesse screamed and was holding his arm. We figured he just spranged it. In the morning it was all swollen and looked weird. So I took him to the doctor, he had a hairline fracture in his wrist. He had to get three x-rays and only cried on one cause they bent it backwards. He was happy he got to pick out the color of is cast though.

Just my opinion!!

2008-11-11T10:15:00.002-07:00

This is just my opinion. Weather you disagree completely or agree in some way, just listen. Have an open mind and try to see their point of view.

Name Tag

2008-11-09T14:39:00.003-07:00

I saw this on my cousin Angela's blog, and thought it sounded like fun!!

Name Tag

YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)-Peaches-suzuki

YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
raspberry chessecake-oatmeal

YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
K-Eri

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)-Blue tiger

YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)-Joyce Sandy

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)-Eriki

YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)-The purple dew

YOUR NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)- Jack Duwayne

YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)-Lucky Chocolate

YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names)-Dawn Edwin

YOUR TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)-Sutton Salt Lake

YOUR SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (favorite season/holiday, flower)-Christmas Lilly

YOUR CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)-Kiwi Tanktopie

YOUR HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)-Fired egg sandwhich spruce

YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)-The Painting Snow Tour

Let It Snow!!

2008-11-05T11:13:00.002-07:00

I'm so excited for the snow, I thought for sure I wouldn't get to see it this year. Now that we are waiting a bit to move, I get to enjoy one more winter. Jesse woke me up this morning and told me to look out the window, "Look at all the snow!!". I love it!! Logen was all excited too, I think last year he was to young to realize what it was. This year, he loves it, he's so my kid!! " Momma is snow, its COLD!!" Payton likes it too, she said " momma if it's snowing does that mean we can listen to Christmas misic?" She so much like me, We can only listen to it when Jesse is at work, or he'll get med at me. No Christmas stuff til AFTER Thanksgiving!! But anyway, Let it Snow!! I love it!!

Halloween!!

2008-11-03T11:20:00.003-07:00

Here are pics of the kids on halloween. Rae was a Copper Fariy, Payton was a Midevil Princess, Jesse was Batman, and Logen was Superman!! We had a lot of fun, I dressed up as a witch ( it's waht I was last year, so it was cheep).
I took the kids around the block, they ended up getting quite abit too. Rae and Payton got some from school too.

All in all it was alot of fun, we went to Shane and Anngee's house too, to see mom and dad. That was fun, poor Shane, Payton always attacks him, she was junping on his chest!!

Our new kitty Sammie

2008-11-03T11:15:00.003-07:00

This is our new kitty Sammie, we got her a few weeks ago. She is now almost 9 weeks old. Cloe did not like her at first, but now they are best friends, they sleep together and play all day. Logen loves her too if she walks in the room he looks at me and says " hold it" he carries her everywhere, its so cute.

ShopKo

2008-10-31T11:05:00.003-06:00

So my first day of real work was yesterday.( I had orientation on Wednesday, so I missed Jamie's wedding :( ) I worked on the sales floor in Apparel, I worked with a girl named Loren, she was very nice. I really liked my manager Jessica too. They are all very nice, and really funny. All I do is walk around pick up stuff off the floor put back returns and straighten up the shelves. It pretty easy, I like it. Tomorrow I have to learn to cashier, not to excited about that, we'll see how it goes!!

Picture Time

2008-10-29T10:47:00.003-06:00

Here are the kids School pictures. They were taken on the 7th of October. I will get everyone their copies as soon as I can!!

?Questions?

2008-10-23T08:57:00.000-06:00

Okay so I see a few people are confused about Jesse's whole work thing and our moving situation. In September Jesse was talking to the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union in Las Vegas. At that time they had more work then they knew what to do with. So he put in his two weeks with Titan Mechanical. We booked his flight and he left on the 21 of September. Our house was up for sale. Then when he got there a few things happened, the job he was suppose to be put on got shut down because the contractor obtained a permit illegally. So there was no work for him as this job has 200 plumbers on it and now they were all out of work also, and they came first. He came home and talked to Titan, they gave him his job back, but sent him on the Elko job. Jesse's first 8 years of plumbing was in residential- his boss liked this and offered him a job permanently in Elko. We thought about it and decided that we didn't really like that idea. Once they finished the work out in Elko, they sent him back to Park City on the Canyons Resort project he originally started on. They told him there will be more work out in Elko and they would like him to go back out there when they do, but that won't be for a while. We decided with the way things were going we would just stay put for a while and took our house off the market. So I figured sense we are going to be in town for a while I would get a job to bring in some extra cash for the holidays. So I got a job at Shopko that won't start til next week. We most likely will be here for at least another year, we'll have to see what happens.

Yeah, so it's been a while.

2008-10-17T22:32:00.000-06:00

Lets see so we'll start with last weekend. Rae was going to go with her Grandpa Don to Yellowstone for a birthday party. She left on friday night, saturday morning we get the call. Theres been an accedent!! On the way to Montana It started to snow really bad, they hit soame black ice and lost control of the truck. Apparently the truck did a 180 and slid off the enbankment. Then rolled about three times and landed in a revene upside down. Rae was in the back with her seatbelt on and surrounded by comforters and pillows. Thank goodness she wasen't hurt. The back window was broken, so she undid her seatbelt and jumped out and went to her grandpas window to make sure he was okay. Which he was, his elbow is pretty banged up though. They called for an ambulance, and imagine that, it did the same thing, hit the ice and rolled down the revene and hit Don's truck. They did finallly get a emergency crew there to take them to the hospital. It was pretty scarey, but everything tuned out okay!!
Next, I got a job at Shopko the one on 9000 south I will work nights so Jesse can be home with the kids. I'm pretty excited, I'll update later on my first day and stuff!!

My Kids

2008-10-08T17:29:00.000-06:00

Im copying you chelle....here is a little update on my cute kids!! Im not a very good writer so bare with me!!

Logen

2008-10-08T17:16:00.001-06:00

My Logibear, he is the biggest cuddle bug. He always has a hug waiting for me or anyone else for that matter. He is so big it makes me sad. He is my baby, so I don't want him to grow up. He is crazy, he runs around the house screaming at the top of his lungs and then cracks up laughing. he is so friendly and loves everyone, I have never seen such a well mannered baby. I guess I can't really say baby anymore, he is going to be 2 in December. He will always be my baby!! Logen has just started the- I like daddy more then mommy- thing now. It makes me sad, but happy too. Jesse was scared that Logen was never going to like him. He is crazy about his dad, and cries whenever he leaves. And the way he says Daddy is the cutest. Speaking of which, that boy can talk, he says everything now. Clear as a bell too. He loves his Aunt Britteny, I don't know where it came from, but whenever he see her, he askes her to hold him. It is so cute!! He even said her name the other day right after she left.
he's my little surfer boy, he has long shaggy hair and is really tan. Jesse won't let me cut his hair, he likes it that way. I love my Logi!!

Jesse

2008-10-08T17:01:00.001-06:00

My Jesse boy. He is his dad, he looks just like him and wants to be him. If daddy is outside doing something Jesse has to be there. He loves his dad. The two of them are always together. Jesse is also huge, he is bigger then payton and most kids his age. He is becoming such a big boy, with his words and actions. he wants to go to school so bad and gets mad at me when I tell him he can't. he loves cars and trucks, the classics are his favorite. Another thing him and his dad have in common. Jesse loves to wrestle he can kick all his sisters butts and loves doing it. he loves the outdoors too running around in the back yard, and playing in the park. He is almost always happy, in a good mood. I was a little worried when I had him, I wouldn't know what to do with a boy. But he is so much fun, I love my little guy.

Payton

2008-10-08T16:48:00.001-06:00

Payton, lets see where do I start. She is kind of a difficult kid. She definatly has a mind of her own, and stubburn as hell.(she gets that from her dad) She is very loveable, which everyone says she gets that from me. She is also a big helper, she loves to help make dinner, and do the dishes. She is doing really good in school now. We had some problems at first with the whole don't leave me thing. She really likes her teacher alot. She can spell her name, and knows all her letters. We have just noticed resently that she is getting freckels on her nose and cheeks. It is so cute. She also loves her big sister, she wants to be just like her. She follows poor Rae around everywhere. Everyone says she looks like me, but I think she looks like her dad in alot of ways. Acts like him to. Payton has deffinatly been a challenge, but I have loved every minute of it. I love my Payton!!

Rae

2008-10-08T16:37:00.001-06:00

Rae is a very smart little girl. She has always done really good in school. This year almost every paper she has brought home has been 100%. Besides being extreamly smart, she is also the sweetest. She does everything she can to help and is more then willing to do so. She is always making little gifts and leaving them around the house for us. She is such a good big sister, she always plays with her sister payton even if she annoys the crap out of her. Rae is beautiful, the older she gets the more she stands out. Boys go crazy over her, she has had more boyfriends then I can count. And everyone of them say she has the most beautiful eyes, which she does. Jesse better start getting ready now. Those boys are going to be knocking down the door in no time. She also loves Hannah Montanna, she has alot of her clothes and knows almost every song.I couldn't imagine my life without her!! She is the best 9 year old girl on the planet.

New Job?

2008-10-03T15:16:00.000-06:00

So Jesse came home form Elko last night with some news. His boss has asked if he would be willing to move to Elko Nevada. He wants jesse to be the foreman of the job there. He would run the Elko portion of the company. He would be making alot more, but he would be on a salery. I guess it is alot like here, it is a little higher so it gets a little more snow then here. Its about 3 1/2 hours north east of Salt Lake. Its Nevada so there is no state tax, so that would be nice. Im not sure if it is some thing we will do. Definatly something to consider!! If it happens at all it won't be til we finish the house. We were thinking of leasing out our house, just in case we don't like it there. Who knows!!

Photo Tag

2008-09-30T17:36:00.000-06:00

So Britteny tagged me to do this post where I have to go a yahoo/google image search for pictures to go with my answers, so here it goes...

My Favorite Vacation---Lake Powell
I loved going to Lake Powell, we always had so much fun. I remember when Jeffery was there, he was like one years old. I love those memories!!

My Favorite Color---Baby Blue
I don't know why I like it so much. It has always been my fav. I find it very soothing!!

My Age---25
I dont really feel my age until I realize that I have four kids. I then I feel really old!

My Favorite Treat---Ferrero Rocher Chocolates
They are so good. It's making my mouth water right now, the way they melt in your mouth...yummm

My Favorit Food---Mac & Chesse
Im sure no one is supprised by this. My fav would have to be Stoffers. They make the best mac!!

The place I would like to travel most----Sweden
Jesse's family is from Sweden, it would be so cool to go and see where he is really from. It is also beautiful there!!

The Place I Grew Up---Midvale
I love midvale! Even if where I grew up is really ghetto now, I still love it. All of my most favorite memories are there in that house on Ivy Drive. I miss it!!

The place I live now---West Jordan
I relly like it here. Im so close to shopping and parks. I love the neighborhood I live in too. Everyone is so nice. I love coming home!!

My Last Name---Erickson
I love my last name! I am very proud of it. The Erickson's that Jesse is from have not been here long. He is only the 3rd generation of Erickson's here. He is realted to Leif Erickson. The true founder of America!!! I couldn't be more proud to be an Erickson.

My Middle Name---Joyce
I am named after my moms best friend, Joyce South. I don't know who this James Joyce is but his pic popped up the most. Most pepple don't have that as there middle name, I like that!!

My First Name--Kimberly
It use to bug me that it is so common. I got alot of nick names I didn't like, but alot I do too. Kimbo, kimby, Bimberly monster, dakimba matumbo, kimi. I also found out from Jesse's Family that he has told them sence he was little that he was going to marry someone named Kimberly. That makes me like it too. This is Kimberly Willams, she is marrited to Brad Paisley(if any of you know who that is) She is on Life with Jim I think it is called.

Something I use to Love--- Haunted Houses
Chelle and I use to go to one every year. It was so much fun getting to hang out and have the crap scared out of us. I miss that soo much!!!

My Favorite Animal---White Tigers
I have always loved these beautiful animals. I have a whole bunch of stuffed ones. I wish I could own one. But like that is ever going to happen. Ill just have to settle for looking at them.

So I think I am like the last one to do this so I don't know who to tag. I say Maxine cause you still haven't done it yet!!!

I was tagged!

2008-09-22T09:13:00.000-06:00

I am: really not good at this kinda thing
I have: the best hubby in the world
I have no idea: i am doing this
I Am: missing my husband
I Think: i should feed my kids
I Know: mark is crazy
I Want: to sell my house
I Have: isn't this on here twice? a great family
I Dislike: a bad attitude
I Miss: my HUBBY
I Fear: being alone
I Feel: like sleeping
I Smell: pop tarts cooking
I Crave: some chocolate
I Cry: ALOT
I Usually: talk toooo much!!
I Search: for cheap clothes for my fast growing kids
I Wonder: IF we will move
I Regret: to many things to name
I Love: my husband and kids
I Care: to much
I Always: have shoes on
I Worry: about jesse when hes gone
I Am Not: a quite person ;)
I Remember: almost everything
I Believe: everything is possible
I Dance: never
I Sing: in my head.
I Don't Always: get enough sleep
I Argue: not alot
I Write: not very good
I Win: there is nothing to win
I Lose: there is nothing to lose
I Wish: my hubby had a job in utah
I Listen: to what everyone had too say
I Don't Understand: why people fight
I Can Usually Be Found: wraped in a blankey
I Am Scared: of losing ANYONE in my family
I Need: to feed my kids
I Forget: why I started this.
I Am:going to post this now

My Poor Baby!!

2008-09-10T10:45:00.000-06:00

So yesterday I was getting all the kids ready for bed. Logen for some odd reason, dosen't like to take baths. He is scared of the water, he hates to be wet. So to give him a bath there had to be less then 5 inches of water. I can't put any water on his head, I have to use a washcloth. I had just got him all clean and went maybe 5 feet away to grab the towel, when he tried to get out himself. Our new tub is deeper then most so its kinda hard for the kids to get out on there own. Logen lifted up one leg and put it over the side of the tub, right as the other foot; still in the water; slipped. I grabbed his arm but his chin still hit the tub. I didn't notice anything til I was drying him off and saw the blood. He had split his chin open!! So I layed him down to see how bad it was. It was BAD! So I called Britteny and she watched my kids for me (thanks brit!) while I took Logen to the ER. He had too get 7 stiches in his chin. He did such a good job, I was scared becase they could give him anything to numb it. So me and the nurse held him and sang the ABC's while he was getting the stiches. I dont have any pics yet cause the put bandaids on it. As soon as I get some I'll post them. My poor boys, both taken to the ER in a metter of two weeks!!

A Little Fun, A Little Drama

2008-09-01T17:07:00.000-06:00

So lets start with some drama. It all started on Thursday with little Jesse running in the house yelling at the top of his lungs, " A SNAKE, A SNAKE ". So me and Big Jesse go out side to see if anything is out there. Nothing we looked everywhere. So we let all the kids go outside to play, then all four screaming at the top of there lungs " A SNAKE, A SNAKE " So I go running outside, and imagine that, a snake!! Black and White and really long. Jesse picked it up with a shovel and put it in a can.

Then we brought Little Jesse outside so he could see the snake that he found. He loved it, soo cool is all he could say!!( did you notice the big hairy spider too )

Now for some FUN. We had a little get together with Jesse's friends from work and had so much fun. Its been a while sence I have had some good old fashion fun. The best part was so did Jesse!! I haven't seen him laugh that much in a long time.

Now for the worst part. We decided to go to Andys house for some more fun on Sunday. All the adults were inside making some food when it all started. Eridanus came running inside screaming and crying. He had been attacked by bees. Next came Jesse and another little girl. All had been stung somewhere, some more then once. We took one look at Jesse and could tell he had been stung right on his lip. So we packed up the kids and Jesse drove to the hospital. When we got there they rushed us to the back because he was having trouble breathing. His oxogen level was below 50% and the whole left side of his face was swollen.

This picture was after all the shots and Benadryl-Epinephrine-and Prednisolone. It brought the swelling down a bit and then preceded to knock his ass out.

He slept for about 4 hours and then they finally let us go home after hours of observation. He is back to his normal self today, bouncing off the walls and driving everyone crazy.

So True!!

2008-08-28T09:50:00.000-06:00

Before I was a Mom :

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom :

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom :
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom :

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I.. couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom :
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom :

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every
10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom

Little Weekend Fun

2008-08-21T10:52:00.000-06:00

We went to Little Cottonwood Canyon last weekend and it was so much fun. I haven't been there sense chelle and me were encountered by a mousse. We went with Jesse's friends from work and their kids. At first my kids were kind of scared to walk around, until they saw the lizard. They all went crazy and chased that poor little guy everywhere.

Jesse even had fun too. Andy and him went hiking around the waterfall. We had some BBQ, and all in all we all had fun. Even through the down pour of rain right before we left.

Payton's First Week Of School!!

2008-08-12T09:19:00.000-06:00

So last week was Payton's first week of school, she was so excited. "Now I get to be just like Rae", she could hardly wait. That morning she got up early and got herself dressed and came into our room. It was 4:30 in the morning!! Needless to say she was REALLY excited.....How quickly that all changed......

Once we got there and she realized I wasn't going in with her, her attitude changed dramatically. "I don't want to go", "Mommy please don't leave me here". I finally got her to calm down and she went in. Everything was going great, til yesterday
She throw out all the stops, "What if you die on the way home I'll be left here forever", "I LOVE YOU", Please don't leave me". All the the while screaming at the top of her lungs. The principal comes out of the school and asks me if I will accompany her to her office. Payton still throwing a fit!! Mrs. Ward ( the principal) had taken it upon herself to bring a counselor into the room to try to calm her down. Oh no, that didn't work, she started to kick him. "Get away from me"
He looks and me and tells me to get up and leave, she will be fine. As I try to leave the room, Payton's crying "mommy don't leave me, don't you love me anymore?".......I couldn't leave, I turned around grabbed Payton from him and left, crying myself. I just couldn't leave her there like that.
Separation Anxiety Disorder is what they say she most likely has. We went and bought a book, The Kissing Hand By Audrey Penn. We read it last nigh and we are going to try the little secret that is in there and see if it works. Cross your fingers!!!!

Wishfull Thinking

2008-08-02T15:54:00.000-06:00

http://www.realestate.com/Property/7955044-633-Bighorn-Creek-St-Henderson-NV-89002-821310.aspx Here is a link to the home we are trying to get in Henderson.

The Meaning of Love!!

2008-08-01T21:41:00.000-06:00

I just had to put what a wonderful husband I have. It amazes me how well he knows me. How he can tell when I am sad. Today when he came home from work he had a pink rose and some white chocolate. He is such a sweetie, he knows exactly how to cheer me up. He's the Best!!

Our Life This Month

2008-07-31T18:03:00.000-06:00

Rae and Payton started school this week, although Payton only went for one day. She will officialy start on August 5th. Rae has two teachers, Mrs. Schultz who has a breathing problem and can only teach for half a day. The other half is tought by Mrs. Vulluto, she says she really likes them. Paytons teacher is Mrs. Taintor and seemed very nice. Jesse boys thumb nail finally fell of this last week and his new one is going back in. He is sad that he dosen't get to go to school, I keep telling him two years and you can go. Logen has started to talk like crazy and has started to come out of this shy thing thats been going on. Jesse went to take his Union Test on the 17th, but he didn't pass ( missed by one ? ) Then on Tuesday the head dude at the Union Hall called him and told him he was a member anyway. He will leave for Vegas on the 6th. As for me i have had some issues with the whole tubes being tied thing. Iwas late so i took a test---negative---waited a week took another---positive.
So today I went and got a blood test---negative. So as it turns out I don't know what the hell is going on with me. I am calling Dr. Porter tomorrow for an appointment to try to figure it out.

Memory Lane

2008-07-30T16:47:00.000-06:00

Lets take a walk down memory lane,

1.As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It dosen't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember.

2. Next re-post these instructions on your blog and see how mant people leave a memory. Fun Huh?!!