Congratulations, babe.

Way to go, Steve. We're so proud of you.

Happy Birthday to ME

Thank you to everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes! I had a GREAT weekend. I left Friday afternoon and went to St. George, UT for a weekend of scrapbooking. I know, I know, I haven't scrapped anything for over 3 years, but I still have all the stuff and all the photos.....a girl in Las Vegas organized the whole thing. 80 ladies went. I met my jr. high/ high school best friend there (she came down from Sandy, UT) and we spent the weekend together. I got 33 pages done (16 1/2 12X12 spreads). I don't think I've scrapped that much in my entire life! Shari took me to dinner for my birthday and we had fun hanging out and talking and catching up. I got back in time to catch the last 1/2 hour of church and go to choir. Then, when I got home, Steve made me a DELICIOUS dinner of been strogenoff (of course) and grilled squash with warm bread. YUMMY!!! He went to Fried's (sp?) Bakery (WAY WAY WAY GOOD) and got the best chocolate cake ever! No diamonds this year, but I got a weekend away and 2 stock pots and 2 blouses and $100 to spend while I was gone. YEAH!!! I think my wish list is pretty much empty now. :) Thank you to everyone for thinking of me.

Caucus, Schmocus

Well, this morning was the Nevada Caucus. We had a LATE soccer game last night (we got killed-it wasn't pretty)...a BIG THANK YOU goes out to Erin & Kevin for watching our kids. We got home about 12:40am and to bed around 2 or so. Steve got up at 5 and went to work (crazy man). I got all the kids up and made pancakes and we were all ready and Steve came home and we went to the caucus. We got there at 9:15am. The parking lot wasn't nearly as full as I thought it would be. We parked and walked up to the building (it was at a local high school) and some lady asked us if we were there for the caucus. We said we were and she said, "You're too late. They closed the doors at 9. You can't go in now." We were so bummed. I was excited about doing my civic duty and going to a caucus! How disappointing. I had to WAKE UP ALL 3 of my kids! I thought 9:15am was pretty good considering our late night. Yeesh. Well, so our votes didn't go toward the primary election in Nevada. Shoot.

Shout out

This post is a shout out to Steve. He is the best person in the world for me. I've screwed a lot of things up lately, and I'm sorry. I appreciate him being so patient with me. I appreciate him supporting me with all my church work (even if he does LIE to Caitlin at 5:30am and tell her I'm at a "meeting" instead of telling her I'm out running), and letting me get away every so often. I've had a few girl's nights out in the last few months, and they've been so fun and he hasn't grumbled much at all. :) Tonight he and Darrel (Ang & the boys are in Idaho) are at a movie, and I'm so glad. It's good to get out every so often with a friend...to whom you are not married. Anyway - thanks for being so great! I love you, handsome.

We're still here

Busy season is quickly picking up for me...along with having to do 40 hours of CPE...ah the joys. Anyway, everyone is doing well and we are just plugging away at life. We had a great FHE with the Webbs tonight....trampoline jumping, soccer playing, basketball playing, laser pointer chasing, prime rib & baked potatoes (pizza for the kids)...does it get any better than that? We LOVE being OFF TRACK!!! We love having the Webbs so close. We're making so many wonderful memories this month...we'll miss the Webbs as they're leaving for Idaho tomorrow. I know they'll have a wonderful time seeing old friends. We'll be watching for their safe return next Monday.

One note for any of you who've been here and seen the house between the Webbs & Laytons has been vacant since last June. A couple with 4 BOYS (ages 10,6,5,3) closed today and will be moving in by the end of the month. YEAH!

Last one

 

I love that you can read her t-shirt in this shot.

 

I really like this photo of Steve & me.

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More photos

 

 

 

 

We got our photos from our friend, Nancy, who is a fantastic photographer and was kind enough to take our picture while we were in Texas. Aren't they great?

More Christmas

 

 

 

We came home to lots of presents under the tree from Grandmas and Grandpas and Heidi. We had a great time opening our "2nd Christmas" gifts.

Photo Op

We had a photo shoot with Nancy. We got some great new family pictures, but I haven't been through those yet. These are some shots Steve took during the shoot.

Post - Christmas fun

The Buckleys came out to the ranch.
I met some of my E&Y friends for lunch and a play date.

We got TEXAS shirts!

 

We had a great Christmas!

Lights & Christmas

The lady in the top left with Daniel is Afton Cahill, Debbie's mom, or "Grandma Cahill". We went to the light display in town square in Taylor with Debbie's family.
This is Christmas morning - the kids coming out of "our" room (Debbie's room) and looking at what Santa left.

More barn fun and doing chores in the tractor

Fun in the barn

The kids had a great time helping Nancy with her horses. Dusty is the little horse, and Dallas is the big boy.

Our Trip to Texas

 

 

 

This recaps our trip to Texas...we stopped and played tag at a rest area. We stopped for lunch at a Cracker Barrel in New Mexico. We drove the accord to conserve gas and we were a little tight, but we survived. We also got 29 miles to the gallon...mission accomplished.