"By small and simple things are great things brought to pass" Alma 37: 6

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Pampered Chef

Hey, I am holding a Pampered Chef Show on Friday Nov. 21st at 7:00 pm! If anyone is interested in getting some cool products then leave a comment and I will get back to ya!! I am closing my party on Nov. 25th. It's a great time to get stoneware for 20% off!! Also, I would love to have you come to the show that night!! Hope everyone is doing great!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Photo Tag

I saw this photo tag thing and thought it would be fun. So I opened up the 4th photo and the 6th photo and here it is! So I tag Jay, Christina, Jani and whoever else


Friday, November 7, 2008

High School Tag

My friend Tagged me.....so this should be fun!

All about High School...

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? No, not really. There was one that was a very good friend and we called each other all the time. He still is a really good friend to me even though I haven't heard from him in 2 years now. :(

2. WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? A Big White Ugly Station Wagon! I called it the party wagon!! No, I really didn't party tho!

3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? I think I had to retake it cuz I missed it by one point or something. Stupid me! But I took the test at 14! Scary!

4. WHERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Not much to do in South Dakota! I did hang out with my friends but I didn't drink. Watching them look like puking fools made me not want to even try the stuff. So no, I wasn't really a party Animal!

5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Um, I don't think so!

6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? I was in band and choir. Was I good at any of them. Probable not. Just needed things to do in a small town!

7. WERE YOU A NERD? No, I don't think I was a nerd. I could hang out with anyone, nerds, popular, anyone! This was a small school and pretty much we were all family! It was great!

8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? No, I played Basketball in Junior High but stopped before High School. Probably could have made it since the school was so small. I just didn't believe in myself enough. Yeah yeah, poor me! :)

9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? Nope! Teachers liked me and also I feared what my dad would do if I ever got into trouble! Yikes!!!!

10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? I don't I ever knew the words cuz I always played it on my clarinet!

11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? I had many teachers that were my favorite in different ways. I like Mr. Kinder my English teacher cuz he was fun but really taught us. I liked my Spanish Teacher Mrs. Hinckley - she was so kind and sweet. Mr and Mrs Meyer has to be the best teachers in the world. They were my Science teacher and Home Ec. teacher. Mr. Ehrke my band/choir teacher taught me a lot about the love of music. Okay, those are the ones that stick to me the most! Thanks awesome teachers!

12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? Anywhere where there was room.

13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Willow Lake High School. Although the elementary was in the same building too.

14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? We were the Willow Lake Pirates and they were purple and gold. I was actually the school mascot at one time!

15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? Yes, I went to Homecoming but in our school anyone could go even if you didn't have a date. So I went dateless but danced with everyone - even with their dates! Like I said, we were all like family!

16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? Yes, I would. I would try harder in sports, try harder on my grades, be kinder to everyone, and be the best ever!

17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? Standing up in front of everyone and talking about our class memories with my best friend Ben. And I remember feeling so sad that I was at a point in my life that I know that all this High School memories and friends were coming to an end. That I was moving on and and going to Utah. I was going to miss all my classmates and other friends that I had. I knew that most of them were going to stay in South Dakota and if I ever came back I would see them again. But I really was going to miss my friend Ben cuz he was moving back to Texas and the chances of me seeing him again was slim to none. So really I felt a loss of a friend when I graduated. I losing my best friend Ben. Thanks for the memories!

18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I really don't remember skip day! I probably either stayed there in school or just went home and did chores or something.

19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Was FHA a club? I was FHA President! Beat that! :)

20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Yes, but by the time I got back to South Dakota this last summer I lost all but 10 lbs!! Yeah for me!!! Yes, I was one hot sexy momma with 5 kids!! J/K

21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? One year I hade a neighbor named Ryan, then, I dont think I had anyone for jr. year then sr year a guy named Rocky. No, I wasn't Rocky Balboa either!! He was a very sweet guy!

22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? I will go to my 20 year! I want to come back every year! We have reunions every year anyways!

23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Nope, there was no place to work in a town of 300 people. I did work at the swimming pool the summer before my senior year. That was fun!

There you have it! I will tag, Jill, Sonja, Sunny, Jay, Jani, Emily, Kelli, Jenni, Jen and whoever else wants to play!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Happy Halloween


Here's a picture of the kids and I at the church Halloween party. Of course, I had to be a witch. Caidin wants to be what Alec is - whatever that really is! Crista is a Charger cheerleader, Calli is some sort of 70's girl, and Caitlin HAD to be the little mermaid. It was fun and the kids got plenty of candy!!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Halloween Fun


Okay so it's been a while since I updated my blog. Also, I am getting grossed out looking at the mouse picture that I have. So I need to add something different. But here's a picture of my big picture window. No, I'm not really an artist as you can tell but the kids love having things all decorated for the Holidays! It's fun! The kids make the Holidays so much funner! It doesn't take much to get them all excited about the Holidays.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Someone wasn't payin' attention in the meeting........




YES!!!! SUCCESS!!! I DEFEATED THEM!!! Or maybe this one wasn't paying any attention to the big mouse meeting on how to stay AWAY from those traps!! Or maybe he had a huge peanut butter craving and just couldn't help it! But whatever the case is, I got him or should I say her? It looked either well fed or pregnant! Yeah! Finally success!

Happy Birthday Calli!!

Okay, so this is way late! My baby Calli AnnMarie was born September 11th, 1998. She turned 10 years old! Where did the time go??



Here are some other fun pictures of her. The pictures only go up to a certain age cuz I need to get caught up with my pictures! I know, I'm a bad mom!! :)



Here is the Birthday Girl today!!




Here are 10 things about Calli!

#1 She was born on Sept. 11th- 3 years before the tragic plane crashes! I never did want to have her on that day. It just felt like a yucky day for some reason!

#2 She was born C-section because she was breech-naughty baby!

#3 She was know for having a Mona Lisa smile - look at the picture above with her as a baby at the table and you will see what I mean.

#4 She loves soccer and is very very good at it!!

#5 She helps mom out a lot with chores or babysitting

#6 She is s sister of 2 brothers, one older and one younger and 2 sisters, one older and one younger

#7 She is a trooper when it comes to stitches and ER. Earlier this month she put her hand through a window and got 42 stitches right up the inside her arm. I blogged that one too!:)

#8 She is so loveable and sensitive

#9 She is not they girly-girly type. She likes to play rough and tough and get dirty.

#10 She always makes us laugh with jokes, or other silly things she does.

Happy Birthday my little Calli Wally!!! I love you so much and I'm so glad you are in my family!!!