The Davendorks

Twin Falls

2010-07-16T08:28:00.001-07:00

After a forever long ride to Twin, we hit the pool!

then we ate at IHOP and called it a night.

we meet all of Rick's family for breakfast at The Golden Corral
(where one tends to eat like a cow so you get your money's worth).

We checked out the new Twin Falls Temple

Next we went to see the Shoshone Falls

some of the many cousins

we then went to Dierkee's Lake
Rick making a quick change into swim shorts

This lake is pretty fun, they call this part the beach. The good swimmers can go over and jump off the cliffs and diving board on the other side of this mesh fence.

all cleaned up and ready to go the Grandma's 60th Birthday Party!

On our way out, I spotted these elk. They are real, we watched them move.
There are 4 in this picture one is lying down.

Rick brought back the loving feeling.

the birthday cake was a hit!

Gavin was caught eating the cake before it could make it to Grandma's house

Gavin loves Scobby Doo and was so excited to see this car.

We had a great time seeing everyone!
Happy 60th Birthday Diane!
We love you!

Hannah Batana turns 3

2010-07-16T07:13:00.000-07:00

My baby turned 3!
Where does the time go?

We started the Birthday off with a room full of balloons
and Happy Birthday hugs and kisses!

next up was present time!
Hannah requested Santa paper.

So happy that her birthday is finally here!

The kids have been asking to go to Cowabunga Bay ever since they spotted it from the freeway last year! So we took them for Hannah's Birthday. They both really loved it!

They are yelling COWABUNGA!

We got home and finished the day with ice cream cake and friends!

Hannah getting the last of her birthday wishes before bed.

I love you Hannah Batana. So glad you're ours!

Eclipse

2010-07-09T07:33:00.001-07:00

Me as VICTORIA

Tara aka:Rosalie was able to get me into a sneek peak the day before opening day!
This movie is the best one so far!

My group went a little late this year due to the 4th of July weekend.

Alyssa, Shari and Kim part of the wolf pack, Victoria, Sherami, Rochelle, Tiff,
Celest as Alice, Martie who got attacked by a wolf on her way to my house, Nicole, and Sherrie

We went of yogurt at Frogurt before the movie

I promise I am not obsessed with Twilight and I do not fantasize about Edward or Jacob.
I just love to have a great time with my friends and why not get dressed up at the same time?

Sweet Hair Dude!

2010-07-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

Gavin was in need of a haircut. Since I am the coolest Mom ever,
I decided he had to have a mohawk! Why not do something fun for the summer time?

It was so cute how Gavin made himself at home.

To make it ever cooler, I had Celest do lighting bolts on the sides!
Gavin swears it makes him run faster.

Thank You Celest! Gavin and I both love it! He is getting tons of compliments on it. I am hoping we are bringing back an old trend that never should have left.

VEGAS BABY!

2010-06-28T18:21:00.001-07:00

With a five hour delay, we are finally on the plane!

To my surprise Johnny was waiting for me!
We ate at The House of Blues twice while we were here.
Both times were good.Rick and I with my best buds from High School.
Al and Vic were High School Sweethearts and still are.

Strolling the Strip

This looked good but tasted like crap. My butt thanks you!

Al and the boys

We tried to book rooms at Mandalay Bay so we could play in the wave pool, but the whole place was already booked! So we stayed at the Four Seasons and still had all access to everything Mandalay Bay had to offer!! We even had a secret entrance from Mandalay's Casino to the Four Seasons elevator.

Rick LOVED the wave pool!
It was so much fun for me to watch him play in it.
He was like a little boy with excitement all over his face!

Us on the SWEET TRAM that is a waste of time to ride!
It is a hike to get on it everytime, one might as well just walk the strip.

At dinner after our show. We went to Mystere and it was totally awesome!
We also checked out The Bodies and Titanic exhibits. Titanic was my favorite. It really made me realise how stupid the human race is and made me question what things are we doing today that we will look back on and feel the same way we do about Titanic. I can think of a few. Why is it so hard for us to treat others how we want to be treated?

Eating at the Pink Toco
It was delicious!

In some richie mall hanging out with the water tornados!

proof that Allison does eat

hanging out in one of the tunnels at the Shark Reef

The All Seeing Al

Leaving the Four Seasons

On the shuttle back to our cars

We had a great time just hanging out with great company, eating great food, playing in the pool, laying on the beach, checking out the sites, and not watching any kids. The time away was wonderful but we were all ready to come home and give our kids big hugs and kisses. Thanks for a great time Al and Vic! And Thank You to Rick's mom for watching our kids so we could go.

Ragnar Relay

2010-06-26T16:51:00.000-07:00

CAMP HENRY RENDEZVOUS

2010-06-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

THE GRAND TETONS

To get to camp, you had to cross this scary bridge. The water was high and super Fast. This picture doesn't do it justice. If a kid fell in, they would be down stream in a hurray.

Primitive Camp

"Curly"
aka: Deon Davenport, Rick's dad

Gavin throwing the Tomohawk!

It stuck in the middle.

Triumphant Tomohawk Hold

Gavin and Gabe

We went on a little hike to the original site of Camp Henry. While we were there it started to rain so we found some shelter in a horse stall looking thing.

When there was a break in the rain we headed back to camp. We weren't fast enough, the second round came and it was worse than the first.

Rick and I

Best Buds

The Candy Cannon!
All the kids loved this cannon. They would fill it up and fire it off.
The candy would fly through the air and all the kids went crazy!

Hannah is so funny. She loves to talk to anybody that will listen.

Hannah with "Grandma Grizzly". Grandma Grizzly helped all the kids that came to the Rendezvous make dream catchers. Hannah just loved her! She kept going back and visiting her through out the day. Grandma Grizzly nicknamed Hannah " Clover Blossom"

Hannah in the field of flowers

The Rendezvous was fun but not really a safe place for little kids. I was constantly on edge watching the kids. Between the gun, bow, tomohawk, and knife throwing contest and I can't leave out the river that would swallow my children up.
Amazingly we all make it home safe and sound.

our first run together

2010-05-14T21:09:00.001-07:00

Rick has officially signed up with me to run a half and a full marathon! I thought it would be fun to run a race with him and he agreed. So we decided it would be fun to go on a training run together. It was fun up until we were running uphill in a 13MPH head wind! To make things worse for me, Rick totally kicked my butt! How is this any fair? How come guys can shape up so much faster than us women!! SO NOT FAIR!!! So we might be running in the same races but most likely not together. Good Job Slick Rick! Keep it up!

catching up part 2

2010-05-04T19:42:00.001-07:00

Rick turned 35 in April!

The kids wanted to help make Dad's birthday Cake

Ta Da!

If you watch "The Little Chocolatiers on TLC... this is the store. Rick wanted to go check it out.

The one thing we miss about living in Salt Lake is
SUGAR HOUSE PARK!
We spent the rest of the day playing with the kids at the park.

It was a great Birthday!

catching up

2010-05-04T19:27:00.001-07:00

Gavin turned 5 in February!

ZOINKS!

MS Walk

2010-05-04T19:07:00.001-07:00

We knew it was going to be a great day when Rick spotted this out of the crowd of 2 thousand!

Gavin loved riding his scooter through the crowd!
He set our pace and I must say it was pretty fast!

Thank Goodness Rick was with us this year to push the stroller.

This was a great experience for our family.
Nothing like helping others and having a good time while doing it!

We all got finishing medals which the kids love!
Gavin asked me after if we won the race.
Good Times!

Once there was a snow man...

2010-01-22T17:09:00.000-08:00

We finally got some good snowman making snow!
And that is just what we did today.

We decided to move the location of the snowman family to the front of our house
where we used up all of the snow making our family.

Hannah is nothing but a princess these days, you might think I dressed her up just for this picture but NO she is on day 7 of wearing her princess dress. She has two Cinderella dresses so when one is in the wash she has a back up that is clean. It is not just the dress she has to have her crown, magic wand, and her dancing shoes! Princess.....I think Drama Queen!

Don't we look good!

2 Hours later

The kids were so sad! Hannah kept saying "I melted, I melted!"

We had a lot of fun and now I can feel good about making a snowman for this year.

New Moon, Friends, and Limo!

2009-11-22T20:40:00.000-08:00

BECOMING A SHE WOLF!

I like many enjoy getting out and having a great time. I tend to go a little over board with costume ideas and this is what I came up with to show some love for the wolfs, since New Moon is mostly about Jacob and Bella.
This really is a coyote hide that my brother in law let me borrow for the big night! A lot of people asked if it was real. LOL I am from Idaho and yes it was once alive. I loved that I could then say it was hanging in my sister's house. Thanks Chris for letting me borrow one of your trophies.

These are 3 of Rick's sisters 2 of which flew in to join in the fun!

I won a limo ride at one of our neighborhood get togethers this last summer! Lucky me but what was I going to do with a limo ride...and then it came to me that we should fill it up and and have a ladies night out. For sure I could fill it up friends that wanted to go see New Moon and that is exactly what I did. It was so much fun dressing up and having a great time with everyone!

ONE SWEET RIDE!
24 FRIENDS

FANGS OR FUR?

CRUSING IN OUR LIMO

Just chilling after a great show

I hope everyone had just as much fun as I did!
I am already looking forward to Eclipse!

Gingerbread House Festival

2009-11-14T19:43:00.000-08:00

The Family

Candyland the game

Get on your Hog

The Nightmare before Christmas

Day at the fair

Harry Potter

Take me out to the ball game

Sand castle

Fairytale Land

This last one took 1st place!

I was amazed to see such talent with food! We had a great time. This was a Boy Scouts fundraiser and all the houses were auctioned off. They also had folk dancing and cookie decorating and hot chocolate. We had a great time!

check out my new ride!

2009-11-14T19:08:00.000-08:00

Aston Martin Vanquish Baby!

Well... this really isn't my new car. Rick's business partner Kody is the proud owner of this James Bond car. He let us take it for a day before the weather turned ugly. I hate to say it but I drove it like a granny! I only got it up to 50 mph but I could totally feel the power this baby packs while shifting. It was a joy to drive!

Provo Halloween Half Marathon!

2009-11-01T18:44:00.000-08:00

I woke to the sound of the alarm going off at 4:50am Halloween morning. How I thought this was going to fun I don't know. We left for Provo canyon at 5:45am there was no turning back once I was in the car. Celest is the one who won me over to running this race. I thought it would be fun to run with a cape. I have great memories with my Big Brother Branden who is 6 years older than me entertaining me with the idea that once I turned around 3 times in a circle I would transform into Wonder Woman and kick his butt all over the place! I sometimes still threaten him with " Don't make me turn around!" Plus I figured I could use all the super powers I could get to finish my first half marathon. So Wonder Woman I was.

Shari's brother, Shari, Nicole, Celest, Celest's brother and me Wonder Woman

As mad as I was at Rick for NOT getting a picture of me crossing the finish line, I am glad he brought the kids out to cheer me on and give me big hugs once I finished!
It took me 2 Hours and 1 Minute to run 13.1 Miles
In my age from 30-34 I place 49th out of 113 women

These Hero shots are after the race I didn't feel like going home and fixing hair and redoing makeup so sorry and my belt is out of line o well this is what I look like after 13.1 Miles

All is well in Lehi

My SUPER Cheese Smile showing off my medal for finishing the race!

me showing off my Sweet Shirt!

Well, I did it! I have been training to run the St. George half marathon on January 23rd so I ran this one a little earlier than planed. I just couldn't resist not running in a costume especially with a cape! Silly I know but I am so glad I did it. I now know what to expect and how much more I can push my body the next time I race. I had a blast!

Halloween

2009-11-01T16:59:00.000-08:00

Lions and Tigers and Bears O MY!

Dorthy and Toto

Skittles and Hannah

It was really hard to get a good family picture!

I love Rick and Hannah in this picture

The Tin Man rusted up once it started raining on us

good thing Dorthy had the oil can

If Rick only had a brain

Gavin chopping down the tree

Our Haunted House

Ozzy

Nuge

Every year my Uncle Tom and Aunt Bobbie throw a HUGE costume party. It is a ton of fun to go and get dressed up and see everyone in their costumes! The next pictures of the party.

Tom and Bobbie
Brave Heart and Black Witch

Princess Leia and baby Chewie

Tiff and Aunt Annie
2 Little Red Riding Hoods

Glenda the good witch and Dorthy

The Wizard and Glenda and us

One Big Bad Wolf

Isa my neice as the Joker from Batman

Kosta as Strongman

Andy as the singer from the 80's band Flock of Seagulls

Keetch at his best with cute little Channing

Channing

Elvira mistress of the dark

The work out gurus Tosha and James

Princess Isis, Tin man, Alyssa

Me, Tiff, Sue, Tosha

me and my cat Ozzy/Alyssa
we were ferocious!

I couldn't keep my paws off Richard Simmons

Getting Witchy?

2009-10-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween time. It is one of the funnest times of year for me. I just love to dress up and have a good time! If you haven"t been to Gardner Village on Witches Night you should go! I had a blast getting my witch on. I have never seen so many witches in my life in one night. I would dare say there were at least 300 hundred witches walking around.

WARNING: there are a lot of pictures. I was on mission to get pics with the ugly witches and cool costumes. I am the green witch incase you can't tell:)

me and I don't know who

Me and my friend Sarah

me and pumpkin witch

me and someone who wanted a pic with me

my scariest pic of the night

me on the prowell

my friends the pretty witches

me and witch dude

me and catman

me and some cousins:)

me and "real cops" no joke

me casting a spell on Batman!

me with the lady vampires

me and the Blue Bride

me and Elvira, and no I am NOT copping a feel

half of our group, I'm use to not fitting in

Me with a real Owl! I love owls!

me and my friend

me and Spiderwoman

giving a fellow witch a shoulder ride

The pop belly witch

It was so much fun to act like a total dork witch and just let lose and have a great time! I have been thinking of naming my green witch personality, any suggestions?

Paragliding

2009-08-30T15:47:00.001-07:00

This all started with Jen's Husband getting her a certificate for her to get her own pilots license so she can paraglide solo. Well, that takes about a week and half 4 hours a day. It is hard enough to get an hour of free time a day with kids and life in general so she decided to just go tandem and maybe later she would do the whole pilot thing once she could find the time. Jen was telling Shellie and I one night while cleaning up after enrichment how excited she was to go and we both said we wanted to go too. So thanks Jen for letting me tag along! It was such a blast!

The Excited Threesome
Me, Jen, & Shellie

I was up first!
I am trying to figure out the timer on my camera...or was it nervs?

All set

getting hooked up

When the parachute first opens it pulls you back.
They tell you to just try to stay on your feet

Stable and even more nervous.
I guess I bite my tongue when I'm nervous..who knew?

Walking to the edge

We have lift off!
This was the most exhilarating part for me.
They tell you to run the last 6 steps and before you know it you are running in the air!

I was surprised at how peaceful and exciting it was at the same time!
I loved it!

This is a picture I took in the air of the friends and family

Me and Mike in the air
He seemed like a pretty cool guy

The super smooth landing, all I did was stand up!

Me telling everyone how AWESOME it was!Thanks Mike I had a great time and will do it again!
Now I know what it is like when I look out my window and see all the paragliders.

I totaly want to go again. Thanks to Shellie for making all the phone calls for us.
I'm toying with the idea of skydiving...anyone with me?

Hannah's Shiner

2009-08-27T18:02:00.000-07:00

The culprit...

a bar stool

She has been one tuff cookie!
She hasn't fussed about it once and has kept the bandage on!

It happened at my brother's house while we were at Depeche Mode.
I think they did a great job fixing her up. Hopefully the scare won't be to bad.
They say the cut is about an inch long.

Depeche Mode

2009-08-27T16:09:00.001-07:00

WE LOVE DEPECHE MODE!

The Band at the end of the show

US
So glad I have Somebody!
that is a song they sing for those of you who are not fans
Rick sang that to me at our wedding reception.

Start of the show

Martin Gore

Andrew Fletcher

Martin
(Rick's favorite)

Dave Gahan

Martin and Dave

We go to Depeche Mode whenever they come to town. Next time I hope we get to meet them and get a picture. They might be getting old but they still got it. They put on a great show! See you guys next time.

Boys Night Out!

2009-08-27T15:48:00.000-07:00

SWEET GRAVE DIGGER HAT!

MONSTER JAM!

We decided to surprise Gavin with some monster truck action. He loved it! He kept telling Rick "we need to do this again Dad!" Next time I think I'll go too so I can get some pictures of Grave Digger! Rick said he was so awesome that he just wanted to watch his jumps instead of trying to take pictures of his cool tricks. They both had a great time.

10 Years Already

2009-08-16T16:08:00.001-07:00

8-13-99
Friday the 13th

What have we done in 10 years?
We have moved 10 times, had 2 kids,
2 pet black widow spiders,and
2 black cats.

Time to celebrate!

air born floating in the air!

up up and away!

our group

the test balloon to check the wind

the basket of joy

Rick got to help inflate the balloon

We have lift off

some of the views

Rick

The shadow of the three hot air balloons
We are the highest in this picture.

My shadow waving on the left

Rick celebrating our return back to Earth!

Just us being happy we left the kids home.

Flying like a bird down the ZIP line!

This is the Alpine Coaster. Rick and I both liked it best!
This is also the ride that Rick lost his phone on.

Getting ready to race Rick down the Alpine Slide...
I won!

The lines were long so i tried to stay cool in the shade
not sure if this guy was aware of me or not.

Rick with a huge ball made out of recycled bottles

Us at the end of a long day of playing

Sorry I'm not so good at the blah, blah, blah-ing. The important thing is that we had a great time celebrating and we look forward to the next 10 years.

One of those days

2009-08-12T14:10:00.000-07:00

Any guesses on what this is?
Well, ya know how kids love to scoot on their bums down the stairs...
My sweet little Hannah surely left her mark today!
She hasn't figured out the potty and hates to wear a diaper. She took care of business and then took her diaper off. She was searching through the house caring her stinky diaper with her trying to find me. When she couldn't find me upstairs, she went looking downstairs. I was in the garage feeding the cats. When I came in I found her on the stairs. Potty training is the best birth control ever! I got the big chunks out first and then drug out the carpet cleaner. I am so glad I have that thing! It is great for cleaning but then someone (me) has to then clean the cleaner. I'm not sure if it saves me any time but it makes me feel like it gets the job done right. Funny thing is I just had my carpets cleaned last week.

bangs

2009-08-11T15:18:00.000-07:00

The Old me

The Scary me

The New me

What has Rick been up to?

2009-08-05T21:26:00.000-07:00

Rick has been a very busy bee lately! He now works from home! This is huge for us. I have been known to call myself a computer widow for quite some time now. Lets just say that Rick has worked his butt off for the last 10 years so he can be his own boss. Well, he has finally trained enough programmers and hired a manager to take his spot at the office. Not to worry, Rick is still an owner and still works for Send Out Cards. The only person he is in charge of is himself, which he loves! He loves being able to work when and where he wants. I love it too. It is soooo nice to have him home. The hard part is trying to work when the kids want to play. I find myself trying to get more done around the house cuz I don't want Rick to think I take it easy everyday. I can no longer say Rick gets home too late to cook dinner, time dust the cookbooks off. I'm actually excited to have family dinner everynight!

Even though Rick has been home more he has been pretty busy. Our old house which we now call the rental has taken a lot of his time. We added a bathroom and 2 rooms downstairs and added radient heating in the floor. Last on his list is to install a sprinkler system so the tennants don't keep killing the grass!

These pictures are from a hike Rick did with some of his buddies last weekend. I like to hike but not like these guys do. Rick said this hike was hard for him even. I'm a complainer too! Rick lets me do so many fun things with my friends so I figure hiking is great for the guy time fun. He always has a blast and yes I make him take pictures for proof;) Just kidding

ROBOT DAD FOR A DAY!

Well, maybe the hike was a bit too much for Rick. This is Robot Dad sporting his sweet heart monitor! Rick started having strange heart beats on Tuesday night and when he woke up on Wed morning they were more frequent and a bit more scarier to him so he drove himself down to instant care (I did offer to take him) and from there he got an ambulance ride to the ER! The hospital ran some tests and Rick will only be wearing the monitor for a day and then we will know more. Rick's heart is beating irregularly but the Doctor doesn't think it is anything life threating at this stage. We will know more in a few days. I give an update in about a month since that is about my average for blogging.

Love ya babe!

Girls just want to have fun!

2009-06-14T12:50:00.000-07:00

Me picking up my bestest friend from High School!
Allison had this excellent idea we should have a girls day in Park City. I could not agree more so here we are 3 months later doing it! I had a blast.

First stop was the Gateway in SLC. We ate somewhere sushie I can't even spell it that is how much I like it. But I was able to get chicken on a stick and it was super yummy! Allison LOVES to shop! I do too but I hate going with my kids. We shopped at the Gateway for about 4-5 hours! I have not done that since high school for school clothes and I was able to actually try stuff on!

We found the Batemobile on our way back to the car! We were both to chiken to sit on it and get a picture incase the alarm sounded.

After all that shopping and walking around we were soooo hungrey!
I made a heart with my food it was so good.

We have such BIG Smiles cuz we couldn't keep from laughing for a fake smile. I guess we were having too much fun!

The ski lift was ropped off and closed,
but that didn't stop us from taking some pictures

We hit the factory outlets the next day

heading back to the car after lunch
We were racing the clock on the way back to the airport
so Allison wouldn't miss her flight.

We had planned on doing the zipline, alpine slides, and the roller coaster but the rain wasn't agreeing with us so we decided we would do it next year! Yes that's right, we had so much fun that this is now an annualy event! Thank You Allison for such a great time. Till next year.

Thank You Rick for taking care of the kids so I could go. To finish the weekend off right, Rick and I went to the movies without the kids. What a great weekend. I do love my kids. It was just so nice to have some ME time.

Pirates and princess party!

2009-06-14T12:05:00.001-07:00

Rick's work put on an awesome party for all the employees kids. If it is one thing Send Out Cards knows how to do it is throw a party! All the kids had a blast. My kids were all smiles the whole time. Warning, there are tons of pictures.

Hannah made the cutest little fairy!

The party started off with lunch and a movie

What mean pirates!

The princesses played pin the bow on the princess
Gavin wanted to play too.

They went on a treasure hunt!

decorated cupcakes

sleeping beauty after we got home
sorry out of order

Hannah found the best seat in the house!

Thank You Send Out Cards for a great time!
A few days after the party, Gavin said it was the best birthday party ever! I asked him who's birthday it was and he said it was his. LOL he's birthday is in February! I told him it was just a party for all the kids to have fun. He then said Thanks mom your the best! I left it at that and said your welcome with a hug.

ARCHULETA FEVER BABY!

2009-03-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

Last year at the Idol show

Edward was really upset when he found out we were going to the show without him. He kept giving me dirty looks and even stole my shirt when I was in the shower.

Who knew Edward loves David so much and Twinkies?

Well, we didn't want Edward killing us in our sleep so he came along for the ride.

It was Sue's Birthday so we got her a ticket to come party with us Archuleta Style!

The Archuleta Fan Club

Grandma and the so excited girls

Fan Club again

Me and some HOT Dude I picked up at the show

The Ladies

Tiffy and Me

Sue and me

Even though Edward had to sit in the car (he really was in the car) this lady was representing for him. I thought it was funny she was sitting right in front of us and yes we took the picture without her knowing.

There he is. He is such a cutie. His voice was so good for the whole show and my favorite song he sang was Zero Gravity so sad it's not on the CD.

A TRUE FAN

The girls were so much fun to have along.

So cute in front of David's limo!

Rick is always the life of my party. One things for sure, he knows how to shake it!

Brianna was a dancing machine too.
She's got some moves!

The Ladies

Chanting and waving!
We had a great time!

My Twilight

2009-03-26T20:59:00.001-07:00

I love this picture of Rick and the kids!

My shirt that DAZZLED!

My RICKWARD that dazzles me:)

Twilight anyone?
The scene was set, we had the soundtrack of the movie
playing on the porch when people arrived.

Tiff and I trying to cozy up to Edward.

He only has eyes for Bella...
so glad I didn't invite her.

Me, Jennie, & Suzie

Suzie is not only famous for getting Edward to drink Sprite, but she also just had a baby 3 weeks ago in her bathroom! Her and her Husband delivered the baby safe and sound before the Ambulance got there!

Jennie ain't to proud to beg!

Tiff sporting her Keetchward shirt.

Sarah and Jennie showing some Twilight flare!

Paula and Sarah chilling at the snack bar and
showing off their sweet shirts!
Paula's says "Move over Cullens"
Sarah's says "I love men who Sparkle"

Shellie, Jen, & Celest (Alice Cullen):)
Some of the Night Owls!
There was about 10 of us who stayed after the movie was over
to check out the bonus features and watch the kissing scene
about 4 more times thanks to me;)

We had a grand total of 25 Twilight Loving Ladies! Our cameras couldn't get us all in one shot, we should have squeezed in for at least one shot. o well. We had a great time planning the Twilight Party! The best for me was just getting out of the house and hanging out with friends. Thank You to all who came, and for those that made shirts! I loved all the shirts. We had two prizes that we gave away. One was for the best shirt made and Celest won that with a shirt that said "When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire." She was dressed up like Alice (she looks like Alice in real life) and had glitter all over her. She won $25 AE card. And just for coming to the party you qualified for your own copy of Twilight the movie and Paula won that. I hope everyone had just as much fun as I did!

Be Safe,

your fellow fanpire.

P.S. Thank You Sarah for dropping Twilight off to me and threating to hurt me if I did not read it:)

Why do I like Twilight? Why not.

A busy week

2009-02-19T16:15:00.001-08:00

Last week was a busy week for us. I am just now making the time to update. Of course we had Love Day! I decided to take Valentines Day into my own hands this year. I got Rick and I a room at the The Grand America here in Salt Lake. We got a couples message, ordered room service every meal, and some other stuff:) Thank You to The Keetch's for watching our kids. We had a great time!

Hope everybody else had a great Love Day too.

Will You be my Valentine?

Feb 12th was Gavin's 4th Birthday and he got spoiled!

My sister-in-law was able to get us a sweet deal.

Gavin was so shocked! I loved it. He just looked and walked around the Gator for a full minute before he jumped in. He loves it! He is still driving it every day.

Taking the first spin around the block.

Gavin's Birthday Party!
We had a Pirate Party, Gavin had a blast with all his friends.

All the kids were playing downstairs and we caught Hannah eating the leftovers!

On Feb. 11th Rick took some time out for himself and got Lasik surgery!

A cookie before surgery

Rick's eye is up on the TV screen and he is lying down on the machine that cuts the flap that they pull back and then use the lasers to correct the vision.

Rick is now loving his new eyes! It has taken him about a week for his eyes to not drive him crazy. He said they just felt so dry all the time. The worst part about it is he has to wear these sweet goggles to sleep in so he doesn't rub his eyes. I don't mind the goggles, it is the snoring like a monster that is the hardest part. The goggles hurt Rick when he sleeps on his side so he refuses to roll over. I already sleep with ear plugs in. I'm up for any suggestions for blocking out the Snore Monster.

I'll get a picture of the new and improved Slick Rick on the next update. I will say, I been married to Rick for almost 10 years now and I am just now noticing how pretty his eyes are. They are a real pretty golden brown...he is a well fed vampire:)

My top 5

2009-01-29T15:34:00.000-08:00

1. Love from my family
2. Diet Mountain Dew! Even though it is diet, it is still not good for me.
3.Going Out. Being a stay at home Mom is what I've always wanted but I do love to get out of the house and have some grown up fun! Not sure if I do this enough but I do crave it.
4. Ellen, I love her show! I have it recorded so I can watch it once my kids go to bed.
5. Spin, Mrs. Keetch got me started a year ago. It is a love hate relationship! I love it so much I get up at 5:00 am 4 days a week. The worst part is getting out of bed, well that and sweating up a storm on the bike for an hour, sometimes we do an hour and a half! I love getting off having just burned 500 cals!

I tag Tiff, Tara, Sherami, and Norma's Corner

1-800-KEETCHY

2009-01-23T15:27:00.001-08:00

Super Keetch came to my rescue today! I was way stuck on a back road. I took the back road thinking is would save some time and it seemed shorter. Well my best description of what I was stuck in is a small river with snow and a lot of slush. I'm from Idaho and I should know better. Lucky for me it is right behind where we live. Keetch is always willing to help. He was so nice he didn't even make me get out the car. He did all the shoveling and did the driving to get us back on the road. Surprisingly he didn't even give me too much crap about my sweet driving. Who needs road side asistance when Super Keetch is near? I rewarded him with an oreo shake and Iceburg fries, not to mention a great time off roading. When in fear Super Keetch is near!
1-800-KEETCHY

Hannah Bannah is Foefanna!

2009-01-10T18:07:00.000-08:00

Day after surgery

Hannah got a BIG SURPRISE from our Hernandez friends!

I think she liked it?????

withing 5 seconds of the arrival

still going...3 hours later

I told Hannah it was time for nigh night and she ran over to her bear and insisted she come too. Hannah has never slept with or wanted to sleep with anything before. Too Cute! A BIG shout to Al and Vic and the boys for making Hannah's Day! The balloons had her and Gavin both going all day. You guys ROCK!

As you can tell Hannah is as good as ever!

Hannah's Big Day

2009-01-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

Hannah had to get ear tubes put in. She has had ear problems for the past 4 to 5 months. She has been one tough cookie through it all. I didn't even know she had ear discomfort! I brought her in for a well check up and here we are today. I was more nervous about her getting put under than the operating procedure itself. You always hope they do not have a reaction to anything and that they come back just as they were. The procedure was super fast, less than 15 minutes. We were only waiting for about 30 minutes before we could see her again. I am so glad it is over and she is doing great! She is as spunky as ever and back to her normal self. We sure love our Hannah Banana!

getting measured

weighed

being so cute in her operating clothes

just before surgery

after surgery ready to go home

a well deserved nap

choo! choo!

2008-12-17T21:44:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I didn't know how to rotate the video. The train only lasted one night. The kids were beating the heck out of it and turned on it was sooooo loud! Maybe we"ll try again next year.

Elfing it up!

2008-12-17T19:07:00.000-08:00

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree!

2008-12-16T21:50:00.000-08:00

Ozzy and Nuge just chillin/hiding from the kids

Love Hate Relationship

2008-12-16T21:40:00.000-08:00

As you can tell, Hannah loves Santa this year! Last year she didn't seem to mind sitting on his lap. Maybe next year she will love him. As for Gavin, he was super excited to see Santa! Once he got on his lap he was suddenly very shy. Kids are so fun.

I'm hooked

2008-12-11T23:11:00.000-08:00

My obsession with Twilight has begun! Sarah far right dropped me off her copy the other day. I read 8 pages the first day, compleated the fist chapter the second day, and finished the book on the third day! Did I mention I'm not a reader. So we normally have this ball exercise class on Thursday night instead we went to see Twilight! I HAD to see it since I read the book. Going to the movie was way better than working out. Thanks for going with me guys. I liked it but I was so glad I read the book first, it was way better than the movie. I just can't get enough. I told Rick he needs to start acting more like a vampire:) he laughed. Well, then maybe just smell like one. "you mean like stale blood?" he said . I'll try to see what I can find at Cabella's. They've got to have something similar in there with all those dead animals!

Still a rebel at 30!

2008-12-07T17:59:00.000-08:00

It seems as though the inner me is always trying to rebel from what seems like the cool thing to do. Perhaps it's because I'm not cool. The latest questions I get are, "Do you have a blog?" and "What do you think about Twilight." I am clueless about both. So here is my attempt at being cool.

I just turned 30! I went out to eat at the Olive Garden with my some of my family. Tosha (my sis-in law) was sure to tell the waitress it was my Birthday. The waitress asked me if I wanted her to sing me the Olive Garden Birthday song. I politely said no thanks. Next came the waters for everyone and sure enough this is what happened. Happy Birthday to me.

I thought it was hilarious! I'll definitely remember this one. On the plus side, I didn't just get free desert, I got my whole meal free. Glad I ordered Alfredo sauce:) They can spill water on me anytime! Forever a fan of the Garden.