Saturday, February 28, 2009

Our "New" Durango


Well, we have been having some problems with our mini van lately. The other day while in Layton, our main belt broke. Which is a bad problem. It makes it so that the water pump doesn't work and the steering is way hard. So you can only drive a few feet before it starts to get too hot and may over heat. So we inched our way to a parts store and got a new belt which John put on in the parking lot after a lot of struggle. Only to have that belt broken by the next day!! Well come to find out, there's a bracket back in there that keeps the pulley thing aligned correctly and it was out of whack. So it was shredding the belts. It's going to be a painful job, involving a lot of taking apart of things. So we decided to go car shopping, and then John can fix the van later than sooner. We looked at quite a few mini vans, but they were all too pricey to get any decent upgrades and low - ish miles. So we ended up test driving a durango and really liking it and the price, which was nearly half of what they wanted for a nice mini van. It's kind of funny that our neighbors down the street just got a new suburban and were selling their Durango. I spoke to my friend/neighbor and we looked at thiers and loved it. Her husband is the kind of guy that keeps their vehicles in very nice condition. So it seems almost new to us, even though it is a 2003. It also has fairly low miles for it's age.. about 63,000. So we are quite happy about it. It is smaller than a mini van inside, but the kids will survive it. It still seats seven though and that's what counts.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Mmmmm homemade bread

Well for a couple of months now, we have been enjoying homemade bread. John decided that we needed to learn to make our own bread. He also had a pet peeve of the bread store people grabbing the bread in the middle and squeezing as they threw it in the bag. Anyway, since we got a wheat grinder for Christmas (thanks Mom and Dad) we have been making half white flour and half freshly ground wheat flour homemade bread. It is delicious! John is the chief bread maker here. He makes and kneads the dough and then I shape it, let it rise and bake it. It works out wonderfully. It's always so delicious right after it comes out of the oven... yummy!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Lindzi spells trouble with a capital T



Lindzi has recently discovered the fireplace. She hasn't really taken an interest in it before. She is very quick and will have her hands black in a split second. We don't ever use it, but of course it is very black and sooty in there. It is very intriguing to her much to my frustration.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Kassidy loses her 2nd tooth


Yay her second tooth is gone! Thank goodness because her permanent teeth were already starting to grow. They were coming up behind her baby teeth. I called the dentist to see if they needed to be pulled, but they said that it would be fine to have them come out on their own. And now they have!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Jaylon visits





Debbie's son Jaylon (11) came for a visit on February 16th. Jaylon's dad lives here in Ogden so that's what brought him here. We all had a lot of fun. The kids played games and then we had pizza for lunch. Afterwards Grandpa and Grandma Shaw took the kids sledding. Lindzi was napping so I stayed home. Soon after Brenda and Jonas came over to hang out and say hi to Jaylon. Jaylon is sure growing up, he is a great kid! Enjoy the slide show of the sledding below!


Friday, February 20, 2009

Kassidy 1st lost tooth


Kassidy has lost her first tooth! Her second is almost out as well, which is why her tooth looks crooked. She is looking forward to the tooth fairy!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Kassidy-isms

Well Kassidy is at an age where she says a lot of funny/cute things. Most of the time i forget about them, but today she said two funny things so I thought I'd share. This morning as i was fixing her hair, she looked at herself in the mirror and said "I look hot!" I just laughed at that. Then she asked me if I knew what that means. And I said "yes I do, but what do you think it means?" She said, "It means that you are beautiful." It made me smile.

Then this afternoon as I was editing photos and trying to take the red eye out of the pictures. I made the comment that everyone except cousin Jaylon had red eye. I said that people with dark eyes seemed to get less red eye than others. Kassidy asked me why that was so and I said, "I don't know why." Then she said, "Mom, you should know everything BY NOW!" I guess by my elderly age of 34, I should know EVERYTHING. Ah well I'll just enjoy her thinking that for now, because soon, I'm sure, she won't think I know ANYTHING. :)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentines Day!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Rock a Hula Baby!


Desiree' and her three friends, Isabelle, Hannah and Lexis, participated in their schools 50's themed lip sync. They all did a great job!! They have been practicing for a few weeks now. Desiree' is the one furthest to the right. (the smallest one.. shocking, i know). They had a great time.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Lindzi's temper









Lindzi is 14 months old now... She is becoming very independant. She knows what she wants and doesn't let anyone stand in her way - so watch out! She has a temper! She screeches more than I'd like to hear! She also wants to feed herself now so she makes 10 times the mess than if i were feeding her. Oh well I don't mind the mess as much as the screeching. She likes everything that has buttons on it like the phone. She's already called the police once, so now she can't have the phone at all. She likes the computer, but she can pull keys off, so that's a no-go now. She likes to push the buttons on the alarm and she likes to turn light switches on and off. She also loves my van keys and she's discovered that if you push the panic button, the van will start honking. She loves to do that. She pretty much loves everything that she shouldn't have!! It's a little frustrating to say the least. She has also decided that she likes the dog treats and she doesn't want to share with the dog!! She also likes spaghetti, pudding and fruit snacks. Hopefully she'll out grow some of it very soon. Her terrible two's may be cruel and unusual punishment... we'll see. It's a good thing she's cute. Check out the video clip of her in action-- and boy is she mad!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Chris is in the Airforce... almost



Chris has signed up to join the Air Force. I can't believe he's practically grown!! He'll graduate this May and then on June 9th he will head out for Texas for training. The training lasts 8 weeks. Yesterday he went to Salt Lake with the recruiter to take his ASVAB test and physical. He did really well on his ASVAB. He scored an 85... not percent, but a score of 85 which apparently is a very good score. He wants to go into special forces. He needs to pass certain physical requirements first. So we'll see how it goes. We are very proud of him even though it makes me nervous. I know he'll do great!

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Kassidy


I have discovered that Kassidy really enjoys building puzzles. She put together one the other day with 100 pieces. That's pretty good for a five year old. At least I think so :) Anyway, she'll just pull one out of the cupboard and start putting it together and next thing I know, she's about got it done. Good job Kassidy!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Fun with the Gate

For some reason Lindzi likes to bite the gate. She thinks it's great fun. She'll hook her two bottom teeth on the wire and then pull them off. It's an interesting obsession she has.

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Here Kassidy is joining in the fun to see what she's missing out on!! Or just humoring her little sis.