Winter stuff

So crazy days at the Harrison household! Brandon is in Mexico enjoying the beaches and sunshine, without me AGAIN! I think I'm getting the crappy end of the bargain!
And the big news... I GOT A JOB!!! YIPPEE!!!!! I'm working as a barista at a little coffee shack in town and I LOVE IT! I'm loving that I mostly work super early mornings so I get the afternoons with my boys. I'm loving the girls I work with. I'm loving the tips. I'm loving the customers. (aside from a couple odd-balls!) And I love meeting new people who I hope will become regulars! :)
In sad news, poor Davin tangled with tree yesterday... and lost! We were out at a friends house and the kiddo's were all out sledding. Apparently Davin's sled went one way and he went the other... right into a tree! He had 9 stitches right under his right eye and broke his pinkie.
So I guess the reality is our crazy life is just the normal!For those of you interested, my brother will baptize Davin on March 7th and any and all are welcome! We'd love to see you on Davin's special day!

A few pic's over the last month or so.

Poor Davin 24 hours after the crash, he can hardly open his eye!

Just a couple hours after the fact.

Me and the boys at temple square

Our Crew that night

Brandon and Bridger at this nummy little Mexican dive in town

Dessert!

Fall

Ok so these are a bit late, but I figure better late than never! Right? The boys and I went to UT last week for a too short visit and the picture of Bridger is from the Children's Museum at the Gateway.... which we all LOVED!

A little time with the cousins in UT


Bridger the day AFTER Halloween! (Sidenote: As of today the Halloween candy is officially gone! Yipee!!!)

All my boys on Halloween

Davin: Ninja, Bridger: Cowboy, Chase: "Cereal" killer

P.s. Can you find Brandon? :)

House pictures!

So I'm finally posting pictures of the house! There are a few rooms I didn't take pictures of because there's still a lot of work to be done!

Home sweet home!

Entry

Powder bath

Kitchen

Dining, we can seat 20... when we get some more chairs!

Stairs to 2nd floor

Bar

Living room

Balcony view

Bridger's room, he still needs a row boat bed

Guest bath vanity. I didn't add any pic's of this guest room because I still need to do a lot of things in there.

The boys room, I still need to do some decorative painting in here.

The view from the boys sleeping loft across the bridge that goes to their "playhouse"

My salon area!!

Master bedroom

Master view 2

Master bath

Master bath vanity

3rd floor bath vanity

3rd floor TV room

Guest room #2 /my office :)

My boys rock!

YAY!!! Soccer season is ALMOST over! It's been a great season with lot's of amazing moments and we're SO proud of them!!! Here are just a couple quick pictures of my boys at work!

Chase

Davin
Brandon has decided to hunt this year and is planning to take down Elk. He's been putting out grain on ours & Kelly acreage to watch and learn thier patterns. Anyway, the picture below is Brandon "trying" thier grain. His comment? "Mmmm, this is would be great with yogurt!"

Alright so I don't have a ton to say today, just a quick update. Soccer season is in full swing so we are running like CRAZY people to and from practices and games. I love soccer season... but I can't wait until it's over! Brandon is super busy right now, thank goodness. With the economy so up in the air right now a lot of builders aren't making ends meet and we know that we are the lucky ones for now. I am busy working on projects at the house including trying to get my salon up and running. I have decided to try and drum up some business and am actively pursuing clients right now. I'm also painting dressers, beds, picture frames, and taking photographs to turn into art work... thus the reason there are still no pictures. I really want to show it to you all when it's truly finished!
The pictures below are from this past weekend. My friend Kailee and a bunch of girlfriends from Seattle went to Walla Walla WA. For those of you that don't know (and I didn't) Walla Walla is BIG wine country, and while I'm not a wine drinker the wineries are beautiful. (Doesn't hurt that it was an all girls weekend!) So I went along for the ride. Anyway here are just a couple shots I took while I was there.

The grapes are on right now

A glass of red (I don't know what kind) on a wine barrel with the

vineyards in the background

Our group from left:

Nikki, Thea, Charmaine, Brooke, Carrie, Kailee & me

So still no pictures of the house. All in good time! I have to finish a couple projects before I do and I'm hoping to get them this week. However the knee I re injured during the move caused what's called a Baker's cyst in my calf and it's day to day how well I'm getting around. :(

I will tell you what's going on with my boys! Chase is hating club soccer (mostly hates his coach) so we are probably going to pull him out. He had a coach in a neighboring city Park & Rec that we loved who is now coaching an age division he can play in again so we're trying to get him on that team. We'll see how it goes. Davin is actually playing for that some coach with a younger division. They are both loving school and I love them BEING in school! Every year I can't wait for them to be done for the summer and every year I can't wait for them to go back!

These pictures are a few weeks old but I love 'em ! We took the 4 wheelers on a ride up to an area nearby with an old fire watch tower.

Me and my big boys at the top of the tower

Bridger in his seat ready to ride some more!

If you blow this picture up you'll see Brandon almost

to the top of the tower

A picture of Brandon and I

.

Yipee!

I know i just updated last night and I haven't updated twice in this short a time period in A LONG time, but I have something to share. Most of you won't care and I won't know the difference if you read this post or not, so feel free to overlook it!:) As of this morning I have officially lost 20lbs.! Most of you know Brandon and I started losing weight back in December in preparation for the cruise we went on. Well it felt pretty good so we just kept it up. And while 20lbs. (and 3 pant sizes) sounds pretty good, it's nothing compared to Brandon's 48lbs. and 5 pant sizes. Yes... you read that right, almost 50lbs.! Why is it so much easier for guys?!

I'm Back!

Alright so it's been awhile again and just wait until you here all we've been up to! First off, we FINALLY moved into our new house! YIPPEE!!! I still can't believe just how much STUFF we have! I can't figure out how we've accumulated so much. Anyway we're in and for the most part unpacked. Give me a week and hopefully I can post some pictures of it. In the midst of the move I re injured my knee.... AGAIN! unfortunately I haven't had time to rest it so it's been pretty bed this last few weeks. I know I've said before that i need to get it scoped but I think there's no way around it this time. :(
We also took a VERY quick trip to Seattle a couple weeks ago. Most of you probably don't know this but I'm a HUGE Seahawks fan! I love them and during regular season watch all their games no matter what I have to miss to do so... I wouldn't recommend testing me on that! Anyway, our lumber salesman has season tickets through the company and gave us some for a preseason game against the Chicago Bears. So we headed over for that. FYI the game ROCKED and the Hawks won... in overtime. It was a very exciting game.
Also last weekend was the Jack Johnson concert Brandon got me tickets for, for my birthday. Unfortunately Brandon's work schedule changed last minute and he couldn't go. :( He still really wanted me to go so a friend went with me. He is such an amazing artist and if you ever the chance to catch him live I highly recommend it!
And in the midst of all this Chase had a soccer tournament and we have soccer practices 3 days a week and the tutor twice a week. Ugh! I'm so glad the move is over and we can get back into a regular schedule! The boys start school next week which will make it that much easier.
I'll try to post new pictures early next week!

Can you find the Bridger in this picture?

B & I at the game

I don't have to time to think of a creative title!

Alright so I've been MIA for a month now and SO much has been going on! I went to girls camp in the end of July which was SO fun! I love girls camp and hope I get to go with my new ward next summer! Chase started soccer and isn't sure he's liking his new team yet. However we told him that he agreed to play with this team for at least one season and so he needs to follow through with that commitment. We spent almost a week in Cali which was amazing! We all came home so tan from spending days and days just lying the beach! We also did Disneyland one day while we were there, and just FYI it is STILL the most magical place on earth! We got home from Cali and got to work. Our house will be done Friday or Saturday so we are planning to move in Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on when we get a CO(certificate of occupancy). So we've been running like crazy trying to get everything finished up and get packed. I know everybody hates packing and I am definitely NOT the exception! I think maybe if I felt ok about just shoving everything in a box it would fine. But I feel like I should sort through and reorganize everything before it's packed. Anyway I'm hoping to get most of the rest of it done today other than what's left in the kitchen and clothes. (We still need those!) In other news, I got a new car! Hooray!!! We bought a 4 door Jeep Wrangler which we've been eyeing since they came out! It's silver and it's SO MUCH FUN! Not so much practical, but who wants to be practical?! Not me!

Chase & Davin in the waves

Bridger and the sand bucket
Brandon is laughing because he just threw a frisbee at me and I'm

taking a picture instead of catching it!
Us on the beach right after a swim
The only family pic our whole vacation!

Note to those of you in CA

Ok, so we aren't going to be there the 20th for the picnic at Aunt Kathy's. I'm the Asst. Girls Camp Director and I have camp all next week. However we will be there the 30th-4th. We are planning on going to San Clemente with those of you going, but we aren't camping. It's just to hard to fly & camp! :) I know we will do Disneyland at least 1 day as well (we would love to have anyone join us who can), and maybe TJ for old times sake! Let us know who will be where and we can't wait to see you all!

Bad Mommy!

Is it just me or does summer make us all bad Moms? I've been checking out everyones blog today and we're all talking about the "bad Mommy" things we've been doing. In our case, I don't think my kids have been to bed before 10:30 in 3 weeks, we've had ice cream for dinner twice in the last week, and usually something super healthy like.... hot dogs(!) when we do eat dinner! Not to mention the lack of nap time for Bridger because we are to busy playing to stop and stay home for 3 consecutive hours in the middle of the day! Is it just the sunshine that makes us not care? I don't know what it is but we are all starting to get pretty tired!

Excuses, excuses

Alright so I know i've been MIA for awhile now, but it really is just because we've been SO super busy!!! Brandons little sister Karah and her family came to town followed by my sister Michelle and her family and then Kailee and her dog Monty. Then there was the 4th, a camping trip and all the usual summer stuff like trips to the lake, soccer camps and swimming lessons. Not to mention scouts, tutoring and soccer. (Chase made the select team he was trying out for) I also reinjured my knee and have been pretty doped up the last few days. I'm probably going to just have to suck it up and get the stupid surgery. :(

For those of you interested, the house will be done in about a month. They measured for carpet yesterday and the finishing touches are making there way in. It is looking so good and we are very pleased with how it's coming together. I will post interior pic's when it's done. Maybe even a video tour or something!

Here is a small sampling of the 100's of pictures I've taken over the last few weeks!

Chase, Lexi, Matt, Corbin, Davin, Kate & Addie letting off fireworks
My kids, the Dittmar kids and the Facer kids (and Isabelle's friend Jasmine)
Chase & Davin tubing behind Facer's new boat

Davin & Matt with the fireworks
Chase witha sparkler
Bridger didn't like the fireworks!

Bridger and Chase in the Kyak while camping
Bridger and his friend Amya camping
Chase's B-day
Kailee & I
Brandon, Kailee & I out to dinner

This is Davin and Brandon Wakeboarding last night