Snow Day Mystery

Thursday when the wind was blowing and the snow was drifting, I decided to get up early to work on a paper that was due that day. So it was really me deciding to get up early, I was kind of forced to get out of bed at 5:30 to finish it. Ne ways... I got up and I could hear the wind howling so I, being in the need of a distraction, went and looked out the window. The snow was drifted into our sidewalk and our side of the street. I was totally bumped! Our wreath was knocking around something horrible so I opened the door and took it off the hook. I then closed the door and relocked it. I then forced myself to go downstairs to work on my paper. After about 10 minutes, I heard the front door close! Talk about spooked! I hadn't heard the door open or anyone walk in or walk down the stairs from our room to close it. So I did want anyone would do... called for Anthony! I know realize that if anyone had been in the house that this would have been a very stupid thing to do. Ne ways....He(Anth)groggily answered. I asked him," Was that you?" He replied no but that he thought it was me. I was completely scared now! I met Anth in the living room where he preceded to look out the window. There we could see tracks leaving our house, not coming up, and one lone car tread in the snow. Now the car tread looked like a car just appeared. There were no tracks leading up to it or pulling away. It looked like a car had been sitting there, but I know that one hadn't because I didn't see one earlier in my distraction. We were completely baffled! We figured that I must not have closed the door tight enough when I opened to take down the wreath and then the door must have swung open and then someone out of the kindness of their hearts, stopped, or appeared, and closed our door. We still don't know who it was or what exactly happened. Thank you to whoever it was!

****Did I mention that I went and did some Family History work the day before in the temple? Anth teases that it was my ancestors looking out for us. Maybe it was!****

Graduation Annoucement

For those of you whose email I don't have, heres an annoucement! We are so excited to be graduating! I only have six more class periods left! (I only go on Tues/Thurs) We are sad to leave BYU-I but are so ready!

Bunny Money Egg Hunt!

So it become a tradition to every year have a egg hunt in which my Dad and DeRay (my second dad) hid plastic eggs that contain money all over the yard. Its called the Bunny Money hunt! It is great. My dads hid them so well that it takes up almost an hour to find them all. There is usually always one golden egg that has a high bill in it(like a twenty or something) and then small bills and finally pocket change mixed with candy. Its in the rules that we can't look in our eggs until we have found them all. Everyone is allowed a certain amount. Its a lot of fun and without doubt, every year, there is at least one egg that stays hiding! The hunt was started to after Megan (DeRay's daughter and my best friend growing up) and I got married. Our parents decided that they needed to help us out and this was an easy way. It kind of back fired when all our younger brothers got the big finds. Oh, well! Its so much fun and nobody really cares about the amount of money that they make! The boys also got to do a egg hunt. When Peter would find an egg, he would insist upon opening it up and seeing what was inside. In one, he found a dollar and he was so excited! He runs up screaming to us..."I found a thousand dollar. I found a thousand dollar," and promptly put it in his pocket! It was so cute and funny! This is Anthony finding an egg that had been hidden in the dead flowers that are up by the top of my parents driveway! The Dads got very sneaky this year and hidden alot of the eggs in things like dead plants, the snow, and the trees.
This is the Dads (my Dad John in the brown and my second dad, DeRay in the stripes) keeping track of where we hid the eggs. They mapped out where they hid them and then had us report when we found one so they could mark it off. They love this almost as much as we do!
This is James and Glen looking for some eggs. The Dads were giving out clues to help us find the last few eggs. They said to look by the burn pile but it was really about 10 feet from them in the grass. Notice that James is moving a tree and Glen is kicking through the burn heap to find the eggs. They were getting a little desperate!
This is Glen after he had found some of his eggs. Poor guy, he ended up being the one that was short one egg because it got lost.
Last of all, this is Chad after he found an egg in the bird feeder! His face says it all!

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures from our Easter adventures. We got the boys some new clothes and I couldn't believe how big and old they looked! I wanted to cry when I saw Peter! I thought to myself this can not be my little boy. He is so big! If you can't tell I'm having issues with my boys growing up on me. We gave the boys a little bit of candy forgetting that they were going to get tons for the egg hunt later! Let's just say that I'm pretty sure that they didn't get all the main food groups today! Overall, it was a fun day and we really enjoy being with family and relaxing from the stress of school and work!

Peter's Birthday

Peter's birthday was on Friday! My little baby is all grown up and tried three on me. It really boggles my mind to think of him being that old. We had a great day and celebrated by going to McDonalds for dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Tietjen and then coming home and watching Bob the Builder! Peter's absolute favorite! My parents came up and saw him on Thursday because my dad had to work this weekend. Peter loved their presents and the time he gets to spend with both sets of his grandparents. Sunday, today, we went to Firth for Easter as well for another birthday party for Peter. This kid is all birthday out now. My mom made him a bunny cake and we sang and had some ice cream. It was a lot of fun!

Peter is such a special kid. He is very sensitive to others and hates to see people fighting or being mean. He loves his little brother Andrew is also taking care of him and usually sets a pretty good example for him.

James' Birthday!

So my brother's birthday was last week ( I think...my days and week are seeming to run together. All I really know is that I have less then three weeks left of school!) and we celebrated by having my family come up here and have a party! It was extra special because we got to go do baptisms at the Rexburg temple for some family names! That was a totally awesome experience! I can totally understand the feeling of Elijah now and I feel so connected to my ancestors and really feel that some of them excepted the work that we did for them.

I was also excited to see my family and to celebrate a my brother's birthday. Eventhough we tease each other horribly, we really do love each other and I so thankful for his support and willingness to be there whenever I need him.

Spring has arrived!

I have FLOWERS! I am so excited! I looked outside the other day and there was these little green things popping out of the ground! I was pumped! I had been worried that all the flowers that the previous owner had planted were late bloomers and so I was so excited when little thigns began popping out of the ground! I was also excited because that means that spring has finally arrived! This last week most of the snow in our front yard has melted and some parts of our backyard. But in the back there are places that still have about 2-3 feet of snow! Its absolutely crazy! Ne ways... its so exciting to finally winter die and spring being reborn!

TAGGED!

Okay, so I was tagged twice to do this so I guess I better do it. The rules are as follows:
Here are the rules.....
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog
5. Tag 5 people

The nearest book that I had handy was George Washington and Religion. I am not a deep reader usually, but I have to read this for a class and it was sitting there. The sentence reads as follows:

"Differences of opinion, Jefferson always insisted, "like difference of face, are a law of nature, and should be viewed with the same tolerance."

It really is a very intersting book and has given me a new perspective about George Washington and has helped me to realize that he, like me, is human! Isn't it amazing when you realize that your heros or idols are human and have faults just like you?!

Ne ways... I tag...Gina, Rachel, Amy, Ashley, and Kendy.

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STUCK!!!

I just had the most embarrassing thing happen to me this morning! It was one of those things that would happen to me and no one else! I thought that I would be a good wife and take Anthony to work this morning because his car was already there. Ne ways... after we drop him off I thought I could pull around behind the first aisle of cars. The thin layer of ice over the whole gravel parking lot should have been my first clue! But I went ahead and about 100 feet into the lot, I sunk up to my hub cabs in water!!! I was completely stuck! I couldn't go back or forward! I called Anthony with our cell phone and he came and stated the obvious, "You're stuck and not going anywhere!" Someone in a truck came into work and pulled us out! I was completely embarrassed! It was like the classic woman driver getting stuck scenario! Oh well! I'm sure that will laugh about it later! It was just so embarrassing!

Its OURS! All OURS!!!!

On the 20th of February, we signed the papers for our house! I can't tell you what it felt like it! It was awesome! You feel like you are signing away your life but you don't care! Kind of like labor when you have to sign for the epidural! We are so excited! We got the keys on Thursday and had our first official dinner that night. It was Article Circle burgers but hey... it was great! Andrew spilled water and Peter dumped fry sauce...luckily only on a the blanket! Saturday we moved! That was insane! I never, never, never, and I will repeat, NEVER want to move again. It was horrible and kind of ruined the whole experience for me. We almost packed everything Friday day and night and then moved everything Saturday and cleaned and checked out of our apartment that day as well. We then began the process of unpacking! That has taken forever and I think that it might just be July before we are done. But overall, we are happy and excited to be in our home! Peter and Andrew love all the extra room to play and its been really nice to be able to see the sun and the outdoors. I kind of missed that in our basement apartment! Now that I am semi-unpacked, I really like our house! I enjoy all the room and the realization that its ours, all ours!

We were also sad to leave our old ward, the BYU-I 76th! We love that ward and will miss everyone! It will seem really weird to go to a different ward after being in the 76th for so long. Fare thee well and keep in touch!

Back from the Dead!

And we are back! Sorry about the delay in posting for those you check our blog! School, kids, and other activities have kept us pretty busy these last two weeks. Valentine's Day was awesome! Anthony and I had dinner at the Railroad Inn (aka Anthony's parents home.) All the girls got together before the dinner and primped and curled and chatted. It was a lot of fun to be with just all the girls. We then had a yummy dinner by candlelight and then played a version of Family Freud that I found on Ideadoor. com. (I love that website!) My brother, James, came up from Firth, which we really appreciated! It was really fun to get out and to be together with Anth's family!

The Second Adventure began Saturday morning. While Anthony was at work trying to catch up on hours, I, absentmindedly, step on the side of our garbage sack that was sitting on the floor. So what? you may say? Well, by stepping on the side of the bag I stepped on a chicken can lid and slice my toe wide open. At first I thought I had just stumped it or something. It didn't really hurt. But then I looked down and saw that it was bleeding. I still didn't think that it was that bad, until I finally sat down on the floor and looked at it. It was bleeding all over the place and I could tell that it was pretty bad. I called Anthony and he said that he would come home in a little bit and then we would decide if I need stitches! I called my friend, Sinead, and she came over and administered first aid since I couldn't really do it and I didn't have the stuff and I was desperately trying to stay calm for my two dumbfounded little boys, who were trying to understand what was going on. Anyways... Anth finally came and we decided to run to Community Care and see about some stitches. Sinead watched the boys and we were off. After waiting for about 30 minutes, it was determined that I could just be glued together, but I still had to get a tetanus shot! That hurt worst then everything! Ne ways... so I now will have a scar on the my second toe on my left foot! It has healed nicely and all the glue is gone now.

Adventure three was on Monday, when we got to go sledding with the boys. Anthony was off because of President's Day and we had so much fun. Since we couldn't find a sled to buy anywhere in Rexburg, we decided to rent some from the BYU-I ORC(Outdoor Recreation Center.) We then headed to Smith Park! Anth and I had a blast! The boys not so much! The first time we went down, Peter said, "I'm done! I want to go home now!" They finally warmed up to it and were really loving it!

I think that I will end this post and start a new one for the next adventure since its a pretty big one but you will know about it before you know about this because of the way that things are posted on here!