Anyone know?

Does anyone know where to go to get my years blogs made into a book? I've heard it can be done, but have never figured out how to do it. If any of you have any info let me know because I want to do it!

Christmas 2008!

We had a great and wonderful Christmas this year as always! The kids got everything they wanted and then some!! We made it to Christmas Village just in time, on Monday night. Netso gave us a snowman kit for Christmas, he is sooo cute! So here's a few pictures of those few things!

Snow day!

I am a little torn about this day, I am stuck in the house 2 days before Christmas with way to much to do, but I love to look out and see the pretty snow! I love our little street we live on, it reminds me of a Christmas movie! The kids are all out playing in the snow, with 4 wheelers going up and down the street pulling kids on sleds or with dads just being kids again! They have so much fun plowing the snow, it's almost like a race to see who can get home first to plow everyone's driveways! (Kurt being last the past few times) But he gets home and our driveway is ALWAYS done! It's very nice! We had a blast playing outside today, i even got dressed up and joined in the fun!! Now that it has stopped snowing, I love it even more, it is so pretty but I think I could actually leave if I wanted too! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!! Read on because I posted a few new ones today!!

One more funny thing..

I know I am always posting funny things Jerzi says and does but she is on a roll lately! Or maybe i'm just noticing her spunk more? Anyway, she was staying with my mom this weekend and was playing in her closet..
Grammy: Jerzi, get out of the closet
Jerzi: How come? Cause I'm not a shoe?
Where does she come up with these things? She is a crazy funny little thing!!

Graduation pictures..

Here are picture of gradutaion.. Kurt graduated in Construction Management so they wore hard hats instead of caps. The kids thought that was funny!! Thanks to everyone who came and supported him, it isn't the most entertaining thing to sit through, but he appreciated all who came! We celebrated that night at the Prairie Schooner and it was OO so yummy! Thanks to all who came to dinner as well, it meant alot to have so many people support him! Thanks again!! YAY!! Read on to the gradutation trip!!

Graduation and trip.

Kurt graduated on the 12th and for graduation I gave him tickets to the Vegas Bowl where BYU played Arizona. It was so much fun, other than the fact that we lost :( Our seats were RIGHT behind the players bench so it was way exciting and neat to be that close. Front row!! We were so close you could hear them talking. Max Hall (the quarterback) sat there on the phone talking to the guys upstairs i'm assuming. I had to take a pic of the phone cause it cracked me up how old it was! It stood on an old music stand thing that kept falling over. Where is all the money going? Obviously not to technology! O well, the Cougars are frugle i guess.. Anyway, we had a great time and I'm glad we went. It was this last weekend so I was a bit skeptical leaving right before Christmas but I'm glad we did. The kids stayed with the Grandma's and our friends Chris and Brenda went with us. It was good times! The picture at the top is their weird dance they do before every game. It was a bit creepy..

Edward or Santa? Which was better?

Coloring Anonymous??

I pulled my covers back to get into bed tonight and found black pen all over my sheets! I know who it was so Kurt and I went to talk to her. This is how it went..
Kurt: Jerzi, did you color on mommy and daddies bed?
Jerzi: Ya, this morning I did (with a sad face)
Kurt: You don't color on anything but paper Jerz.
Jerzi: I know! I'm trying to quit!
Ha ha we were laughing so hard! It's like she's trying to stop smoking or something! We need to find a CA (coloring anonymous) group for her if anyone knows of any! She is a hoot, she keeps us laughing, which is good cause otherwise I'd be crying! She colors on EVERYTHING lately! I can't hide the pens good enough!

Anna Bell

My brother Chase and his wife Jana, had baby #4 yesterday! She is a little cutie! I will be posting pictures soon but I just thought i'd let you all know! Her name is Anna Bell Heywood. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. (her smallest baby) She has alot of blonde hair! SOOO cute!! Congrats to them, Aubree couldn't be more excited about her little sister! The boys were happy too!

Graduation day! Finally!!

The day has finally arrived.. Kurt graduates today! YAY!! It has been a long road for him with juggling work, school and family. (i'm sure many of you know, having experienced it in your family) I am so proud of him for sticking with it, there were many times when it was just too much but he endured! More pictures will be coming but I just had to post first thing this morning because I am so excited! Also, I went to my target ultra sound yesterday and everything looks good and the baby is STILL A GIRL! I'll be honest I was a bit nervous that it was going to change back to a boy! Thanks to everyone for your comments on the baby name.. I will keep you posted what we decide. It was a close race, with Nelli winning only by a couple votes! Mazzi and Rossi had same number as votes so I'm thinking I'm okay with any of the 3!

Baby name poll..

Ok so it's getting time to start narrowing it down. With Koy and Jerzi, we knew their names as soon as we knew I was pregnant! With only a few variations throughout the whole 9 months, we always went back to Koy and Jerzi. Well, this time it's a bit harder for us to decide. I don't know if it's the fact that it was a boy for a while so the change of thought is hard, or if it's because it's our 3rd and we're fresh out of names? Anyway, I like 3 different names, all of which Kurt are still unsure of. I'm wanting the opinions of my fellow friends. Please be nice because regardless of your opinions we will pick what we like best! It's just good to hear different thoughts. Also, if you have any cute, original names tucked away, we're all ears. Here are a few stipulations.. Can't start with J or K. I have Kurt and Koy and it drives me batty!! I don't want Jerzi and another J! Can't end in 'en' 'on' or 'an.' Too much rhyme with Dixon. Also, I would prefer it to end in an 'I' only because Mindi and Jerzi both do.. Here are the 3 I like in no particular order..
Rossi (not Rosy, Rossi, like Ross with an I sounding like E)
Mazzi (not Macey, pronounced with A like cat not face)
Nelli (not the rapper, although I do like him)
Let's have it friends, what do you think?

Christmas tag!!

Welcome to the Christmas Edition of getting to know me!! This is fun, take the time to do it!! Unless you're a scrooge!!(refer to #21) :)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real!
3. When do you put up the tree? First or second Saturday in Dec.
4. When do you take your tree down? Not sure, we'll see i guess..
5. Do you like eggnog? Love it!!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? My dog, Muffy. Actually it was Chase's dog.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, It's Dreamsicles. It was my Grandma's.
8. Hardest person to buy for? My dad and Brent (kurt's dad)
9. Easiest person to buy for? My kids
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't think of one
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It has always been Christmas Vacation but Elf is now a close second!
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Probably but I can't think.. maybe just recycled white elephants.
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Fudge, Yes Sunnee, I said FUDGE!!
15. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored
16. Clear or colored lights on the house? Colored
17. Favorite Christmas song? All I want for Christmas is you, Mariah Carey. And Mary did you know. Santa baby too..
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa 's reindeer? Yes
20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Just jammies on Christmas eve.
21. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Scrooges! It's the best time of year, be happy!!
22. Favorite ornament theme or color? No theme or color theme, just colored lights, anything me and the kids make to put on it, old ornaments from when I was growing up, and some candy canes!
23. What do you want for Christmas this year? I really don't want anything, maybe just a wii fit?
24. What is your favorite Christmas memory? I have soo many but I just love the lights on the house when i come home in the dark and the house being all decorated! I love Christmas Village and Temple Square.

I now tag everyone who reads this, but especially those who don't want to do it!

Thanksgiving 2008

Kids on stairs from bottom to top.. Jex, Hudson, Jerzi, Koy, Boston, Aubree, Tyce. Crew and Rolly are in the other pic where they are all sitting on stairs.



We had a great Thanksgiving this year, as we always do! I love the holidays so much so they are always so great! To start the day out we did the 'annual' turkey run at Ogden Regional. Kurt and Koy went to play football, which is also a tradition, however this is the first year Koy got to go. The little guys played their own game of football!! This year we ate out at Brock and Whitnie's and I serioulsy felt like a celebrity! Her tables were AAmazing! Like the magazines! They did such a great job! We then went to Kurt's mom and dad's and ate again! Yummy! That night we went bowling with my family and Kurt's family. I'm not sure how it got started but every year we bowl with both our families! How great is that? It's alot of fun! I came home for a little nap and went shopping! Some things I am thankful for this year...
*Of course my hubby and kids but here's why..
*For Kurt for being such a great hubby, always putting us first and working so hard so I can stay home and play with the kids every day!
*For him for being such a good 'daddy' to both kids! They both think they are the favorite and honestly I think they both are! He loves them dearly!
*For Koy for being such a big brother and helper while still being my baby boy! He's such a good friend to his sister and he loves us all so much!
*For Jerzi for being such a princess! For being so strong and brave this last week after having her tonsils out. She tries so hard to be a trooper, even when I can tell she is tired and hurting. She loves her big budder and her mommy and daddy!
*For my mom for loving my kids as her own, and that they love her that much in return. For her always helping when we need it, whether it be big or small.
*For my mom, Jolene, Netso and Grandma King for being such good examples to me as I raise my family! For treating my kids like they are priceless, because they are!
*For Grandpa for teaching Koy how to treat others and how to love football!
*For The Bowdens for always treating us as their own and for treating my kids as gems!
*For friends and neighbors who are there whenever I need anything, even if it's just baking goods!
*For our brothers for always including us in everything they do and for loving us. It's nice to be as close as we are to each sibling.
*For the kids cousins, they have sooo many and love each of them! They are blessed to have that many friends that will always be friends!
*For the opportunity to have 2 heathly kids and another on the way, and for the fact that Kurt will be done with school before the other one arrives!
*For diet coke, chocolate pie, pizza, warm fires, christmas lights, jammies, medicine (today it is needed here for poor Jerzi!!), DVR, blogging, christmas movies (elf, christmas vacation, christmas with the kranks, the santa clause), the smell of candles burning, shopping (mostly sales), and for everything else that makes me smile this time of year! I love it!!

Crazy Friday!!

For the past few years my cousin Sunnee and my sister in law Jana and I have braved the day after Thanksgiving sale at Walmart! I'm not sure what came over us that first year to even try it but we did... and now we're hooked! It is so crazy fun! We go about midnight to scope things out and to figure out what we want. We laugh our butts off at the weirdos, including ourselves, we make new friends (some of which we run into year after year!) We drink our diet coke, eat, laugh and have a good time! The past fews years we have had some others join us but they never return? We must be crazy is all I can think! My cute cousin Allie has been the last 2 years and I think she likes it (she may disagree) but she keeps coming back for more! This year we talked Netso, Sky and Kelsi, Sky's friend, into coming and i'm pretty sure they won't be returing anytime soon!! We put them on Cabbage Patch dolls. They literally had to crawl to escape the madness! My station (if you don't know what a 'station' is you don't know what black friday is..) was the $35 7 piece comforter sets! How cute are they?? Jana went for Kitchen Aids, and Sunnee went for Nintendo DS. Yes it's true, I only had one thing to get, well 3 comforter sets but only one stop, and you would DIE at what I brought home! We had 11 different people at 11 different 'stations' helping get everything we needed. A couple we didn't even know, but somehow everyone is friends, until 'GO' time that is, then it's every man for themself! We tried to sneak a few items before opening but man those workers take their jobs serious! We got caught 3 times by the same kid, luckily we didn't get kicked out!! We even had it planned out to get to the front of the line and I was back home in bed by 5:30am!! Sunnee saw some workers actually crying because they got ran over by carts! Ha ha how sad!! For those of you who missed it this year you have 364 days to get ready for next year! It takes strategic planning so we are working on a spreadsheet for next year, thanks to Chase! We did get EVERYTHING we needed and MORE!! Good times! Ha Ha!!

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BAD BAD picture!!

Could they have found a worse picture of Edward? I admit he wasn't all I had dreamed of but he is MUCH better looking than this! I went to the movie and really liked it alot! He was way cuter than I was thinking, maybe because they keep putting pictures like this out there! Come on people, if it's a bad picture, try again! Don't publish it for everyone to see!! Rude!! I want to know your opinions of the movie. I need to go again, now that I know what to expect..

Read on...

I have posted a few new posts so make sure you read on down and see them all! Especially if you are a UTE fan!!

Jerzi had tonsils out :(

Little Jerzi had to get her tonsils removed on Friday. I was so nervous but she did great! We are in day 3 today and she is still doing pretty well. The Dr. said day 3-7 is the worst but so far so good! She wants to eat but can't decide what she wants so we go through about 4 things each meal. She is such a trooper! Here are some pics of her before and after the surgery, I can't stand that sad face :( it was awful!! The worst part of the entire day was that she got called a boy by 5, that's right 5 different doctors!! She has that awful haircut, then i had to take her earrings out and look at that gown!! It wasn't doing her any favors either!! We were laughing about it at first but then it got annoying!! I finally asked for a pink gown and they didn't have any! She got spoiled rotten with toys, food, and blankets. I think the next boy scout that does a service project needs to make PINK gowns!! Ha ha ha! (so the pictures came up backwards, the first one is when she got home, she had flowers and she LOVED them! The last one is in the waiting room before she went in for surgery)

Clarks revenge!!!

We got our lights up this year a bit early but at least it won't be icy up there! Koy had a fun time helping and even got to get on the roof (Don't tell Grammy)!! So we haven't had them ON yet, just UP. Well after the horid BYU vs Utah game the other night we came home and they were ON. It took us a minute to figure out why, and why some were out. Well when we got out of the car there was 'Go Utes' all over the driveway, which made us realize our lights were only red and white! Ha ha it was a good prank and we were laughing.. for a minute.. until Clark (kurt) realized he was going to have to get up there and fix all of them!! He is out for revenge! He says if anyone out there has info on who did this he will let you off the hook, BUT if he finds out you had any idea and DIDN'T tell him, he's after you too!!! "The only thing worse than messing with my lawn, is messing with my Christmas lights!!!" His exact words!!

The Hazbeenz bowl

Every year my crazy hubby and his pals play in a one day flag football tournament. They get so excited and look forward to it all year long! They have named themselves 'The Hazbeenz' and even have shirts! I didn't get very many good pics this year cause they lost pretty bad, and didn't make it to the last game. The last few years they've made it to the championship game but have yet to come home with a title!! Nelson came home with a few stitches in his eye, but other than that it was an ok day for all! Here are a few pics, I love the cheerleaders, they were so cute!!