Christmas Tree Tag !!!

Here is a picture of my tree. I'm a little slow responding to this tag. My tree has problems this year. If Kendell's kitten is in the house it heads straight for the tree, climbs up the center and plays with all the ornaments. Trying to get it out just about destroys the whole thing. It bites and scratches and climbs higher. So that is why everything looks a little messy. I've given up, but we are so excited for Christmas at our house. Kendell and Hagen have a countdown going, it seems the closer we get the more wild they get. Anyone else's kids out of control?

I tag anyone who reads this cause I want to see all your trees!

5 Things Tag

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. I had only been married for 5 months!
2. Going to Weber State
3. Working at Iverson Dental
4. I was Nursery leader at church. (boy was that good birth control!)
5. I was only 21 !!!

5 things on my to do list today:

1. Clean my house
2. Laundry
3. Mail Christmas cards
4. Volunteer in Kendell and Hagen's classes
5. Make dinner :(

5 favorite snacks

1. Anything chocolate
2. Fruit
3. Wheat Thins
4. Popcorn
5. Diet Coke (with any of the above)

5 things I would do if I was a millionaire

1. Pay off my house
2. Help others
3. Travel
4. Put in a pool
5. Redecorate my house

5 places I've lived

1. Home with my parents
2. Little white house in Harrisville
3. 2nd little white house in Harrsiville
4. My parent's basement while we were building our house
5. My House now

5 jobs I've had

Sad to say I haven't had five jobs. Unless you count all the different jobs I did for my dad's work, Oral X. Oh, the memories of folding boxes and labeling syringes.
I worked the same place (Iverson Dental) from High school until I was 26 and now I get to stay home with my kiddos. :)

I tag Kelli, Marci, Sharee, Jeri and Sarah

Bunnies Anyone???

These cute little things are free to a good home. My sister's bunny had babies again. She has two bunnies that, if not kept seperate at all times, will reproduce every 28 days. They have been in different cages since March, but were out in the yard together recently and well you know bunnies. They will be ready to give away by Christmas so if anyone wants one...

Kendell the animal lover wants this little one so bad. Too bad we already have two big ones from the last batch!

Pheasant Hunt

Kacey and the dogs just made it home from their third trip to South Dakota this year. Diesel is the puppy on the left. He loves to hunt, but hasn't really learned how to listen yet. This was probably Trapper's last year hunting, he is almost 11 and has really slowed down this last year. He has arthritis and moves really slow, but still loves to retrieve the birds.
Poor Trapper, he looks so old next to Diesel!

It's a Deer!!!

Deer season is finally over!!! I say finally because the archery deer hunt started the middle of August and Kacey just brought this deer home last week. He had been hunting every night for the last two weeks and finally got close enough to one worth shooting. I think hunting season will officially be over after Kacey's third trip to hunt Pheasant in South Dakota over Thanksgiving. He is so spoiled, I think I need to go somewhere now.
Kendell and Hagen were so excited to see the deer

The future hunter

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I'm thinking what the hell am I doing out here in the cold?

East Bench

On Monday, me and my friends Angie and Debbie went on a bike ride on the east bench. It was such a beautiful day. The temperature was perfect and the trail was so fun. The views were incredible as you can see except for all the smoke and smog. Angie was ready to be done after this, but we talked her into continuing. Debbie is an amazing biker and she is always telling us that the trail gets easier just ahead. Yeah, don't believe her anymore, but I'm glad I have someone to push me and set the pace.

Just love coming around the corner to Debbie and her camera.

Angie smiling in spite of the pain



Me and Angie enjoying the rest

BiKinG

My biking buddy Debbie sent me these pics today. She took them last time we went biking together. I miss the nice fall weather! I'm wishing I would've taken advantage of it more. It might as well snow now. If it clears up next week we are going to ride the Ogden bench trail, can't wait!
So pretty!!!

Debbie was nice enough to stop and wait for me as I puffed up the trail.

Halloween 2008

Kendell and Hagen ready to go trick or treating. Kendell is holding her kitten she rescued from freezing in the barn. We have been feeding it by hand for two weeks because it was too little to eat by itself. It has doubled in size and is doing so good. She named it Spooks and loves it to death.
This is after trick or treating at Grandma Jardines. Their cousin Caitlin is in the center, she was dressed as that scary girl from The Ring. One of the scariest movies ever and she was pretty scary herself. I'm surprised I didn't have nightmares, I hate that movie.

Caitlin (so scary!!!)

Halloween Fun

These are the pumpkins we carved last night. Kendell's is a kitty face and Hagen's is the headless horseman.

Trying to look scary with their pumpkins

Kendell with her 1st grade class. She is the witch with the orange hat on the left. I was lucky enough to spend two hours playing Halloween games with the first graders. I seriously don't know how teachers do it, my patience was gone for the rest of the day!

Hagen dressed up as a cowboy for school yesterday. He was mad that I didn't have silver or white eyeliner for his mustache. He wanted to be just like Grandpa.

Hagen in his 'costume', but truthfully he wears this stuff 90% of the time anyway.

Pumpkin Patch!!!

Kendell and Hagen have been dying to go get pumpkins from the "Pumpkin Man". So finally we went after school today. They love going to Lyle Dabb's anytime, but Halloween is their favorite since he dresses up.He didn't disappoint this year and it was the first time they weren't scared of him. Kendell loves to play with all the stray kittens that are always there. They also had fun searching for the perfect pumpkins and now all they want to do is carve them.
Sitting on their picks

Posing with the "Pumpkin Man"

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

My Grandma Crandall turns 87 today! This is my sisters and me at her party last night. We met at a conference center in Pleasant Grove to celebrate with everyone from Springville. We had so much fun and it was great to see everyone. My grandma is an amazing lady and has always been such a great example to me. She has been a widow for almost 42 years. She is so strong in the gospel and I have learned so much from her. Love ya Grandma!
The two Leahs
Me and my kiddos with grandma
Singing Happy Birthday, she blew out all the candles!
My mom and her cute sisters. My mom, Lesa, Linda, Chris and Grandma
The closest Grandma will ever come to being a Ute's fan. She didn't know they were holding a Ute's hat on her head. This is my aunt Chris and her fam they are die hard Ute's fans.
My cute cousin Kelsie had all the kids entertained, here they are playing duck duck goose.

Who knew he could sing?

This is my new favorite. About a month ago Kevin Costner and his band Modern West were on Sirius radio live and I fell in love with his voice. I like singers voices that are a little bit different, like Gary Allan or Clayton Stroope from Thriving Ivory. Anyway he has some good songs and he looks hot for an old guy. I think an album is coming out in November.

Hagen...

Hagen was "kiddo" tagged by his cousin Hunter. I am supposed to tell 5 things you might not have known about Hagen.

1. Hagen is very hard worker and would rather work than play. He will stick with you until you are done with whatever you are working on. He never gets bored or says he is tired. He will stay in the tractor all day long with my dad. He loves to clean the bathrooms and gets mad if I do it without him.

2. Hagen has to know where I am at all times. If he can't find me he starts to cry. When he finds me, he wipes his tears away and tries to act tough. I have to tell him when I'm getting in the shower or going to the bathroom, but sometimes I forget. Poor kid, I don't know why he thinks I would leave him.

3. Hagen is a softie and gets his feelings hurt easily. He can't handle Kacey getting mad at him or yelling at him.

4. Hagen loves to do anything his dad is doing. He loves to golf with Kacey. He thinks he is old enough to go on all the hunting trips too.

5. Hagen is a nut sometimes and I'm afraid he will be class clown. He is always doing something goofy, trying to make me laugh.

I tag... Sydney, Booth crew (pick a kid), Easton J., Stratton, and Gracie.

Tagged!!!

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch

The Office

Desperate Housewives

Gossip Girl

90210

The Hills

Grey's Anatomy

Lipstick Jungle

Jon & Kate Plus 8

8 Favorite Restaurants

Harley & Bucks

Ruby River

Maddox

Cafe Rio

Union Grill

Pizzeria

Applebees

Roosters

8 Things that happened yesterday

Ate a yummy breakfast cooked by my dad

Went on a four wheeler ride

Relaxed

Read a magazine

Pushed my kids on swings

Rode in my dad's Ranger with Kendell

Ate a yummy dinner cooked by my mom

Unpacked and did laundry

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to

Vacation

Snow skiing

Summer

My Birthday

Snowmobiling

Halloween

Fall bike rides

Dallin coming home from his mission!

8 Things on my wishlist

New bedroom set

Vacation

New black shoes

New cell phone

Happy kids

Healthy kids

Clean house

Be more organized

I Tag

Kelli

Sharee

Marcie

Jane

Savannah

Lynsie

Quick Trip To Idaho

We went to my brother's property in Thatcher, Idaho on Saturday night. We needed to get our camping trailer up there for the deer hunt in few weeks and Kacey wanted to scout out some huntung spots. The kids were so excited to see Dollar (the horse) and had a blast riding him. We went on an awesome four wheeler ride, the leaves were so pretty. We were all sad we had to come back home so quick. My mom and dad are staying up there this week so my dad can do some farm work, Hagen was sure he needed to stay and help. Dang work and school!

Jardine Look- Alike Meter

Everyone is always saying how much my kids look like Kacey, here's proof they look like me too! Although it's not a very good picture of Kacey's face just the only one I had. I'll take the results.

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology

Jardine Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

SoCceR tImE !!!

Hagen just had his third soccer game and he is loving it! He wishes everyday was Thursday and that the games would last forever. This is the funniest age to watch, most of the kids just crowd around the ball and then you have some who are off doing cartwheels. Hagen is super aggressive and always in on the action. The last game his coach had to keep telling him to keep his arms down and not push. It doesn't help that he has Kacey telling him to be a bully and get the ball.

This was his reaction to having to sit out for one quarter. Not happy!

Need A Laugh?

via videosift.com

The top ten That's What She Said moments. Number 1 makes me laugh so hard. I love this show!

Feeling Better

I didn't think this was possible, but I am sick of mashed potatoes. I just found out I can't chew for another whole week. I was so looking forward to eating a regular dinner. So it's another seven days of yogurt, pudding, ice cream, and mashed potatoes. Sounds like a great menu, but it gets old fast. Oh well! Thanks to all the well wishers. I am feeling much better and my wounds are healing nicely. I am so lucky to have a brother who is a Chiropractor, he can work wonders! Thanks Eric you saved me!!! I am itching to get back on the trail, so if anyone wants to go...

Just a little bump left on my chin that will take a few months to go away.
This has been a bugger!

Maybe I Need a New Hobby

So with Hagen in Kindergarten I have three hours to myself. I went for a bike ride after he got on the bus yesterday and this is what I looked like when I got home. I was coming down a really steep part with lots of rocks and loose rocks going way fast. A big rock must have made my back tire bounce off balance I went forward and smacked my chin into to huge boulder. It was the hardest, loudest thing I've ever felt. My first thought was that this was it I was dead. I stood up and couldn't tell where the blood was dripping from. Somehow I got back on my bike, made it to my truck, and drove home. I went and had an x-ray of my jaw today and it was only pushed out of place not fractured. I can't chew anything for a week, but atleast it's not wired shut. Everything on the left side of my body is swollen and sore.
Somehow the tip of my finger got sliced off and I'm pretty sure it's broken.
Road rash on my leg, today it is huge and swollen.
My elbow I didn't even notice this until I got home.