Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It

This video might be long so just watch what you want. We went to
dinner the other night and Spencer got up from the table and started dancing. It was so funny we had to take video.

Enjoy!

Thanksgiving 2007

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. My whole family was together and it was awesome. On Thanksgiving morning, my sister and sister-in-law ran/walked in the Greeley 5K Turkey Trot. (I walked!) That was so fun, I had never done anything like that before. My real goal is to be running one like this next summer, so it really helped to walk it and see what I have ahead of me. Then we went to my parents house and had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. A little untraditional when it came to the turkey, but still really good. My parents decided that this year they wanted to fry the turkey. It was good. And then like most other crazy people again my sister, sister-in-law and mom got up early in the morning on Friday to hit all the great sales and finalize our Christmas shopping list. It was a blast, busy, but I managed to get all the shopping done, (except for a few things for Jamey)!! Whooo!! Then to finish on the fun on Saturday we went to my sister's house and had a craft morning, and went to lunch to celebrate Logan's birthday. I think he said he was 21?! Not really but we all joked that he probably could have past for that. It was a rush, rush, early mornings, but the best 3 days- spending it with the family I love so much!!

Ashley put some other neat pictures on her blog- so click here and see her site to read more; if you feel so inclined.

I Am Thankful

I just wanted to post some things that I am very grateful for.

My life is very rich with so many blessing, here are a few.

1. My MIRACULOUS family. Two wonderful boys who make my life a little crazy, but very enjoyable. A husband who loves me unconditionally, and helps me through it all.
2. My unwavering testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
3. All my extended family.
4. The greatest friends ever!!
5. Temples, and eternal marriage.
6. Being able to start a new day, fresh from the past day. Hopefully learning something new and changing for the better.
7. Prayer and the answers that come from earnest prayer. And with that personal revelation.
8. Service. I have always known how important service was, or is, but lately I have seen such amazing blessings from serving others.
9. A very beautiful place to call home, and a husband who has a wonderful job that helps to support this family.
10. Children's love, forgiveness, willingness to learn, and awe and amazement for the world and God's creations.

We Got Elfed

Hey, we just made a total elf of ourselves. Click here.

Uncle Brett- Here's Your Apprentice

One, Two, Three, PINNED...

Disclaimer: Sorry about the yelling- I am my mother's child and I can

not keep from yelling even when taking video! Also watch for the nose

picking in the middle of the match and his little dance moves.

Who's kid is that anyway?!?

Spencer started wrestling a couple of weeks ago and Saturday was his first meet. Boy was that an experience for mom and dad. Spencer was sick on Tuesday night, so he missed practice and incidentally missed the team getting their singlets. That is why he is not in one and just wearing his shorts and tee-shirt. They are on order, when we get ours you can believe there will be pictures and I'm sure lots of them!!
The adventure goes like this: First we had to get to the school at 7am. After arriving, Spencer didn't see his friends from school and so he didn't want to wrestle. It took the next hour to convince him that it was ok to wrestle even if his friends weren't there too. Once the meet finally got under way Spencer decided then that he was hungry. We fed him, but he still refused to sit with his team. We wrestled the first team and somehow Spencer was missed and didn't get to wrestle. After I spoke with the coaches, they determined that they missed him, one because he originally said he didn't want to wrestle and two because he wasn't with the team the whole time. I told them I totally understood and just wanted to make sure he would get to wrestle someone from the next team. He did, but boy was it sad. Because he was missed the first time, the coaches from the other team graciously let Spencer and this other kid wrestle a couple of times. Not that it mattered, the kid pinned him both times very fast. But I did appreciate the experience for Spencer. After he wrestled that little boy he decided he was done and then the tears came again, not because he lost, he said he was tired. After the 5 hours I had already endured with him I said fine and told him to go talk to his coaches and then he was going home to take a nap. To my utter surprise HE DID. He came home and went to his room and fell asleep. I have to just keep remembering that he is only five and this will take time. His next meet is way past Colorado Springs, so we are skipping that one. Then with Thanksgiving he will not have another meet until after the first of December. That should be good so that he can get some more practice time in before the next meet. Brett be prepared to do a little coaching when you come out here in a couple of weeks.

Oh How They Change!

At times it seems as though it was just yesterday that we held this "little" boy in our arms. In reality though, yesterday Spencer turned 5 years old. Boy does time fly by. Spencer had a fun evening with family and friends, at his Transformer pizza party. Someone gave me this neat idea to have the pizza place spell the number 5 on the pizza with pepperoni. It made the pizza extra special for him. Even though he is a handful, we love this Spencer and couldn't imagine our lives without him. Happy 5th Birthday, Spencer!!

Do the Shuffle

Again I was asked to this, and I think it will be pretty funny to see what songs come up. So I thought I'd play.

1. "Jeremy" (Pearl Jam)- High school times, of taking my brother's CD's and making mixed tapes. I actually own the "record" of this album. I wonder if it's worth anything? I really think I acquired it in the marriage. :-)

2. "Saints and Angels" (Sara Evans)- When my sister got me listening to country music, this was a song that I fell in love with.

3. "Something Is in the Air" (Lila McCann)- This makes me think about the days of going to beauty school and living in the basement of grandpa and grandma's house. When I first had cable television, and I loved falling to see with CMT.

4. "When I Look into Your Eyes" ( Firehouse)- Again, high school and the mixed tapes from my brother's CD's.

5. "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)- I put all the church hymns and the Mormon tab. on there, so that when I need to have a major uplife I can turn to really great music.

6. "The Prayer" (Josh Groban)- I just love this song. Celine Dion also has a great rendition of it too, and it is an awesome song for mothers.

7. "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" (Celine Dion)- I LOVE Celine and this is part of my Christmas music. I am getting super exited to start playing the Christmas music all the time!

8. "Valentine" (Martina McBride and Jim Brickman)- This song is how I found Jim Brickman, and love listening to his piano talent!

9. "Let Them Be Little" (Lonestar)- First heard this song at the Greeley Stampede at the Lonestar concert, and it made me cry. Right there in the mix of everything I was crying and my sister made so much fun of me. Spencer was just a little over 6 months and the words really hit home.

10. "Red Ragtop" (Tim McGraw)- Another artist that I could listen to everything and love.


So play the game, put your songs on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come on. It's fun to see what everyone listens to.

Tag and I'm it

So my dear sister-in-law, tagged me a long time ago and I have never done it, so I will now. Hopefully there is something you want to read about.


Four Jobs I've Had:
*Receptionist at a dental office
*Customer service at a dry cleaners
*Receptionist at the beauty school (I guess answering phones and other odd jobs are my speciality)
*Stylist

Four T.V. Shows I Watch: (now that I have DVR I watch TOO much)
*Amazing Race (It's back!)
*Private Practice
*Grey's Anatomy
*Dr. Phil

Four Favorite Foods:
*Clam Chowder
*My mom's cinnamon rolls
*Burritos
*A good steak with a baked potato (and those who know me well, with umm... some sour cream)

Four Movies I Love:
*10 Things I hate About You
*How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (can I keep with the number 10?)
*Dirty Dancing (I'm not sure why, I just love it. I know it is super cheesy!)
*Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

Four Websites I Visit Daily:
*Blogger (I set it as my homepage, so I could regularly check on everyone)
*Email account
*Compass Bank (although I think that now since Jamey is doing the budget he visits it a lot more than me)
*Old Navy, Children's Place, Hobby Lobby, Michael's etc. (about anything that I'm not suppose too, where I spend money)

Four Places I'd Rather Be Right Now:
*A date night with Jamey (I love my kids, but it's 4:30pm and I'm tried)
*Hawaii (we loved it there!!)
*Hanging with my sister or friends
*Cozy-ed up on the couch with the kids and Jamey watching a movie (but real life is dinner, practices and haircuts!)

Now let's see some of your anwsers:
Kris-bee
Kris
Tami