So, hopefully this will be Jeremy's first and last...

field sobriety test...lol. A little backstory...A few guys that we went to high school with are sheriff deputies here in town. So, one of them is a good friend of Jeremy's and came over earlier and wondered what Jeremy's plans were once he got home from work. I told him that he might be going to work out but other than that probably nothing...He said that there was a new deputy that was doing field training here in town...They needed Jeremy to pretend to be driving drunk and they wanted Jeremy to give the guy a REALLY hard time. Resisting, calling names, the whole bit....So of course Jeremy jumped right on that opportunity! I guess he gave the guy the hardest time and Derek (the training deputy) had the hardest time not busting up laughing during the whole thing. The guy was seriously ready to take Jeremy to jail! lol. I felt so bad for the guy, but I know that they need to do this training for their safety and to get experience but I still felt bad. So, at any rate, the kid told him that he did better at the role playing than the people at the police academy. The funniest part was, they had pulled him over less than a block from our house and I was laughing thinking of how the rumor mill will be going strong. Tons of people drove by and I'm sure witnessed the whole thing. Too funny. So not much else going on. I only had to go into work for a little bit yesterday to do payroll and I'm home the rest of the week. It's nice, but I do get bored. There is a restaurant that is reopening tomorrow here in town. It was here all while I was growing up and it burned down while I was in high school. They had the best food ever and I'm excited to be able to eat there again. Trisha and I are going to eat lunch there tomorrow and I'm pretty sure we will end up ordering from there for dinner too. We'll see. No big New Years plans for us. Just sleeping. I can't stay up past like 10 or I'm a complete raging B! (Although, some might say I'm a raging B during the daytime hours lol) So, we'll most likely be fast asleep as we start 2009. Hope everyone has a fun, safe holiday!

So glad Christmas is...

OVER! I love it, but when it's time to be done, it's time to be done. We had a good Christmas, it actually snowed on Christmas Eve night and Christmas morning which has never happened as long as I can remember living here. I've lived here for 20 years (I know, that makes me seem old right?) and this is the first time that I can recall having a white Christmas. Anyways, the kids were excited about it. We went to eat dinner at my mom's house on Christmas Eve like we always do. It was good times. Jamie and my dad didn't make it up til after we had come home because my dad didn't get off work til 6:30 that night. Of course we didn't sleep well on Christmas Eve, I never do...Plus, we had gated Macey in our room because I was afraid she would mess with the Santa stuff...She kept running to the gate and barking all night! I think that that boys were out here alot looking at their stuff in the night so I'm sure that's what had her all riled up. We got up a little after 5 to open gifts. Here is a pic of the Santa stuff before the kids got to it...Way too much stuff and still had a bunch to open under the tree! So, we opened all our gifts here. The DS's were a big hit, Ryan hasn't stopped playing his since Christmas Day! Also, the boys each got each other hats this year, they both loved them
Funny story too, see the sandals in front of Tyson? Well, Tyson knew that he had gotten Ryan a hat so to make him think he had gotten something else, I grabbed those sandals out of my closet. They are Doc Marten's that I'm pretty sure I got soon after I had Ryan...Anyways, I put them in the box so it would be really heavy, when he opened it up, he saw the hat and was excited, then he saw the sandals and was like, "What the?" Anyways, afterwards we headed up to my mom's house to open gifts because Jess and Eric and the kids had to head back to have their Christmas with Eric's family...Back at Thanksgiving, Tyson had watched Jeff Dunham's Christmas Special over at Grandpa's house. He's a ventriloquist and ever since then Tyson said that all he wanted for Christmas was a ventriloqiust doll...Well, Aunt Jamie came through in that regard... Creepy right? Jamie said she had it shipped to her office and then had to ride home with it in the car with her. Eek! I honestly don't know if Tyson has ever been more excited about a gift, ever! It's probably the ugliest thing that I've seen, but whatever. He insists that this is the "Best Christmas Ever" Afterwards, we stopped by Jeremy's parent's house and opened gifts there. We came home for awhile and were able to get all of our Christmas stuff taken down and stored away. I love to be able to get things back to normal. We went back to his parent's house that night for dinner and then came home and crashed. I was so tired. We went to Vegas yesterday to get my main Christmas present (okay, it was really my only present from Jeremy besides my Kitchenaid hand mixer...) After about 1/2 an hour in Sam's Club we emerged with this gem... We had actually looked at this one online and I wasn't too sure of the bronze color, but it's alot more subtle in real life. I was glad that I was able to get my 17" screen and also the number pad on the side. I got alot of cute clothes from my mom, and also a pair of comfy slippers and a super cute purse. I got gift cards and cash too. What could be better? This doesn't really pertain to Christmas, but I was thinking of it the other day and I want to post it so when I come back and read later, I'll remember it....When Ryan was about 4, my friend Kate was pregnant with her daughter Mikelle...Ryan was just a shorty then and was right about "belly" level with her... He looked up at her one day while he was over at her house playing with her boys and said so innocently..."Kate, you're starting to get fat!" lol. She was probably about 5 or 6 months along by then but I don't think I had even told him that she was even having a baby. Kids are so funny. He is still using his irish accent with a vengeance. The other day he was going on and on and so Jeremy started talking irish back to him. He's so funny about it because when he is talking that way, he'll totally use words that he wouldn't normally use...Like the other night Jeremy had asked him if he would help him pick up some tissues that he dog had shredded on the floor and Ryan replied..."Oh father, I'd be delighted to help ya!" lol. He's a strange one. Well, I hope everyone had a nice Christmas!

Slacking...

I haven't been the greatest on posting. It's been over a week! But what I really have been slacking on is reading private blogs! If they aren't on my "following" list, sometimes I forget to read them...I have found out some interesting tidbits from some friends...one's 19 month old threw up real throw up for the first time, another put an offer on a house...A certain tiny framed pregnant lady is busting out of a C cup and her sister in law finally caved and started Twilight, and is liking it! See what you miss out on when you aren't on the ball? So, last week was pretty busy. The boys had haircuts on Monday. Tuesday we had tithing settlement. Wednesday we had the boys Christmas program at school...It was cute and my favorite part was that we were in and out in under an hour (and that was even with Jeremy taking time to stop and talk to every person we saw.) We had snow pretty much off and on all week..It's supposed to snow more this week, we'll see if it actually sticks. I am off work for the rest of the week so that should be good. We had the Christmas program at church on Sunday. I love it. I wish we could have that every Sunday. I usually enjoy music much more than talks. In fact, poor Tyson said the other day that sacrament meeting was worse than school! It was high council Sunday, but still...Well, I need to finish getting ready. I hope everyone has a great Christmas! I'm really going to try and remember to charge my camera battery so that I'll be able to post pics of our loot in a few days.

Dreaming of a white christmas?

Not really! It snowed during the night which we were expecting but I'm not a huge fan. I like it if I don't have to go out in it, but you come in, you track snow all over, which then melts into water and translates into dirty wood floors! Oh well, what can you do? So, another thing, I have to drive Jeremy's truck today because my car is real wheel drive and I would rather not smash into a telephone pole. I don't have far to get to work, but I would really rather not take the chance. There isn't that much, but if it snows all day, I don't want to have to drive the car home in it...so I'm cruising in this beast for the day...
So I'll have to go fire it up, lock in the hubs, etc to get it into 4 wheel drive! Oh well! So, Macey's surgery went fine. We had to drop her off early so that meant leaving the house early. We left here around 6 and after we had gotten into Vegas we can hear her throwing up in her carrier, great! Awhile later, Tyson says he is gonna throw up, I don't know if he actually did, or just gagged into a plastic bag...About 15 min later it's Ryan's turn...But he did throw up a bunch in a bag! I wonder when they are going to grow out of this carsick problem! So, we got Macey dropped off and headed to our dentist appt. Ryan has had a loose tooth for awhile now, it was one that was closer to the back of his mouth, it was a small molar...So, the dr says that the other tooth was starting to grow in so that's what was pushing the other one out. So, we all got our teeth cleaned and looking good. The boys played some guitar hero while they were waiting for Jeremy and I to finish up...The dentist showed them some youtube videos. It's always a fun adventure at the dentist office! Afterwards, we headed over to the orthodontist. They did put Ryan's appliance back in which he was less than thrilled about, but he told Ryan that maybe he can have it removed for good in the spring. They also love it at the orthodontist's office because they have PSP's that they can play with while they are waiting or getting worked on. So, after we finally got done with all of that, we headed to my sister's house. We dropped the boys off and Jeremy and I went to Rubio's and got some lunch and then headed out shopping. We didn't have too much to do so that was good. My dad went over and visited with the boys. They had pizza, watched football, he showed them google earth to look up cool stuff, he showed them his massive scar from his surgery! Good times were had by all! After shopping we just headed over to my sister's house to wait to pick up Macey. We headed over at about 4:30 and all the girls at the office were going on and on about how sweet Macey is...They said "We've all been carrying her around like a baby because she is so sweet and she'll just let you hold her all day" lol. She is sweet in that way, she likes to cuddle, but it seems like when she isn't cuddling, she's into presents or something! lol. So, we headed home, she just laid on my lap on a soft blanket the whole way home. Since she got home, she's been fine. She's been jumping and running just like normal. I've been giving her pain meds still, they said to give them to her til they are gone, but she doesn't seem like she needs them. She has to wear the lamp shade thing on her head. I feel so bad because her ear or face will itch and she tries to scratch it with her back leg, and she can't get to it because of the stupid plastic thing! Oh well. Well, I better go get Jeremy's truck fired up and ready to go!

Bored to death!

So, here I am at work, blogging. Shameful I know, but I really have absolutely NOTHING to do! Thursdays are supposed to be my half day, but my boss asked me if I could work all day today. I at least have a TV in here, although there isn't much on. Too bad I don't have my DVR up here or I could be catching up on some of my shows. I have been so tired lately, the other night I was asleep before 9. I'm not sure what the deal is. Just tired I guess. We have to go to Vegas tomorrow. Macey is getting spayed, we can drop her off between 7 and 8:30. Then we have dentist appts and the boys have orthodontist appts right after that. My dad is still off of work so he is going to go to my sister's house and visit with her and the boys while Jeremy and I finish shopping. It shouldn't take us too long. Hopefully if we get Macey there first thing then they will call us in the early afternoon to go and pick her up. I feel bad that she is going to not feel good for awhile after the surgery, but what can you do? I felt the same way when both of the boys had their tonsils out, but they are better off and I know she will be too. She has been such a naughty buns lately. She keeps digging in the yard, she got into the presents under the tree, I tried gating her in a certain area with a baby gate and she jumped out! I have no idea how, but she did. I had 2 larger snowmen and 2 smaller snowmen sitting in front of the tree and she drug the little ones off. Ryan said he thinks they are under his bed. One of the larger ones that we have sings and dances if you push a button on it, the other day I heard it start up and I went out there and she was trying to drag it away too! Naughty! I'm hoping that once she is spayed it will help with her puppy behavior. We'll see. So, some of you have heard about Ryan's "Irish Prayer" the other night. It was time for family prayer and it was his turn and he started out so well...."Dear Heavenly Father, We're so very grateful for this beautiful day today..." Great prayer right, except he was saying it with a full irish accent. He is too much like his dad lol. It was so funny, I keep thinking about it all week and it's cracking me up everytime. I had to stop him and make him start over because there is no way I could be serious with him talking like that. Well, I better get back to "work" lol. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Not again!

So, we're sitting at my mom's house today and Ryan was eating a piece of Twizzler's licorice...All of a sudden he starts freaking out and pointing inside his mouth...I was thinking that his loose tooth that he tells us about multiple times a day (this will make #12 lost I think?) had come out, but no, it was his stupid orthodontic appliance! And this time, it came all the way out! Ugh. Dumb thing. Luckily, we have appts this Friday so I we can get it cemented in again....Not too much new going on. I'm so stuffed, Jeremy just made us rib eyes, mashed potatoes and gravy and salad for dinner. Plus, I've been eating sugar cookies that my mom made all day. They are irresistable and even as stuffed as I am, I'll probably eat more later! Now, Jeremy just got done cleaning up the dinner mess and he's been washing towels all day! I don't mind laundry, but I hate towels. Mostly because putting them away is a pain, there never seems to be enough room to store them...but, Jeremy used the last washcloth when he showered today...and we have ALOT of washcloths! I guess it was time. So, I'm about done shopping, I just have to buy for my one BIL and then a few stocking stuffers. We'll be in Vegas on Friday so hopefully I can get it all finished up then. It has finally gotten cold here, well, to me anyways. Jeremy never thinks it's cold. He actually had ordered some stuff from Tilly's the other day and when I opened it up it was a beanie and a pair of board shorts. Who orders those two things at the same time? He does of course. He swears that he would wear board shorts and flip flops everyday if he could. I have to quit wearing flip flops in like August or my feet are eternally frozen. Well, hope everyone has had a good weekend so far!

It's beginning to look...

and sound alot like Christmas...First, a picture of the tree. We got it up on Saturday!

Now, for Ryan's recital...His first song was Scooby Doo, Where are You?

Next, he played Away in a Manger...He was so nervous for all of it, he kept whispering to me, "I don't know if I can do this..." But he did such a good job...

His last song was Oh Come all ye Faithful, my favorite!

All of the kids did such a good job. Here is a picture of the whole group...Kate and I have been good friends for about 4 years and she does such a good job teaching the kids...

This is Ryan's "incentive" for finishing this session of piano. He was so excited to get it, he loves Indy!

Kate had these ornaments made for the kids, they turned out so cute!

So, there you have it!