family

uhm hi family.
guess what. we suck at blogging.
correction.
im actually pretty good at blogging as is chelle but everyone else.
ya. not bringing their a-game.
anywooo.
ya'll know i live in arizona know but here is a few pictures to spice up the blog.
also. brian is doing homework tonight. do i approve. no. i need a library card. or someone to take a picture of. seriously.
also. its a thousand degrees here. enjoy the perfect 80's and 90's for me.
love your favorite sibling and your favorite child.

i dont know if you can tell what we're eating but it was our first meal in our apartment together. presssh.

i spy with my little eye something green.

yes i look ridiculous. yes if you feel the need to tell me-goaheadgoshdarnit. i melted from the humidity. melted you hear.

baseball games. goooo dbacks.

look my new best friends.

Snow Daze of 2010

Helllloooo from the north pole everyone!! So for about three straight days now we have been pounded with snow. It hasn't officially stopped yet but it is more of a light snow now. R.T. has shoveled 15 tons of snow. Easton has shoveled (played) and shoveled some more. They have used our 4-wheeler with a blade, shovels and our most favorite neighbor's john deer snow blower. It is absolutely beautiful. We will love having water in the summer for our lawns. Arizona is having record rain storms which have translated into record snow for us :) No complaining ok. I think we have a good four feet of snow on regular flat ground, however, it drifted like crazy. Soooo we have a six foot fence in our back yard and the snow is over that in several places. It has completely covered cars, fences, short people etc. There has been at least one roof that collapsed and Martha Jane's piolot light went out on her furnace. All is well now at least for the furnace. Stay tuned for updates. . . .

1 year older. 1 year wiser?

Heyyy everybody. So the blog hasn't been updated since laaaast year. I thought I'd do the honors of hacking into Marci's blog account and give muah the powers to post on the FanDamily blog. Thhhhats right. I feel like I'm committing a crime. Since I am pleading guilty I will go ahead and except punishment of frosting every sugar cookie next year at christmas. Fair enough?
This past week I got to spend 5 perfect and 1 not so perfect day with my lovely fiance. The 5 days consisted of wining and dining at the finest Asian buffets that Utah has to offer, deceiving the hearts of many by making them think we are married at church, annnnd being edumacated by the top professors in Yoga, Math, and Fitness for life. The 1 day of doom and gloom was all my fault :( . I decided to eat the grand-daddy of all Ribs known as the "Texas beef somethinthin Ribs" aka The Flinestone ribs on Tuesday night. They ended up rockin my GI tract so bad that I threw up all wednesday. Thank heavens Marci still wants to marry me after seeing me like that. woo :) . And to make matters worse her car got towed 0 feet which still costs 150 bones. However, by the next morning I was hungrier than a hippo, feeling fine, and Marci and I were both in high spirits. Overall it was an amazing week and I got to spend my birthday with Marci which was the best. Speaking of birthday, I had my mom video me opening up the gift that ya'll sent me. Thank you so much! enjoy.

Diaper R'us

I was slaving over the hot stove making dinner tonight when I heard a wicked little laugh coming from the living room. I figured Taj was having a good time entertaining himself, so I let him be for awhile. That wicked little giggle continued on longer than usual, so I decided to take a peek and this is what I found: a jumbo box of diapers strung out all over the floor. How could I be mad at a boy with a face like this?

Grillz

Hey all you moms out there, this is a great idea for a stocking stuffer. Your kids will love flashing their "Grillz" not only for you, but for anyone who happens to cross their path. "Grillz" features lovely gold teeth, perfect for the holidays. Not only are the teeth golden, they also look like dice, which makes them educational because your kids can practice counting every time they smile. You can't go wrong with "Grillz"...your kids will love them. You can find "Grillz" exclusively at the Dollar store in Rose Park.

SAD

So. . .we went to Salt Lake for Thanksgiving. We had the perfect weekend. Spent time with R.T.'s family on Thanksgiving day. Had swimming/pizza parties at the motel. Black Friday shopping. Temple lights. Family time. Most important. . . Taj time. Then . . . we came home late Sat night. Sunday morning R.T.'s brother Steven called to let us know that his wife Kaelin had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. She was not expected to live. She was in surgery. Kaelin passed away on Tuesday Dec. 1 at 1:32 p.m. She donated her organs. So much sadness and sorrow during the holidays. The only comfort is that while her family is so sad and devasted, so many other lives are being blessed thanks to her. She was the kind of person that would so gladly give you her heart. She had a sweet smile and a sweet personality to go with it. She made really good rolls for Thanksgiving dinner. I was chasing Taj around the church and didn't get to visit very much with her that day. I'm so glad we had the chance to be together as a family. Tomorrow we leave to travel back up north for the funeral. Then back to Blanding for a grave side service and burial on Sat. Not much else to say.

Mom, I just want to tell you something a wise man once told me...don't play with yellow snow, its not natural.