Kira is now 26! I can't believe my little sister is 26. Even though I'm older that still seems so old. Today we went shopping and got her a really REALLY cute pair of jeans. Truth be told, I wanted them for myself ;) But I was selfless and got them for her. I love how we are best friends. We can talk about anything. Here are 26 things about my sis
1.Kira is very humble
2. She is my best friend (next to my superman hubby of course) and we can talk about anything
3. She is such a beautiful person inside and out.
4. Kira is so self concious of her birthmark it is crazy. She thinks its ugly. She is BEAUTIFUL!!
5. She works in the presidents office at UVU and gets hooked up with all kinds of stuff.
6. Some of her nicknames are kabiisa, gogo, goge, lynners, kirsther and Tommy calls her keed.
7. If you tickle her under her neck she will laugh so hard she drools. **ya gotta try it sometime!
8. Kira is a straight A student in college. She has gotten a 4.0 nearly her whole college carreer!
9. She served a mission to the Louisville Kentucky Mission and was an AWESOME missionary!
10. When she was 13 she pierced her own belly button with a safety pin and ice!
11. When we were in college toghether people would always ask us if we were twins. We got so sick of people asking and then not believing us that we just said we were to save time.
12. Kira knows American Sign Language fluently.
13. Kira is one smart cookie!
14. She has never really cooked much until she got married. Now she makes dinner most every night and it is some dang good food! She's a natural.
15. She can wiggle her eyes really really fast! Its freaky
16. She has only had 3 jobs really. First at Shoneys Restaurant as a salad bar attendant. Second at a telemarketing place, which she worked at for 2 years! and now the one she is currently at. She has been there for a long time before and after her mission.
17. Kira is a really good listener and good at communication.
18. She has been trying to grow her hair out for her husband and its getting so long!
19. She can get soooooooooooooo competitive.
20. She is one awesome Auntie. My boys absolutely adore her.
21. Kira reads her scriptures every single day!
22. She is a very organized person.
23. Kira is one of those people that are good at everything they do
24. She is full of love for other people.
25. She is happy all of the time. She is so positive!
26. She now has a really cute pair of jeans :)
Hope you had a great day kira!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRA!!!
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
What We's been up to...
Since my last post we have been homeless... in a sense. I'll back up a bit... The boys and I flew out to Utah to visit Andrew while he was closing up shop (literally, he is moving everything out of the shop) We figured we were only going to be here for a week and then all drive back to PA. WRONG! We got an offer on our house. Fabulous! So we stayed in Utah so we could be there to sign at the closing. Well the city we live in had a certificate of non-compliance on our house, so we couldn't sell it until we satisfied it. They said our back deck wasn't in compliance with city ordinance. So we started fixing up stupid things like put stain on the bottom of the deck, dig the footers from 16 inches deep to 31 inches deep (which actually isn't very smart because it made the ground unsettled again so the deck is going to move with the frost and heat) and a ton of other random stuff that honestly didn't make any sense and cost us way more money than we wanted to put into it. Oh, and did I mention that we already had the city inspect it a year and a half ago? The guy that came didn't fill out the paper properly so it "didn't count" or something like that. We were so annoyed. I think the guy that did all the inspections was just on a power trip because he had us do the most insignificant things. Its fine I'm over it now. We passed.
We had a date set up to close on the house once we got the city out of our hair. We got a call the morning of from the realtor informing us that the bank they were going to borrow from ran out of money. GREAT! The buyers really wanted to get the house but needed a special program for down payment assistance which is no longer offered. We thought it was over but they came back to us and told us that they talked to some family members and borrowed enough for a down payment. Now we are patiently waiting for their papers to go through a new lender. We think we'll close on Tuesday but I'm not crossing my fingers. I will be happy if it happens though :)
In the mean time, we are still in Utah we were staying in a hotel which was very expensive. We knew we had to put an end to that and checked out our options. My husband being the major deal maker that he is found us a cheap yet nice motor home on KSL so that is what we are staying in for the time being. It gets crazy but the boys love all the dirt and rocks they get to throw. We have the motor home parked at the shop so we can be with Andrew all day!
What Andrew has been up to in short... very short.... He has this thing for fixing up wrecked semi's you know the big diesel semi trucks. Well anyhow a year ago he bought them to work on over the winter while the construction industry is slow. His plan was to rebuild them and sell them. So he has a guy that wants to buy two of them but only has time to build one before we need to be back in PA. So he is rushing to get that finished before we head back. He will have to make one more trip out after this next one to get the rest of the shop stuff and then he can get it all set up in the shop back in PA.
Aus and Cam have been having fun seeing family and playing with friends. Camden got his first stitched too. When we were at the hotel he was on the bed and rolled off next to the night stand and landed on the bottom corner of the night stand (it was a funky design the bottom of it stuck out more than the top and had a very sharp corner) that slit his head open and he was bleeding like crazy. We took him to the hospital where he had to get 6 stitches in his head. He cried when they were numbing him up but slept through all the "sewing" He just laid on Daddy's chest and slept it was cute.
Since I don't have my camera with me I have very few photos of the last month (along with very little of everything. I flew out here for one week! For the love!!! Good thing I can get creative lol) I do however, have some of Cam's stitches and a few others.
Camden's cute face before...
and this is while we were waiting in the ER
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sleeping with daddy
And the finished product. It didn't leave too bad of a scar. I even took out the stitches myself. Wasn't hard at all. He is doing fine now and has even managed to have a few close call repeat trips. Boys will be boys!
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Friday, August 22, 2008
...Roughin' it...
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Friday, August 1, 2008
My Tractor Boys!!
The boys love to ride this tractor. Its so funny to watch because Aus puts it in fast mode and they cruise around the back yard like crazy. Somehow Camden manages to hold on the entire time. You'd be surprised to see how fast this little toy goes!
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Aussie Sauce
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
A new first for me
I guess there is a first for everything right? Well I had my first car accident yesterday! I have never been in a car accident before and to make it worse it was MY FAULT!!! We were in the interstate in rush hour traffic. It was stop and go and at this particular point in time everyone hit the gas and went faster than they had before and then all of a sudden slammed on the breaks. I didn't have time to stop before I hit the car in front of me, which hit the car in front of him. Since I was the one in the back I got cited for it. BUT the guy behind me was seriously an inch away from hitting me! DANG IT!! lol...
Anyhow, there wasn't much damage done to anyones car. My car had the least amount of damage. You could hardly tell it was even in an accident. The other guys had minor bumper damage. So it really wasn't a big deal at all.
Andrew came down and met me there and told the guys we would just pay to fix their bumpers rather than let it go through our insurance and pay the deductable and then a higher premium on top of that. They were cool with doing it that way.
Luckily it was just me in the car. I had someone watching the kids. I think that is what I was thankful for the most.
I think I did pretty good going 27 years without having an accident. Lets just hope my luck continues and I dont have any for at least another 27 years!
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Halloween 2007
I was going through Andrews computer and found these pics from last year. Sorry they're late but hey- better late than never right? Aren't they such cute little boys? I think Aussie's outfit turned out really cute!
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Rumor Has It...
In answer to everyone's question. YES we are moving. We are actually really excited about it too! We have been planning on this since November but just have kept it quiet because we didn't know the exact time frame. Having a company takes a lot of things out of your control so we were just waiting til the company said we could move :)
We are moving back to Pennsylvania about an hour and a half north of Pittsburgh. Andrew is from there and we have some property that we can build on. So the plan for now is to go back and rent for the time being and start another company that has less to do with constructin seeing as the economy has taken a sky dive.
We knew that we were supposed to be back there, the Lord has made that very clear. It was just hard to see how it was all going to happen so soon, but we did everything moving forward with going back there and things are REALLY starting to fall into place. We have an offer on our house and we never even listed it!! We wanted to fix/replace a few things to make it perfect to sell but the buyer didn't want us to do that. Which is actually a blessing. We have a few options for a place to live back there for a VERY good price.
I am actually enjoying the "de-junking" process of moving. I hate clutter so things we dont use we are getting rid of. We're having a huge yard sale. Furniture and all will be there! We currently have 3 living/family rooms in our house and the new one will only have one so we have to get rid of at least 2 rooms of furniture, which is fine by me! I am looking forward to having a smaller house to clean and being out in the open away from a ton of people. The city wont be too far from us and we will have 2 large cities within 2 hours either direction. It will be a change but we are all looking forward to it.
Most of all I am excited to live in the mission field again and have all the opportunities to be a part of mission work! Its just a branch right now so it will be like a small ward family. Everyone in the church is really close and they know everyone, nobody gets lost in the cracks. We will also have the chance to feed the missionaries more than once every two years!! Seriously I'm STOKED!!
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Friday, May 30, 2008
A few pics from DC
Aus and I in front of the Washingtom Monument.
This is "Cam-diggity-doo-dah" and his cute dimples!!! Poor kid has so many nick names... But he is still super cute.
Aus and I by something. I cant remember the name of it. But it was really cool. I'm glad we got to go
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And one more cause I'm on a roll....
Aussie has always been so diligent about standing in time out (for the most part) I just had to snap this pic because I laugh everytime he is in time out with his nose in the corner. He pushes it way into the corner and stands on his tippy toes. What a funny little boy. When he is done with time out he will always come up to me and give me a hug and say "sorry mommy. Aussie was naughty" and then give me a kiss. How can you stay mad at that?
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More pics from kira's wedding
Andrew was being a good husband and painting my toenails for the reception. Its his designated job. I always get the paint all over my skin . I like this one of Aussie cause he looks so GQ. He is a cute kid!
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Tommy and Kira's wedding
Here are some random pics from Kira's wedding. It was such a perfect day and she looked BEAUTIFUL!!! (as you can see from the pics) We went back to DC for a reception for Tommy's side. That was a lot of fun We got to see the White House and all the fun sites.
Arent they so cute? I love this pic.
Her dress was so pretty
The best family photo I could get. Sad huh. Camden is asleep and Aus is so tired
Kira's new Mother-in-law Bay and Tommy and Kira. She has a great mother-in-law. so sweet
Kira and all her "Sisters" Some are mission companions, one is a sister-in-law and another is an old roommate... but none can compare with the REAL sister... :)
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Monday, May 26, 2008
My Random Three's
I was tagged by my cousin Laurie.
JOYS
1. I Love spending time with my family. Especially outdoors
2. I like to learn new things and try to find ways to make the boring things fun.
3. I enjoy talking to Andrew about random things and making our plans for the future.
FEARS
1. I have the same fear of most mothers I'm sure, I am scared that something will happen to one of my boys or Andrew.
2. I always worry that I am not doing a good enough job as a wife and mother. I feel like I should be doing more.
3. I HATE spiders and bugs!! EW!!
GOALS
1. Getting my house packed up and getting rid of all our junk so we don't take all of our unwanted stuff when we move.
2. Finish getting the house ready so we can put it up for sale.
3. Get my food storage so I dont have that nagging thought in the back of my mind because I know I should have a MUCH better supply of food than I now have.
OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS
1. I think the food storage thing could fall under this category.
2. Lately I have wanted to collect more childrens books for our kids.
3. I think I may be a little OCD with numbers. I count EVERYTHING!!! I count how many glasses I have in my cupboard. I count how many steps I take, I find the mean of license plates on cars when I'm driving. I have issues I know.
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME
1. Thinking about what I am going to make for breakfast usually is what gets me up and out of bed in the mornings. I LOVE breakfast. In fact, I usually eat it twice in a row before 10am.
2.I was pregnant 3 times in a 10 month period. I had a miscarriage between the boys. (it was a blessing for sure) I was also on birth control for the first two pregnancies. With Camden I didnt have time to get back on birth control before I was pregnant again. I am terrified that I will get pregnant before I am ready.
3. I went on two places for my mission. First to the Australia Melbourne West Mission then I got REALLY sick and was sent home, waited 5 months for doctors, tests and the medical department for the church to clear me to go back out. Then I went to the Charleston West Virginia Mission where I finished. I still keep in touch with most companions and converts from both missions. I really try to keep in touch with people.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
OK already!
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Friday, April 18, 2008
I did it...
I finally cut my hair. I have been wanting to do it for so long but havent had the guts to and Andrew likes my hair long. So while he was out of town I cut 7 inches off of my hair!!! It is just at my shoulders now. I dont have any pics because I hate to take pics of myself but someday I'm sure you will see it. lol. I cant believe I actually did it! Hope Andrew likes it when he sees it.
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Kira's Wedding announcement.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
FINALLY!!!
Well I finally got my pictures uploaded to a computer. YAY! I couldn't sleep tonight so i decided to blog. (its 3am) Here is a pic of Andrew and I next to the big huge excavator its an 850 or something like that. That is the bucket we are standing next to! I had Andrew coach me on how to run it. In the second picture you can see him staning up by me teaching me. A few of the guys said that I ran it better than they have seen experienced men run it.... I just think they were looking to make some commission on something. Sorry guys! :)
It was such a nice trip. I was so glad we got to go and spend some time together doing something Andrew enjoys.
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Get-Away
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
I've been Tagged!!
Ok so, I really haven't been tagged. Nobody would do that anymore cause they all know I most likely wouldnt do it... So I'm going to tag myself and try a bit harder to be better at blogging.
100 Things About Me
1. I LOVE to eat... Thinking about what I'm going to make for breakfast is what gets me up and out of bed in the morning.
2. I was a tomboy growing up and am slowly learing how to be girly.
3. Andrew is my best friend in the whole world. EVER!!
4. I am very very happy when everything is in perfect order and my house is clean
5. My boys all 3 of them are my life. They make me so happy
6. I love love love to dance
7. I love to sing also... my kids and husband are usually my only audiance though. :)
8. Chick flicks are my fave!
9. I have green eyes.
10. I can cook pretty well but I HATE trying to decide what to cook.
11. I can wiggle my eyes really fast. its freaky.
12. I would love to learn to really play the piano someday not just play some songs by ear.
13. My sister Kira is engaged!!! She is getting married on May 16th! (thats kinda about me lol)
14. I cant sleep until my husband comes to bed and my toes are tucked nice and warm under his legs!
15. I served a mission in two countries... but only served one mission.
16. I can speak some spanish... I can carry on a pretty good conversatoin
17. I learnd most of tthat from a co-worker who refused to speak english to me so that I would learn. Thanks Juan wherever you are!
18. I worked security for the olympics. I worked in the media center at the Salt Palace and met a lot of famous people. It was awesome!
19. I have been to a gym about 6 times my entire life. 3 of those times was to go tanning.
20. I would love to get braces some day but think i'm too old now. I would like to get the invisiline ones though.
21. A year ago I had blonde hair. Now its dark brown with caramel highlights.
22. People still think I'm a high schooler. When My husband and I went to pick up one of my friends kids from junior high, the principal came up to me and asked to see my hall pass!!! Are ya kidding me? He thought I was 15 years old!!!! I hate that!
23. I have kept in touch with a good number of my childhood friends.
24. My new favorite restaurant is Goodwood BBQ. BEST ribs I've ever had.
25. I am a chapstick fanatic. I have one everywhere I go.
26. I have been married for 3 1/2 wonderful years!
27. um... I'm 27 years old.
28. I have 30+ cousins on each of my parents sides. Family get-togethers are huge.
29. I have a great grandpa who is still living (hes almost 96)
30. That great grandpa is Austin and Camdens great great grandpa!
31. I am a water-aholic. I drink it like crazy.
32. I kick my husbands butt on air hockey almost every time.
33. I cant take naps during the day.
34. I love to go on roller coasters but dont know if I'd ever sky dive or bunjee jump
35. I love good deals. ie: going to yard sales, platos closet etc...
36. I really really like mexican food. I love Cafe Rio and Costa Vida
37. I love a good thunder and lighting storm
38. A foot message is the way to my heart!
39. I hate being cold
40. One of my favorite shows is Heroes. When is it going to come back? :(
41. My husband is the hardest worker I know.
42. We own a company together that has grown a ton in the last 18 months.
43. I love sharing the gospel with others and sharing my testimony.
44. Someday we will go to Hawaii
45. We have already been to the Virgin Islands and loved it!
46. One of my good friends is a Scuba instructor and is going to help me get my scuba license
47. My cell phone is a must have. I wouldnt know what to do without it.
48. I enjoy watching the super bowl and other football and basketball games BUT only if it is with my Dad. He makes them very fun. and entertaining.
49. I like to play jokes on people. I love the reactions I get.
50. I can be very creative sometimes and it surprises me.
51. When I cant sleep at night I tickle my husbands back until I fall asleep... sometimes he tries to give me caffiene before I go to bed!!
52. I really enjoy planing games with people. Like the gather round the table type of games.
53. I own a .22 rugar semi-autimatic (sp?) Thats a gun!! but I have only shot it a handful of times. I have another one but I dont know what kind it is. My husband got it for me. We just use them to target shoot. (so far)
54. I have gained an appreciation for seafood. I now can say I like it.
55. My sister and I have a secret language... which isnt so secret when my mom, husband and her fiance are around. Otherwise most people dont know what we are saying
56. My sister is one of my best friends!
57. I really admire my sister
58. I HATE doing laundry. Ask Andrew.
59. I bite my bottom lip when I think.
60. Even though Aus has been potty trained since the week he turned 2 I still cant get him to go #2 in the potty!! He will be 2 1/2 next month. Any suggestions?
61. I would love to grow my hair down to my waist or just above. I just dont have the patience and it ends up staying somewhere between my shoulders and mid back. uhg!
62. I still use the word "rad"
63. I need to take more photos and video of my family.
64. I have to sleep with my head under the blankets.
65. I dont like any movies or conversations that are about evil spirits and ghosts.
66. I used to make up dances clear up until College.
67. My sister and I used to play jokes on my mom on her birthday. We would put those little snap popper things on the 4 little nubs on the toilet and then close the rim. EVERY year when she sat down she would scream... We did it for many years... I cant believe she still loves us :)
68. I hate wearing shoes. I even wear sandals in the winter. This year is the first year that I have worn closed toed shoes more than open toed shoes. Dang snow!!
69. I love snowstorms. I secretly hope everytime that we will be snowed in for a day or two!
70. I think I have an ocd with counting. I am always counting things and I am always finding the average number on a license plate. Im cooky I know. I try not to do it but I just cant help it.
71. I have recently learned I like to make crafts with wood.
72. I love camping
73. I havent been for a while but I love rock climbing.
74. I have never been snow skiing. I have done a lot of Water skiing. Someday I will snow ski and snow board.
75. I used to like cats until I got one as an adult. Now, not so much. And dont get me started on indoor dogs.
76. We have a golden rereiver named TJ who is the best dog EVER for kids... He came with the husband and therefore was an indoor dog before I even had a say... I really dislike indoor animals. But I like them outside.
77. I have to admit that its nice to have TJ around when the kids spill food on the floor. All I have to say is TJ clean up! and he comes running and all I have to do is mop! I think thats the only perk to having indoor dogs.
78. My birthday is on Christmas. As a child I got lucky because all my aunts and uncles would know they were going to see me on my birthday and they felt bad for me so they all got me gifts. Nobody made out like I did.
79. It was a rule (thanks mom!!) and still is that all my birthday gifts are to be wrapped in birthday wrapping paper, and it can never be a happy birthday/merry christmas gift. The first gift I ever got that was a dual gift was from my friend Angie ( I doubt she even knows this) I was in 5th grade and it was a horse poster and a mug.
80. I usually have a reorganizing project going on somewhere in my house. I like to organize and re-organize... However I can never seem to have everything organized... whats the secret?
81. I love to go horseback riding. We bought a horse last fall at the auction but had to sell her because she wasnt a good "kid horse" but she was a very very pretty horse.
82. I like to stretch my limits when it comes to using my brain... Since I havent been in school it isnt challanged as often, so when the opportunity arises I take it and enjoy it. (ie. figuring out how to do things in the office or at home or how something works etc...)
83. I really really miss being in school. I will most definitely finish my degree someday!
84. I think it would be fun to be a figure ice skater.
85. In High School I went through a "skater" phase where I hung out with "skaters" and skated on skate boards. It only lasted a year.
86. I feel overly blessed to be who I am and to have the life and family and husband that I do... I am so lucky!
87. My husband likes to spoil me. He is good at it too.
88. I am so stinking stubborn. I'm trying to do better though
89. Pumkin Pie is my favorite and I make it all year round... I also listen to Christmas music all year round.
90. Mariah Carey is one of my favorite singers... but only her older stuff. Does that make me old?
91. I chase Aussie around the house every single day just so I can brush his teeth. lil stinker
92. I dont have dimples, neither does Andrew but Camden has the HUGEST dimples that are so cute. His cheeks are like kissing magnets.
93. I think my biggest weakness is comparing myself to others. Its a bad thing.
94. My biggest strength is the ability to love unconditionally and forgive easily. I've never held a grudge.
95. I very rarely cry except when I am pregnant. I cry like once or twice a month!!
96. I love to read my scriptures right before I go to bed. Sometimes I have cool dreams about what I have read. Like I was Moroni or something.
97. I have a guilty concience. I dont tell lies very well.
98. I love being social and being around lots of people and getting to know new people. I thrive on socializing.
99. Someday I am going to design the coolest house that has all the things I want!! Then Andrew will draw up the plans. ( he was going to be an architect when he was in school.)
100. If I fall asleep without brushing my teeth I will wake up in the middle of the night to brush them.
**bonus** I did this all in one sitting!! It is harder than you think it would be!
I dont think anyone should have anymore questions about me EVER!! lol!
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