Christmas Around the Corner

I almost can't believe that the year is getting so much closer to the end. I have been going kind of crazy getting things ready! I finally counted and I have found out that I am making 9 things for the Christmas Eve party that is annually held up at my Grandma's house. I had to write it all down so I don't forget....ready?

Baked Beans
small Orange Jello Salad
BIG Sugar Cookies
Fruit Cakes
Blueberry Loaves (kind of like blueberry muffins only bigger)
Chex Mix
Banana Nut Bread
Holiday Cakes (not even close to fruit cakes)
small Sugar Cookies (these I give away as presents and they are done)

So far I only have done the Holiday Cakes, small Sugar Cookies, and the Banana Nut Bread (only cause I had some bananas about to bite the dust). All I can say is thank goodness the other stuff isn't really terribly hard to make up. Plus I just finished making Christmas Candy that I didn't count because it doesn't go up to my Grandma's house. Amazingly I really don't feel so overwhelmed cause 4 of the 6 things I still have to make to get ready to go up really aren't that hard to make up. You mix together and cook most of it like the baked beans, jello salad, blueberry loaves, and the Chex Mix. I haven't ever made fruit cakes before but I got the best recipe for them so they should turn out pretty good (at least I REALLY hope so!!!) The Sugar Cookies I am going to make them big so that I can frost them and Lowell is going to help me. I know that I will have to post pictures on here of some of them. I even got him a BIG container of sprinkles that he can put on the cookies when they are all frosted. I hope that everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a JOYOUS NEW YEAR!!!

Swivel Sweeper

ok so we got a swivel sweeper....and Lowell was suppose to clean his room in order to be allowed to use it...and well...he didn't clean his room at all and so he didn't get to use it...we put the battery in and Max and I used it for a while and then I was going to use it to go clean the front room and it stopped working...and now we can't get it to work...and so Lowell is beyond upset because he can't use it at all now...we are trying to figure out what is wrong w/ the battery without much luck....:(

A playlist of some funny people saying some funny things...

Strangeness and an update

Yea I know it's been a while since I last posted. Ok Ok a LONG while. Let's see...since I last posted Max has gotten kicked out of his maintenance job at Heinz, Daisy has passed away (she had a liver disease and she just didn't recover), Max has applied for a new maintenance job at the Simplot plant in Aberdeen where they make fries, and Lowell has grown!

I am not sure what to say other than that...I am on Facebook now and so is Max and we do try to keep updates going regularly. You can add me and keep updated if you wish...I will try to be better about keeping this page updated but I am not going to make any promises!

I am so glad that everything seems to be turning for a good way. The job interview (Max seems really excited about getting this job). The possibility of moving again...this place that we are at now really is just too small; that is about all I can really say about this place!

I made apple pie filling with my Grandma's red delicious apples that grow in her back yard!

Yes I know 'tis sad that Daisy passed away but she just wasn't a happy kitty at the end and I decided that it would be best if she didn't have to suffer any more...they asked me if I wanted her ashes and I told them no...I have enough pictures and videos of her...well enough for her 8 year long life with me.

Max and I are thinking seriously about the possibility of getting a Sheltie or a Shetland Sheepdog. We have been looking at information about them and I have called a breeder and asked her all about her dogs. They sound like they would be just right for our family in that they are small but not a mini. They love kids and get along well with other pets i.e. Jack. They also are very smart and therefore easy to train! = )

I guess I could do a little update about Jack...he is doing OK health wise but well he just has been a different cat since Daisy passed on. I am not sure why but for some reason he is a lot more playful now than he use to be. My mom claims that it is because he doesn't want to join Daisy and "go away" and I am thinking that it was because when Daisy was sick all she wanted to do was lay around and he was such a sweetheart about her that he would just lay around with her. He has sadly put on some weight and I am thinking that it is due a bit to stress but he isn't anywhere near as heavy as he once was so I am not going to complain too loudly about that!

I am thinking that I am done for now cause I just don't know what else to write.

Update?

Wow.....can't believe it was March 9 that I did my last post...sorry I don't keep this thing more updated! Last week was hubby's b-day and he had a lot of fun! I also took a short trip to Challis...and the trip back was totally scary cause of white out conditions!! Hopefully more later!!!

Wii Fit

Ok I know I haven't been posting very much lately. I haven't been on the computer very much to be honest. I did have a great birthday! Max spoiled me rotten and he got me a Wii and a Wii Fit and it is soo fun!! I play on it every day and I've been going at it for almost a month now.

The Ag Expo

Today we went to the Ag Expo at the Holt Arena. It was fun. Lowell decided to start talking again so we got to go before they closed up shop and left for the year... I snapped a few pics with my phone = )

He loved how big the tires were!!!

He got to get up into a couple of the tractors....WAY COOL!!!

New Year's Eve...

Here's the happening's from New Year's Eve...we went to Etna, near Freedom, WY and spend the time with Mike and Aimee at their house. They were nice enough to put on a party. Of course everyone else who could showed up and it was a total blast!

Lowell and Brandon having fun in the computer chair.



Stan getting ready to blow out the candles on his Birthday Cake.

Everyone, ok almost everyone, in the kitchen having fun and chowing down on dinner!

Where to begin....

As you might have noticed it's been a while since I last posted. I just don't know where to start if I should just omit what has happened during Christmas and New Year's or if I should go a head and do a few posts about it...I'll probably do a few posts w/ pics so you can at least see what the little boy got for Christmas. He isn't so little any more and personally I think he is tanking up to have another huge growth spurt cause he has been majorly chowing down...

Ok well here goes. For Christmas Lowell had a very Thomas Christmas...

He got so much Thomas stuff he isn't even sure what to do with it all.

Lowell playing with his BIG legos!

His new Thomas Tracks = )

His Thomas books.

My New Pitcher

It snowed just a bit on Christmas Eve...we had to help get a couple of people unstuck from the street cause there was that much.