The Geddes Family

Arizona!

2010-11-09T13:07:00.000-08:00

My Dad holding his mini-me Liam. Liam is only 2 months old and already weighs 17 lbs and 8 oz. Look at those cheeks, they are so kissable!

My Aunt Corinne had a baby a couple of days before we got to AZ. Bryce only weighed 5 lbs ? oz (sorry Corinne- I can't remember!) He was just tiny and adorable. He was so cuddly! Liam looks HUGE next Bryce!

My Sis Hed and I holding Bryce the day they got home from the hospital.

My Bro Wil and his wife Sherae and baby Liam.

I grew up in CA until I was 15 and then my parents moved us to UT. Most of my family has since migrated out of CA to various places and most of my mom's family has settled in AZ. Well now my brother and his wife and my parents have migrated to AZ too. :( They are leaving me to brave the cold alone! It has been really hard for me. I have taken for granted my family because they have always been there for me and have lived less that 10 min away. Not to sound like a 2 year old but I miss my Mom! My parents are AMAZING and I have had a hard time since they left. I am getting misty eyed just typing this. But on to something light hearted, I got to take a girls weekend and visit my family in AZ. My brother and sis-in-law had a baby (Liam) and my sisters and I flew in for the baby blessing (long story but my brother got a stomach virus and the baby blessing will be in December). My sister even flew in from Washington. It was beautiful and warm and a much needed break. It was so fun to see family that I have not seen for a while and to hold my cute nephew Liam. It was a quick trip and I missed my hubby and kids, but I look forward to more trips south to the heat of AZ!

Witchy Witchy Screamy Screamy Happy Happy Halloweeny!!

2010-11-01T16:16:00.001-07:00

Happy Halloween! From the Geddes'!

1st Day of School!!!

2010-08-25T11:49:00.000-07:00

Big sister Peri helping Korbin get on the bus.

Waiting for the bus to come.

Big 5th grader!

Big 1st grader!! And little brother who is going to miss having his brother and sister around!

Both kids are in school ALL day! What a sad and WONDERFUL day all in one!!! One great thing about our neighborhood is that the kids get to ride the bus to school. I am going to LOVE that. But first we have to get through the first day. I am scared to death for the "what ifs". What if the kids get on the wrong bus. What if they get off at the wrong bus stop. What if they have no one to sit by. What if! What if! What if! I told them they had to stick together until we were all comfortable with the bus situation (that includes me!). Mason and I are going to be so bored now that both kids are in school ALL day!

Peri's Birthday!

2010-08-25T11:44:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby is 10! Time has flown! Peri is such a great help to our family. Her brothers LOVE her and she is a good example to them! Happy Birthday to PERI!!!

Vegas!

2010-08-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a quick mini-vacation before the kids went back to school. Moving cramped our vacation style, so we decided to take a quick trip to Vegas to visit my grandparents. Finding kid friendly activities in Vegas was actually fun. We went to a museum, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead. I was surprised at how much fun we had on the "Dam" tour and Lake Mead was so beautiful! Our vacation went too fast, but was SUPER fun!

We finally moved!

2010-07-30T15:11:00.001-07:00

We are finally in and we could not be happier! We are having fun making this house our own. We have repainted everything and have tons of projects lined up. The kids are making friends and the neighbors could not be nicer. Hopefully we will stay here for a while but knowing Bryan, we will probably move again.

Cousins!!!

2010-07-30T15:00:00.000-07:00

Cousin Katie and Mason

McCoy cousins at Lagoon!

Cousin Will at Korbin's baseball game. This is Korbin's "best cousin". These two are inseparable!

Jack and Sam

Kam, Peri, and Paige

June was a super fun and busy month. We had cousins from both sides in town and got to go to Lagoon with both! We had so much fun with all the cousins that came to town. I wish they all lived here so we could see them more!

Mason Turned 3!!!

2010-07-30T14:53:00.000-07:00

Mason turned 3 on June 15. This kid has so much enthusiasm for life! He was SOOOO... much fun to spoil! He loved every minute of his birthday! He was really lucky because his cousins were in town from Arizona, so we had a bigger party at grandma's. Mason LOVES ice cream, so I experimented and made an ice cream pie. It was YUMMY! I will definitely make that again.

Alpine Slide and Pirate Island Pizza

2010-06-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

Bryan had the day off on Wednesday June 9th so we headed to do the Alpine Slide. It is a family tradition that we go every summer at least once. The older the kids get the funner it is. Peri can now drive her own slide. Korbin and Mason are passengers but they try to "drive" us faster.
After the slides we headed to Pirate Island Pizza for dinner. GREAT atmosphere! The kids LOVED it! The parents are still undecided.

$55 for mediocre pizza
An overeager BYU drama student dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow as your waiter- PRICELESS!

Peri FINALLY let me get her ears pierced!

2010-06-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

After YEARS and YEARS of me trying to talk my ONLY daughter into getting her ears pierced- she FINALLY did it on 5/27/10! YAY! The verdict- "Mom you were right, it didn't hurt". Go figure!

I'm Back!

2010-05-28T11:54:00.001-07:00

Life has been SUPER CRAZY and I have let my blogging lapse. We have had a lot of decisions that we have had to make but I finally feel like the craziness is coming to a close. We nixed building for right now because for a lot of reasons it was not working out. It was a hard decision to make but I really believe that it wasn't right for us to build right now. But we found a GREAT house to buy! The house is great, the price is great, and our interest rate is great! So I guess there was a reason to buy instead of build right now! We are moving back up north and I can't wait to live closer to my family and friends up there. I will post more pics of the house after we close on it (I am paranoid of jinxing the deal!). We did move out of Hotel Geddes and have been renting a house close to it so that the kids did not have to change schools. I am apologizing right now because I have posted a ton of posts to catch up. But in the spirit of our family history I felt it needed to be done.

Bryan's Helicopter Ride May 2010

2010-05-28T11:46:00.001-07:00

Bryan's brother Todd is training to become a helicopter pilot. He needs a lot of practice so Bryan got the opportunity to go on a helicopter ride with him. Bryan had so much fun! Our kids were SO jealous!

Baseball and Softball

2010-05-28T11:42:00.000-07:00

Peri started softball this year and she is a natural. Her batting is improving and she loves being the pitcher.

Korbin is doing coach pitch baseball this year and he has already really improved. At his last game he had some really good hits and got a run each time he was up to bat.

Ogden Marathon

2010-05-28T11:40:00.000-07:00

Bryan and some buddies ran the relay of the Ogden Marathon on May 15. Next year we will run the half marathon.

Mother's Day 2010

2010-05-28T11:37:00.001-07:00

Homeade Mother's Day gifts are the BEST! Now that all 3 of my kids are bigger, I get triple the amount of homeade gifts. The kids really stepped up to help Byan make my Mother's Day GREAT!

Korbin loses his first tooth!

2010-05-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

In April Korbin lost his first tooth! He was so happy! He had been wiggling that tooth for weeks and finally it popped out at dinner. The Tooth Fairy was VERY generous and he got $5 because she did not have any smaller bills. Lucky Korbin!

Easter 2010!

2010-05-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

Our Easter was low key this year. We had family out of town, so we spent it at home (well our rental). We had a BLAST! I have always thought Easter was fun but now that all of our kids are older and understand the holiday it is even funner!

Korbin's 6th Birthday!

2010-05-28T11:26:00.001-07:00

Korbin turned 6 in February! He is getting SO BIG. I can't believe he goes to 1st grade next year and that he can read. He finally got the DS he has been asking for. He has wanted one for over a year but I wanted to wait until he was more responsible. We got Peri a Game Boy when she was too young and she broke it. He was so HAPPY to finally get his own DS and not have to borrow Peri's anymore!

Bryan's 35th Birthday!

2010-05-28T11:24:00.000-07:00

Bryan celebrated the big 35 in January. I made his favorite cake and he got spoiled!

Christmas!

2010-01-05T08:47:00.000-08:00

Christmas was a blast! I got a new camera for Christmas (I have been wanting a new one for a while!) I actually opened it before Christmas because I wanted to use it for taking pictures.

Christmas Eve was with my in-laws. Peri played Mary in the Nativity play that the grandkids put on. With so many cousins this was her 1st and probably her last time playing Mary. Korbin was a Wiseman. Mason was supposed to play a sheep, but really he just climbed on the "donkey" (aka cousin Matt) the whole time.

New jammies for the whole crew. Note Brittany's (Bryan's little sis) pink footie pj's! Love them!

Christmas morning! We lucked out our kids did not wake up until 8am. They partied too much on Christmas Eve!

After opening presents and playing with our new toys we headed to my parents house for more partying! I did not take very many pics there, because I was having too much fun!

Note the retro christmas tree, that was the one they used to use when Bryan was a kid. Now it is the one they put up in the basement. It was so much fun being at my in laws house for Christmas. The kids had fun being with aunt Brittany and being where the cousins come to visit. We were in the midst of it all!

House Update and Bryan's Martha Stewart Moment

2009-12-19T12:40:00.001-08:00

Well, we are still in limbo this Christmas. In the midst of trying to get bids for construction on our house and finalizing a lot, we found a house that was FABULOUS! It is a short sale home ( I know - pain in the butt). We had tried to stay away from short sale homes because they take forever to get an answer from the bank and they are just a pain in the butt. But this house is GREAT! We were actually the last offer the bank took (and supposedly the best offer), before the bank was going to foreclose. Now we are in the waiting game. We have been waiting for over a month now and the suspense is killing me! Everything in our life is on hold until we find out about this house. Hopefully we will know before 2010.

Now a fun Christmas story- Bryan's Martha Stewart Moment! I was gone one night and Bryan was playing Mr. Mom and I get this picture text: Tiff text: "Cute, what are they for?"
Bryan text: "I thought that the kids could give them to their friends for Christmas... I glue gunned them up and it only took about 30min..."

I was super impressed with Bryan's initiative. I had just been thinking that I needed to get the kids friends and teacher gifts over the weekend. I was going to just buy something due to the fact that Christmas is less than a week away. Now the stress is off and I just have to get the kids teachers a gift.

Aren't they cute!!!

Witchy Witchy Screamy Screamy Happy Happy Halloweeny!

2009-11-02T09:07:00.000-08:00

Gotta love Halloween! The millions of kids running around on sugar highs and the days of sugar overload afterwards. I love Halloween, but I am always a little relieved when it is over!

Another House Update

2009-10-30T09:13:00.000-07:00

How come everything with this process is taking FOREVER? But anyway, we finally have LAND (more pics later). We are in a contract on a lot in my hometown (I don't have a private blog, so I will not post the city- sorry!). We put offers on 2 other lots and are waiting to hear about those. One lot is in my hometown and the other is right by Peri's old school. So now we are getting bids for our loan appraisal and then hopefully we will be digging a hole. PS- House plans are done and ready for that hole!

House Update

2009-10-05T09:24:00.000-07:00

Well we are still homeless and living in my in-laws basement. Really if it wasn't so nice maybe we would have left ages ago. We are not just hanging though. We are currently drawing up our house plans with an architect. It is taking FOREVER. I swear it takes weeks to make a simple change. We are making offers on lots this week and hopefully we will have LAND soon. So hopefully we will be building soon. Although a lot hinges on the appraisal we have to get even before we start building. Bryan is going to be our general contractor so that is why the bank is requiring a appraisal before the house is even built. We are still looking at homes too. Everyone keeps telling us that we can get a much better deal buying a home and not building. We will hopefully have answers in the next couple of weeks!

New Moon

2009-09-30T13:56:00.000-07:00

Well I bought New Moon tickets (and no I am not going at midnight of opening night)! My mom, sis, and sister-in-law are coming with PERI and I. I am so excited! I even bought Peri and I matching t-shirts.

Does Spiderman dust?

2009-09-09T18:40:00.001-07:00

OH YEAH!!!

One of Korbin's chores is to dust. One day before school I was hounding him to do his chores. This is what I found when he finally decided to dust!

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-09T18:33:00.000-07:00

Over Labor Day weekend we decided to go up to Bryan's parents property to do some end of the seasoncamping and four-wheeling. We had a blast! We had a hard time keeping the boys off the four-wheelers. They could have spent all day on them!

1st Day of School!!!

2009-08-27T15:35:00.000-07:00

Well it is that time of the year again- THE 1st DAY OF SCHOOL!!!! I think I love it as much as the kids do! I put the kids at the elementary school that the kids in my in-laws neighborhood go to. It is brand new and super nice!

Korbin's 1st day: He was so excited! We were too early because he could not wait any longer. He is afternoon kindergarten and had to wait until after lunch. I think it just about killed him to stay in the car after we dropped Peri off. After school he told me that his heart was punching him all day after I dropped him off. I asked him if he was going to be ok for school tomorrow and he said "yes mom, you are only nervous the 1st day of school!" Now my heart in going to punch me all day long tomorrow!

Peri's 1st day: Peri started on Monday which was also her birthday! Her class is great! There is a computer for every 2 students. There is actually a computer at her desk in between her and her desk mate. I am so excited for this. It makes me want to stay in the school boundaries. Too bad all of the lots in this area are WAY out of my price range! Maybe I can talk Bryan into buying an older house around here!

A nice tradition that I try to do with some of my friends is go out to lunch in honor of sending the kids to school. It is sort of a celebration! We went today to Cafe Rio! It was so weird just having me and Mason there. I think I can totally get used to this!

Happy Birthday Peri!

2009-08-24T08:46:00.001-07:00

We love this girl! Not only is she the cutest girl I know but she is also the funnest! She is always up for doing something fun. Peri LOVES sports. Her favorites are basketball (GO JAZZ), soccer, and tennis. She also is the most amazing daughter and big sister! Some days I don't know how I could get by without her help. Peri is a very easy going and happy-go-lucky kid. Even as a baby she was easy going. We say she just used to hang out with Bryan and I and just chill with us as we did stuff. She was the funnest 1st baby! We were spoiled. But she has turned into an even more amazing girl! I am getting misty eyed just thinking that my cute Peri is growing up! So here's to Peri on her Birthday! We love you Princess Pei-Pei!!!

Feed the Ducks!

2009-08-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

One of our favorite things to do living with my in laws is feeding the ducks at the local university pond. I swear they are ALWAYS starving. We go up at least 1 night a week and feed them. They will probably be fat by the time we leave!

Geddes Family Reunion

2009-08-06T11:32:00.000-07:00

Cousins!!!

The kids made back packs for the hike!

Cousins!!!

Mason wanted to be adopted by Uncle Ron.

A portion of the grandkids on the hike!

Every summer we go on a trip with the all of Bryan's family for a family reunion. It is always super fun to see everyone! Bryan has 9 bro and sis, so we always end up with a huge group. This year there were 43! We went to Lava Hot Springs and did tons of fun stuff: Hiking, swimming (no pics-too busy having fun), tubing down the river (no pics- too busy having fun) were some of the festivities.

This is a video of my 12-year old niece jumping accross the stream. All of the big boys (all older than her- uncles, cousins, and even her dad), had a jumping contest to see who could cross the stream the best. The 1st jump accross isn't too bad, the way back is much harder. I got video of the best jumper, Jordanne. We now call her Jumping Jordanne!

I can't find anything!

2009-08-03T09:54:00.000-07:00

Today I was thinking it was definitely time to update the blog. We have done some fun things and I was going to blog about it. Well, I went to download my pictures from my camera and could not find the cord to plug my camera into my computer (for the life of me I cannot remember the name of it- I think I have lost my brain too!). I thought I had put it in a box that we brought with us, but I cannot find it. AAAHHH!!! Now I have no idea where it could possible be. In storage somewhere or maybe even back at our old house! It is fun living out of boxes! The sad thing is this isn't even what I was going to blog about!

Where we are living!

2009-07-15T08:26:00.000-07:00

I have had many questions as to what we are doing now that we have sold our house. We are looking to either buy a house or build. Right now we are leaning towards building a house. Since this is HOPEFULLY our final place we are being a little picky. So in the meantime we are staying at the Hotel Geddes (my in-laws basement). It is a beautiful hotel with TONS of amenities. Many other homeless Geddes' have stayed there and have given it rave reviews. We just have to have a plan in motion by the time school starts. UGH! I hate living in limbo like this! I will keep you posted!

We are moving!

2009-07-09T08:09:00.000-07:00

So I have kind of slacked on blogging lately! I am going to blame it on the fact that we are moving!!! We put our house up for sale by owner and it sold super fast! I am happy about that. Anyone who has tried to sell their house with 3 kids will understand. In case you haven't heard we are going to build our next house (unless we happen to find a new construction that is PERFECT). YIKES! That will be way nice but VERY stressful. If we make it through the next 6+ months it will be great. Thanks to all of my good friends I have made out here! We will miss you guys! We are sad to leave but super excited!

Mason's 2!!! Happy Birthday Mason!!!

2009-06-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

My baby is 2! Mason has been such a fun kid already. He has personality in abundance and is a little CRAZY! He definitely has no fear and can keep up with his brother and sister. We just love this boy!!!Mason was not the prettiest newborn. He was 9lbs. He had chubby cheeks and rolls from the start! He also had the cord wrapped around his neck. He was really purple for about 3 days. He also had a hard time keeping his oxygen levels up in the hospital. They put him in the NICU for a little while. He looked huge next to all of those tiny preemies! SO SCARY! My biggest and most expensive baby!

Preschool Graduation and T- Ball

2009-06-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

Well my Korbin is growing up! He graduated from preschool and is now onto Kindergarten! I am trying to be happy about this. I wish they would all stay small forever!
Well Korbin has started TBall and LOVES it!!!!!!!!!! He is on the Mariners. And no he is not wearing a dress. We were on vacation when they had their 1st practice and passed out uniforms, so we ended up with the left overs. He is the smallest boy on the team (and youngest) and he has the biggest shirt. He also insists on wearing soccer shorts. I swear this boy would wear shorts year round if I let him. Oh well, this shirt will fit him for the next 5 years.

Korbin's Flowers!

2009-05-26T08:24:00.001-07:00

At preschool last week Korbin got a yellow flower . Korbin came home so excited to plant his flower. But when we got the lone flower in to the pot it looked very lonely. SOOO... off we went up the street to the neighborhood nursery and got Korbin's flower some "friends". Korbin was so proud of how our pot turned out. He had to put on his preschool backpack to protect his flowers from Mason. FYI- Korbin is winking because the sun is in his eyes. I really think he has a hard time taking a normal photo!

Hey all blog friends! I need your help!

2009-05-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my quilt on my bed. But after having it for many years and many washings, it is getting a little worn. I have been looking for new one but I am having a hard time finding a new quilt that I like as much. I like the simplicity of this quilt. It is a corderoy patchwork quilt. So since I have so many blog friends who are good shoppers I decided to enlist your help. If you find in your travels a quilt that you think I may like PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know.

Goodbye Scrubs! :(

2009-05-14T08:37:00.000-07:00

This may seem crazy but I am doing a post on a recent event that saddened me. I LOVE the show Scrubs! I have seen every episode. The old episodes I have watched so often I can recite lines and I frequently quote the show. My kids know that show pretty good as well. When Korbin was little he used to call it the funny doctor show. Peri has always thought it was cool that one of the doctors is named Perry (Dr. Cox). She has never seen anyone with that name. And speaking of Dr. Cox, I have always thought that he and Bryan could be brothers (his curly hair in earlier episodes looks exactly like Bryan's in high school). Well, last week was the final episode and it ended perfectly. I was worried I would be disappointed but it was great! So I dedicate this post to one of my fave shows of all time!

California Photos May 2009!

2009-05-11T08:45:00.000-07:00

Well we had fun and now we are back. I do regret not taking any photos of us getting sunburned on the beach. My kids could not get enough of the surf, sand, and sun! But I could not do it so... no photos of me in a swimsuit and no sandy camera.

California Photos May 2009! Disneyland!

2009-05-11T08:41:00.001-07:00

California Photos May 2009! Legoland!

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California Photos May 2009! Sea World!

2009-05-11T08:34:00.001-07:00

California Photos! Wil's Wedding!

2009-05-11T08:20:00.000-07:00

The bride and groom. Mr and Mrs McCoy!

Feeling the love!

The handsome Geddes men!

Sisters!

I have so many fun memories and so many photos. We had a blast! These are pictures from my brother's wedding!

I Love CA!!!

2009-04-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

I know I have already mentioned this but my brother is getting married. He is not only JUST getting married but he is getting married in the San Diego Temple! I love an excuse to take a vacation! Bryan and I wanted to take a CA vacation this year and now we almost HAVE to go. I love it! I LOVE the San Diego Temple. When the San Diego Temple was built that was our temple! Before we had to take all day temple trips to the LA temple (I have good memories of those trips!). My family was way involved in the open house. I was a youth and we helped hand out the little shoe booties that people had to wear over their shoes. My Mom and Dad helped clean the temple. My Dad was the bishop of our ward at the time and so we got tickets to be at the dedication. I have good memories of this temple! I can't wait to go back.

The reason I am reminiscing is because I think it just hit me that we leave in a week! My grandma is getting us Disneyland, Sea World, and Legoland tickets on base (amazing deals!!!) and she called me yesterday to tell me that we needed to get them today . I just didn't realize our trip was so soon! So now I have CA on the brain. I LOVE CA!!! We have not been to CA for a couple of years. I can't wait to see my family and see the San Diego Temple again! I am also a HUGE Sea World fan! My kids are super excited to go to Legoland because we have never been there. I am DYING to go the beach!!! Sorry, now I am just rambling so I will just end this post:

I LOVE CA!!!

Easter!!!

2009-04-17T08:29:00.000-07:00

We had a really laid back Easter. We ate yummy food and had an Easter egg hunt at my grandma's. Way fun! I do feel like a bad mom though because I am the worst picture taker. I did not even get any pictures of my kids together. Oh well, maybe next year!

Girl's Night!!!

2009-04-06T09:38:00.001-07:00

So my brother Wil is FINALLY getting married! He finally found someone who will put up with him. Just kidding! We love Uncle Wil at our house. My kids love to fight with him. They tackle him and are really rough. It is a good thing he is a BIG guy. Any-hoo! He's finally found a girl who will put up with him and somehow he talked her into marrying him. They are getting married on May 2. So we had to have a shower!!! Since she is from Cali and most of our family lives out of state we decided to go to dinner and have a Girl's Night! It was so fun! We ate at Z Tejas (yummmmmm!!!). I am so glad we got a chance to get to know Sherae better (and without Wil!). We had a BLAST! She was so much fun and I am excited to be her sister-in-law! And even though she hasn't admitted to it, I know I am her favorite!!! Side note: my sista Hed and I got honeymoon items for the gift and even my Grandma and Mom went in on it with us! My Mom acted like she was really embarassed but we all know she loved it! My Grandma was not embarassed at all! Love it!

Korbin got his hair cut too!

2009-03-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

Korbin has massive amounts of hair and it grows sooo... fast. I am of course too cheap to pay someone to cut Korbin's hair every 3 weeks because I normally do a fine job on my own. Lately though I have been getting tired of doing it at least monthly and listening to Korbin complain about it the whole time. I haven't been doing it very often and that is why my poor cute boy looks like his mom doesn't care about the way he looks. So I have been contemplating not cutting his hair and taking him to get his hair done by a real hair dresser. I don't cut Peri's hair so why do I cut my boys hair? I have always figured that if I messed up on the boys hair I could just buzz it and nobody would know. I could never do that to Peri though. I also have some not so fond memories of my mom cutting my hair as a kid and frequently messing it up.

Anyways, this leads me to my story...

I was complaining to Bryan one night about Korbin's crazy hair and that I was so sick of cutting it etc... I think I may have mentioned that I was tired of cutting it so I was going to buzz it. That way I wouldn't have to cut if for a while. (I always say this but I have a hard time actually doing it. I love Korbin's hair in a faux-hawk. I have a hard time cutting off all of his hair.) Bryan is generally all for me buzzing the boys hair. He loves it! Well the next night I had a scout pack meeting and was gone for just over an hour. I came home and found Peri and Mason playing, but Bryan and Korbin nowhere in sight. I asked Peri where they were and she said she thought they were in the bathroom. I walk into the bathroom and what do I see... Bryan had buzzed all of Korbin's "carpet hair" off! They both had big grins and I just had to laugh.

So Korbin has a new hairdo and I bet he had a great time with his dad doing it (instead of complaining the whole time when I do it). He asks everyone to feel his new hair cut. He knows I love the way his hair feels when it is short like that. I love to rub his head and he just laughs! I guess he loves his short short hair!

I cut my hair!

2009-03-30T11:40:00.000-07:00

So I did it! I cut my hair. It looks really cute and is a fun change. Even Bryan likes it. Thanks everyone for your opinions. They really helped. This was seriously a hard decision. I don't know why, but I was scared to death. I have been thinking of doing it for months and would always chicken out. So when I started contemplating it again my cute neighbor and running buddy Jess cut it before I could change my mind. Thanks Jess you did an amazing job! It is even long enough so that I can kind of put it in a "ponytail". I haven't taken any pictures of my new hair yet. I hate taking pictures of myself. I am the most unphotogenic person. So if you want to see my new hair you will have to wait until you see me. Sorry!

Should I cut my hair?

2009-03-24T10:54:00.000-07:00

I am debating about cutting my hair! I am taking a poll , so please give me your input.

The Pros:

I want a change. I am bored with long hair.
I don't do my hair very often. I usually just throw it in a ponytail. Maybe if my hair is short I will have to do it.
Bryan is actually for me cutting my hair! That is a surprise. My hair must really be looking bad lately.

The Cons:

I am getting older and when my hair is short I look older than I am. When I was younger this was ok, but not anymore.
I may not be able to put my hair in a ponytail.
I may not be able to do it. I am hair challenged. That is why my hair is either straight or in a ponytail.
I may hate it and then it will take forever to grow out. But hair does grow so it will not be permanent.
I will actually have to do my hair everyday. I have gotten hair lazy.
I am chubby right now and I am worried my face will look chubbier with short hair.

Please take in consideration my brother is getting married in about 6 weeks. I will have to be in pictures. Bryan also wants me to go blonder. Please comment!!!

Interview with Korbin

2009-03-12T14:33:00.000-07:00

I saw this on my friends blog and my cousin's facebook. I wanted to do it because I thought Korbin would have some hilarious answers and I was right!

1. What is something mommy always says to you? No

2. What makes mommy happy? When I say the magic word and play with toys (then he asked if I knew how to spell toys)

3. What makes mommy sad? When I hit her and when I go to grandmas. (I then asked if he hits me and he said "no")

4. What does your mommy do to make you laugh? Tickle me

5. What did your mommy like as a child? play with toys

6. How old is your mommy? He knows my age but I am leaving this blank

7. How tall is your mommy? 7 tall (he counted me to get this)

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Do laundry and dishes (WHAT!!! I must be WAY boring!)

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around? Cry

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for? Shopping

11. What is your mommy really good at? Rock Band (then he gave me a high 5)

12. What is your mommy not very good at? Lego Star Wars

13. What does your mommy do for her job? Work at her work (but he does not know what I do at work)

14. What is your mommy's favorite food? Fish

15. What makes you proud of your mommy? When she wins at Rock Band

16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would it be? the "flipper" girl on Lego Batman (I have no idea, he says she does a lot of flips) (Batgirl?)

17. What do you and your mommy do together? Laundry and play Rock Band

18. How are you and your mommy the same? "We are a different. I have a circle face and you have an oval face" (I have no idea where he came up with that)

19. How are you and your mommy different? Because we have different heads, circles and ovals

20. How do you know your mommy loves you? Because we hug

21. What does your mommy like most about your dad? You love him

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go? To the park and swimming (I think he meant where he likes me to go)

Crazy Mason!

2009-03-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

This morning Mason handed me a can of pineapple and a fork. Then he climbed into a barstool. I guess he was hungry!

Mason thinks he is sooo... big. He will push one of the chairs over to the pantry and then go wild getting what he wants from there.

Mason has figured out that he can reach the ice/water dispenser in the door of our fridge. He gets one of his cups and puts water in it. The problem is he is not tall enough to see when the cup is getting full and he gets sopping wet! As you can tell he was not very happy when I took his cup away.

Korbin's Birthday!

2009-02-27T08:07:00.000-08:00

Korbin had a really fun day! Even I had fun. It started out with a friend party at Chuck E Cheese. The boys had a blast. We only had 5 boys but we went through 165 tokens in about an hour! Later that night we went to Arby's as a family for dinner (one of Korbin's faves) and then to Peri's basketball game. On a side note, Peri got her first basket at her game. She was on fire! We were amazed at how much better she did this game. It probably helped that she was playing a team where the girls were her height and not a foot taller! After Peri's game we went home and had cake and ice cream and opened presents. He was totally spoiled!

My Korbin is turing 5!

2009-02-23T21:15:00.000-08:00

My boy is growing up! I can't believe he is already (almost) 5! I am already getting super sad for this birthday and then kindergarten next year. Here are a list of some of my favorite things about Korbin:

He is hilarious! He comes up with the funniest sayings and stories. One of his 1st words was "cheeTAH". He would go around the house saying that and I really don't think he knew what it meant. He is always saying weird things like that. I have so many funny Korbin stories.
He is sooo.. smart. I know I am his mom and I am biased but his has big brains. He has an amazing memory. He remembers details that I sometimes forget.
He is a good mix of me and Bryan. He looks like my Dad and Brother but everything else is ours. His personality is very similar to Bryan's and he likes a lot of the same things that I like. He will watch The Office and Scrubs with me and loves them. We can sometimes share meals at restaurants because we generally like to order the same things.
His favorite color is yellow but he also likes blue, green, and black.
He is really into Star Wars (so is Peri). They love the movies and the video games.
He is pretty clean (for a kid). I never have had to remind him to wash his hands after he goes to the bathroom. He was obsessed with hand sanitizer for a while. Any time he smells it he always wants some, even if he just washed his hands. Maybe he is just a germ-a-phobe.
He is what Bryan used to call finicky (spelling?). He liked his shoes a certain way and things have to be just right or he is not happy. He has gotten better as he has gotten older.

Well Happy Birthday Korbin! We love you!

I'm going GREY!

2009-02-17T08:24:00.001-08:00

I am getting my hair done today! I love getting my hair done. I was chatting with my friend Lil about my hair appointment and to make a long story short she was shocked at how often I HAVE to get my hair dyed and how grey I really am (she is 10 years older than I am). This picture does not depict my true hair color but it is close. I am only "26" and I am getting sooo... grey. I have had a few random greys in the past but I swear this year my greys have multiplied. At my last hair appointment I was telling my sister-in-law (who does my hair) that I was going to start plucking them out. She very calmly informed me that that was not the best idea. She was worried I would have bald spots!

Another Tag!

2009-02-05T14:35:00.000-08:00

If you are sick of blog tags I'm sorry. This tag I thought was fun so I decided to do it!

5 THINGS

5 things you were doing 5 years ago:

Getting ready to give birth to Korbin (he was born 2/26/04)
Painting and moving to our house in North Ogden
Having fun with my favorite girl Peri (she was 3 1/2)
Getting ready to have Korbin
I can't think of anything else because we literally moved 3 weeks before I had Korbin and I painted almost our whole house (I have pregnancy and sleep deprivation induced amnesia)

5 things on my to do list today:

Go to Korbin's preschool field trip at Discovery Gateway
Laundry/ironing
Clean my kitchen and floors
Peri's basketball game
Go running!

5 things I would do with 1 million dollars ( I hope I have enough, a mill goes fast in todays world!)

Pay cash for a new house
Travel with Bryan (sometimes we will bring our kids!)
Buy Bryan's dream boat
Save
Save

5 places I have lived:

Oceanside, CA
Pleasant View
Ogden
North Ogden
Layton

5 jobs that I have held:

Grocery Store sample girl (you know like at Costco, I loved this job I met tons of boys doing this!)
Made personalized license plate frames at a mall kiosk (another good job to meet boys)
Candy Store- Mr. Bulky (I had a good sales record)
Bridal Consultant at a wedding dress shop (I picked out my dream wedding dress way before I got married)
Nurses assistant and Nurse at a long term care facility (LOVE IT!)

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years:

Have all my kids in school (yeah!)
Travel
Run a marathon (maybe sooner?)
Be in graduate school (hopefully, that is a big goal) or at least working on getting to graduate school
Be taxi for my kids' activities (I actually look forward to having older kids/teenagers)

5 people I tag (sorry if you have already been tagged!):

Kristi Mott
Jennise Nash
Sarah Hamblin
Jaime Donigan
Mandy Lee

Picture Tag!

2009-02-01T14:25:00.000-08:00

These are the rules:
1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer
2) Select the 4th picture in the folder
3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the same

This is a fun picture! This a picture of Halloween 2005. Peri was 5 and Korbin was almost 2. Peri was obsessed with Kim Possible that year and that is what she wanted to go as for Halloween. She even had a red hair piece. She loved it. Korbin was my cute little tough guy. I forget how small he used to be.

Now I tag:
Jeana Rasmussen
Leann Cazier
Jessica Arbuckle
Steph Dulgarian

MY BOYS!

2009-01-26T08:41:00.000-08:00

Mason is like a new baby. He is talking so much now. Our favorites are: doggy (any animal is a doggy), Peri, Mommy, Dad, all done, get down, hot dog, stinky, sticky, Elmo, Cookie (for the snack and cookie monster), Addie (his hugging cousin), Papa (grandpa), baby, see, this, cheese (that means he wants to take a picture), one, two, three, cars, ball, cracker. I just love when toddlers start talking. For my kids they get so much better once they can communicate. They are like new kids. I am getting a little sad though. This is my last baby and now that he is easier to be around I am starting to get worried that he is growing up way too fast. He is so much fun. He cracks me up and his smile lights up a room!
My boys are becoming such good buds! I love it! Korbin and Mason are over 3 years apart and I just always thought they were too far apart to be friends. Mason just loves his big bro. He mimics Korbin and follows him around. Korbin is such a good big brother and is so patient with Mason. They still have their moments of fighting but that is what happens with siblings.

Peri's exciting week!

2009-01-19T13:02:00.000-08:00

Peri got a new haircut! We used to keep Peri's hair short when she was little (like this). When she was 5 she decided she wanted it long. Bryan is always saying he loved her hair short and she should cut it but in the 3 years we have never gotten her to do it. My younger sister Heather got her hair cut like this recently and now all of a sudden it is ok to have short hair. Peri also had to get new glasses (2 prescriptions in about 9 months time AAAHHH!) . She wanted her new glasses to look like my sister Heathers glasses. I think she likes her aunt Heather.
And now you will see why Peri loves Heather. Heather and Peri went and did IFLY together. They had so much fun. Peri LOVED it! She has a coupon to bring a friend the next time she goes and she's been hitting up tons of her friends to go with her. I think we have an adrenaline junkie on our hands.
Peri finally started her basketball games. They have been practicing for a month and the games finally started. She LOVES it. She is so tiny out there. The teams in her league consist of 3rd and 4 th grade girls and I swear the teams she has been playing must be full of 4th grade giants. One girl gaurding Peri at the last game looked like she was 12. Luckily Peri's friend Kaitlin is just as short as she is.

Happy Birthday Bryan!

2009-01-13T08:50:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Bryan!

Well, tomorrow is Bryan's birthday and he's another year older. I am not revealing his age but I will tell you my hot hubby has aged well. We all know how much fun Bryan is but I am going to let you in on some of his secrets.

He is amazingly clean. Whenever I hear friends talk about how messy the man or men are in their life I am thankful for my super clean husband.
He is handy. He can fix/rig just about anything. This comes in handy a lot because I am continually clumsy and accident prone. These mad skills have saved us tons of money.
He has a wealth of knowledge on random things. Sometimes I like to tease him about the fact that he would do well on a game show because he knows weird facts.
He is a wonderful father. He loves his kids. I love seeing him with our kids. They would rather do stuff with him than with me. He is also a softy for Peri. They have this cool bond.
He has great taste and an amazing attention for detail. He could be a decorator.
He is the best gift giver. He pays attention to what you want and he remembers. A couple of times he has gotten me something that I did not really know I wanted and now I cannot live without them. The coolest thing about his gift giving abilities is that he loves to give gifts and surprises. Maybe that is why he is so good at giving gifts.

I could go on and on. I know I will think of more that I wish I had put on here. Well here is to another year! Love you Bryan!

Get her a dude!

2008-12-30T08:52:00.000-08:00

This is a hilarious story! Every Christmas Eve, my Dad dresses up like Santa and gives us our night before Christmas jammies. This has been a tradition since I was a little kid. Well on Christmas Eve when it was my sister Heather's turn, Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas. She said "I don't know". So Santa (Dad) says well maybe I'll bring you a Dude for Christmas. Heather got red and just laughed. So the rest of the night Korbin went around saying "Get her a Dude. Get her a Dude". It was like a chant. Korbin loves his aunt Hed. They are buds. My kids just think she is the coolest. Well on Christmas day Santa did not bring Heather a Dude. Maybe it was because she was bad.

CHRISTMAS!

2008-12-30T08:27:00.000-08:00

We told the kids they could not get up until 8am (mostly because we did not even get home from my grandma's until about 11pm). Peri came in to get Bry and I at 8am. I told her to just chill with us until the boys woke up. Peri said she had been up since 6am and could not wait any longer. So she woke up Korbin (we let Mason sleep a little longer). You can tell Korbin is still trying to wake up. Peri is definitely our morning person. The Kids made out like bandits. Santa spoiled them like always. We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope everyone else did too.

Our Christmas Letter! Merry Christmas!

2008-12-22T09:37:00.000-08:00

Well another Christmas is just around the corner and the Christmas card that I swore I would get out this year did not get out. For some reason this year Christmas snuck up on me. I never Christmas shop this late and I still have some last minute shopping to do. So since I am a slacker I am doing an online Christmas card! Merry Christmas from the Geddes!

We have had a great year. For those of you who don't know we moved last year. We live only 10 minutes or less from Bryan's work. He comes home for lunch most days. It is sooo... nice that he can be home in minutes. We feel like we see him tons more. There is nothing new with Bryan or I. We stay busy trying to keep up with 3 active kids and stay sane! We are loving how are kids are growing up.

Peri is 8 and in 3rd grade. We had the awesome oppurtuninty to see her baptized this year. We are so proud of the amazing girl that she is! She is a HUGE help with her brothers. They both love her so much. As you can see she also has to wear glasses. She still is involved in tumbling and soccer, but I could not talk her into doing any more dance. Oh well! She also is starting basketball this year. If I let her I think she would wear her basketball jersey every day. My sister-in-law is an awesome basketball player and offered to work with Peri. Peri just said to her "I don't need your help". She thinks she is really good and we do too!

Korbin is 4 and in his second year of preschool. He is sooo... excited to go to kindergarten next year. He is our little brain. He has a memory like you would not believe. He also has a nack for computers. I think he will pass me up on computer skills in a couple of years. He started soccer this year and loves it! He is also our little comedian. He hams it up for a laugh! Some of the things that come out of his mouth crack me up! I should have started a book of Korbinisms for when he is older. He's hilariuos!

Mason is 18 months and WILD! He is my crazy non stop child. He gives me a run for my money. Mason is into anything that he should not be into. He also loves anything that Peri and Korbin do. He is the most happy and fun loving kid. His smile lights up a room!

So that is our family news in a nut shell. As you can see I need a new family picture. I wanted a snow picture but have not had time to get them done since there has been a decent amount of snow on the ground. January we will do it! We hope you have a
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Love Bryan, Tiff, Peri, Korbin, and Mason

Yes, I know I am posting twice in one day!

2008-12-10T08:39:00.000-08:00

I know that I just posted but while I was trying to blog I was also dealing with and getting very frustrated by my 18 month old toddler! I just have to vent for a minute. All moms who have or have ever had an 18 month old will fully understand.

Why is it that the 18 month old toddler is always getting into whatever it is that you really don't want them to get into? You spend tons of money buying them toys that they ignore for such toys as: phones (only the real working ones will do), remotes, christmas ornaments (do they think they are pretty balls?), kitchen utensils (I am missing so many I should just become a Pampered Chef rep to make it economical to replace all that Mason has lost), shampoo bottles (even the gallon jugs I buy through my sister-in-law), soap, THE TOILET (YUCK!!!), THE TRASH (no cabinet lock has kept him out of it), etc. They never want the fake/toy ones too. Mason has numerous play phones and remotes that he does not touch.
Why is it that I feel like I clean my house all the time but it never seems clean. As soon as I wash the floor a kid will spill milk or juice (why is it that it is never water?). Or right after you vacuum a kid will sneak past you and spill popcorn or another snack food. I use sippy cups but Mason has figured out ways to spill on my floors.
Why is it that you set up a play room in the basement but the toys always end up in the family room?
Why is it that you get your kids occupied and you start blogging or folding laundry and they automatically need your attention? When you are doing nothing they don't need you. They are perfectly content to play on their own.
Why is is that they always get really ornery (is that how it is spelled?) when you are trying to make dinner? Dinner is only the most time consuming meal of the day.
Why is it that they have to bang on your walls, floors, wood furniture, or anything that will definitely show a good dent with hard objects? They never bang with something soft like a stuff animal or anything else that would be harmless. Or they never bang with hard objects on the carpet or a mattress.
Why is it that you have horrible days with your 18 month old toddler and you are counting down the minutes/hours for when DAD comes home and as soon as they walk in the door this same 18 month old turns into a perfect angel?
Why is it that 18 month olds have Houdini like powers and can disappear and make a mess in seconds?
Why is it that the terrible two's start around 18 months and last until at least 3?

Ok that is all I can think of now. Mason has really been trying my patience lately. I cannot turn my back on him for a second. I really try not to. I feel like I constantly am watching him and I still have problems. I should be skinny as a rail with the amount of running around and cleaning up after Mason I do. But as much as this baby makes me want to pull my hair out he also melts my heart. He is a very tender and cuddly baby (only for split seconds at at time). He constantly gives my hugs throughout the day. His smile lights up his whole face and makes me forget the destruction that follows him. Disclaimer: there are many grammatical errors in this post. I did not have time to proof read and fix them because I have a screaming toddler.

Ward Christmas Party

2008-12-10T08:23:00.000-08:00

Our ward Christmas party was last week (I know I am behind). We got a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus! And where is Mason? Well his priorities are like his Dad's. He was eating and could not be interrupted to visit with Santa.

Elf Yourself

2008-12-02T13:19:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Someone Stole Our Christmas Ornamants!

2008-12-02T08:18:00.000-08:00

We knew Mason was going to be a major pain with the Christmas tree this year. He did so well at my in-laws house that I thought maybe he wasn't going to be as bad as I thought. I was wrong. Peri, Korbin, and I spent forever decorating the tree and within minutes he had taken down most of the ornaments that he could reach. (note: to the far right is an ornament on our fireplace that was already broken!)

The Day Before Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T09:01:00.000-08:00

My Aunt Cami (she is 3 months older than I am) came into town from Washington for Thanksgiving. Since Bryan and I were going to be with his family for Thanksgiving, we decided to do something fun on Wednesday. We went down south and rode the Trax to the Gateway. We played at the Hansen Planetarium and saw the 3D movie "Deep Sea". After the movie we took the Trax down to the Mayan for dinner. The kids had a blast. The adults were exhausted and wondering why we did not just drive!

Black Friday

2008-12-01T08:48:00.000-08:00

Black Friday we did not shop, we went and rode the Flowrider at the Junction. I did not take very many pictures because I was having too much fun! The pics are very foggy because they keep it hot and humid so you can enjoy yourself without getting cold. Those who did not get wet were sweating by the time we were done. We had sooo... much fun!
Mason hangs out with the boys. He kept wanting to join the fun. Too bad he was too small.
Korbin hangs out with cousin Ellie while watching Mom, Dad, and Peri flowride.

Peri took a break from boogie boarding on the flowrider to hang with her cousin Paige. Peri was a natural!

I know you cannot see passed the fog, but this is Bryan surfing the flowrider. By the end of the hour he was getting pretty good!

This Post is dedicated to Peri!

2008-11-25T10:03:00.000-08:00

I was feeling like Peri was getting the shaft on our blog since she is gone all day at school, so I decided to do a blog just on Peri. Peri is 8 and is in 3rd grade. She is so much fun! She is easy going and happy. She loves everything and everyone. She also loves sports, especially basketball. I had a hard time realizing and accepting that my only girl was a tom boy. I put her in dance at age 2 (she was so cute!) but every year she fought it and a couple years ago I finally decided to put her out of her misery and embrace my cute tom boy. She is still involved in tumbling and she is a pretty darn good tumbler.
Peri was a midget until she was 4. I thought she would never grow. She was just tiny. She always had a ton of hair (she had about 2 inches at birth) and a little body. She looked like a mini adult. She even had a high pitched Minnie Mouse voice. It was a sad day when she decided to grow up.

As seen in a previous blog, Peri is a crazy sleeper. She can sleep anywhere. She gets that from me. She is also a great sleeper. She started sleeping through the night at 10 days old. Amazing! I was spoiled.
Peri is the best big sister and oldest child. She is a great helper. From the day that her brothers were born she has loved them. I remember when I had Korbin I sometimes felt she loved him too much. I am so lucky to have her help.

I know that Moms are biased, but I could not ask for a better daughter. She is my favorite daughter (I know she is my only daughter). Love ya Pers!

I Loved it!

2008-11-24T11:17:00.000-08:00

I had some difficulty getting there, but I finally saw it! My friend's friend had rented out a theater and she invited me to go. Of course I said "heck yeah!". Not worrying about requesting the night off of work, I bought the tickets. It is really unfortunate. I never work Thursday nights. I usually only work Sunday and Tuesday nights, so I thought I was clear. I bought the ticket, planned a girl's night and sure enough the one Thursday night I work all year is the night of the Twilight premiere. I was so bummed Bryan even offered to go with me. But luckily my friend Kristi was in the same predicament and she took pity on me (she just barely started reading the books). We had a blast. I loved it! I really did not know if I would like it because movies are never as good as the books. I think I went in with low expectations. It was great! This post is dedicated to my husband and friends who had to listen to me whine about this situation!

I was organizing my pictures on my computer and I decided to share some of my favorite pictures! Can you tell we had a boring week?

2008-11-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

Mason has learned how to get his own snacks. He loves junk food.

This is a picture of Peri holding Korbin the day we brought him home from the hospital. People say that Mason makes faces like Peri does and this picture reminds me of a face Mason makes a lot.

Peri can sleep anywhere. I should have entered this photo in Brooke's contest.

Mason and cousin Addie are eating their older cousin Keenan's legos (he was not happy, sorry Keenan).

Korbin lately cannot take a picture without winking. I have so many pictures that look like this.

2008-11-12T09:28:00.000-08:00

Mason's been trying to master the art of feeding himself. He is getting pretty good at it. Yesterday he was feeding himself some waffles and he was opening his mouth so wide. The face was cracking me up. I never seemed to get the funny face on camera, but here are some pics of him trying his new skill.

2008-11-12T09:25:00.001-08:00

Korbin on the other hand is full of fun. He must have sensed that I could only handle so much last week because he was really helpful. He helped me clean and pick up. Usually that is like pulling teeth but not last week. He was mommy's little helper. He helped me with laundry and then decided to watch a movie.

2008-11-12T09:18:00.000-08:00

Last Week was very traumatic for Mason. For some reason he was in a horrible mood. He had a fever but no other symptoms (other than the moodiness). He was just not feeling well. So needless to say I also had a trying week. This is a pic of the baby that followed me around pretty much all week.

2008-11-12T09:14:00.000-08:00

Well I am finally blogging again! I totally slacked on Halloween. Although we had sooo... much fun. Peri did not have school, so Bryan took the day off. We went to SLC and to a corn maze. Bryan took some pics on his camera but I haven't downloaded his pics yet so you will just have to take my word for it. We barely got home in to go trick or treating. Peri had tons of candy by the end of the night and it is now all gone. So thanks neighbors for all the yummy treats!

I have been tagged! Thanks Angie!

2008-10-29T11:49:00.000-07:00

Well here are 7 weird facts about me:

1. My mom is the second oldest of 11. All are girls except one boy who ended up as #6, right in the middle. My mom's youngest sister is only 3 months older than I am. Yes my mom and my grandma were preggo at the same time, they even had the same doctor. I grew up with my aunts being as close to me in age as my sisters and I am just as close to them as I am to my sisters. I have cousins who are the same age or younger than my kids. One of my favorite aunts is pregnant with her first (shout out to Corinne!! Congrats!!).

2. My family moved a lot. I haven't lived in a lot of different states, we just changed houses a lot. I think my parents got bored. I have lived in 2 states and six cities. I went to 3 different elementary schools, 2 junior highs, and 2 high schools. Obviously I did not spend very much time in some schools. The first house Bryan and I lived in when we were first married was the longest I have ever lived in the same house (6 years).

3. I am a part time nurse and I work at a care center. I love the elderly. I worked at this care center right out of high school as a CNA. During nursing school I worked at a hospital and I did not like it as much. I went back to working long term care after I had kids and I love it (well most days).

4. I was young women's president, when Bryan and I were first married, at age 21.

5. I am a nurse who is a germ-a-phobe. While at work I wear gloves non stop. I am a little notorious at work for this. Even though I have this phobia my house is not always clean, although I wish it were. I am also a lotion freak. Being a germ-a-phobe I wash my hands a lot. I also use a lot of lotion. Bryan likes to make fun of me for this. He googled it and I guess it is some kind of weird type of phobia.

6. I am kind of cheap. I clip coupons and I totally live for a good deal. Some things I won't buy/do unless I have a coupon or it's on sale. I get really excited if I get a good deal. I can thank my mom for this trait and Bryan's buddies from work (well their wives) for introducing me to pinching your pennies.

7. Bryan says I don't get embarrassed very easily. That isn't always true because I know I get embarrassed a lot (I do a lot of embarrassing stuff). I am really klutzy and accident prone.
I just have had to learn to embrace my inner klutz and loud mouth. (I am a loud person, that is probably why I work well with the elderly).

This really wasn't very hard because I have a lot of weird facts about me!
Now I would like to tag: Aimee, Sarah, Jessica, Camie, Jamie, LeAnn, and Amity (sorry if you have already been tagged)

Soccer is ruling our lives!

2008-10-27T11:38:00.000-07:00

Korbin is working hard. This was his first year playing and he loved it! His team name was "Blue Thunder".

Peri stayed hydrated. She was on the "Fighting Polar Bears". She has been enjoying playing full back on her team this year.

Random Pictures of the Kids in 2008 (since I have neglected my blog)

2008-10-27T11:20:00.000-07:00

Peri at soccer. Bend it Beckham!

Mason looks so much like Bryan!

Korbin on his 4 th birthday!

My end of year resolution is to update my blog!

2008-10-27T11:05:00.000-07:00

I have finally decided to join the land of the bloggers and stay updated. First of all I need to thank Chelsi Dall for all of her help. I am not techno savvy.

Catch Up on Photos this year

2007-11-10T19:00:00.000-08:00

Some of the kids at Nate and Beth's wedding.

Ladies man.

Man with the ladies.

Kids at some park in Syracuse. Korbin needs a hug.

This grass is prickly.

Peri gets a hug while trying to do the robot.

Kristi is in shock. Mason must have dropped one.

Ornery!

Not ornery!

Happy to be in shorts!

Recent Family Pictures

2007-10-25T19:35:00.000-07:00

Here is our sweet little Mason. I found the ugliest picture I could find.

Korbin's first B-day Cake

Rock on!

Easter 2007

Well, we finaly sold our house and moved into one with much flatter terrain. The kids sure have been riding their bikes more often.

Well goodbye N.O. House