Harmon Happenins

Week two

2012-02-02T13:56:00.000-08:00

AJ had his two week appointment today. He is now 9lbs and 21in long. I can't believe how big he has gotten in such a short time. He is still a good baby, probably my best one. He is sleeping most of the night which is good.

I still can't believe that I am a mother to a little boy. Alex has even said how weird it is for me or anyone refer him as his son. Sam has had to learn how to change boy diapers since she was only used to girl diapers. I didn't know that there was a difference.

AJ has past two big mile stones this past week, meeting Papa Jay and his first luncheon with Harmony and her friends. So many Korean women holding him and trying to wake him up. He slept through all of the poking and pinching. They are already planning his 100 day celebration.

Week One

2012-01-26T09:04:00.000-08:00

AJ has been home for a week now. He has been a great baby. Doesn't really cry unless you change his diaper or make him naked in anyway. We did have some issues with feeding. He really didn't want to breastfeed at first and still has issues with it. I finally broke down and gave him a bottle when we got home. The good thing is that he is only taking breast milk so I don't feel to bad about it.

The girls have been fawning all over him. I have to make sure that they get all of their homework and chores done before they hold him or play with him. Alex has been great with helping me out. The first few nights had been rough with lack of sleep. I didn't much sleep while at the hospital and then top it off with less sleep at home and the stress of not feeding my baby the way I wanted to was taking it's toll. So Alex came up with a plan. He stays up til wee hours of the morning with AJ so I can get a good block of sleep and then I wake up with him the rest of the night and morning so Alex can sleep. I seemed to have gotten the short end of the stick since he thinks he needs to sleep all day long.

AJ's first week has been a busy one with doctor appointments and his first photo shoot with a friend of mine who specializes in newborn pictures. He even went with me to take the girls to young women's where he was ohhhed and awwed by everyone.

Can't wait to see what the next few weeks bring to us.

Introducing....

2012-01-26T08:51:00.000-08:00

We are proud to introduce the newest member of our family, Alexander Hyon Harmon Jr (a.ka. AJ) He joined our family at 12:25 pm on January 19, 2012 at Martin Army Community Hospital. He was 8lb 11oz and 20.5in long. He was born via c-section. All went well with his birth. The first thing the doctor said was how big his head was and what a big boy he is. Yes he came out with the Mitchell head. He has some of the longest toes I have ever seen. They look like money toes and he can grip really well with them.

Mommy, Daddy and sisters are so happy to have him in our family. He looks just like Alex and of course I was prepared for that. All the kids came out looking like him. The girls are proud big sisters that have told everyone that they can about their new baby brother. We even sent some pics with them to school so they could show all of their friends.

I can say that I am so happy to not be pregnant anymore. The surgery went well for me. I did get sick but for me that is normal. Alex was able to be there for the birth but was not able to watch unlike with the girls. He was however able to cut the cord and I was able to see him for a few minutes before they took him to the nursery to be cleaned up. We had lots of vistors while we were in the hospital. A lot of them were people that Alex works with in the hospital. They were all surprised to see how much AJ looked like his daddy.

Start of the Second Trimester

2011-07-25T16:44:00.000-07:00

We had an ultra sound done a week or so ago to see how the baby was growing. It was great to be able to see the baby so soon. Alex and I got to share this wonderful experience with the girls. Sam was doing her "I'm excited but don't want to show it" look. We did find out that this is a VERY active baby. The doctor had a hard time getting the heart beat because it was moving so much. Can't wait though to find out what it is so I can start planning the nursery.

I think what I have been enjoying most about this pregnancy is that I get to share it with the girls. Sam and I talk about the baby all the time. She likes to hear stories about when I was pregnant with her and her sister. I think out of the both of them and even Alex she is the most excited.

The girls are always asked what they would like to have a brother or a sister. Ashley says brother but Sam says sister. She says that so it won't jinx the baby. So I guess she is secretly hoping for a brother.

I can't believe how different this pregnancy has been. My pregnancy's with the girls were a breeze. I don't know if it is because it is a boy or if this is my last pregnancy but this kid is driving me crazy. Everything that I did not experience in the last pregnancy I am getting a double dose now. I finally got rid of the morning sickness and tiredness and now I can't seem to be able to brush my teeth with out getting sick. I still think I am about to go crazy and I think Alex does to. Sometimes I feel really bad for him and the girls.

In a couple of weeks school will start. Both girls are totally excited to start. I have never seen this from them before. It will be nice to have them in school and have some alone time before the baby comes.

July Birthdays

2011-07-10T15:22:00.000-07:00

This has been a mile stone month for the girls. Sam is offically out of primary. She in now in Young Women's and is enjoying it. I was able to go in and talk about her to the other Young Women kind of an introduction for her. I tried to embarrass her but didn't do a very good job.

We ended up going to the Georgia Aqurarium on Sam's birthday. It was the only time we could meet with everyone. We went with Alex's parents and his cousin with her husband. We all had a great time seeing all the different kinds of fish. We even had the opprotunity to pet stingrays and sharks. The girls loved the dolphin show alot. To me it was kinda cheesey because of the singing. I really wasn't expecting to see a dolphin musical.

Later on that day we went out to dinner and gave Sam her present from Alex and I. It was great to see the look on her face when she opened up her Ipod touch. This is the only thing she got but she was totally surprised we got her something she wanted. Ususally this is a "No" present.

We didn't do as much on Ashley's birthday. Mostly because I was feeling not so good. She was excited about what she was going to be getting since Sam got the Ipod so she went to bed way early the night before. Because of that she woke me up at 6:30 am so she could open her present. I told her to go back to bed and leave me alone. After a while we all got up and let her open her present. It to was an Ipod touch. Since she turned 13 (i know it is scary to have a teenager now) she is able to have a facebook page. We had to teach her some things about posting online. She did get a little crazy the first day. Later on that day we all went out for BBQ and then I took the girls to see a movie that Ashley wanted to see. All in all I say they both had a good birthday.

Baby Update:

Well I am now 11 1/2 weeks. I have my first OB appointment this week. They will be doing a ultrasound to see how far along I am and to see if there is more than one. I know this sounds crazy but both Alex and I want twins. We have been disussing girl names but can't agree on any. We already know what the name is if it is a boy. I hope that Alex will let me go to a place to find out what it is in a couple of weeks. He doesn't want me to pay for some thing the Army will do for free but I don't want to have to wait that long.

I will try to keep this updated as much as I can.

Week 8

2011-06-18T16:16:00.000-07:00

Well I just finished my second month and am feeling way better. I still have some kind of "morning" sickness and have become very tired on some days. I asked Alex if this pregnancy is any different from the last two and he answered with a BIG YES. With this one I am very sick, MOODY, and extremely tired. We are just hoping that since it is a different pregnancy it means that it is a boy. One good thing is that I can still fit into my clothes.

We are just all excited here about the upcoming baby. Both girls have a preference on what they want for a sibling. Sam wants a little sister. This way she has someone to dress up in cute clothes, plus I think she just wants a little sister since she's the little sister. Ashley wants a baby brother and tells anyone who will listen. She evens asks for a brother in her prayers. Both Alex and I are hoping for twin boys. I know that we are asking for trouble but since this is our last one it would be good to have a playmate for him/her.

It looks like we have a lot of work to do to get ready for this one. I have a lot of cleaning to do. The baby's room has been our catch all room. I am really excited about decorating the room. I do have to wait until we know what were having and how many before I can start buying things.

New Addition

2011-06-10T14:20:00.000-07:00

I have decided to keep the blog updated with all that is going on with this new baby. I will have to say that this pregnancy was a BIG shock. We have been not really trying to have another one but not doing anything to prevent it. I had been feeling sick and very emotional the last couple of weeks. I knew that I was "late" but that never really bothered me since I usually am every month. I went running with a friend of mine and she got me thinking that I should test to see if I was pregnant. I got the test and it didn't even take a whole 3 minutes to let me know that I was. Needless to say I was dumbfounded. I called Alex to let me know and I don't think that he believed me at first.

I was able to go to the hospital and take a blood test that day. Within two hours it was confirmed that baby number 3 was on it's way. I told the girls and they were a little surprised at the news. Ashley claims that she is going to be changing all the diapers but I am sure that will change soon after. Sam is excited I think she wants a baby sister so she has some to dress up in cute outfits.

As most of you know we are hoping for a little boy since we have the two girls. It will be great no matter what we have. It will be interesting to be parents of a newborn all over again. There will be a twelve year difference between this one and Sam. That is like how my little sister and I are.

Alex and I are very excited. It will be great to have a little one in the house. Thank you all for your support in the next few month.

Memorial Day weekend

2010-06-02T19:27:00.000-07:00

The girls and I decided to spend this past weekend in Spokane with my best friend Karen and her family. It was great to finally meet her kids Jakob and Sydney. We all went out to Jakob's Riverfront Park to ride rides and just have a good time.

On Sunday the girls and I went to Rathdrum to go to church. It was really great to see everyone in my old ward. Most people looked at me like they knew who I was but couldn't really remember until I told them I was a Mitchell. I got to see lots of old friends.

The girls really enjoyed seeing my old high school and some of the towns I used to live in. I couldn't believe how much things have grown out there. Of course it has been eight years since I was there. We also made a trip out to the boardwalk in Couer d' Alene. It was a little windy and chilly out by the water. The girls really liked looking at the boats.

I am glad that we were able to go and see everyone. I really miss everyone and everything.

R & R

2010-04-18T17:41:00.000-07:00

As most of you know Alex was home from Iraq for a couple of weeks. He was able to come home for the girls' springbreak. It was great having him home. We surprised him by meeting him at the gate at the airport. I think he was more surprised to see how big the girls have gotten since the last time he saw them. They both have grown a couple of inches while he was gone. While he was here we went to the mall a lot. Shocking because he hates the mall and really hates spending money. As you can see we had our family pictures taken. My neice Brandi took them for us. I think that they turned out great.

We sprang the girls from school on Friday and spent the day at the zoo. They were surprised to be pulled out of school for that. It was a great day. The girls got new cameras from daddy and had a blast taking pictures of all of the animals. It was a great day.

Yesterday we decided to go to a hotel and spend the day by the airport since his flight was going to be so early in the morning. We went to the Bulwinkle Family Fun Center. It had everything. We got to go on go carts, bumper boats, play miniture golf and play a lot of games. The girls said it was the best place ever. That was until we went out to dinner at a steak house. It is the place where they give you peanuts to snack on and you are able to throw them on the floor. Sam thought that was the coolest thing ever. It really doesn't take much to impress that girl.

But like all good things Alex's stay had to end. It was a sad night for us all. Alex had to leave around 3 am and ended up waking us up in the process. There were a lot of tears and I know that there are going to be more. At least this time we only have to wait around four months til we see him again. Then we move.

Sun, Surf and Sand

2009-05-25T22:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Memorial Day to everyone and especially to my family members serving in our military. I love you Alex, Michael and Dad. The girls and I really miss having Alex at home with us but we know that it is all part of the job.

The girls and I along with a couple of my friends went to Ocean Shores for the day. It was sunny but a little cool out. Of course that didn't stop the girls from getting wet. They had a great time trying to jump over the waves.

My friends Ash and Chris had a ball playing in the sand with the girls. They did everything from building sand castles to making sculptures. Here's one of a octopus that they all did.....

We walked around and looked at all the little shops that they had. I had to get my salt water taffy while I was there. My friend Ash and I found a bunch of medieval toys and were playing with them in the store. It's great to act like a kid some times. We also walked along the beach to look for shells and other interesting things. Sam kept picking up all of the dead crabs. The farther we got down the beach the more it looked like D-Day except with crabs. There were crab parts everywhere. It was really sad and gross.

We all had fun and even got a little sun. Some more than others. Hope that everyone is well. We will talk to you all later.

Sam's Big Night

2009-05-25T22:17:00.000-07:00

Sam had her first orchestra concert a couple of weeks ago. As most of you know she started playing the viola this year. It was a great concert. They show cased the new elementary students, the advanced elementary students, junior high kids and high school players. Then they all played the last song together. Ozzy Osborne's Crazy Train. It was really good. Sam is having fun playing the viola but she has decided that she wants to try the trumpet next year.

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T19:31:00.000-07:00

To all the mothers I know Happy Mothers Day. I hope that everyone has had a great and memorable day. Mine started great. The girls made me scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast in bed. Then they let me sleep in. They really wanted to make sure that they love me by telling me over and over that today was all about me. Of course Alex would say that everyday is all about me. At least that's what I tell him.

We had a great ward activity Friday night. It was a talent show. Both of the girls performed. Ashely played her flute and Sam played her viola. They did an awesome job. Ashley is really loving playing the flute. I think that Sam is going to give up the viola and take up the trumpet next year. She really wants to play the tuba, but thank goodness the school doesn't offer it.

As most of you know Alex is gone for training. He will be gone for a total of 16 months or so. We don't know when we will be able to see him again. The girls seem to be handling it well. We have had a couple of melt downs usually at night. We are going to try to keep busy. We all get out of school in a few weeks. I'm going to be taking a online class in the summer so I will be home with the girls.

I will try to keep updating this more often. Hope everyone is well. We will talk to you all later. We love you Alex.

2009-04-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a long time since I last posted. The girls have been going on from one sport to another. We had just finished up with soccer. They were amazing this year. The team had won 3 out 6 games. That is 3 more than last year. Ashley loves playing goalie and is great at it. I thought that we were going to have to visit the ER this season. She loves to dive for the ball while feet at still trying to kick at it. Sam is all for action and that is why her fave spot is forward. She scored two goal in the last game. I know that this is going to be the it sport for them both. Who new that my calm, sweet Ashley could be so aggressive.

Ashley had a band festival last month. There were three elementary schools, one of the junior high bands, and one from the high school. All of the elementary kids played together. It was really great. Ashley loves playing the flute. She has picked it up so well. I know that she got the musical genes from my side of the family. I just wished that they didn't skip me. Sam wants to join the band next year. She was scoping all of the instruments to see what she wants to play. She has her heart set on the tuba but since they don't offer it on grade school level she'll just have to settle for playing the trumpet. I think that i will have to invest in earplugs.

Alex will be out processing this next week and then he will be home on leave for three weeks after that. For those of you who don't know Alex is deploying later on this year. He has some training that he has to do in Texas and Kansas and then he will be going to that great big desert. He will probably be gone for 16mo. I don't know if he will be able to make it home for leave while he is gone. We did find out where we are going to when he returns. FT. Benning Georgia. My in-laws are ecstatic that we will only be about 20min away from them.

As you can see I got to meet Peter Facinelli, the guy who plays Dr. Cullen in the movie Twilight. He was great and he said that he loved my shirt and asked to sign it. He is now my most fave actor. He stayed at the PX for 12 hours to make sure that everyone was seen and had whatever they brought signed. How many actors do you know would do that?

School is going great for me. I received my first 4.0 this last quarter. I was so excited that when I found out I had to call my mom. I knew that she would appreciate it as much as me. I do have to go back to school today while the kids are on spring break. Thank goodness Alex is home to watch them. Well that's all for me and my house hold. I don't know when I will be able to update again but I will let you all know when I do. Take care.

Hello everybodeeeee

2009-02-03T16:59:00.000-08:00

ashley had her first band concert last month. she was able to have someone sit by her during the concert. i was in class that night so sam sat next to her so alex could take pictures. i did get to suprise her by showing up to the concert because i had gotten out of class early. she was so excited to see me and i was glad that i didn't miss out on her first concert.

other than that not much is going on. we did find out that alex will be deploying this year. we don't know when yet or where he is going. i will keep you all posted on it when we get the information. the girls and i will stay here in washington since i have to finish school. i will try to write again soon. it most likely won't be until soccer starts next month. talk to you all later.

the girls started basketball this year. they are having a great time with it. ashley is really aggressive on the court and sam is a little timid. totally oppisite of what you think they were. they have played three games so far. they won the first one but lost the last two. it doesn't really matter just as long as they are having fun.

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A New Year

2009-01-05T20:46:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a great holiday. We had a great time staying home. We had two big snow storms hit the week before the girls' Christmas break. We ended up with at least a foot of snow in a two day period. I know that doesn't like a lot for others but for here it was a great big mess. They had even closed the military bases. Luckily we didn't have any where to go and the kids had a ball sledding down the driveway. We all seemed to have gotten our Christmas wishes this year. Santa had brought Sam her giant teddy bear (it's almost as big as she is) and Ashley her bratz doll. Alex's parents had gotten the girls a Wii and games to go with it. I got my wish for a white Christmas for the girls. They have never had one and it was great to see snow Christmas morning. Then after that it could go away. We really didn't do much for New Year's Eve. We all went to bed early that night. I was pretty much sick all that week.

The girls and I went back to school today. They also started basketball this month. The first game is in a couple of weeks. I know that they are going to be having a great time with that. I on the other hand am going to be busy, busy, busy. I have a full load this quarter with classes plus I am interning in both girl's classrooms everyday. I just hope that I won't go to crazy trying to keep up with everything and everyone. I am just glad that I have a really great husband at home to help me out.

Hope everyone is doing great. I will try to write more later. Take care

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T20:45:00.000-08:00

we hope that everyone had a great thanksgiving. we stayed home this year again, and I cooked dinner again. we were invited to have dinner with my sister-in-law ashley and her family, but there were supposed to be a lot of people that we didn't know and i knew that alex and i wouldn't be comfortable with it. it turned out that there was a lot less people and it was at barbs house. wish we would have known. we did however went out for desserts with mike, ashley and brittan. it was great seeing them. alex and mike talked shop (army) the girls were coloring and giggling with each other, and ashley and i tried to talk over all of it.

we ended up hitting the big sales on friday. actually alex made out his wish list and i went to the stores. i was smart and went out at about 8am. i wasn't going to get trampled on. my theory was if the item wasn't there for me to buy then it wasn't meant to be. all in all we had a pretty good weekend. i have two and a half more weeks of school left for this quarter. it will be nice to have a break and focus on family and my church calling. we hope that everyone is well and we will talk to you all later.

2008-11-12T20:06:00.000-08:00

I know that it has been a while since I last wrote. A lot has been going on since August. Both the girls and I started school in September. My first day of school was on my birthday. I am taking a Para educator course. I should be done with it and have my degree in about a year. I am having fun going back to school. The girls are doing great in school. Ashley is done with speech therapy and they are both doing a musical instrument. Ashley is in band playing the flute and Sam is in orchestra playing the viola. they are both having a great time with it. They also played volleyball this year. Ashley has improved so much from last year. She has been diving for the ball and you can always count on her to yell "mine" even if the ball isn't going to her. This was Sam's first year and I think she had a good time also. Next on our list is basketball which starts after Christmas break.

As you can see how cute the girls are in there Halloween costumes. Sam was a bat princess and Ashley was Sharpay from High School Musical. We had a great time going to a couple of trunk or treats until Ashley got sick in the parking lot. Memories.

There really isn't much going on with us. Alex still has a couple of more years until he can retire. He wants to make sure that I will be done with school first so I can take care of him while he goes back to school. I will try to keep things posted more often. Talk to you all later.

Point Defiance Zoo

2008-08-22T20:41:00.000-07:00

Our last little outing was to the zoo. Sarah was really upset because it was raining. Well it was only sprinkling but to her you think it was a down pour. We went early so all of the animals were active. We got to see the monkeys, elephants, whales, seahorses and lots of other animals. The girls had a great time playing at the new animal ave. There was a spider web to climb and a lemur jungle gym. We also got to go back to school shopping. I can't wait for the girls to start school. They don't start until the 2nd of September. They aren't the only one's starting school this year. I am going back to school. I am going for a para educators degree. which means when I am done i can work in the classroom. I will be going for 18mos straight but that is OK since the government is paying for it. My first day of school is September 29. If that sounds familiar to any of you it should. That's my birthday. Yeah for me, i get to start school on my birthday.

I did get a early birthday present. Since gas is so high and we needed on anyway, Alex bought me a new car. It is a 2008 Kia Rio, black. I love it. We have had it for less than a week and Alex only got to drive it twice. The test drive and half way home. We still have the van and Alex's truck. we kept the van so we would have something comfy to drive on lone trips. well i am going to end this. I'm sure you are all tired of hearing from me. take care and we will talk to you later.

Hunting Vampires and Werewolves

2008-08-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

If any of you have young girls or have got caught up in the whole Twilight craze you know what I am talking about. Part of Sarah's graduation gift was a trip to Forks, Wa. It was a lot of fun. If you haven't been there it is a very small town with really nothing there. There are some stores and parks and even a little hospital but nothing to brag about until a unknown Aurthur by the name of Stephenie Meyers wrote a book about a family of vampires who lives in Forks. Now the town is overflowing with tourists. Every where we looked we found twilight fans. All the stores were selling things about vampires and even werewolves. (if you curious just read the first book. I guarantee that you will be hooked) We got to see where the main characters lived and worked. Sarah was upset when we went to the Cullen's house and found out that they and Bella went to Alaska to look at colleges. We did get to see Bella's house and where Dr. Cullen works.

The next day we went to La Push Indian Reservation to hunt wolves. Sarah said that she wasn't leaving until she imprinted (second book). She didn't and we made her leave. We did hike to second beach. It was a rough hike. A steep uphill going in and then a steep down hill with stairs. Which meant a steep uphill with stairs coming out. After we got off the trail we had to climb over 100 feet of drift wood. And they weren't small logs either. After we got to the beach we kicked off our shoes and went walking on the sand. It was so relaxing just being by the water. The girls had fun getting their feet wet even though the water was freezing.

After the long hike back to the car we decided to go home. It was a great little vacation even the drive there and back wasn't so bad.

The girls first concert

2008-08-22T19:31:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a while since I last wrote. As some of you know we had my little sister Sarah here the last couple of weeks. It was her graduation present from us and we had a lot planed for her. At the beginning of the month we went to a concert. It was Ashley and Samantha's first concert and we got to see one of our favorites. Kirby Heyborne. He had with him Corbin Allred (the main character from saints and soldiers) who was absolutely amazing. I was able to get us front row seats which all the girls love. Ashley spent most of the concert screaming "Kirby I love you. You rock!" Sam was a little restless towards the end. I guess she's just not used to sitting for two hours.

After the concert we were able to get their autographs. We saw Corbin first and he was a total sweetheart. He wrote on the picture that Sam had "This man loves you (pointed arrow to himself) do you love him check yes or no." Ashley had him sign her purse and he wrote "save your money + love Corbin forever." Sarah was wearing her I heart Kirby Heyborne shirt and Corbin wrote on the back that she loves him more. I had won a signed concert poster during the concert and wanted them to personalize it. Corbin wrote that i have a wonderful family and the drew a mustache and bread on Kirby's picture. he was going to do a eye patch but i said no. After we took pictures with him we stood in line for what seemed for ever to see Kirby.

I couldn't believe that when we finally got to the front of the line to see Kirby that he remembered us from last year. Actually he remembered the girls and then Sarah and I. He couldn't get over how tall the girls were getting. After he was done signing things for the girls and Sarah i had him personalize my poster. Ashley had pointed out what Corbin had done so he drew an eye patch on his own picture. All in all it was a great experience for us all especially the girls. I don't think that they will ever forget. My girls can't wait until next year when they can go again.

Snow in July

2008-07-15T11:58:00.000-07:00

Here is video of the girls playing in the snow at Mt. Rainer. As you can see they are having a great time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2008-07-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

Well the girls are another year older. Ashley has reached the double digits and Sam is nine. I swear they each grew like six inches since their birthdays. I believe that they were spoiled this year. Harmony and Go mo (aunt) were here for the Fourth of July weekend. Of course Harmony spoiled the girls and Alex. We went to mt. Rainer and Seattle. Suk's niece from Korea with her so we had to show her around. We all had a really great time. We took them to the space needle, pike's place market and the water front. They had a great time. It was sad to see them leave go. We had a birthday party for the girls on the 4Th while Harmony was here. We spent Sam's birthday in Seattle and took Harmony and Go mo to the airport on Ashley's birthday. Later we took them to Chuck E Cheese. This last Saturday we had their party with friends. It was a hot day so we played in the water having water balloon fights and water fights. We had a pinata for the party and we also set up the moon bounce. Over all I think that they had a great birthday.

I have been having fun with my new calling. I am in charge of my first enrichment activity this Thursday. I am really excited and nervous. I hate being in charge of things. Other than that not much is going on. Sarah is coming in a few weeks and we are really excited to have her come. I hope all is well with everyone. We will talk to you later.

Hello

2008-06-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a long time since I last wrote. We have had a lot going on and I just kept forgetting to write. The girls a through with sports until fall. On their last soccer game we had all four seasons that day. Rain, sun, wind and even snow. Yes snow in April. It was crazy. They wanted to play baseball but I said no. I really wanted my Saturdays back.

School's out for the girls and for me to. I love having a job where I get summer vacation too. We did get a new addition to our family. A little kitten. His name is Max and he is Sam's cat. I think that Alex is glad to have another male in the house. He is a really good cat. Princess likes him to. They play together really well. I was surprised how gentle the dog can be with the cat.

As you can all see in the pictures I cut my hair. I cut at least 10in off. It felt so weird having short hair again. I didn't tell anyone that I was cutting it so I shocked a lot of people at work and at church. The bad thing about it is now i have to do my hair I just can't pull it up anymore.

I have some other good news. I received a new calling a couple of weeks ago. I am the 2nd counseler in the Relief Society at church. That means that I am in charge of Enrichment nights. I am really excited about it. It was funny because i had a dream that I was getting a new calling but didn't know what it was. Then I was talking to the old relief society president about it and i joking said that if I could choose a calling I would want to do enrichment. The bishop asked to talk to me a week later and said that i was called to be in the relief society presidency over the enrichment program. Who says dreams don't come true.

Well everyone here is doing well. We have some visitors coming this summer so we are excited about that. I hope that everyone is doing well and we will talk to you all later.

2008-04-16T21:41:00.000-07:00

Hey there everyone. Sorry that I haven't updated lately. The girls and I went to Mom and Dad's for spring break a couple of weeks ago and I got really sick again. Luckily I didn't have to go to the er again. Well everything here is going good. Like I said the girls and I were in Idaho for a week. It was a lot of fun. The girls got to see grandma, grandpa and aunt Sarah and I got to see Abbie and William. Oh ya, Melanie was there also. ;) We had a very event full week. The girls got to have a Easter egg hunt at Aunt Melanie's house with some of their cousins. Uncle Josh had a great time shooting me with his new Nerf gun. We also got to go horseback riding with aunt Sarah, went swimming at the YMCA with grandma, and saw all the animals at the zoo. We spent pretty much everyday with Melanie and her kids. I think that Abbie overdosed on cousins. That girl is worse than the energizer bunny. She never wants to stop. The girls also had a great time digging in the dirt with their other cousin Eva Jean. I was glad to see the trip over. I really needed a rest before I had to go back to work. I forgot how busy little ones are and how much you have to watch them so they don't get into everything.

Alex and I are doing well. We are just working away. I think that he enjoyed his week away from the girls. He even had a week off from taking care of the dog since I took her with me. Princess really need to be able to play out side with the other dogs.

The girls are just about done with soccer. They have their last game on Saturday. YEAH! I really like to watch them play sports but I will be so glad to have my Saturdays back. Well that is about it for now from us. I know we live a very dull life. What can I say. Take care and I will talk with you all later.

HAPPY EASTER/ANNIVERSARY

2008-03-23T19:30:00.000-07:00

Greetings everyone. Yes Happy Anniversary to Alex and I. Today makes it twelve years that we have been together. It is hard to believe that we have been together that long. It has been so nice to have him home for an anniversary. We really didn't do much since today is Sunday and also Easter. We went out to dinner last night with the kids. We just had a quiet night tonight with the kids watching movies.

Yesterday the girls had another soccer game. They have been improving so well. The field was really messy and muddy. They were all over the field trying to keep the ball away from the other team. Ashley was able to be the goalie again. She is really good. She was all over that ball. Her favorite thing to do was jump in the mud after the ball. She was a total mess after the game.

Our team lost but we did score a couple of goals.

After the game we had a neighborhood Easter egg hunt. All of the neighborhood kids were there. We had a lot of eggs to find. It was a lot of fun for the kids and some of us decided to make it a BBQ next year.

Alex has been doing well after his surgery. He wasn't able to watch TV or play on the computer. He slept most of the time and the rest of the time he was bugging me. It was really nice having him there to talk to and not have to compete with a game or movie. He still has a hard time seeing clearly but it will get better for him.

Well we hope that all is well with you and your families. We will talk to you all later. Take care.

Greetings

2008-03-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

Well hello everyone. Can you believe it. I didn't wait months to update this. We seem to have a pretty good week. Ashley lost three teeth this last week. Two on the bottom and one on top. The tooth fairy around here kept for getting to take her teeth and leave money. Ashley was talking about charging the tooth fairy $20 for being late all the time. Alex finally cleaned out the garage these last two weekends. He even said that he enjoyed being out in the garage working. I was a little shocked about that. Sam is being her normal self. She wanted to put Ashley's last tooth under her pillow since the tooth fairy forgot to take it and also because her sister already got $2 for the last two teeth. I told her that the tooth fairy doesn't like to be tricked.

Ashley had her basketball party tonight. They had it with the older girls too. It was really nice. Ashley got another trophy. Her team tied for 3rd place. I don't know with how many other schools. She also received her team pictures so I guess I have to add that to her scrapbook.

Well it looks like the rest of the month is going to be filled with new adventures. The girls are going to be starting soccer this week. They should be having their first game this Saturday. Next Monday Alex will be having out patient surgery on his eyes so he won't need his glasses anymore. That means I get to have him home for a week while he recovers. At least he won't be on the computer the whole time. The girls and I are planning a trip to mom and dad's for spring break at the end of the month. I can't wait. I just want to see Melanie's kids.

Well we hope that all is well with you. I will try to keep this updated as best as i can. Take care and we love you all.

Greetings

2008-02-25T18:22:00.000-08:00

Well I hope that everyone has had a good week. We had a fun week here. The girls and I got to enjoy a four day weekend while Alex only had a three day weekend. On Monday we went to the movies with a family from church. We all went and saw Spiderwick. It was really good. The girls really loved it even though they said it was a little scary. The girls got to hang out at our neighbors house Tuesday morning while I had to go to a meeting for work. Luckily it didn't last all day. The rest of the week went by really quick. We had the new neighbors three boys over for pizza, movie and games. They are some active boys. I almost had to hog tie one up because he was getting into everything and would not sit still. I told Alex that having them over almost makes me not want anymore kids. Alex suggested that we have them over more often.

Ashley had her last basketball game on Saturday. It was a great game. First we would be ahead then the other team would take the lead. By the end of the game we were tied 13 to 13. They played one minuet of overtime with our team making the only point. The team, coach and parents went wild. The coach's wife said that if they lost she wasn't going to go home with her husband since he will be extremely grouchy and she couldn't go home with him if the won either since he will be bouncing off the walls. Poor lady. Afterwards we went to the px to do a little tax return shopping. The girls and I made out. The girls each got a MP3 player and I got a new camera. I am having so much fun with my new toy. As you can see in the video the girls really love their new toys too.

Well we hope that you all have a great week. I will try to write again later. Take care and we love you all.

FINALLY.......

2008-02-17T20:58:00.000-08:00

I know that it has been months since I last wrote. Almost three months to be exact. Well so much has been happening since the last time I wrote. First we had christmas. The girls had a great Holiday. They got pretty much what they wanted. We got the girls a basketball hoop. They really love it. We all had a great holiday. We did have one great suprise last month. It snowed and it didn't melt away. The girls had their very first snow day this year. They had so much fun sledding down the driveway and on the hill in our front yard. All of the neighborhood kids were over playing. It didn't last to long but to me it was perfect. We haven't had a lot of snow here. It seems when it did snow it melted as it hit the ground.

Well we are still doing sports. Sam had completed basketball in December. She had fun but she says that she doesn't want to play agian. Ashley is playing basketball now. I am really impressed on how well she is doing. She is really an agressive player. She hasn't made a basket in a game yet but she really knows how to be a team player. Next month we are going to be starting soccer and then we are done with sports for the rest of the school year. I can't wait to have my saturday's back. The girls are doing well in school. Sam is helping kids in her class with their math. Its good for her since it keeps her busy.

Alex is still not liking his job. I feel really bad for him. He is always coming home so stressed out. I think that he is really looking forward to a deployment. I know that sounds bad but he says that he needs a vacation. I am still working at the high school. I really am liking being a lunch lady. Other than that not much is going on with us. I was really sick last week. We got to spend six hours in the ER last sunday. I was very dehydrated and had to be buffed up. It completely wiped me out. I am very grateful to Alex for taking care of me and the kids even if his bed side manner is less than perfect. Well we hope all of you are doing well. I promise that I won't wait another three months to write.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

2007-11-26T19:13:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. We hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving. We had a great time. Mom, dad and Sarah came down for the weekend. I really loved cooking for everyone. Mom, Sarah and I went shopping on Friday. We didn't hit any of the early sales we went to the book store and then to IKEA. We did end our day at the mall but the crowds weren't to bad. On Saturday Mom and dad took the girls out to see Aunt Janeen and Aunt Ashley. Mom did bring me some couches. She was getting rid of her couches in her living room because she was receiving new furniture from Ashley's mom and dad. I now have living room furniture.

The girls are doing great. They had a great time with Aunt Sarah. Alex is still working hard. My job is going well. They were training me on the register today. I guess that means that i will be getting out of the dish room for a while. We hope that all is well is everyone.

Howdy

2007-11-10T21:34:00.000-08:00

Hey there. Well we had another exciting week in Harmonland. I thought that we were done with sports last week with Ashley's last volleyball game. No such luck. I got a call from Sam's basketball coach on Tuesday saying that their first game was on Saturday. Sam is part of a different schools team since there was only two girls from her school who signed up to play. The school that she is playing for is a half hour drive away. Of course what isn't a half hour drive away from me. The game is played interesting for third graders. The only thing that they can't do is take the ball away from a player. Some girls had to be reminded to dribble the ball while they ran. I have never seen so much traveling and double dribbling since I played basketball with grandpa foreman. They didn't keep score but the other team clearly won. Sam had no idea what she was doing but she was having a blast doing it.

As I had said. Ashley is now finished with volleyball. They had their team party last night at at the school. They played three games against the parents. The girls even beat the parents on the second game. The parents won the third game since I served the winning shot. ;P They all received trophy's and a certificate of playing. It was a really fun night.

While the girls and I were playing all week Alex was out in the field setting up and tearing down a hospital. He came home late Thursday night. When I saw him on Friday he told me what he had done and showed me how swollen his hands and feet were from constant work. Ladies, they looked worse than a 9 month pregnant lady who was also retaining water. He couldn't even open a milk jug.

Well that's all that is going on here. I guess we will chat with you all later.

Greetings

2007-11-05T20:06:00.000-08:00

Sorry that I haven't written sooner but things here have been crazy. Last Monday morning I received a early call from bethel school district if I would like to start work that day. Needless to say that my brain has stopped working since that call. I don't know if I like my job yet. All last week they had me working in the dish room and help serve during lunch. I felt like I was back in Basic training doing KP. Today they had me helping the cook and serve. The good thing about it is that they will pay for some of my college. so that is a big plus.

As you know we all just celebrated Halloween. The girls had a great time. Sam is my cake walk demon. We had a party at our ward the Friday before Halloween and Sam had won 7 cupcakes in the cake walk. she ate 7 cupcakes before we left. The next day we went to a party at the girls school where Sam won a box of cookies at the cake walk. They got a lot of candy from that party too. On Halloween the girls went trick-or-treating in two neighborhoods with some friends and their grandma. she also took them to a neighboring churches harvest festival and guess who won a chocolate cake at the cake walk. you guessed it, Sam.

Ashely is now done with volleyball. she had her last game on Saturday. They lost two games and won one. the last game they played was really close. Ashely has improved so much. she has gone to watching the ball go over the net to going after the ball and diving for it. i think next year we will have to get her knee pads.

Alex is spending a relaxing week out in the field this week. Any thing to get away from work. I don't think that he is really looking forward to sleeping in the cold and the weather calls for rain. it builds character right. well we hope that all is well with you and we will talk to you all later.

What a week

2007-10-22T14:15:00.000-07:00

Well we here in Harmonland had a pretty interesting week. The girls had half day everyday for parent/teacher conference. I remember when the schools closed for two days so the parents could meet with the teachers. I guess they really want the kids to stay in school. Thursday we had a really bad wind storm come though. We lost our power in the afternoon. The girls were outside playing when they rushed in to let me know that a couple of our neighbors lost some trees and another one's wood fence blew over. Since we had no power we went out to eat thinking that the power would be back on. To our surprise it wasn't. So we lite a few candles and set up the monopoly game. It was great family time. Luckily our power was restored by the morning.

Friday the girls and I carved pumpkins for the very first time. They were really excited until I cut the top off their pumpkin and the got a big whiff of it and saw what was actually inside. Talk about girl-ly girls. They wouldn't put their hands in it to scoop out the insides until they saw me do it. Ashley was scraping out with one hand while holding her nose with the other. Sam had to help Ashley finish up her pumpkin. Ashley was gagging to much to do it. They really did enjoy the carving part. I'm sure that if i asked them now if they want to carve another pumpkin they would say no but I'm sure that will change next year for they won't remember how bad it smelled.

I am happy to report that i now have a piano in my house. i got it for free from a lady in my ward. the only catch was i had to go get it. i brought it home and Alex was waiting for a friend to come over to help him bring it in the house. well it started to rain so he and i had to get it out of the truck. we got it out and pushed it up our drive way into the garage. when our friends came he and Alex lugged it up about 12 stairs. they were hurting afterwards. i felt bad for them but i was really happy to have in my house. now all i need to do is learn how to play it.

well that's all that has been going on here. we hope that you all are doing well and we will talk to you all later.

Strike a pose

2007-10-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a couple of weeks since I last wrote but that's because our live are boring. There really hasn't been much going on here in Harmon land. Ashley is still loving volleyball. She had a game yesterday. Even though her team lost they still had a great time. Alex finally got to see a game. It seems that he always has something going on, on a Saturday morning. I didn't get to go. We had super Saturday at my ward. It was really nice being able to craft with other women.

The girls had Friday off from school. I took them to go bike riding and then we had our bi-yearly photo shoot. It was a lot of fun. The girls really loved getting dressed up and doing their hair. Sam got her hair curled and both of them were able to wear lipstick. I had hung up a dark sheet in my family room and did black and white pictures. After that we went to the park to do outside pictures. Sam kept asking me if she could pose. You think she was auditioning for Tyra Banks. All in all we had a great time with each other and I got to see a new side of my kids.

I did get a new job. I am going to be working for the school district as a cafeteria worker at Graham High School. It will be perfect for me since I will be able to work while the kids are in school and I will also have the same days off the the kids do. I don't know when I start I still have some paperwork to fill out and need to have a physical done. Hopefully I will be starting sometime next week.

Well that seems to be all that is going on here. I will write again soon. Take care and we love you all.

BUMP, SET, SPIKE

2007-09-30T08:05:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all. Well we had a good week. Ashley had her first volleyball game yesterday. Her team played a double header. She had so much fun even though her team and the other teams had a hard time serving the ball over the net. It was funny because once a team did get it over the net the other team just watched it go over. They did sometimes return the serve and have a good game going. Ashley's team is the Roy Mustangs and they won their first game but lost their second. All in all they were great games.

As most of you know yesterday was my birthday. Believe it or not I am 31 yrs old. It hit me that I am officially in my thirties. I feel really old. We didn't do much for the occasion. Went to a volleyball game, took a nap and went out to dinner. The girls each got me a movie and Alex got me a gym weights set. Oh and I am supposed to let everyone know that it is what I wanted and not that he thinks that I am out of shape. LOL

Some of the ladies in my ward and I started a walking group. It has been really nice walking with others and I have made a couple of new friends. Alex is still working really hard. He has been acting 1st sgt this last week. Well we hope that all is well with you. Take care and we will talk to you all later.

Greetings

2007-09-23T10:39:00.000-07:00

hey there y'all. Not much here has been going on in the last couple of weeks. The girls are really enjoying school. Sam seems to be getting the challenging work that she needs to keep her busy. Ashley has started on geometry in the fourth grade. She seems to be handling it better than I did at that age. Ashely also started volleyball this year. She is really loving it even though she can get upset sometimes if she can't hit the ball over the net when she serves. We keep trying to tell her that she isn't going to be perfect the first time she plays. All that matters is that she is having fun. Her first game is going to be on Saturday. She is so excited. I'll let you know how she does.

Sam found out that she can do basketball this year. Practice doesn't start until late next month but she wants to start practicing now. I guess now is the beginning of our Saturdays being filled up with going to games.

Yesterday we got to meet up with Nana Barb, Aunt Ashley and Britten. We all had lunch and got to enjoy each others company. The girls had a great time playing with their cousin. Alex and I had a great chat with Barb and Ashley. It was really great seeing them again.

Alex and I are doing good. Alex is still working hard. I think that if he was asked to volunteer to go to Iraq or something I believe that he would go. He needs a vacation away from work. :P I on the other hand am going to be looking for a job here soon. I decided that I want to go back to school and don't want to acquire the loans to do it. So I plan on working and saving it for classes. My goal is to start when the kids go back to school next year. Well there isn't much else going on. We will talk to you all later. Take care and we love you all.

2007-09-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. This has been a really crazy week. To begin we ended our Labor Day weekend like every red blooded American family with a trip to the emergency room. Samantha had hurt her hand when a shelf holding my canned dry good and all of the tomatoes that i had canned fell. She doesn't know how she hurt it though. I took her to the ER just to make sure that nothing was broken. Her finger was pretty bruised and swollen for a couple of days.

The girls finally started school on Thursday. YEAH!!!! I took them to school since it was their first day and was going to walk them to their classrooms like I do every year. Well this year was different. They told me that I couldn't walk them to class because I would embarrass them. I was shocked and hurt that my kids would think that ;). I admit that it made me laugh. You know that you have finally arrived as a parent when your kids tell you that you embarrass them.

Ashley had a doctors appointment and was told that she is now not allergic to peanuts. She was so excited. She has not eaten peanut butter in over four years. She is now making up for it. I am surprised that she hasn't OD on peanut butter.

We did end up going to the Puyollup fair yesterday since Alex is off this week. The girls got to skip school to go. We did see someone there that we haven't seen in years. Aunt Ashley and Britten. I got a picture of the three girls and sent it to grandma lane on her cell phone. It was really great to see Ashely and Britten. We got to chat with them for a while.

Well nothing else is going on so we will chat with you all later.

STRIKE! STRIKE!

2007-09-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. Well not much has happened this week. The girls were supposed to start school on Thursday but their teachers went on strike that day. I will have to admit that this is my first teachers strike to deal with. The girls and I are hoping that it will be over by Tuesday. We did got to the open house at the school on Tuesday and were able to meet their teachers. Ashely has her first male teacher this year. Sam's teacher seems to be a challenging teacher which is what she will need. Now all we need is for the school year to start.

I had a good week. I canned my first batch of tomatoes. It was really interesting because it was the first time I had ever canned tomatoes. I have another box to do but I think that I am going to make salsa with that. Well I will try to keep you up to date with the whole school thing. Talk to you all later

A CAMPING WE WILL GO!!

2007-08-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

Well we had a great time camping this week. We went on a ward camp out this weekend at camp ground that the church owns. It was absolutely beautiful. The place had about 15 camping areas. Some had these A frame buildings that you could sleep in. All of the spaces were somewhat close together but you couldn't see them because everything was so overgrown. We got there Thursday and were actually the first ones there so we got the best spot. There were alot of others who came that night. The girls got to cook there own dinner Thursday. We roasted hot dogs over an open flame. They really enjoyed it and I really enjoyed teaching them. Of course after dinner for dessert we had smores. Sam had asked me why I didn't want any marshmallow. I told her I didn't like them and you think I killed her favorite toy. Her eyes bugged out and her mouth was hanging open. She was in total shock that I didn't like marsh mallows.

The girls found some new friends to play with and were gone all day Friday playing with them. This place had trails, playground, volleyball court, a confidence course and even a fort that the kids loved to play on. They also had a bunch of activities for the kids to do. The leaders had set up some quilts to be tied. I was sitting there with some other ladies tyeing the quilt when Alex came up and offered to help. I was SHOCKED. The ward provided dinner that night and breakfast the next morning.

Even though the ground was hard and I got next to no sleep we had a great time. Being out there made me realized how much I really missed camping. I feel bad that this is the first time my girls got to enjoy camping. I know that we are going to do a lot more of it next year.

Fishing

2007-08-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

Greetings y'all. Well we had a great time fishing Saturday. It was the first time we got to go fishing as a family and have the girls remember it. We went to a lake not to far from the house. Alex taught the girls how to cast their lines and Ashley really got the hang of it. In fact she is better than me at it. We had a few nibbles here and there but no real bites. The girls both lost their poles and Alex had to fetch them. After Ashley tossed hers in Alex decided to cast her line in for her. Her pole was still wet and when he casted out he lost the pole. What sucks about the whole thing is I just finished video taping right before he tossed the line. The girls really enjoyed it and want to go again. We hope that all is well with all of you.

Newest Church Member

2007-08-12T21:21:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. Sorry it has been a while. We had some great things happen in the last couple of weeks. As you can see by the pictures Sam was baptised. She was soooo excited for the big event. She was the only girl in the whole stake to baptised this month. Mom and dad came down for the weekend and Dad was the one to baptise her. We did have some problems that day. The stake didn't know about Sam and the little boy from our ward so they weren't on the program. The bishop was late in getting there so we weren't sure that it would even happen for the kids in our ward. But all did go well.

Sam really wanted to test the whole sins being washed away thing. A couple of days before she was baptised she left her scooter out over night and it was taken away from her for a few days. Well before we walked into the Church she asked me that when she is baptised that all of her sins are washed away. I told her that they are and then she asked if that meant she gets her scooter back. Since she got in trouble before she was baptised and after she's baptised she's trouble free. How can you argue with that?

Afterwards we went to lunch at Sam's favorite place (all you can eat Chinese) and then mom and I went to IKEA. Mom's favorite place. I had never been there before and it was nice to go and see what all the hoop-la was about.

There hasn't been much going on. I have been busy with my church calling and Alex has been busy with work. He's taking a week off next week so we will be able to do some family outings before school starts. He wants to take the girls fishing and we have our ward camp out next week. I am really excited about that. Well we will talk to you all later and I will let you all know how the fishing and camping goes.

Hot Fun In The Summer Time

2007-07-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Greetings y'all from the great state of Washington. How is everyone. We here had a very busy week. As you all know we celebrated two very important birthday's on Saturday. On Sunday I received my very first calling in the ward and it wasn't primary. I am now the assistant Secretary in the relief society. I guess there are almost 400 women in the ward and they need help keeping up with them all. I know that i will have fun with it.

We finally got rid of Sarah Wednesday. I'll have to admit I really loved having her here. I wanted to do something big while she was here so we all (except alex) went to the coast on Tuesday. It was really windy and the water was extemely cold but that didn't stop the girls from playing in it. Sarah found horses and after going almost two weeks without riding i paid for an hour trip so she could ride a horse on the beach. A dream come true for her. After the ride we walked the beach looking for shells. Sam kept picking up the crab shells wanting to take them home. Ashley kept calling all the pigions Dory. All in all we had a great time.

Not much else has been going on. The weather here has been great. On Wednesday it reached 100 degrees in some places. That's hot since we don't have airconditioner in our house. The girls don't mind it. They love to play out side no matter what the weather is like.

Well, we hope that all is well you. Until next week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2007-07-09T09:10:00.000-07:00

We just celebrated Ashley and Samantha's birthdays Saturday. Samantha had turned 8 on Friday and Ashley turned 9 on Saturday. We had a sleepover Friday night with the two neighborhood girls to celebrate Sam's b-day. It was fun. We did cupcakes and let her open up one gift.

We had the combined party on Saturday. It was a blast. We did a water theme party. I was really stressing over it in the morning because it was cloudy and cold. It started to warm up about an hour before the party started. The girls had a lot of friends show up. Mostly they were cousins and friends of the family but they all had fun. We had a wiggly sprinkler, a slip-n-slide, water balloons, water guns and a moon bounce. We had a lot of family come. Some we haven't seen in years. All in all we had a great time and the girls made out like bandits in the presents department.

We hope that all is well with everyone. We love you all.

P.S....... sorry there are no pictures to post from the party. my photographer (sarah lane) didn't take any. ;)

Kirby Heyborne

2007-06-30T23:17:00.000-07:00

Sarah, Ashley, Samantha and I went to a meet and greet to see Kirby Heyborne today. For any of you who don't know he stars in the RM, Best two years, Sons of provo and many more movies. He also is a very talented singer. Ashely and Sarah were exsatic to see him and Ashley couldn't stop talking. Later on Sarah and I went to his concert in Sumner. It was great. He sang, told stories and was just great. After the show we had him sign our t-shirts that we bought and when he asked sarah her name she drew a blank. I can't believe that she forgot her name.

In other news the girls finished their first week of cyber camp. They had a lot of fun working on projects and will get to do more next week. Alex is still trying to get used to his job. I am still trying to get our house together and get to know the area better. We are preparing for a couple of birthdays next week.

Well we hope all is well with eveyone. Take care and we will talk to you all later.

New Hair cut

2007-06-30T23:02:00.000-07:00

Ashley got a new haircut today. She picked out the style herself. It will look a lot better when we style it. There was so much hair falling on the floor. I almost wanted to say "stop" but after the first cut you can't go back. Now I guess we will be doing hair every morning. :) All that matters is that she likes it.

Summer's here

2007-06-21T20:06:00.000-07:00

well it is finally summer vacation. the girl's last day of school was yesterday. we have a couple of days off and then we start cyber camp. we are really excited about that. especially mom. the girls are really enjoying playing out side until dark. we will keep you all posted on what's going on in harmonland. talk to you all later.

Pioneer Farm Museum

2007-06-13T13:58:00.000-07:00

The girls had a field trip with their school yesterday. They went to the pioneer farm museum. The girls had a great time. It was a hands on museum so they got to pretend what it was like to be a pioneer. They got to milk a cow , catch chickens, pet the pig and jump in the hay at the barn. They were able to try their hands in blacksmithing. In one cabin they were able to dress like pioneers and do some of the house hold chores. They even got to ride in a wagon.

There was a Indian village across from the farm. They were able to see how the Nisqually Indians lived in there different villages. The kids learned games the indian children play and also about some of the things that the indians used to survive. Both Alex and I had fun in hanging out their too.

Hello everyone

2007-06-12T17:44:00.000-07:00

Hello from Washington. Thought that this would be easier to keep everyone updated on what's going on here. We are now stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wa and are living in a very small town called Roy. We are loving it here with all the fresh air and GREEN surroundings.

Ashley and Sam are loving their new school and have made lots of friends really fast. They will be out of school next week and then start cybercamp. I can't wait for that. I knew that it was time to get them out of the desert when they were asking me what the big piles of dirt were (mountians) and calling every body of water a lake. They are really enjoying playing in the rain and it sure does rain here.

Alex is working at Madigan Hospital. I have no idea really what he does. All I know is that he has to do a lot of walking during the day. He still is trying to get into the whole hospital feel since he's been behind a desk the last couple of years.

I am really enjoying being a stay-at-home mom. I have been trying to get involved with chruch activities and working in my yard. We have a yard now. A really big yard. (yeah) Since we went without one for the last couple of years we made sure we got a house with a yard. I am trying to keep a garden going. Nothing really big this year. I have met most of our neighbors which all seem to be really nice.

That's all that is going on now. I will try to update this once a week or so. Bye for now.