Nuttall Family

The Many Sad Faces of Connor

2011-11-07T21:42:00.002-07:00

This is so sad. I am telling you all about it. He gets upset over the smallest things and has complete meltdowns. It's a good thing he's cute.

Christmas 2010

2011-02-05T19:51:00.001-07:00

We had a really great Christmas. We went to Kirk's mom's house. It was fun. I felt bad for his siblings that were there, because they didn't have any presents to open. So they watched my kids open present after present. Calista had so much fun this year. It was the first year that she got really excited about Christmas and she even said she heard Santa and his reindeer on the roof.

Our home

2011-01-03T19:04:00.002-07:00

Here is the last post of the house before we move in. It has the red shutters and red door and I love it. I am really excited. I found out today that we will be closing on the home on January 13 and we can move in that day. It will be a very busy day.

I love carpet. We had hard wood all throughout our other house, so to have carpet is so nice and squishy and warm.

What week are we one?

2010-12-29T21:08:00.005-07:00

Here is an update on the house MOM!! This post is for you, cause you keep bugging me about it. :-) The house is looking really good. The shudders aren't on yet and I don't have the front door on yet and they need to paint that white post black. I cannot believe how much it has changed though in the last few weeks. We walked in last week and all of a sudden we had kitchen cabinets and counter tops. It was pretty AWESOME!!! I love the granite we chose. I do wish we could of had a bigger kitchen, but it is waaaaay bigger then the one we had at our old house, so I am very happy about that.

Don't worry the radio and pepsi is not ours. LOL!!! This is the kids' sink in their bathroom.

The beautiful chandelier in the dining area.

This is my bathroom and "YES!!!" it has two sinks. Saweeeeet!!!! I love it!

Here is a close up on the granite. Its gorgeous!

Here are my cabinets and yes I did the two toned cabinets on purpose. It looks pretty cool to me.

More cabinets.

Wider shot of the kitchen. It looks soooooo cool!!!

As you can tell I am very anxious to get into our new home. It is just beautiful. Thank you to my Mom for letting us crash at her house and basically take over. It has been really nice to have a comfortable place that we can go home to after work. Mom you are the best and I love you very much. I hope you are having a good time in Florida with Cheree.

I will probably have an open house in April or May, because that is when I should have a driveway. It is too cold to poor a driveway right now, so we will be living without one for a couple of months.

Let's Dance!

2010-12-20T22:15:00.003-07:00

Calista did a fantastic job on her first dance recital.
It was lots of fun and we laughed a lot.

This first picture was the rehearsal so she still had curlers in her hair.
She is ready to perform!

Very proud mama!!

Blackmail photos

2010-12-06T19:32:00.002-07:00

I love these and I can't wait until he brings home his first girlfriends and I can show them these photos. HHaaaaaaheeeeee!! I am so evil!!!!

AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! HE'S NAKED!!!!!!

Calista and Connor

2010-12-06T19:14:00.004-07:00

Connor all ready for church.
Calista posing like a model for me in her pretty dress.

Her hair looked very pretty that day and I had to take a picture. She sits still really good for me.

Connor wearing Calista's hat I made to match her coat.

Calista wearing the cute head band I made. I love it!! She gives the best cheesy smiles.

The kids are loving the snow a lot more than I am. We did have fun on Thanksgiving. We went hooky bobbin on the back of Paul's four wheelers and we also played on a little snow hill with the sleds in the cul-de-sac. It was awesome!!!

New home week 6

2010-11-27T10:24:00.003-07:00

It just amazes me what they can get accomplished in a week. We have the shingles on, they wrapped the house. They have all the plumbing and electrical done and the windows are in (but not in that first picture, because they put them in later that day). It is just so way cool!!

New home week 5

2010-11-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

The roof is on. Saaaweeeet!!!

New home week 4

2010-11-27T10:09:00.002-07:00

The second level is on. It is starting to look amazing and I am already to move in. Heeehaa!!

New home week 3

2010-11-27T09:49:00.001-07:00

Can you believe it after week three. Holy cow!! The first floor is all framed and we have stairs going downstairs. It is starting to look like a house.

New home week 2

2010-11-27T09:43:00.001-07:00

Week two we have a basement floor with all the plumbing done in the ground and a garage floor. Horaay!!!

Our New House week 1

2010-11-27T09:30:00.002-07:00

This is week one of our new home. They started October 19, 2010 and the foundation was done in three days. We were so excited. I never thought we would ever build a house and its been really fun picking out the plans and all of the colors and what it will all look like. We will hopefully be in right around Christmas time. Its a long shot I know but they are really building it fast.

Calista's 4th birthday

2010-10-24T18:07:00.001-06:00

Calista turned four last month. She thinks she is just awesome. We went to Leo's for her birthday and had lots of fun playing. She also got very spoiled. She got two barbie's and two dress up outfits and lots of other fun stuff.

Kirk and I went to the Demolition Derby and had a good time. We got sprayed with lots of mud. It was a loud and fun time.

Catching up part 3 Salt Lake City and Boise

2010-05-31T20:44:00.003-06:00

March was very exciting. I was lucky enough to take my Young Women to YW General Conference the weekend before general conference. It was and awesome, but crazy day. The talks were great and I hope my Young Women got as much out of it as I did or more.

We went to Boise for Dennis. The army was having a preparedness day, so all came out to support him and kind of ended up ditching him for most of the day. It was kind of boring to listen to these people talk...so we left and went shopping and went out to eat. We went to the Golden Corral for lunch and we celebrated my dad's b-day and my nephew Josh's b-day. And my dad is a total nerd in this picture and I thought it was hilarious.

In this picture is my brother Larry his wife Liz. Paul and his wife Kristen and my Dad. It was a fun day. Except for Larry trying to kill me with gas in the car. I haven't heard him laugh that hard in a very long time. What a jerk!!!! LOL!!

Catching up part 2 February

2010-05-31T20:36:00.002-06:00

February was pretty uneventful...but here are some cute pictures of the kids. Calista loves to hold Connor, even though he is almost as big as she is. He loves to pull her hair. So I guess they are even. Right?????

Lots of snow. What a suprise. :-)

I have been making lots of hats this winter. This is one of the girl hats. I found something that I really enjoy and I have sold a few which has been really nice. I even made some scarfs and sold those too. Calista loves it when I bring a new one home that I have made during the down times at work. She is funny.

Catching up part 1 wisdom tooth

2010-05-31T20:28:00.002-06:00

As you can see from this awful picture of me...I got a wisdom tooth removed and my brother Paul did it. What a jerk right? LOL!! He is a great dentist. I am lucky to have him. I hurt so bad and it was just one wisdom tooth extracted. I felt so awful and I had a chubby cheek for almost 3 weeks. I am glad I am done with have wisdom teeth pulled. This was the most exciting thing that happened in January.

Christmas 09

2010-02-06T19:24:00.005-07:00

Kirk was pretty excited for this red ryder gun. He can't wait for Connor to get older so he can show him how to shoot it.

Connor loves this leap frog toy. It makes lots of noise and he loves to press all the buttons.

Doug and Jaime Christmas eve

Dennis graduated from BSU December 17. We are way proud of Den

Auntie Erin with Calista and Baby Lily her cousin

Connor, Melissa, Erin and Me

There's my cute happy boy!

Christmas was fun this year. Doug, Jaime and their girls came home for christmas and it was so great to see them. We had good food and just a good time. It was very laid back this year. Connor and Calista both got sick Christmas eve night and had stuffy noses and of course we were staying at my mom's and there was nothing much I could do. I didn't have any medicine, but we made it through even without sleep. Calista loved all her presents and Connor liked to eat the paper. It was a lot of fun.
Kirk's job is going well, he is learning lots and I really like the paychecks. I hope to be debt free within 2 years. That would be nice.
My back is doing much better, I haven't had any more problems. I am still very careful when I lift Connor and even when I bend over to pick up toys. I am scared I might do something worse. Other than that we are doing well. I just hope the cars keep working and we don't have any major disasters.

My back

2009-12-08T21:05:00.002-07:00

Today I had an appointment with Summit Orthorpedics and they had me get an MRI. The MRI showed that I had a herniated disc. Then later today I got a steroids shot in my back, the shot is supposed to help with the pain and I am really hoping it works soon, cause I am still in pain. I am hoping that I will be able to walk and sit tomorrow without pain. I also get to start some physical therapy tomorrow or maybe Thursday. I will see. I can't wait to feel normal again. I want to be able to pick up my kids and not depend on everyone around me. Thank you to my very dear friend and babysitter of my kids (Kristy). You are wonderful and I don't know what I would do without you.

Halloween finally and update on Kirk

2009-12-06T10:48:00.005-07:00

Here are a few catch up photos cause I am slow at posting these days. Calista was little red riding hood and I was a witch and Connor was a very cute bear and Kirk was Caesar for Halloween. We had a good time.

We got a letter from Marquette University and they put Kirk on a waiting list. So we still don't know. I was really hoping it would be a yes or a no letter. I hate these stupid waiting list, because we have no idea if he is at the top of the list or the bottom of the list. I hope we find out soon.

This last week I hurt my lower back somehow and I am having a hard time with any daily task, like sitting up from laying down and going to the bathroom is quite the challenge. Kirk has had to be my rock and literally pick me up with me crying with agonizing pain and walk me down the hall to the bathroom or bedroom. He was wonderful enough to get an extension cord, so I could look up my email and now I am writing this little post. I hope you all are doing better than me. I don't like not being able to function like a normal person. It is frustrating to have to depend on my hubby to do most things for me and my kids.

Family photos 2009

2009-11-24T20:47:00.002-07:00

Here is some new family pictures that we had taken this last Saturday.
I hope you like them.

Kirk

2009-11-21T13:15:00.002-07:00

So many things have happened in the last couple of months. Kirk had an interview at Portage Inc., a company that does contracts with the site. Kirk didn't think he had a chance at the job. He felt like he didn't have enough job experience and his education was good enough for the job. Two weeks went by and we didn't hear anything. Then a couple days later they called and offered him the job as a chemical coordinator. The salary is more than Kirk and I have ever made together in a year and I just have to say that I am so proud of him. He has been going to school since we got married and I just never felt like we were going to ever get a break. And we finally have.
Kirk also got a dental interview at Marquette University and we will find out if he got in, in a couple of weeks. That would be amazing if he got in since this is the third year he has applied and he skipped a year applying between the 2nd and 3rd time he tried. So we will see.
Kirk and I have been through so many ups and downs in our marriage. I am so glad that we never give up and I am very proud and happy with my hubby. He loves me unconditionally and I could not ask for anyone better.
I will post more another day. Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family. You all mean so much to me. Later!!!

Young Family reunion and Larry's wedding

2009-09-13T16:38:00.006-06:00

Where shall I begin, I have a lot of catching up. Plus there are so many pictures to choose from.
Well the end of July we had girls camp. I only went up for an evening because I had the baby and that is all that they would allow. I didn't put any pictures of the girls on here, but they had a great time.
The following week we had a big family reunion with my Mom's side of the family. We had a lot of fun. We went to Pine Basin and had a three day reunion. It was a wild time, but I love seeing my family. I saw cousins that I hadn't seen in 10 or more years. It was fun to get to know them again.
We did a lot of fun things at the reunion. The first day we hung out and talked a lot and ate some yummy food. We also went on a hike up the mountain behind Pine Basin. Kirk and I didn't go too far up the hill, because it was really steep. My brother Larry, Dennis, my niece Cheyenne her boyfriend and a couple of my cousins went up further. An hour or so after Kirk and I got down off the mountain my cousins came back down. Then it was about 10 pm and my brothers weren't down yet and it was dark. They didn't have any flashlights, then 10:30 came around and still no sign of them. So my brother Paul decided to do a rescue mission and took flashlights and went up the mountain and found Larry and Dennis, but Cheyenne and her boyfriend were still up there stuck in a ravine and they couldn't really see anything. Paul got them all down safely by 11 that night. I was so mad at Larry and Dennis, because they decided to ditch Cheyenne and her boyfriend Cody. Then Cheyenne and Cody got lost. She wasn't even wearing good shoes for hiking. I was so glad they got down safe.
The next day we had a bunch of them go to wind caves for that hike and then the rest of us stayed and visited and entertained kids with a few activities. That night we did dutch oven cooking. Then we had a raffle and it was a lot of fun. Then we had skit night, which is always my favorite. Our families come up with the funniest skits. Then we talked about grandma and grandpa, which was a treat because most of us grandkids didn't know grandpa. He died before I was born.
Here are some pictures of the reunion.
This is my uncle Rogers family

On the left are my Uncle Keith and Aunt Jo and to the right of them is my Aunt Lynnett and Uncle Bob.

Here is my Uncle Dennis's family

My brother Paul's family

My aunt Carols family

Uncle Keith and Aunt Jo

Kirk, me, Calista and Connor

This is on the wind caves hike.

Kirk, Dennis and Larry

Connor looking cute

Happy boy

Here is Larry and Liz's rehearsal dinner at Bubba's

This is the view from our cabin at Signal mountain

This was our cabin

Liz just before the wedding

The ceremony

Calista was the flower girl and well she got bored with the five minute ceremony

Larry and Liz right after the wedding

My cousin I hadn't seen since I was fifteen
Steve, Dennis, me, and Paul

Proud Mama!!!

It was a fun wedding. It was the fanciest wedding I have ever been to. But way fun. We danced and had a great time. I will get some more pictures of the dancing on here. Cause we boogied the night away.

Summertime

2009-07-24T09:56:00.009-06:00

Boy this is a long post with lots of pictures of course. I have been pretty busy with two now. I feel like it takes me forever to get going in the mornings and to go to the grocery store is really fun. Especially all by myself. Kirk has been working two jobs, so he isn't here very much to help out. We need any money we can get. This past year with Kirks surgery and the school insurance didn't pay anything, so we got stuck with a very large bill and the car broke down and I had a baby, but I have insurance on me and the baby, so that didn't cost as much. But wow we have had to put everything on payments and I hate that. I don't like owing money. Well enough with the wo's of my life. We should get to the fun stuff.
We have had a really fun summer so far. We had a great fourth of July. We have been busy going to different parks and Calista has loved that. She loves playing on the playgrounds. We have gone to Rigby Lake, to Ross Park Aquatic Center, to the zoo and visiting friends and family. It has been great. Connor has adjusted quite nicely to everything I drag him to. He is a great baby. Very even tempered. He doesn't cry much. Only when I get into the shower. Heehee!!

Calista was getting ready for church in this picture and she was twirling and saying how beautiful she looked in her dress. It was hilarious.

Kirk found him this way and of course had to take a picture.

This was at Ross Park after we swam. Calista and her friend Rebecca. We met Genessa and April there also but I didn't get a picture of them. The girls had a great time. We even threw them down the slide a couple of times.

This was at Hogle Zoo

This was at the awesome bird show at Hogle Zoo. I got this great shot of the Eagle.

This was Connors blessing day and of course slept through most of it. He was a good baby and Kirk did a wonderful blessing. I was so proud of him.

This isn't the best picture of us, but I didn't take very many that day. We were so tired from the fourth the day before.

Here is the gang for the parade. On the back row was Dennis, My Dad (Lloyd), Mary, Susan, My Mom (Sylvia)and on the front row is Ivy, Josh, Luke, Calista, Erin and Camren. Kirk and I are in the middle. I do not look very good in this picture. Yuck!

This picture is just precious to me. Calista loves her brother so much.

This was the Title of Liberty walk. It has kind of become a tradition to do, plus my Mom is one of the people in charge and she makes me do it. Even with a brand new baby. LOL!!!

Here is Kirk and the kids. I am sorry you can't see Connor.

This was just a cute picture of Kirk and Connor. We went to a wedding and so they were dressed nice.

When Connor is hungry he opens his mouth when I kiss him. I love it! He is so sweet.

All ready for church.

Resting with daddy, all ready for bed.

This is Calista singing to Connor. It gets pretty funny at the end. Enjoy!!

New baby story and pictures

2009-05-29T15:39:00.003-06:00

Here he is after the very long journey. I can't believe that we made it. I want to share my story cause I thought that it is kind of funny. It was memorial day and my mom came over and we went to the zoo with Calista, but if any of you have seen my mother lately she doesn't walk very well. When we got to the zoo we thought it would be a good idea if she got a wheel chair, but I was the only one that could push her around. Well imagine that, me at 37½ weeks pregnant and pushing my mom through the zoo. Well we joked that she would put me into labor and I said that would be okay because I was ready and my body was ready. We played and had a great morning at the zoo and we also went to the fun park that is padded and we got lunch and hung out. Then Calista and I went home, she had a nap and I did some laundry and hung out at the house. Kirk had to work all day from 10 in the morning until almost 10 at night.
My water decided to break at about 8:45 pm while I was giving Calista her bath. At first I thought I just peed my self a little. But then it just kept happening a little at a time. I got Calista to bed and then I finally put a pad on and waited for Kirk to get home. I told him that I think my water broke, but I wasn't sure because I have never experienced that before. Kirk you know brushed it off and was you know Kirk, very cool and calm. I wanted someone to freak out with me or at least tell me to calm down. I called my Mom and asked her and she said that it was very possible and it sounded like I had, but I wasn't sure if I was in labor, because I wasn't having any contractions.
I decided it would be a good idea to start packing a bag just in case and I am glad I did. As soon as Kirk and I went to bed at 10:30 my contractions started and they got fast and hard really quickly. At midnight I decided I had had enough I woke Kirk up and I tried to get a hold of my doctor and I got really upset because I couldn't get her on the phone. So I called my mom and she said that she would meet us at the hospital and then we called Kirk's mom and she came over to the house to stay the night with Calista. Have I ever mentioned what wonderful mothers both Kirk and I have. They always come to our rescue and I love them both very much.
We got to the hospital and I got all checked in the room changed and they checked me and I was to a 6, so they quickly got me an epidural, but the epidural for some reason stopped me at an 8 and I wasn't progressing at all, for 4 hours the turned me from side to side and tried to get me to dialate those last two centimeters and finally at quarter to six I was close enough and the nurse got me all ready and had me push to see if the baby was close and sure enough he was. The doctor came in a couple of minutes later and I pushed six time through two contractions and he was out. I think I pushed a total of 3 to 4 minutes and the doctor had to tell me not to push so hard. I thought that was funny. Anyways I hope that wasn't to graphic for anyone.
He came out and was perfect. He cried a little bit while they cleaned him up and I nursed him right away and he took right to it.
He is a perfect little angel and Calista has took right to him, she is still a little hesitant, but she sings to him and gives him lots of kisses.

This is just after he was born and he looks a little upset.

Love at first sight.

Proud Daddy. It is amazing to watch Kirk love on his son. I thought he had a special bond with Calista, but this one with his son is different. I see the sparkle in his eyes when he picks him up.

This was after our first night and he did really well.

Finally got to come home.

It is a good thing that heavenly father loves me and lets me take care of one of his little spirits. I am so thankful for my family and I am greatful that he got here safely. He doesn't even cry much. I love being a mother.

Connor Jack Nuttall

2009-05-28T18:34:00.001-06:00

Connor was born Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 6 am, he weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 18 and a half inches. He came 2 and a half weeks early, I think he knew that I couldn't stand being pregnant any longer, my poor body had had it. I will post pictures tomorrow, so stay tuned.

Easter and New baby!

2009-04-13T19:51:00.005-06:00

My pictures are totally out of order, but we had a good week. First of all my sister in law had her baby last Tuesday and her name is Lily and she is just beautiful. I am so happy for them.
We went to the hospital twice and Calista held her and didn't want me to take her away. She was pretty upset about it, I think she thought that she was going to get to take her home and play with her and then throw her in her toy box when she was done.
We had a really fun Easter weekend. We got invited to an easter egg hunt at my friend Felicty's house in my ward and we had about 15 kids there and they each got ten eggs, so it was nice and fair for all. I liked that a lot, because it wasn't a competition and the kids had a great time.

If you haven't guess yet, this is Calista in her Easter dress. I love the dress and she looked like a little princess in it.

Here is Calista's loot from the Easter bunny. I can't help but spoil her.

The night before we made and colored our eggs. Calista only wanted to color them yellow.

I was trying to get the kids, because they were all so excited to go get those eggs.

She was dancing in the kitchen and well I tried to get a good shot, she still looks cute.

Here is grandma Susan with the new baby Lily.

Oh my goodness she is gorgeous.

This is the picture that Calista did not want to let her go after.

Big Yawn

Proud parents and they should be, because she is so pretty. Lindy is the mommy and Ryan is the daddy. If you couldn't tell already that Ryan and Kirk are definitely brothers.

7 and a Half Months Pregnant

2009-04-06T21:49:00.003-06:00

I keep forgetting to post my sexy self on here and well as you can see I don't look as good as some of my friends when they are pregnant. I feel pretty good most days, but my hips are always giving me trouble, so I go to the chiropractor a lot and he puts me back into place. He is the only reason I can still walk. I know that is sad, but true. I can't wait to have this baby, I really need my body back.

Nasal Surgery and Dad

2009-04-06T21:14:00.003-06:00

Lots has happened these past two weeks. I took my Mom to Utah to have lunch with her siblings. We had a good time. I love visiting my aunts and uncles they all are just wonderful people. This picture was taken in the restaurant that we went to.

Here is my new sink that Kirk put in for me. Isn't is beautiful. I love it!!! The one that we had was like 30 years old and it was white ceramic, but not so white anymore. I should have taken a picture of it, but it was so ugly.

I just thought this picture was cute, except Calista's lip. She had a run in at the playground.

My dad and his wife Mary got all moved in to there new home here in Idaho Falls. This is there kitchen with Mary and Keri's back. Keri is Mary's daughter. I am very excited that they are here and I hope that we can spend lots of time with them. My dad had the opportunity to retire, because my brother Paul was able to purchase this home for him and his wife. So they decided that this was a move that they wanted and I can't wait for them to be able to really get to know all of us. They have been away in Washington for 22 years. It will be good.

Here is my dad snuggling with Rick (he is my step sisters husband). Don't they look cozy!

This is just funny. I don't know how long she wore both glasses and then she had her milk and something in both hands. She is crazy.

Kirk had nasal surgery last week and I didn't get any pre-photos, but here is one after. He had a nasal polyp removed and his septum reconstructed and a couple of other things done. I am still waiting for him to be able to breath. He still has splints holding his septum together. He gets those removed on Thursday. He is very happy about that. I just want him to breath correctly, he has been an open mouth breather forever and now he is going to be able to breath through his nose. He has no idea how nice it is.

His mom was sweet and made us dinner the night after he had his surgery. He maybe smiling in this picture but he didn't feel that great.

So yes it has been wild with my Dad moving here and Kirk's surgery. I have been going and going. I can't wait to rest a little bit.

Update on My Job

2009-03-23T09:01:00.002-06:00

Okay so I read the Family leave act and they don't have to hold the job that I am currently working. But they cannot not demote me they have to give me a job that is the same or similar to what I am doing now. So I could be a loan secretary or they could give me a raise and a better job, but I doubt the better job would happen. I have unfortunetly worked to many years here to give up my benifits and walk, so I will graciously work until I have the baby and keep my benifits. I don't know if I will come back or not. I at least won't have to start over as a teller, I liked being a teller and all but I have moved to a better position. I could move to a different bank after my maternity leave, but I am hoping with all my heart that something will happen for Kirk and I won't have to. I keep praying and hoping that something will open up for him and he will get a dream job and benifits and enough money that I can actually be with my family. It would be such a blessing to stay home with my kids and have time for them, because when I get home at night I am so tired and Calista just wants to play and have me read to her and I feel so guilty being tired. Anyways please keep us in your prayers and thoughts. Thanks for all the advice.

My Job

2009-03-18T13:49:00.004-06:00

I just got the worst news today and I am trying to be an understanding person, but I am really hurt and upset. This morning my supervisor and my boss want to talk to me. I went into the boss's office and he proceeded to tell me that although he appreciated what I do for the bank, that I am probably not going to get my job back after I return from maternity leave. He tried to be nice, but I am just really pissed off about it. He kept telling me how great I was and how I have a lot of knowledge and experience, but don't expect to have this job. We have to give you a job, but not the one you currently are working in. I just want to scream and yell at everyone, but I realize that isn't going to help. So they are planning on hiring someone next month and you know who will end up training them is me and that makes me even more mad. I am so upset that I just needed to vent.

Catching up

2009-03-13T20:26:00.004-06:00

Wow, I haven't posted anything in a while, so here are some random pictures. We haven't really done much in the last couple of months. I just keep getting a bigger tummy. And oh boy does this one kick and move a lot. He moves more than Calista ever did during my pregnancy with her. I think he will be very active when he gets the chance to in life.
Kirk is doing well in school, he has been kind of lost though with the type of career he wants. So the past couple of months have been trying to figure out what to do. My Mom called a couple of weeks ago and told us about some internships out at the INL. Kirk and I both thought that this might be a good opportunity, so he applied the past week and we are hoping to here some good news soon. I just hope that maybe this will be something that will help him decide what career to go for. He has lost a lot of confidence in himself, because he didn't get into dental school.
Calista is growing a little too fast for me. She has mastered her ABC's and she knows her numbers 1 thru 10 and some of the higher one's. She is just amazing in my book. She loves to read and be read to. Lately she has learned about the naughty corner and she hates it. I try not to laugh when she gets into trouble, because it is so dramatic. She cries and pouts in the corner until I tell her it is time to come out and she is learning to say she is sorry for what she did and we love and kiss and move on. It is weird to be a parent, but fun.

I thought her hair looked pretty in this picture and well I have to occasionaly show off.

Kirk and Calista this January sometime, they were getting ready to go tubing. She loved it.

Well this picture would be my husband putting panties on her head and of course Calista thinks it is great, she kept pretending it was a hat.

Calista playing peek a boo with me while Kirk of course is studying like always.

Our nightly routine, is bath then we put lotion on and pajamas then we comb her hair and then we brush teeth and go potty. She loves to sit on the back of the potty to brush her teeth, it is funny, but that is the routine.

This sad looking cake is left over scraps from a cake that I made for our New Beginnings night for my Young Women. Kirk helped himself and made this lovely cake for Calista and him after I left. He did amazing with what I left behind.

We finally got new bedding for Calista's bed and she was so excited to help me make the bed and then of course she had to lay on it and then she jumped on the bed.

I know this picture is totally random, but one Sunday evening I had Kirk's family over for dinner and we played this game and I think it was called What would you do? or something like that. Anyways on one of the cards that Kathleen got was to have other players but makeup on her for 90 seconds and well her brothers totally tortured her. It was really funny and she was a great trooper.

Here's my girl always hanging out in the laundry basket. She loves to sit in there and watch a movie. She cracks me up.

And that's it.

It's a ............

2009-01-22T11:46:00.002-07:00

BOY

I am very excited to have a little boy to hold in my arms. Kirk is so happy, he is just excited to teach cool boy stuff like shooting guns. He was healthy and he weights 11oz, less then a can of pop. We are so blessed and lucky, he is already an angel, I could tell from the ultrasound.

I ended up having my bestest friend (Chanelle) in the world come to my ultrasound with me. I know some of you remember her from high school. She was really excited that I asked her to go with me and she loved it. She still isn't married yet, so she says she lives through me with these fun experiences. It was a good morning, I hope the rest of the day turns out as good.

Life

2009-01-21T09:43:00.002-07:00

I just wanted to kind of give an update on a few fun things that have been going on in our lives. I finally have a new calling in my ward. I have been doing the Activities for Achievement days for the 8-11 year olds and that has been fun, but it has been almost three years since I started this calling. I love all the little girls, but I asked the bishop if I could have a change. So I got a fun change of being the 2nd counseler in the Young Women's presidency. I am in charge of the Beehives and we don't have advisors, so it will be a challenging calling. I just hope that I can do an okay job. I think that heavenly father is testing me or something.
We find out tomorrow what we are having, so check out my blog tomorrow afternoon sometime. I will let everyone know. One thing I am bummed about is that my Mom ended up staying in Florida another week, because my sister decided to experiment on my Mothers ankle that has screws in it and she can't walk very well on it. She had something injected in her ankle and it was very painful and she hasn't been able to put her full weight on her foot since. She is supposed to fly to Salt Lake tonight, but she won't come home until tomorrow after my ultrasound. My mother-in-law is in school tomorrow and my husband will be in classes, so I have to go to my ultrasound by myself and I am a little upset about it. I am however happy about seeing the baby and checking to make sure everything is growing the way it is supposed to. Keep us in your prayers.
I am finally over being sick. I haven't lost my cookies since Christmas, but everyonce in a while I smell something awful and I almost lose it. Other than that I feel pretty good.
Kirk did awesome last semester in school. He got straight A's and he received a 100% on his Organic Chemistry final. I am really proud of him. Kirk is still unsure of a career, I hope he decides soon.
Calista is just getting bigger and smarter. I accidently taught her the words "shut up", oops. I feel like a horrible Mom. I was talking to Kirk and I told him to shut up and she was right there. So of course she repeated. She hasn't said it since then, that I know of anyway. She is starting to love to color and she knows most colors and sometimes she forgets. She also has been singing "Once there was a snow man" all the time. She loves it. She also sings the sunbeam song. It is really funny because she skips most of the words, but does the actions. I love it, she makes me laugh a lot.
Well that is what has been going on in our lives. We are pretty boring. We just work and go to church. That is my life. Busy busy busy.

Christmas way late and Calista's new bed

2009-01-16T17:19:00.006-07:00

I know this post is long over due. I will try to catch everyone up. These first pictures are of Calista in her new bed. She loves it and she took to it the first night. We didn't have any trouble getting her used to it. I am very lucky to have a kid that adjust well to change. I need to get a better pictures of her whole bed. It is really cute. We bought a toddler bed, because we need to fit the crib in that room as soon as we have this new baby. So I think we made a good choice, I love it.

Christmas was good. We went and spent the night in Blackfoot at my brother Paul's house and we had a good time. Calista had a great time Christmas morning, she played with all of her cousin's toys that they got and she wouldn't touch hers. It was very entertaining. We had a good time. After Christmas at Paul's we went to my mother-in-laws house and I didn't get any pictures of christmas at her house. I wasn't feeling well by then and she had overloaded her house full of cooked bacon smell. After we opened presents at her house we ate brunch and then we headed home. As soon as I got inside I threw up and I felt horrible. Everything we were wearing smelt like bacon and well I just have a very hard time when I am pregnant and smells like bacon just don't do well with me. So after I lost my lunch Calista and I went down for naps. I felt so much better after I woke up and Calista was refreshed, which she needed badly. She was a grouch before her nap and that made christmas at Grandma Susan's house was not fun.

The picture below is of Calista playing with Ivy's new toy.

This is Kirk and the other boys the night before testing out the new fun toys, they had just put together for the kids, it was really funny.

Paul is a total nerd.

Max's new toy.

Calista new shopping basket.

Calista loves the show Wall-e and she loved the little Wall-e toy she got.

This was my big present. Can you guess what it is?
It's a Prego Bobbi pillow. It is fantastic by the way, I love it and I really want another one.
Oh and by the way I look about 13 in this picture, that totally freaked me out.

Kirk got his new printer and it was so fun to see his suprised face.

Kristen got some jewelery and I say it was about time Paul got her some jewelery.

These pictures are from my work party that I was in charge of along with a couple of ladies I work with. We had a great time and everyone was a good sport. We played a fun reindeer game. I even got my boss to play, so we laughed a lot. We had Carino's cater it and so the food was good and we made yummy dessert and gave away some nice prized for everyone. We had a great night.

So these were the victims of the game from left to right is Lyndsey, Mark (my boss), Robin's husband ( I forgot his name, but he won the game), Shari, and Koreen.

This picture was just funny. If you can see Calista put both legs in one hole of her pants. She is crazy and funny.

All in all we had a great month in December. We went to a couple of parties and on a couple of dates. It was a good time.

Gingerbread houses and cute pics

2008-12-01T19:16:00.003-07:00

I put Calista's hair in curlers and I was really suprised they were all in tact when she woke up on Sunday morning. Her hair was so cute and curly. We got a lot of compliments at church. She thought she was pretty hot stuff. Sorry I don't have the finished doo on here, but believe me it looked sooooo cute.

I just like to kick it.

Every year on Thanksgiving day my families tradition is to do Gingerbread houses, so here is ours and Kirk made a fabulous tree for me. Its huge! My brother Paul had total tree envy. It was great.

Here is Luke my nephew and Gigi is next to him, she is just like part of the family. She is Paul and Kristen's next door neighbor. She is a great girl.

There is my Mom and my hubby, I also got Kristen's toosh. Kirk is so cheesy.

There is Ivy and Gigi. Ivy is my niece, she is so pretty and she has a missing tooth. Her dad being a dentist likes to pull there teeth out the minute they get loose.

Here is my brother Dennis, he will be single again soon, so if you know anyone that needs a great guy, he is it. I am so glad he came. He is having a very hard time getting through a divorce at his young age.

Well thats it. We had a very nice Thanksgiving. I will be glad for next years though, because I won't be prego and hopefully I will fell normal again.

Thanksgiving thanfulness

2008-11-27T11:48:00.003-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!

I just wanted to say how thankful and grateful I am to all of my friends and family. I also want to thank my heavenly father for everything he gives to me and my family. We live in a country where we are free to do as we please and I am thankful for all the soldiers and for my family who have served this country proud. I am thankful for my home and all my little possesions. I am thankful for the food that my husband and I can provide for our little family. We are very blessed. I am very thankful for my husband, who puts up with me and who cooks me breakfast and lunch almost everyday. He is wonderful and my rock. I think I have gone on enough, but I am just very thankful for all the little things.
I hope everyone has a great day with their families. Enjoy the time you have with them.

Tag. I'm It!

2008-11-19T08:34:00.003-07:00

4 TV Shows I watch:

1. Desperate Housewives
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Ugly Betty
4. Ghost Whisperer

4 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Olive Garden
2. Jaliscos
3. Carinos
4. Subway

4 Things that happened yesterday:

1. Had first doctor appointment for the baby
2. Went to work
3. Read Calista a few books
4. Had Activity Days at my house

4 Things I'm looking forward to:

1. For my husband to get into pharmacy school
2. The new baby in our lives
3. Watching my kids to get older
4. Maybe not having to work after having this baby. That would be nice.

4 Things on my wish list:

1. For Kirk to get into the pharmacy program at ISU
2. A bigger home
3. For a healthy baby and pregnancy
4. To get into a size 8 after I have this baby

4 Things I am grateful for:

1. My Family
2. For a forgiving Heavenly Father
3. My Home
4. For the food I can afford to buy

4 People to tag:

1. Beccka
2. Tiffany
3. Joy
4. Kristy

Nordic Bo Peep and Long Lost Sheep Costume GIVEAWAY!!!!

2008-11-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

Nordic Bo Peep and Long Lost Sheep Costume GIVEAWAY!!!!

October Fun

2008-11-11T14:45:00.003-07:00

These pictures are a little out of order, but thats okay, I am just proud of myself for getting on the computer and actually putting a post on here. I haven't been feeling well at all. I am lucky I get up every morning and go to work. The ladies I work with are great though. They are very understanding and they know that I feel awful everyday. I have only thrown up once, so I feel th pretty darn good about that. I have close calls almost everyday. I am thinking in a couple more weeks I will start to feel a little better.

I love this picture, it was such a fun moment to catch, Calista was being really funny. She kept climbing on Kirk and giving him kisses and hugs.

Here is my little witch, I was Dorothy, but I didn't get any pictures of me in my costume. It was fun to dress up. I love to dress up and be someone different. Calista loved her costume. She would twirl in it and she got so upset when it was time to take it off. She also loved trick or treating, she thought it was pretty cool to walk around the mall and everyone would tell her how cute she looked and then gave her candy.

She loves to help me with the laundry.

I sat her in this pile of leaves on our front lawn and she would have just sat there forever if I would have let her.

Well like I said at the top of this post, these pictures are way out of order, but these are of course the finished product of our carved pumkins. Kirks is on the left and mine is on the right. OOOHHH Scary!

Here's my big helper!

PREGNANT!

2008-10-22T09:45:00.003-06:00

I just wanted to let everyone know officially that I am pregnant. I am very excited and nervous, because I know what to expect. I am not excited for the uncomfortablness of being pregnant. I am excited to feel the baby in my stomach. It is the weirdest most cool thing to experience. I am not excited because I just started feeling sick and nauseous, but I haven't thrown up yet, so that is good. I am one of those middle ground people that like being pregnant sometimes and then other times I really don't like it. I don't feel like myself and I have a hard time with that. I can't wait to hold the baby when he or she is born. That is the best feeling in the world. So just to let everyone know I will be 7 weeks a long on friday and my due dated is June 12, 2009.

Amazing Friends

2008-10-12T14:10:00.002-06:00

CHRISTINA HUDMAN, HER SISTER, AND A GUY IN HER SISTER'S WARD ARE AMAZING!!! They fixed my blog. WOW! I really thought I was going to have to start over. They had to go into my blog and line by line fix the html so that I can do the changes that I want to with this blog. I don't know if I can thank them enough, but I am going to send them cookies or something, for a thank you. You are all amazing!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a good weekend, my Mom and I went to Utah Friday morning and we went to Tai Pan first and I spent a lot of money. They have the cutest stuff. I was telling my Mom that I really just need someone to give me a couple of thousand dollars that I can just go to that store and spend it all. That would be way cool. I have never had a nativity set and they had some nice ones, so I bought one and I got halloween stuff, because I don't really have any halloween decorations and I really like to decorate. After Tai Pan we went to the Layton Mall and looked around. I didn't find much there, then we went to dinner. Then we were off to Lagoon. I love Lagoon, we had a lot of fun. I didn't realize how much more fun Lagoon is at Frightmares. It was a little cold, but not too bad. We still had a good time. Calista had a ball with her cousins riding all the rides with her. It was a good night, except when we got to our hotel and Calista had a meltdown, because I had to go and get the stuff from the car, so we could all go to bed. She didn't want to stay with Grandma. So we ended up not getting to bed until 11pm that night. It was crazy. Then my mom kept waking me up with her snoring. I couldn't believe that I forgot my earplugs. I was going to remember those. I was glad that everything settled down though and I got a little sleep. Saturday was crazy, I love my brother and his family, but they tell me I can sleep in, so I do and well that morning of course I slept in, but they were ready to go by 8:30 in the morning. I was a little upset. Then Calista was awful and wouldn't let my mom bath her, so that set me back, so I wasn't ready to leave until ten in the morning. Which I thought was the plan anyway, but my brothers family took off without us and went to Cabela's. Anyway so nothing on Saturday turned out the way that I thought it was going to, but I tried to make the best out of the day anyway. We went to the Children's museum at the Gateway mall and that was fun, except for the head ache I got. Calista loved it, all the stuff she could play with.
Well it was a wild couple of days and last night when I was driving us home we hit this snow storm just before Incom and I ended up having to slow down to 40 on the freeway. It was very scary, we saw several vehicles off the road and one had flipped, I felt really bad for them. Then we hit Fort Hall and it was the weirdest thing, but the snow just stopped and we had dry roads the rest of the way. It was crazy. Well I think I have babbled enough. I will post some pictures of the weekend later.

layout

2008-10-08T14:05:00.002-06:00

I have a question for my blogger friends. I was dumb and went on webfitti and now I can't get rid of the webfitti layout. Can someone help me? I am not smart at this at all, so any help would be great. I don't want the blue color to show like that and I can't get the font to change on my first page. It has changed on my older posts and would like it that way, but for some reason I can't get rid of it. HELP!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!

Life

2008-10-08T13:21:00.002-06:00

I have been a slacker and have kind of avoided posting anything. I just wanted to give everyone an update on whats been going on in our lives. Kirk is going to school and studying a lot. He also watches Calista most of the time. My Mom has been helping out a lot. Have I mentioned how wonderful my Mother is? She is the best! She drives down from Blackfoot on Tuesday's and Thursdays and every other Friday to watch Calista for me. She has been my saint. I have a friend in the ward, her name is Ellen Tatton who watches Calista on Monday and Wednesday each week for a couple of hours while Kirk has class and I am stuck at my job all day. We have been blessed.
Last night was fun and I wanted to share it with friends and family. My calling is Achievement days and so Tuesday nights are my activity night and I have way too much fun with this calling. So I wanted to talk to the girls about being modest and clean. So I dressed in one of my tank tops that I normally wear under shirts, but I wore it without my garment top and I also wore some shorts and I rolled them up and had my garments haning out a little bit and then I was chewing a huge piece of gum and twirling it around my finger and to top it off I took some spaghetti sauce and put it around my mouth on my face so I looked really sloppy and gross. It was pretty funny and those girls thought I was crazy. They at first just looked at me funny and didn't say anything. Then they started asking why I was dressed the way I was and what I had on my face, because I looked gross. It was great! Just the reaction I wanted and it was a nice discussion on modesty and cleanliness. It was a good night.
Calista has been growing up so fast, she is finally starting to remember and sing songs. We were singing "Row, row, row your boat" in the bath tub the other night and I had no idea that she new all the words. She sang them all by herself. It was awesome. It is a fun feeling when your kids all of a sudden just get something and they are so proud of themselves.
I can't wait until this weekend, because my Mom and Paul and Kristen and their kids and me and Calista are all going to Utah. We are going to go to Lagoon on Friday night for Frightmares. Then Saturday we are going to go to some museums and shopping and just hang out. I haven't had a fun weekend like this in a very long time, so I am very excited. Kirk thinks I am crazy, but he wanted to stay home and work, so I think he is crazy. He hates going in the car on trips with my Mom and me. Especially when he drives, because my Mom and I always gang up on him, which by the way we don't do on purpose. It just happens sometimes. So if we ever go to Utah I usually drive. Plus I know the area a little better than he does.
Have a great day everybody who reads this.

Birthday and New Headboard

2008-09-18T20:22:00.007-06:00

Happy Birthday to my baby!
She just turned 2 on the 15th of September. We had an awesome birthday party and she was the center of attention and she loves every minute of it. She is my little social butterfly.
Things that I love about my baby
She is the best gift I have ever been given.
She laughs a lot
She loves to tell jokes (even when we don't understand what she is saying)
She loves me and her daddy
She loves to sing and dance
She is potty trained (I really like that! No more dirty diapers!)
She likes to be "squished" meaning hugged
She is just a lot of fun to be around
We love her sooooooo much!

Here are some fun pictures of her day

She kept dipping her fingers in the frosting. It was really funny! She loved it.

Yummy! Cake and Ice cream!

I am the meanest mom ever, I even have the evil grin to match. Haa haa!

She was a butterfly princess. She likes her new wings. She even wore them for a while. Which was suprising, because she gets bored with things fast.

Here is her aunt Erin

The grandmas are having a meeting in my house (scary). :-)

Here is my new bed, well my new head board anyways. I was very excited to get this, because Kirk and I have never had a head board. So Kirk's grandpa made us this headboard. Pretty cool. I designed it too and Kirk Grandpa made it with my lovely drawing. So THANK YOU to Grandpa you are awesome!

August pics

2008-09-11T20:14:00.004-06:00

This picture above is me and Calista in our underwear, but good thing you can only see the little bit on my arm. Calista wanted to snuggle so we did for like a second, because that is how long she does anything. She is very busy.

Calista loves Otter Pops and she is pretty funny when she eats them.

Calista and Dante, these two are cousins and they are sooooooo cute together. They kept hugging and giving each other kisses. It was a lot of fun having him here to get a little bonding time in. This was the first time that we saw him since he was born, because he and his mom who is my niece live in Indiana. It was really funny Dante kept touching Calista in the stroller and she would wave him away, like she didn't want him to touch her. They were almost like brother and sister together. Calista is only seven weeks older than Dante. What a fun week it was to have him here with us, with his Grandpa Larry (aka my brother) and the rest of the fam.

This day we went to the river for the duck races and the youth jam (I think it was called that). We had a good time. Calista wasn't to sure about all the noise banging on all these drums and other stuff. Cheyenne was trying to show her the ropes.

We actually made it to a Chuckars game. Well that is because I won 4 tickets from beat 106.3, pretty cool huh? I have been in the mood to win things lately. With the tickets and the free membership at Anytime Fitness, I am doing quite well.

Well this picture is quite self explanitory. It was way funny with her cute butt crack hangin out.

We had quite a summer, it was very busy. Things are sort of starting to slow down. Calista's birthday is this Monday, so we are trying to get ready for that and I am going to take her to JcPenney's to get some photos done for her b-day next week. For a little update on the weight, I haven't lost a ton of weight yet, but I have lost a lot of inches, so I can't wait everyday to get to the gym. It feels so good and I am starting to feel better about myself. I am hoping that someday soon, I can look in the mirror and like what I see. Sorry I feel like a sob story. Sorry to everybody who reads this. I am just a little crazy. Thanks for all of your love and support and I hope that everything is going well in all of your lives.

Potty training / School

2008-08-26T08:47:00.003-06:00

Sorry I don't have any pictures to post, but I have some really great news. CALISTA IS POTTY TRAINED!! HOORAAH!! She has done awesome. I bought a book online called 3 day potty training and it totally worked. I really had my doubts, plus my family thought that I was crazy. They really didn't think it would work. We focused three days on just potty training and it really paid off. I am going to swear by this little method. She even goes at night. We haven't had any accidents at night for four nights and she is doing better everyday. I am so proud of my baby. She is such a big girl now.
Kirk started school again yesterday. I hope that we can make it through another semester. He is going to take the graduate program test this fall, so he can get into the pharmacy program next fall. Please pray for us, because I don't know how much longer I can work full time and support us, because I would really like more children and I don't think that it will happen if he doesn't finish school soon. Keep us in your prayers, we need all the prayer's that we can get.

Thank You!

2008-08-21T16:03:00.003-06:00

I just wanted to thank everyone for the advice you all generously gave me. I was really frustrated and I am going to try to resolve and patch up my differences with my siblings. I didn't like the feeling of losing my family, but things will get better. All we have is the future and I am looking forward to that.
I also wanted to tell all my friends and family, well those of you that don't know yet that I won a free 18 month membership to Anytime Fitness and I also won a free trainer for those 18 months. So I am very excited to get rid of the extra poundage I have put on over these past years. You all thought I was going to tell you I was pregnant, didn't you? Haa haa! I'm not....yet anyways. We are trying though. :-)
Take care everybody! I love you all!

Lagoon photos

2008-08-11T15:49:00.000-06:00

Camping 2008

2008-08-08T14:31:00.008-06:00

Check out how big those flames are. Kirk and his brothers were so proud of their fires.
Brad is so gross. I think he won the for the most snot this camping trip. He always had a kleenex with him.
What a beautiful sunrise. Kirk got some really great shots. It looks like the heavens are about to open up for us.
Here is my silly girl. If you can see, she is sticking her tongue out. What a crazy!

Boy she had so much fun camping. She played in the dirt and rocks. We had a bucket and she kind of took over it and it became the rock bucket. It was really funny.
Ryan is on the left and Lindy is on the right. They were just kicking it playing the guitar. It was fun watching and listening to there songs especially when Brad was playing, because that kid is crazy and makes up is on little tunes.
Here's Kathleen and Calista. Hanging out.
She is one cool little chick. Don't you think?
We were all sitting around the camp fire getting eaten by all the mosquitos. They were awful this year. I had about 12 bites when we got home.

I realize these are a little dark but the picture above has Kirk's Mom (Susan) and Lindy our Sister-in-law. They are both awesome ladies.
Wooah! Ladies look at that hunk right there. Okay don't look to long because you know he is taken. Hee hee!! He will kill me when he finds out I put this on here. Haa haa!
What a nerd. I buy him sandals and he doesn't even bring or wear them. So he looks like a big dork in his work boots. I just don't know what to do with him.
He is so proud of himself cooking hot dogs.
Grandma reading a book.

Well we got a flat tire on our way to Blackfoot Reservior. That was lots of fun. Kirk had fun changing the tire. I was sure I was going to get yelled at but luckily my husband only got mad at the jack, because it tried to tip over and bend while trying to lift the van up.
We took a shot of how much dirt was on the back of the van. It was so gross! The picture doesn't do the dirt justice though. It was much better in person.
Here is our campsite. Notice, ZERO trees. Pretty view though.

Lindy is behind Brad in this shot and then Ryan is holding Calista and of course there's Kirk.

I really need to figure out how to do the slide show thing, but I haven't yet so you all have to scroll down and see them all. We went camping with Kirk's family on July 18th thru the 20th and had a good time except for the heat and having no trees in the campground. We all decided to not let Kirk pick the campgrounds anymore. We made the best of what we had and we made some really yummy food. I cook way better when I am camping than I do at home.

Stressful Sisters

2008-08-07T11:52:00.002-06:00

Okay, so I have a question for friends. I am having a hard time with my sister whom was just here visiting last week from Florida. My sister is someone that I have always looked up to and well this last week I lost all respect for her. She has a hard time forgiving people who have wronged her in someway and I don't get it. She holds grudges longer than anyone I have ever met. I don't know how much detail I should go into, but if one of your siblings does something or lives differently than you do. Aren't we taught to accept them for who they are and try not to judge. Well my sister was taught that and she doesn't live that way. So anyways she has been holding things against my brother for over 5 years and I just don't understand why. My brother is a cool guy and he makes stupid choices a lot, but that doesn't make him a bad brother and what he does in his personal life isn't my choice or hers. So shouldn't she forgive him for whatever is bugging her and get on with life, because it's not everyday they see each other? They maybe see each other every couple of years or more, so I don't get the problem. I am also having a hard time with this because I get stuck in the middle like always like I am supposed to choose which sibling I like or want to spend my time with. Well should I just forgive her for being so stubborn or should I just not talk to her and shut her out like she has my brother and a few other people she has done this to in her life? What do you think?

Fun pics

2008-08-05T14:44:00.003-06:00

This is her new frog camping chair. She loves it. Thanks grandma!

Well here is messy face girl.
She looooooooooooooooves her dolls! She snuggles with them and everything. What a crazy!
Snuggling grandma Hansen. AAAAWWWW How sweet.

She loves these two blankets. She will not go to bed without them and she loves to hold them and feel the tastles while she goes to sleep or just to calm her down if she is upset.

4th of July fun

2008-08-05T13:12:00.003-06:00

Alright I know these are a little late to post, but I am really horrible at posting in a timely manner. So these are fun pictures from the fourth. We had a really fun, but tiring day. We went to the parade and then after the parade we went to Ross park and went swimming. It was a lot of fun and Calista liked the water, but she got so mad when we put her down the little slide at the park. Is is really crude to laugh at your kid for that? I always feel like I am torturing her to get her to try stuff that I know she will love. She was so funny, she kept running in and out of the little kid area and she kept biffing it, poor thing. Then she hit her head and I wouldn't let her run in and out anymore. It was too slippery. I really didn't want to make a trip to the hospital.

This was her fourth of July outfit and she looks so cute. Thanks Jaime and Doug for the outfit!
This is Ivy and Calista. Ivy is like Calista's second Mom. She loves her a lot.
Paul my bro, Calista, Ivy, Luke, Josh, and my Mom. The other kids are Paul and Kriten's kids.

Oh, doesn't he look happy to be there. Hee hee!

2008-07-15T14:43:00.003-06:00

Here are some family pictures that I had my friend Erin take. She always does an awesome job and she is really patient with Calista. As you can see we actually got a few good pictures. We had a lot of fun getting pictures taken. We very seldom get family pictures. I love this one with Kirk and Calista giving kisses. She loves her Daddy a lot. Thank you Erin for taking the pictures. We love them!

2008-06-30T09:25:00.002-06:00

These pictures were of this last Saturday. Calista and I went and walked the Title of Liberty. It was a fun thing to do to show our pride for our Country. My Mom was in charge of parts of it and we got Chanelle and some of her friends from Sam's Club to come and help out. We all had a good time.
This is of Calista at my work summer party at Freeman park. She had lots of fun. I wish I would have taken more pictures of everybody. We played water balloon volleyball and had really yummy dutch oven cookin'.
This was just to cute other than Kirk's very sexy belly. They were just cuddled up watching a show together and I couldn't help but take a picture.

2008-06-30T09:16:00.002-06:00

Here's Calista on our new trampoline. Kirk gave this to us for our Anniversary. It has been really fun to have and Calista loves it. She always wants to go bounce and gets very upset when I tell her "no".
Calista and I are kicking it on the kitchen floor. What a nice place to be. I really need to get my hair done. I don't think its going to happen before the reunion though. Oh well, it will be fun anyways. I can't wait to see all my high school friends though.

2008-06-30T08:58:00.002-06:00

This is what I call crazy morning hair. Calista loves that blanket she is holding. It is so soft and cushy. Her great Aunt Kathy gave her that before she was born.
Calista loves to give everybody knuckles. She goes to everybody at church and says "kuckles, kuckles".
Yummy!! What a great popsicle! She loves them, as you can tell.
This is my Mom. She is a great Mom and she loves Calista tons. This is the two of them dancing and Calista loved it. She is always bouncing and dancing to music.
Update on my Mom. She is very happy being retired. She has her new home in Blackfoot and she is going to be getting grass this coming month. My brother Paul is taking excellent care of her and watching out for her. She just got a new TV and a newer car. She is doing really well, except when she over does it and she can't walk. Which happens often, but we love her anyway.

2008-06-30T08:48:00.002-06:00

This is the funniest picture, Calista was not happy on the Dino ride at Leo's place.

Happy Birthday to my little neice Kadence. She turned four on June 1st. She is such a big girl. For family and friends that know my brother Doug this is his daughter. Doug is on the right with his younger daughter Brinley. We call her Tankerella. She is so cute.

2008-06-05T10:10:00.002-06:00

Oh boy! She is a total girl she already loves talking on the phone. She loves to press the buttons it is hillarious. Kirk and I are definitely in trouble with her.
This was a fun night we all dressed up in really horrible looking clothing and went to the second chance prom. We had a really fun time. It made me miss all those good time dancing with my friends back in the day. Kirk's brothers are really crazy, they were so much fun.

Here are some pictures of Calista burning her hand. It was so sad. Kirk was torturing her and took a few photos of her hands. She now knows what is hot and she knows not to touch it. You can't really see it in the picture, but the tips of her fingers were burned too.

2008-06-02T09:06:00.005-06:00

The top two pictures are of Calista in her new pool. We got that this last Saturday and she had a good time. We didn't stay in for too long because as soon as we got it full of water it decided to cloud over and drop 10° so we had fun for a few minutes.
This last picture is from a week ago Sunday, I am telling you guys that I cannot help but buy the cutest dresses for my baby. She is so fun. We laugh and giggle a lot.

2008-05-16T11:08:00.000-06:00

Hello Friends and family, I know I need to updated this blog and I will get some pictures as soon as I get the internet at home. But for right now I will give you an update on how our family is.

Calista is growing up really fast. She repeats everything we say and it is freaking me out. She is 20 months old and she is still tiny any petite. I don't know were she got that from. It wasn't from me. She loves reading, playing and helping me in the kitchen. She likes it when I set her on the counter so she can watch me bake or cook. She burned her hands about a month ago, so she knows that the stove is hot. Her hands have now healed (thank goodness), it was really hard keeping the cream on her hands.

I am doing good. I just went back to work full time at the Bank of Commerce, so hoorah I get back benifits. It was really hard not having insurance and personal time. So things are good with me.

Kirk is doing well. He is trying to pull himself out of the dumps, because we just don't think that Dental school is going to happen and we have spent so much money for applying and interviews this past year. Kirk is pretty bummed, he is so smart and it kills him not to be able to provide for me and Calista the way that he wants to. So right now he is looking into some other careers. I hope he figures out what is next soon.

Have a great day, We love you all who support us and love us. Thank you!

2007-10-05T14:50:00.000-06:00

Hello to all family and friends. I decided it would be cool to have a blog site. So here it is.