MY NEW TOY!

OKAY LADIES, I AM SO EXCITED! I AM NOW PART OF THE ELITE SCRAPBOOKERS! LOL....GOT THE LAST ONE THIS MORNING AT JOANNS. ON SALE FOR $99. DID I MENTION HOW EXCITED I AM! I BET YOU CAN GUESS WHAT I AM GOING TO BE DOING ALL DAY TODAY! YEP I AM GOING TO BE SCRAPPING (AGAIN) AND USING MY NEW TOY... SO EXCITED!!!

WEEKEND OF SCRAPPING !

WELL, I CANT BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE OUR LAST SCRAPBOOKING WEEKEND. WE USUALLY GO UP TO PARK CITY BUT, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD BE FINE JUST STAYING CLOSE TO HOME. WE STAYED AT THE COMFORT SUITES JUST OFFF 21 ST STREET. ON FRIDAY NIGHT ALAINA AND MELISSA JOINED US. THEY COULDN'T STAY THE NIGHT BUT WE WERE GLAD THEY CAME AND GOT SOME SCRAPPING DONE. MYSELF, KYLEE,AND CRYSTAL HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE WEEKEND AND GOT ALOT DONE!!! KYLEE CRUISED RIGHT ALONG AND COMPLETED 20 SPREADS....SHE AN OVER-ACHIEVER!! LOL!!CRYSTAL WAS NOT FEELING VERY WELL ON SATURDAY ...SO SAD...SHE DID NOT LOOK GOOD.... SHE TOUGHED IT OUT AND STAYED WITH US AND ENDED UP COMPLETING ALMOST AS MUCH AS KYLEE. WHAT A TROOPER!
WELL, AS FOR MYSELF,I AM TRULY A BLONDE. I FORGOT ALL MY PAPER...LEFT IT AT HOME...DUH!?! BUT I WAS PREPARED AND WAS PLANNING MAKING MY CARDS FOR THE CARD GROUP I BELONG TO. SO I ENDED UP MAKING 25 CARDS AND DID A LITTLE CRAFT PROJECT. JEFF BROUGHT OVER MY PAPER ON SATURDAY MORNING. HE ATE BREAKFAST WITH US AND I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO START SCRAPPING. I ENDED UP COMPLETING 10 SPREADS. NOT TO SHABBY! WE STAYED UP TILL 4 A.M. BOTH NIGHTS AND WE WERE BACK UP SCRAPPING BY 8 A.M. YEAH, YOU COULD CALL US DIE-HARDS OR DEDICATED....BUT ACTUALLY WE ARE ALL JUST MOMS TRYING TO USE UP AS MANY HOURS OF THE DAY TO COMPLETE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HERE IS A PICTURE OF US WITH ALL OUR STUFF. MAN, YOU WOULD THINK WE WERE MOVING OUT OR WERE ON A MONTH LONG VACATION. NOPE, JUST A 2 NIGHTER STAY 10 MINUTES FROM OUR HOUSE. THANKS GIRLS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SCRAPBOOKING WEEKEND AND GREAT MEMORIES!!!

DON'T ASK...I DIDN'T ! !

SUNDAY JEFF AND I WENT OUT TO CELEBRATE VALENTINES. THIS IS WHAT MY SON ZACH LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE CAME BACK HOME. I STARTED TO ASK HIM ," YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" AND HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME " DONT'T ASK!!" OK BUDDY....WELL AS LONG AS HIM AND LEXIE HAD A GOOD TIME AND MY HOUSE IS STILL STANDING I'M NOT GOING TO ASK!

RECORD NIGHT AT WORK ! !

I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE MY CRAZY, OUT OF CONTROL, VALENTINES NIGHT. TIMBERMINE WAS OUT OF CONTROL LAST NIGHT! WE COOKED OVER 1,250 DINNERS FROM 4PM. TO 10PM. AND THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL WAS UNBELIEVABLE! WE HAD RECORD BREAKING SALES LAST NIGHT AT THE BAR. WE SOLD $3400!!!!!WE RAN OUT OF SO MUCH ALCOHOL IS WAS JUST CRAZY! WE RAN OUT OF GLASSES TO SERVE THE DRINKS. WE ENDED UP FINDING PLASTIC CUPS AND USED THOSE! YOU COULD NOT MOVE IN THE WAITING AREA AND BAR. WE WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO SCREAM OUR DRINK ORDER TO THE BARTENDER AND FOR THE MOST PART THEY STILL COULDN'T HEAR US! I AM BLOWN AWAY AT OUR SALES OF ALCOHOL....WHAT A BUNCH OF DRUNKS LAST NIGHT. WE LOOKED UP TO SEE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE SOLD THIS MUCH ALCOHOL IN ONE NIGHT AND IT WAS 1998! ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I AM SOOOO THANKFUL I DONT HAVE TO WORK TONIGHT. I DONT THINK I COULD HANDLE THE PEOPLE, THE YELLING, THE SOUND OF THE EMPTY BEER BOTTLES CLINKING IN THE GARBAGE, OR HAVING TO THINK SO HARD AND SO LONG IN A STRESSFUL ENVIROMENT. NIGHTS LIKE THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THE MONEY IS WORTH IT..MAN, WHAT A NIGHT!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! ! !

VALENTINES DAY IS SUCH A FUN DAY! TODAY FOR BREAKFAST I MADE PINK PANCAKES, STRAWBERRY SYRUP, BACON , AND EGGS. THE KIDS GAVE ME A BEAR, A BALLOON, AND M & M'S.THE KIDS ENJOYED THEIR LITTLE BAG OF GOODIES AND RECEIVED A GIFT CARD TO WALMART. OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT VALENTINES DAY IS A CRAZY DAY FOR PEOPLE GOING OUT TO DINNER. THATS RIGHT, I WILL BE WORKING TONIGHT. I WORKED LAST NIGHT AS WELL. THIS IS ONE OF OUR BUSIEST NIGHTS AT TIMBERMINE. THEREFORE, JEFF AND I HAVE TO CELEBRATE ON SUNDAY. I LOVE MY KIDS SO VERY MUCH!!! I AM SO GREATFUL TO HAVE JEFF AS MY HUSBAND, MY BEST FRIEND, AND FATHER TO OUR KIDS!! I AM A VERY LUCKY WOMAN TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT FAMILY!!!!I LOVE YOU GUYS!

JEFF TURNS "40" !!!

OKAY, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT BLOGGING! I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY THAT I REALLY HAVENT HAD TIME. JANUARY WAS SUCH A CRAZY MONTH FOR ME. I HATE JANUARY!!!! JEFF TURNED 40 THIS MONTH AND I HAD 3 REALLY BIG SURPRISES I HAD TO PULL OFF. THE FIRST ONE WAS A FAMILY AND FRIEND PARTY. WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT.. AT ONE POINT I HONSETLY DIDNT THINK MY HOUSE COULD HOLD ANY MORE PEOPLE. THERE WERE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP THAT NIGHT!! JEFF WAS VERY SURPRISED... HE , OF COURSE, PARTIED LIKE A ROCK STAR AND NEEDLESS TO SAY HE DID NOT MAKE IT TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE HAD A HARD TIME PARTING FROM THE PORCELAIN GOD!! I FELT A LITTLE RELIEVED THAT I PULLED OFF THIS PARTY AND JEFF REALLY APPRECIATED IT. OKAY ON TO #2 SURPRISE. WEDNESDAY WAS HIS ACTUAL BIRTHDAY. I HAD ARRANGED FOR A COUPLE OF HIS BUDDIES AND THE FAMILIES TO MEET AT TIMBERMINE EARLY SO ME, JEFF AND THE KIDS WOULD GET THERE A LITTLE LATER AND THEN THEY COULD YELL "SURPRISE".! I SPENT THE DAY GETTING BALLOONS AND DECORATIONS, GETTING THE CAKE, RUNNING UP TO TIMBERMINE AND DECORATING. THIS IS THE FUNNY PART I PROMISE.....SO WE ARRIVED AND WE WALK INTO THE ROOM ( WHICH IS DECORATED WITH TONS OF BALLOONS) NO ONE IN SIGHT AND MY "BLOND" HUSBAND SAYS "WOW LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE IS TURNING 40 TOO!!!!" AND THEN EVERYONE YELLS SURPRISE!! OK....THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS DUMBFOUNDED AND HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT HE JUST SAID WHAT HE SAID...WE WERE ALL LAUGHING PRETTY HARD ..NEEDLESS TO SAY I GOT JEFF AGAIN!!!!
I WAS FEELING A BIT MORE RELIEVED THAT WED. NIGHT WENT OFF SO WELL AND THAT I WAS 2 FOR 3. SO THE NEXT BIG AND FINAL GIFT TO JEFF WAS A SURPRISE TRIP TO LAS VEGAS. I REALLY HAD TO PULL THIS ONE OFF!!HERES THE STORY.... ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE MY DAD CALLED JEFF AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO BUY A TRUCK OUT OF SLC. COUPLE DAYS LATER MY DAD CALLED AGAIN AND TOLD HIM HE BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND NEEDED JEFFS HELP PICKING IT UP ON FRIDAY NIGHT. I TOLD JEFF THAT I WAS GOING TO TAKE THE KIDS ICESKATING WHILE HE WAS HELPING MY DAD WITH THE TRUCK. I RAN MY FANNY OFF ON FRIDAY PACKING FOR THE KIDS ( THEY WERE STAYING WITH MY PARENTS) , PACKING FOR JEFF AND I AND GETTING IT ALL LOADED IN MY CAR WITHOUT HIM KNOWING. I ALSO MADE A HUGE POSTER FOR DOWN AT THE AIRPORT. OK SO JEFF IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT HELPING MY DAD WITH THIS TRUCK THING ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! HE WAS VERY UPSET AND WAS ACTUTALLY KIND OF MEAN TO ME BECAUSE I WOULDNT HELP HIM GET OUT OF HELPING MY DAD!! HAHAHA!!!! WELL I DRIVE OVER TO MY PARENTS AND DROP OFF HIM AND ZACH. MY MOM SAYS SHE WILL HANG OUT WITH ME AND LEXIE FOR THE NIGHT. SO WE DRIVE LIKE CRAZY TO GET DOWN TO THE AIRPORT, PARK THE CAR, TAKE THE SHUTTLE OVER TO THE TERMINAL AND WAIT FOR MY DAD TO PULL UP WITH JEFF. WE HAD ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO SPARE. SO ME AND LEXIE ARE STANDING ON THE CURB HOLDING THE POSTER AND MY DAD PULLS UP. OK... THE LOOK ON JEFFS FACE IS CONFUSSION AND PRICELESS!!!!! HE DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE ALL DOING AT THE AIRPORT AND WHY ME, LEXIE, AND MY MOM HAD COME DOWN TO LOOK AT THIS TRUCK. ( DUH READ THE POSTER JEFF!) OKAY SO IT TOOK HIM ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO FIGURE IT OUT!! YES I PULLED THIS ONE OF AS WELL!! I AM THE MASTER AT LYING (NOT A GOOD THING) AND PULLING OFF A VERY STRESSFUL WEEK FOR MY "OVER THE HILL" HUSBAND.!!! WE WENT TO VEGAS AND HUNG OUT WITH SOME OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS! WE WENT TO SPENCERS FOOTBALL PRACTICE AND ALEXIS ROLLER HOCKEY GAME. WENT OUT TO DINNER, WATCHED MOVIES AND HUNG OUT FOR THE SUPERBOWL. WE HAD SUCH A RELAXING TIME AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE ALL THEIR CUTE KIDS. I WISHED WE COULD SEE THEM MORE OFTEN. MAN THIS IS A LONG POST. I HAD A LOT GOING ON AND I WAS A LITTLE, OKAY A LOT, STRESSED OUT! WHEN WE GOT BACK I JUST HUNG OUT IN MY SWEATS ALL DAY ON TUESDAY. I THINK I DESERVED IT!!! MAN I REALLY DONT KNOW HOW JEFF CAN TOP ME BUT I GUESS I WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE!!