SUPER SATURDAY

SATURDAY WAS A GREAT DAY FOR EVERYONE AT THE STREBEL HOUSE. JEFF , ZACH, AND HIS FRIEND CODY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO HEAD UP TO WILLARD AND GO SHOOTING FOR THE AFTERNOON. THE BOYS HAD FUN BEING OUTSIDE AND PLAYING WITH THEIR GUNS.SO WHILE THE GUYS WERE DOING THEIR THING LEXIE AND I WENT OVER TO ALAINAS HOUSE TO DO SOME SCRAPBOOKING. WE HAD SUCH A FUN TIME. THE LITTLE GIRLS PAINTED ROCKS, JUMPED ON THE TRAMP, AND PLAYED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS A LOT OF GIGGLING AND CHANGING OF CLOTHES(ALAINAS GIRLS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING THEIR CLOTHES-UNREAL- NO WONDER SHE ALWAYS HAS LAUNDRY TO DO...LOL). ALAINA AND I WERE REALLY SCRAPPIN IT UP. WE JUST COULD NOT SEE OURSELVES STOPPING. PYPER ENDED UP COMING OVER AND WE DECIDED WE SHOULD HAVE A BBQ.THIS WAY ME AND ALAINA DIDNT HAVE TO STOP SCRAPPIN - WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING!!! IT WAS A FUN NIGHT. WE ALL HAD OUR CUTE FAMILIES AND KLINT AND KYLEE AND THEIR KIDS CAME OVER AS WELL. WE ATE YUMMY STEAKS AND THE KIDS PLAYED LIKE CRAZY. WHEN EVERYONE LEFT ME AND ALAINA STARTED SCRAPPIN SOME MORE.

I GOT SO MUCH DONE AND I HAD SO MUCH FUN!! I AM JUST A LITTLE BEHIND ON LEXIE ( NOTICE I DID HER 6TH BIRTHDAY) BUT ZACH IS PRETTY MUCH CAUGHT UP. THANKS FOR THE INVITE MY FRIEND. WHAT A SUPER SATURDAY!!

I A-EEE-SHE-ATE YOU

I NEED TO POST THIS CAUSE IT JUST PULLED AT MY HEART STRINGS JUST A LITTLE...THE OTHER NIGHT I SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WITH LEXIE GOING OVER HOMEWORK AND EXTRA SCHOOL PAPERS. SHE LOVES TO DO EXTRA WORK SO SHE CAN GET MORE SCHOOL MONEY TO SPEND IT IN HER CLASSROOM AT THE STORE. WELL, SHE FINISHED AND GOT READY FOR BED. TUCKED HER IN AND TURNED OFF THE LIGHT AND SHE TELLS ME TO COME OVER TO HER. SHE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME: "MOM, I A-EEE-SHE-ATE YOU FOR HELPING ME WITH ALL MY HOMEWORK." I HAD TO THINK FOR A MINUTE. WHAT WAS SHE TRYING TO SAY? OH YEA SHE APPRECIATES ME...OKAY IS THAT NOT JUST SO SWEET AND I GOT A LITTLE TEARY EYED.I LOVE MY LITTLE GIRL SO MUCH!! LITTLE MOMENTS LIKE THIS IS WHY I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!

ADDICTION

THIS IS MY HUSBAND JEFF. IF YOU CANT FIND HIM WE ALL JUST HAVE TO LOOK IN THE COMPUTER ROOM. HE IS ADDICTED TO KSL.COM.....I THOUGHT CAUSE WE BOUGHT A NEW TRUCK HIS COMPUTER ADDICTION WOULD SUBSIDE.....AWWWWWW NOPE!!! HE NOW IS LOOKING FOR TRAILERS....WHICH WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO PURCHASE TILL NEXT YEAR!! I AM LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF A GREAT COUNSELOR....LOL....SERIOUSLY.....!!!!!!!

EIGHT IS GREAT !

SATURDAY MY LITTLE GIRL TURNED 8! SHE WAS UP PRETTY EARLY AND ASKING WHEN SHE COULD OPEN HER PRESENTS. JEFF AND I DECIDED TO LET HER OPEN ALL HER PRESENTS EARLY CAUSE I DONT THINK WE COULD HANDLE HER REPEATEDLY ASKING US TILL 1PM.(HER PARTY TIME)LEXIE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR HEELYS FOR 3 YEARS!! HER FEET ARE JUST SO TINY THAT WE HAVE HAD TO WAIT TILL HER FEET GREW. THE HEELYS ARE STILL PRETTY BIG ,BUT SHE CAN GROW INTO THEM I GUESS. SHE WAS SOOOOO HAPPY! JEFF TOOK HER OUTSIDE TO PRACTICE CAUSE WE WERE GOING TO CLASSIC FUN CENTER IN LAYTON FOR HER B-DAY PARTY LATER IN THE DAY. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AT CLASSIC. LEXIE HAD ME AND JEFF PULL HER AROUND THE RINK ALL AFTERNOON. JEFF GOT A PRETTY GOOD WORKOUT! AND LATER GRANDPA RON HAD TO HELP KELSIE AROUND THE RINK AS WELL.<

AUNT JUSTINE, AUNT DEANA, UNCLE LANCE , GRANDMA GRACE, AND GRANDPA RON ALONG WITH LEXIES COUSINS HAD SO MUCH FUN!! EVERYONE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND HAD WORKED UP AN APPETITE. WE ORDERED SOME YUMMY PIZZA!
THE BOUNCING AREA WAS A BIG HIT WITH LEXIE, KELSIE, ZACH, AND JORDAN. -
ATFER AN HOUR OR SO LEXIE AND KELSIE HEADED OVER TO THE PIRATES COVE FOR SOME CLIMBING AND SWINGING. THE GIRLS REALLY HAD SO MUCH FUN! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THE ENERGY THAT KIDS HAVE. THE GIRLS ALSO PLAYED OVER AT THE GAME AREA. THEY HAD FUN DANCING AND COLLECTED ALOT OF TICKETS. WHICH THEY NEVER REALLY HAD ENOUGHT TICKETS TO GET THE TOYS THAT THEY WANTED AT THE STORE. BUT I THINK THEY HAD A FUN TIME TRYING! I THOUGHT I WOULD SURPRISE LEXIE WITH HER BIRTHDAT CAKE!! SHE IS REALLLY INTO SPONGEBOB RIGHT KNOW SO I WENT WITH A SPONGEBOB CAKE. WHEN SHE SAW IT SHE GOT UPSET AND ASKED ME WHY I DIDN'T GET HER A GIRL CAKE. MAN I FELT PRETTY BAD! I THOUGHT IT TURNED OUT PRETTY CUTE!! THE GIRLS HAD ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY!!!! MAN THEY WERE WEARING JEFF, GRANDPA, GRANDMA, AMD MYSELF OUT. SKATING, GAMES, BOUNCING, CLIMBING ,GIGGLING, AND RUNNING AROUND. ZACH AND HIS FRIEND WERE GOING STRONG AS WELL. WE WERE AT THIS PLACE FOR 5 HOURS AND THE GIRLS WERE FINALLY STARTING TO SIGNS OF BEING TIRED. THANK GOD!!! WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE PRICE FOR 5 HOURS FO FUN COULD NOT BE BEAT! LEXIE HAD SO MUCH FUN ON HER BIRTHDAY!!! IT WWAS FUN TO SPEND TIME AS A FAMILY AND WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME!! LEXIE IS GETTING SO BIG. SHE IS GROWING UP SO FAST. WE JUST LOVE HER SO MUCH!! SHE IS A SWEET, SASSY, FULL OF SPIT AND VINEGAR, STUBBORN, FUNNY, CHARMING, AND SMART LITTLE GIRL. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS OUR DAUGHTER. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE LITTLE LADY SHE IS BECOMING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLY BEAN!!!!!WE LOVE YOU!!!

SCRAPBOOK EXPO

FRIDAY NIGHT MELISSA, ALAINA, AND MYSELF WENT DOWN TO THE SCRAPBOOK EXPO. WE HAD A FUN TIME LOOKING AT ALL THE BOOTHS FOR SOME GREAT DEALS. THEY HAD NONE!!! WE WERE NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE EXPO THIS YEAR. WE ATE DINNER AT THE EXPO AND THEN HEADED BACK TO MELISSA'S TO DO SOME SCRAPBOOKING. WE HAD ALOT OF LAUGHS AND MANAGED TO GET SOME PAGES DONE. THANKS GIRLS FOR THE MEMORIES AND A GREAT GIRLS NIGHT OUT!!

GO IRISH ! !

WELL TODAY IS ST. PATTRICKS DAY ! LEXIE WAS SO EXCITED, I WONDERED IF SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A DAY SHE WAS GOING TO GET GIFTS OR WHAT! SHE WANTED GREEN MILK, GREEN EGGS, AND FRESH STRAWBERRIES FOR BREAKFAST. SHE ATE ALMOST THE WHOLE THING, ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY THE EGGS LOOKED PRETTY GROSS! LOL....AS LONG AS SHE ENJOYED THEM. I HAVE TO WORK TONIGHT SO I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO GREEN IN THE DINNER THAT JEFF MAKES TONIGHT. I LOVE BEING A MOM! HOPEFULLY ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT US MOMS DO WILL BE REMEMBERED BY OUR KIDS! HAVE A GREAT ST. PATRICKS DAY!!! GO GREEN!!!

NASCAR AND NO SLEEP

THIS PAST WEEKEND ZACH AND I HEADED TO LAS VEGAS. WE LEFT THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND ARRIVED IN SUNNY VEGAS. WE STAYED WITH OUR FRIENDS THE LAMARRS. THE FIRST NIGHT ZACH HUNG OUT WITH THEIR KIDS GOOFING OFF WHILE CATHY AND I WENT TO A GIRLS OUT WINE PARTY. WE HAD FUN BUT DIDN'T GET HOME TILL LATE IN THE EVENING. THEN WE HAD TO GO TO THE STORE TO GET FOOD FOR THE NEXT DAY. CATHY HAS CONNECTIONS AND GOT US HOOKED UP WORKING AT THE NASCAR RACES. THEY PAY YOU $200 A DAY. CATHY , MYSELF, AND HER TWO GIRLS HAD TO BE AT THE TRACK BY 6AM. WE WORKED AT THIS CUTE BOOTH SELLING SHIRTS, HATS, AND ALL KINDS OF TRINKETS. THE FIRST DAY WAS A LITTLE SLOW DUE TO IT WAS ONLY QUALIFICATIONS. NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE COME THIS DAY. WE HAD FUN. IT WAS A LONG DAY WE WORKED TILL 6 AND GOT HOME AROUND 9. THE TRAFFIC WAS NOT TOO BAD. HERES A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE TRACK AND DRIVERS TRUCKS.THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE DRIVERS GARAGE. LOOK AT ALL THE TRUCKS. IT JUST AMAZED ME. AND THESE MOTORHOMES ARE NOT CHEAP EITHER. CAN YOU SAY MONEY!I TOOK THIS PICUTRE SO YOU COULD SEE ALL THE MOTORHOMES LINED UP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRACK ON THIS ONE SIDE.IT WAS CRAZY!THIS SHOWS YOU SOME MORE RVS THAT PARK ON THE INSIDE OF THE TRACK. EVERYONE PARKED IN HERE GO TO THE TOP OF THEIR RVS AND WATCH THE RACE FROM THE ROOFTOPS. SATURDAY ZACH AND AUSTIN CAME AND THEY GOT INTO THE RACE FREE AND VOLUNTEERED A COUPLE HOURS STUFFING PROGRAM BAGS. THEY STUFFED CLOSE TO 1100.THE REST OF THE DAY THE BOYS HUNG OUT AND WALKED AROUND. CATHY AND I WERE MUCH BUSIER THIS DAY. IT WAS THE SAMS TOWN RACE. THERE WERE MAYBE 100,000 PEOPLE THERE THIS DAY. MY MOM, DAD, BROTHER ,AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE REALLY BIG INTO NASCAR. THEY ATTEND THE NASCAR RACES EVERY YEAR HERE IN VEGAS. IT WAS NICE THAT THEY FOUND ME AND CAME TO SAY HI WHENEVER THEY COULD. I HAD THEM TAKE PICTURES OF THE PARKING LOT. HERE IS A PIC OF MY DAD.MOST PEOPLE HANG OUT AND TAILGATE. THEY COOK THEIR MEALS OUT HERE AND MINGLE WITH OHTERS. THIS IS MY BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. HERE IS THE DALE EARNHART TERRACE THAT I WORKED IN FOR THE WEEKEND. ME AND ZACH. HERE IS CATHY AND ME HAVING OUR MORNING COFFEE. WE WOULD GO OUT AND ENJOY THE MORNING SUN AND PEACEFUL TIME BEFORE THE GATES OPENED.
AFTER THE SATURDAY RACE I WENT WITH MY PARENTS AND BROTHER DOWN TO FREEMONT STREET AND OUT TO DINNER. ZACH WENT HOME WITH CATHY TO HANG OUT WITH AUSTIN. WE HAD FUN AT FREMONT STREET I GAMBLED A LITTLE. OF COUSRE I LOST EVERYTHING I PUT IN. ANDY AND MICHELE GAMBLED AS WELL BUT DID BETTER THAN ME. OH WELL! IT WAS FUN TO HANG OUT WITH MY FAMILY AND GET INTO VEGAS FOR LITTLE WHILE. THEY TOOK ME BACK TO CATHYS PLACE AROUND 12.30AM. I WAS SO TIRED AND SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER TO STAY OUT SO LATE. WE HAD TO BE OUT AT THE TRACK NO LATER THAN 6AM. WHICH MEANS WE HAD TO LEAVE BY 5AM. WHICH MEANS UP BY 4AM.!! YEAH TELL ME ABOUT IT! LOL....SUNDAY WAS C R A Z Y !!!! THERE WERE OVER 180,OOO PEOPLE... AND MOST OF THEM WERE REDNECKS!!!!YEP....REDNECKS....NO TEETH....DIRTY CLOTHES....LOTS OF DRUNKS...LOTS TO LOOK AT.!!!OUR BOOTH WAS CRAZY BUT IN CONTROL. IT WAS A FUN DAY!! TIME WENT BY FAST. BY MID DAY THOUGH I GOT ONE OF THOSE TIRED HEADACHES THAT WOULD NOT GO AWAY..WE HAD A FLIGHT THAT LEFT AT 9:10 PM. WE WERE STILL DOING INVENTORY BY 8PM. WE LEFT THE TRACK AT 8:40PM. YEP, TRAFFIC WAS WELL, I AM SPEECHLESS.... WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT AT 10:30PM. WE HAD MISSED OUR FLIGHT! AFTER DEALING WITH STUPID AIRPORT PEOPLE WE GOT HOME AT 12.30AM. THE AIRPORT TOLD US WE HAD TO BE BACK AT AIRPORT TO GET ON STANDBY BY 4AM. WHY GO TO BED HUH!!? SO ME AND CATHY WENT DOWN TO A PUB AND HAD A COUPLE DRINKS AND HAD BREAKFAST. WE GOT HOME AROUND 1.30AM. I PACKED AND GOT INTO BED AT 2. WAS BACK UP AT 3 SO WE COULD LEAVE HER HOUSE BY 3.45. ZACH AND I WERE AT THE AIRPORT BY 4AM. THE LINES WERE CRAZY. THIS AIRPORT WAS BUSY FOR THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING. WE WERE 1 AND 2 FOR STANDBY FOR ANY FLIGHT GOING TO SALT LAKE. WE HEADED DOWN TO OUR GATE AND ZACH SLEPT 0N THE FLOOR FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND I OF COURSE WAS TOO STRESSED OUT TO SLEEP. WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT NO ONE WAS MISSING THEIR FLIGHT SO ZACH AND I HAD THE CHOICE TO HANG OUT IN THE AIRPORT AND SEE IF WE COULD FIND A FLIGHT THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR OR CALL MY PARENTS AND DRIVE BACK WITH THEM. I CHOOSE CALLING MY PARENTS. ITS NOW 9 AM I AM SICK TO MY STOMACHE, SOOOO TIRED AND I AM CRYING . MY BROTHER AND PARENTS COME PICK US UP AND WE DRIVE BACK. WE GOT TO SLC AIRPORT LAST NIGHT BY 7 , FOUND OUR LUGGAGE, SHUTTLED OVER TO THE CAR AND WE WERE HOME BY 8PM. IT WAS SO GOOD TO BE HOME !!!! WE HAD A VERY BUSY WEEKEND. ZACH HAD A FUN TIME WITH ALL THE KIDS. I ENJOYED MY FIRST NASCAR AND HAD A GOOD TIME WITH CATHY. WHO NEEDS SLEEP WHEN YOU CAN HAVE AN ADVENTURE !!!!!