FEELING CRATFY

THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS I HAVE BEEN SOOO BUSY WORKING FOR MY DAD. I HATE THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH FINISHING UP ALL THE PAPERWORK AND ORGANIZING EVERYTHING FOR TAXES. I JUST GET STRESSED OUT!!SO I TOOK A DAY TO MY SELF AND GOT CRAFTY. I MADE A LATTER SIMILAR LIKE THIS FOR KYLEE FOR CHRISTMAS AND I JUST LOVED IT. SO I MADE ONE FOR MYSELF. I LOVE IT!!! NOW I FEEL MORE STRESSED OUT CAUSE I AM A DAY BEHIND...TODAY I WILL DO THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE TO MAKE UP FOR THE DAY I HAD TO MYSELF. I AM QUESTIONING MYSELF IF IT WAS WORTH. I THINK SO CUTE HUH!?

SALT LAKE FUN

FRIDAY WE JUMPED ON BOARD THE FRONT RUNNER WITH JEFFS SISTER, DEANA, AND HER FAMILY AND HEADED DOWN TO SALT LAKE FOR THE DAY. THE RIDE DOWN WAS FUN... THE KIDS HAD FUN JUST HANGING OUT WHILE US ADULTS PLAYED A GAME OF CARDS TO PASS THE TIME. WE THEN RODE THE TRAX TO GATEWAY FOR LUNCH. THE RIDE ON TRAX WAS PRETTY BUMPY..IT WAS NICE THOUGH NOT HAVING TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC! THE WEATHER WAS FREEZING AND VERY WINDY BUT WE MADE THE MOST OF IT. AFTER LUNCH WE WALKED OVER TO CLARK PLANETARIUM TO SEE A SHOW. WE ALL THOUGHT WE BOUGHT TICKETS TO A LASER SHOW AND ENDED UP WITH JUST BASICALLY WATCHING A STUPID PLANET MOVIE. THAT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING WE ALL TOOK A NAP! NO JOKE! WE PAID $6 PER TICKET AND EVERYONE OF US TOOK A 49 MIN. NAP. PRETTY FUNNY HUH!!? WELL AFTER OUR NAP WE WENT AND GOT HOT COCOA AND COFFEE AT STARBUCKS AND WALKED AROUND. WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME!

ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY THAT ZACHS FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY WAS WHEN WE WERE WALKING BACK TO TRAX I SPOTTED A LAMBORGINI . THIS IS A FUNNY STORY!! I WAS GETTING ZACHS ATTENTION BY WAVING AT HIM AND POINTING TO THE CAR. THE CAR PULLS OVER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THE BLOGGER THAT I AM AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS ZACHS DREAM CAR I PULL OUT MY CAMERA. WE SNAP SOME SHOTS AND I WALK TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR TO MOUTH "THANK YOU" TO THE DRIVER FOR STOPPING SO I COULD TAKE PICS OF IT. THE WINDOW ROLES DOWN AND I START TO BEND OVER AND JEFF COMES OUT OF NO WHERE AND STARTS TALKING TO THE GUY. I LEAN OVER AND TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SONS DAY AND HE WINKS AT ME AND TELLS ME NO THANKS FOR MAKING MINE. SO WE WALK OFF LISTENING TO ZACH WHO IS STILL IN LALA LAND. JEFF WAS LIKE HONEY YOU STILL GOT IT. THE GUY THOUGHT YOU WERE HOT AND WAS PULLING OVER TO TALK TO YOU WHEN I STUCK MY HEAD IN THE WINDOW HE WAS LIKE I GUESS THATS YOUR WIFE HUH? SO I GUESS THATS WHY HE TOLD ME I MADE HIS DAY!?? SO I GUESS AT 39 I STILL HAVE IT GOING ON. HE WAS PRETTY CUTE !! ALTHOUGH NOT AS HOT AS MY HUBBY! WE WERE SO GLAD TO HAVE RODE THE FRONT RUNNER DUE TO THE SNOW STORM THAT CAME IN. WE ENDED UP GOING OVER TO JEFFS SISTER FOR DINNER AND PLAYED MORE CARDS. WHAT A GREAT FUN FAMILY DAY!!!

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

OKAY, I REALLY HAVENT FORGOTTEN TO POST OUR HOLIDAYS..I HAVE BEEN WORKING SO MUCH I JUST HAVENT HAD TIME. I WILL TRY TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND NOT MAKE THIS VERY LONG.
CHRISTMAS AT THE STREBELS THIS YEAR WAS FABULOUS!! WE WENT OVER TO MY MOMS FOR XMAS EVE FOR DINNER AND SOME WII COMPETITION BETWEEN FAMILIES. WE JUST GOOFED OFF AND HAD SUCH A FUN TIME!
I ENDED UP PRETENDING I WAS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND TOOK SOME PICS OF THE FAMILIES.I THOUGHT I DID AN OKAY JOB. I HAVE MY PARENTS, MY BROTHERS FAMILY, AND MY STEPBROTHER AND HIS GIRLIE FRIEND.
THE NEXT MORNING WAS PRETTY LAID BACK. THE KIDS SLEPT TILL 8 AND ENJOYED OPENING THEIR GIFTS. THEY SEEMED TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THEY RECEIVED AS WELL AS JEFF AND I.

WE ENDED UP GOING OVER TO JEFFS DAD THAT AFTERNOON. THEN BACK OVER TO MY MOMS. THE KIDS GOT SPOILED! WE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AND HOPE EVERYONE ELSE DID TOO.

ZACH TURNS 14

FRIDAY WAS ME AND ZACH BIRTHDAY! I CANT BELIEVE THAT HE IS 14...WOW!! NO NEED TO MENTION HOW OLD I AM....DOESNT MATTER. ANYWAY, I WENT TO LUNCH WITH CRYSTAL ( KALLI AND KAMDEN), AND KYLEE (RIDGE AND MADDIE), AND JEFF. WE WENT TO OLD GRIST MILL. IT WAS SO YUMMY. THANKS GIRLS!!!YOU GUYS ARE GREAT FRIENDS!
ZACH WENT TO SCHOOL THAT DAY...HE WAS SO UPSET THAT HE HAD TO GO THAT DAY. HE TOLD ME ITS HIS B-DAY AND HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE WANTS FOR THE DAY. HMM...DONT KIDS DO WHAT THEY WANT EVERY DAY!!!? ANYWAY, DANI, HIS BEST FRIEND, CAME OVER AFTER SCHOOL TO HANG OUT TILL WE HAD TO LEAVE FOR SALT LAKE.
ZACH GOT ALOT OF COOL THINGS....HE GOT A NEW SNOWBOARDING OUTFIT, BOOKS, JAMMIES, MONEY, AND GIFT CERTIFICATES. SATURDAY NIGHT HE HAD FEW OF HIS CLOSE FRIENDS OVER FOR THE NIGHT. THEY PLAYED GUITAR HERO , WATCHED MOVIES, AND ATE ALOT OF FOOD! THE NEXT DAY THE BOYS WENT BOARDING UP AT WOLF MOUNTAINI THINK ZACH HAD A PRETTY GOOD WEEKEND! I CANT BEIELVE THAT MY LITTLE BOY IS 14! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

NEW FAMILY MEMBER

I GOT A NEW KITTY FOR AN EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT ON FRIDAY. WE NAMED HER "PIXIE". SHE IS A SWEETIE AND FITS RIGHT INTO OUR FAMILY!!!

PINK CHRISTMAS TREE

SO I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET LEXIE A PINK XMAS TREE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. THANKS TO KYLEE ( ITS ALL HER FAULT) I PURCHASED ONE FOR LEX ON BLACK FRIDAY. I GOT A GREAT DEAL ON IT AND WALMART HAS TONS OF ORNAMENTS FOR $1 TO $2. I GOT IT ALL DECORATED AND THEN HAD LEXIE COME UP TO HER ROOM. SHE WAS SO SUPRISED!!! SHE HAS BEEN GIVING IT HUGS BEFORE SHE GOES TO BED AND BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR SCHOOL. I MUST SAY IT TURNED OUT SO CUTE!!!

WOMEN VS. MEN

WELL LADIES, AS YOU KNOW BLACK FRIDAY IS SUCH AN AWESOME DAY FOR MANY OF US. I COULDNT SLEEP ON WED. NIGHT BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THE ADS TO COME OUT. AND THEN I REALLY DIDNT GET MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT THEM DUE TO ALL THE PREP AND COOKING THAT I NEEDED TO DO THAT DAY. BUT AT THE END OF THE EVENING I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO ENJOY THE ADDS AND MAKE MY LIST. MYSELF, KYLEE, AND CRYSTAL PLANNED ON MEETING AT JC PENNYS AT 3.45AM. MAN I WAS SO EXCITED I COULDNT SLEEP ...AGAIN...I WAS UP WAY TO EARLY DUE TO THE ANTICIPATION AND THE RUSH I GET WHEN I ACT LIKE A 5 YEAR OLD RUNNNING THROUGH THE STORES.!!! I DO HAVE TO BRAG JUST A LITTLE....IN AND OUT OF JCPENNYS IN 11 MIN., SHOPKO IN 33 MIN., AND TARGET WAS ONLY 17MIN., WALMART WAS PRETTY RELAXED AND THEN WE HEADED OVER TO OLD NAVY. MICHAELS WE JUST LOVE FOR STOCKING STUFFERS AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WAS KMART. US GIRLS HAD SO MUCH FUN..WE LAUGHED AT ALL THE CRAZY PEOPLE AND GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE SHOPPING CRAZ. I HAVE BEEN LOVING THIS DAY FOR SO MANY YEARS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT FOR MANY MORE. THIS PICTURE DOES NOT REALLY SHOW THE DAMAGE THAT I DID THAT MORNING....BUT I GOT SOME REALLY FANTASTIC DEALS....US GIRLS REALLY LOVE TO SHOP!!!!! OKAY KNOW MY HUSBAND ON THE OTHER HAND....HE HAD A DIFFERENT MIND SET. LETS GET THE GUYS TOGETHER AND GO TO THE DUNES!!!! ACT LIKE CAVE MEN , DRINK TILL WE CANT STAND UP, SLEEP OR SHOULD I SAY PASS OUT IN OUR SLEEPING BAGS WHEN THE WEATHER IS MAYBE 30 DEGREES OUTSIDE..... AND THEN RIDE OUR BIKES... SO WHAT I HAVE COME UP WITH IS US WOMEN THINK OF OUR FAMILY AND THE MEN THINK OF THEMSELVES!!!LOL!!! OR MAYBE THIS IS HOW THE MEN DEAL THE STRESS OF US WOMEN SPENDING MONEY....HMMMMMM..