Late with Christmas cards

So this year I was late sending out christmas cards, therefore not being able to do a christmas letter this year. Everything that has been going on with us is here on the blog. For those who are new to our blog I will give a general update.

Jacob and Andrew are getting big and crack me up everyday - especially Andrew. He's such a character. Jacob starts kindergarten in September and Andrew will start preschool in February. The post before this one has pictures from Jacob's Christmas program. It was cute.

Ryan's business is doing well. He is as busy as ever! Ryan and I enjoyed a week without kids in October to attend the American Guild of Organists Convention in Pittsburg, PA. It was nice!

As for myself, I am on my last class at the University of Phoenix to finish my Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. After that I plan on looking for a part-time job in my field of work. I was planning on doing a daycare out of the home, but I decided that I needed some time with adults during the week.

That's us in a nutshell. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Jacob's Preschool Christmas Program

On Wednesday of this last week Jacob's preschool did a christmas program. These are some pictures from it. The program consisted of Jacob's class presenting a (I don't know what it's called)....it's where they have the word "CHRISTMAS" and for each letter in that word they have another word that has to do with the word christmas. For example "C" what Christ, "H" was Heavenly, etc. Then all the other classes came in to sing songs. Then the pastor of the church read the christmas story from Luke. Anyway...enjoy. Sorry the pictures are so dark - I had the flash on. I don't know what happened.

New Recipe

I posted this recipe for Katrina. She needed ideas for slow cooker dinners. Here's one. I promise more pictures to come. It's been crazy this month!!!

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Shoes

So I asked Andrew to get his shoes so he could go outside and play and this what he came into the room with (he actually put them on himself too). I thought it was too cute!!

Monday, November 12, 2007

New recipe

So I couldn't find anymore videos to post so I thought I'd do a recipe instead. I bought this great recipe book that hides veggies in meals for kids (like mine) who don't eat their veggies. So far we've tried the chicken nuggets and pancakes, but the kids didn't even notice!!! SCORE!! So as far as the puree goes, you cook the veggie then puree it in a blender or food processor. With broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots you need to add a little water (maybe a couple of tbsp) to get it smooth. You can freeze the puree's. Also, when you freeze them you want to put them in 1/2 cup portions. Most of the recipes call for 1/2 cup increments. Anyway.....Enjoy!!!

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Trick-or-Treat

This is on halloween night right before we went out trick-or-treating. As soon as Andrew figured out that if you say "Trick or Treat" they would put candy in his bucket he was thrilled. Only he doesn't say "trick or treat" he says "a treat". It's cute. Also, it took two or three tries like the first picture in order to get the second one.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Tagged!

So I just noticed that I was tagged. I don't know if I know 6 people who have blogs and the three people who do have already been blogged. Do I tag them again? If so, then I tag Ryan Jacobsen, John Kjelstrom, and Patrick Bria. The rules are explain 6 interesting things about yourself then tag 6 other people and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they were tagged. Here it goes:

1. I almost joined the Coast Guard before I decided to go back to BYU-Idaho. I was looking into the Coast Guard Academy, but I didn't have good enough grades to get in. I thought about just straight up joining, but something else was telling me I needed to go back to BYU-Idaho (hmmm...maybe to meet Ryan?).

2. Ryan and I had a honeymoon baby, but I miscarried at 6 weeks. (is there really an explanation needed here?)

3. I have always dreamed of being in a broadway play. I don't have the skills, but I've always thought it was be fun and satisfying to do something like that.

4. I have two more classes left until I get my bachelor's in Accounting!!!!!! WAHOOO!!!!! That's only 10 weeks away!!!!!! I'm not excited at all about this.

5. Right now I am watching Law and Order. (I'm having a hard time thinking of two other interesting things about me).

6. I've lost 10 pounds since the reunion in July. It's been REALLY hard, but I did it. Hopefully I can lose more, but I'm not too sure. I have been working with a personal trainer. I don't think I could have lost the 10 pounds without his help. I don't think it shows that I've lost the weight, but I have....I promise.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Halloween

On a lighter note, we are really excited for halloween. Even I got a costume!! I'll take pictures! We decorated just a little today. Thought you would like to see. This is the front of our house. The next picture is in front of Jacob's room. (typical Jacob smile!!)

Thursday, October 25, 2007

For those who are concerned for us here in California, we have not been in imminent danger from these fires. However, we are surrounded by them. There are two big ones up in the mountains to the East of us, a couple of big ones in San Diego to the South of us, several are to the West of us. The news is saying that the fire in Irvine and San Diego were started by arsenists. They have not been caught yet.

The air quality for us, however, was VERY dangerous on Sunday and Monday. In fact we saw ash falling from the sky on Monday. Tuesday and Yesterday it cleared up a little. Today it is back to being pretty bad. We can't really do anything outside. It's pretty bad.
We are safe and appreciate the concerns. These are just a couple of pictures from msnbc.com. I'm sure there are tons on the web.

The Beach

Just a couple more pictures. We went to the beach only a couple of times this summer - but when we did go Andrew and Jacob had a blast. Jacob was so busy with Ryan in the water that I only got pictures of Andrew (except the first picture).

Friday, September 28, 2007

our boys

This is the most recent picture of our boys. This picture was taken at First United Methodist Church - one of Ryan's completed projects from last year. Ryan said it took about ten shots in order to get them both to turn around at the same time AND smile.

New Blogger

So I enjoyed John and Stephanie's and Ryan and Abby's blogs so much that I thought it would be cool to do this myself. Since I don't talk to everyone all the time I thought this would be a great way to keep in touch.