SNOW love it or hate it !!!

I have been neglecting my blog for a month or so...now its time to catch up !!! A few weeks ago we had our first big storm (not counting the October SNOW). I remember being young and just loving to get in the SNOW and play for HOURS !!! Not so much anymore...it seems the cold goes right to my BONES !!! But my kids LOVE it...in fact they are out now...Logan hates the SNOWbecause now he has to shovel SNOW !!! Gary will NOT buy a SNOW blower...he says that is what Logan is for...and yes he just came in complaining about it...Im thinking im NOT going to buy one just so Logan will have to do a little work !!! HAHAHAHA...yes I guess im the MEAN mom...as I sit here with a smile on my face blogging about it !!! I started this blog as a HAPPY SNOW story and now...I am laughing my butt off cause I can hear Logan outside shoveling and COMPLAINING how much he hates it !!! Good thing my camera is right by me...I took pictures from the safety of my front room window...If I open the door to take pictures Im lible to get hit with SNOWBALLS or a SHOVEL full !!! Oh GOOD TIMES !!!

We do have SNOW shovels but Logan had to use this one to scrape the ICE !!!

SNOW LOVERS...Kadee and Brylee getting bundled up !!!

Kadee, Tanner and Avery THROWING SNOW!!!

Abby and Tanner BLOWING SNOW!!!

Tag !!!

TAG YOUR IT!!!!!This is a fun tag where you can only use one-word answers!
1.Where is your cell phone? Kitchen
2.Where is your significant other? Work
3. Your hair color? Blonde
4. Your mother? Spoiled
5. Your father? Serious
6. Your favorite thing? Food
7. Your dream last night? Not sure
8. Your dream/goal? Happinness
9. The room you're in? Office/front room
10. Your hobby? Good ?
11. Your fear? Death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? W/family
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? Awake
15. One of your wish-list items? Vacation
16. Where you grew up? South Weber
17. The last thing you did? Blogged
18. What are you wearing? Sweats
19. Your TV? Off
20. Your pet? Brandy
21. Your computer? Working
22. Your mood? Tired
23. Missing someone? Grandpa
24. Your car? Dirty
25. Something you're not wearing? Makeup
26. Favorite store? AE
27. Your summer? Awesome
28. Love someone? Lots
29. Your favorite color? Red
30. When is the last time you laughed? Last Night
31. Last time you cried? Two weeks

I tag...Lisa, Lindsey, Shaleece, Tiffany...and good luck one word answers are hard !!! Especially for me !!!

Kadee and Abby tag

Kadee and Abby were tagged by their cousins Ethan and Tate and now I am supose to tell you 5 things about them that you may not already know...

Kadee -

* My sweet little Kadee she is my best helper and listener

* Loves to be with her friend Kodee and is starting to spend hours on the phone with her ...oh no I can barely keep my phones charged enough for me !!!

* ALWAYS the last one out of bed in our house !!!

* Loves chips...I could pack nothing else in her lunch bag and she would be perfectly content

* Loves swimming...once she is in the water you can't get her out...and she really wants to take piano lessons

Abby -

* Thinks she is going to marry David Archuleta

* Loves to sing

* FIRST one out of bed in the morning and is all fuel up for the day...can't slow her down !!!

* Likes to play school as long as she is the TEACHER !!!

* Loves to ride her bike as long as the tires aren't flat...thank heavens she has her own mechanic, Grandpa Chapman...he usually gets a phone call once a week requesting a repair !!! Thank heavens for grandpas!!!

Now they tag...Tanner and Drake (the only ones they know who haven't been tagged) and I tag...Tiffany, Lacee, Haley, you three choose one of you kids !!! (Lacee...Kadee would love to read about Bailey since she always talks about "that one girl with the really long hair that does tumbling who is her cousin !!!"

Sweetheart Tag

Oh my this is going to be interesting !!! Dont laugh at the pictures...or do I dont care...everyone needs a good laugh from time to time and Gary and I are used to being laughed at for our pictures...we have been together FOREVER and still haven't taken that many pictures together with out the kids !!! So enjoy !!!

(Thank you photo shop...pay no attention to the kids in the back)

What is your husbands name ? Gary

How long have you been married ? 15 years

How old is he ? 36 and still older than me !!!

Who is taller ? At the moment he is but Logan is catching up fast !!!

Who sings better ? Me of course !!! Not really...neither one !!!

Who is smarter ? Him...he married me didn't he !!! JK but he really is smarter (at most things)!!!

Who does the laundry ? Me...any of you who know Gary should know the answer to that one !!!

Who pays the bills ? We both do...now that I am working again !!!

Who mows the lawn ? Logan !!! But Gary pays him for doing it so he kinda counts !!!

Who cooks dinner ? Me...sad to say !!! When I cook Gary will most times make himself something else !!!Gary will throw a steak on the grill from time to time but thats all you get with it !!!

Who admits when they are wrong ? Being that I am never wrong this one will have to go to him !!! Wait a second...I dont think I have ever heard him say it either !!!

Who kissed who first ? Not even going to answer this one !!! Technically the first kiss was on our first date to Sadie Hawkins (nice picture hu!!!???) It went bad is all im going to say about that !!! (Remember that Gary !!!)

Who wears the pants ? ME !!!

Now I tag...Jenny, Tiffany, Haley, & Nicole !!! Have fun !!!

Flashback 20+ years !!!

Gary 7th grade North Davis Jr.

Okay so yesterday was Logans first JR. High basketball game and let me tell you I was cracking up the entire game !!! Its been 20 something years since I have been to a Jr. High anything and let me tell you NOTHING has changed !!! Well except the cheerleader skirts are shorter and some boys had facial hair !!! They still put all the playere names on basketballs around the gym and the cheers were the exact same...I thought we made them up !!! " A Wha A Wha A Wha A What you got spirt yeah yeah we got spirit yeah yeah yeah we got spirt !!! Holy crap !!! Logan even had to wear church clothes on game day!!! The varsity team lost but JV won !!! And just so you know...The cutest kid on the court is still a CHAPMAN !!! (At least I think so!!!)

Kinda looks like a missionary with the back pack !!!

A little blurry...I yelled for him to stand still for a sec...then Gary yelled at me...this is basketball not a photo op he says !!! RUDE !!!

When he got his jersey he was really excited about the number !!! Those who know basketball will understand !!!

The Ugly Witch

Today I went to Abby's class for scarey stories. Those kids are so creative with story telling and Abby is one of them !!! Most of their stories were about a 1 1/2 pages when it was Abby's turn she kept reading and reading...yes in true Abby fashion her story turned out to be 4 pages !!! I complimented her afterwards and said "Wow you wrote a long story". She laughed and said "Yeah when we were practicing I only got to read half of it". I thought it was so funny I had to share.



One day I wasn't good at school and my teacher made me stay at school but she forgot about me and left. I looked at the clock and it was 7:00 so I thought, "I live close to the school, and I left I saw a bush moving and I heard HE!HE!HE!" I looked and I was a Witch! She had long black hair with cob webs and rat hairs and cat hairs she also had at the end of her long, pointy green nose. The mole had a wart on it in the same spot it had hair out of it. Her skin was light green she had red eyes. She was wareing a black dress and a cape. She asked me where I lived and I said, "where do you live?" she whispered "I live in a fores where theres a cave with other witches and I flew here where do you live?" she screamed I said "I live just down the road why?" "Because I want you and your family to try my soup." she said smiling. "Sorry but I'm not allowed to try stuff without my Mom or Dad trying it first I'll talk to you tomorrow after school bye" I said quickly. I ran quickly home and I told my Mom I saw a witch. She said NO WAY! So I ate my dinner and I went to bed. That night I got out of bed and I ran down to the school and I ran in the bush where the was. The witch said HI! and her cat said Meow! Then I thought I'm tired and I ran back home and went back to bed and slept good. I got ready for school. I walked to school I was half way there and the witch swooped me on her broom stick and took me to school I told my teacher I saw a witch but she didn't believe me. That day I was so good in school that Mrs. Hendericks let me go home when everbody else did I went in the bush and the witch swooped me on her broom stick again I got home and she came inside my house. My family met the witch and we even had her soup for dinner !


Abby told me that when her teached edited the story "she crossed out like a million ands"....really... so now there are only 1/2 million !!!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins and Seeds...

Saturday we went to Black Island Forrest in Syracuse with Lisa, Melissa, and Tiffany's families. The kids had so much fun and I had never been there...we went on a hayride and each kid got to pick a pumpkin...it cracked me up because the guy who drove the tractor told all the kids when they found one they wanted to raise their hands and he would come cut it off the vine for them...not only did he cut it off but throughly inspected the pumpkin to make sure it was ok...and I mean throughly inspected...he rubbed them all over...I was like what the heck its just a pumpkin but I guess I should be grateful we could have taken home a rotten one I guess. They have lots of other things as well slides, little tractor rides, pig races, and food.

The funniest thing was when all the little ones went on the little tractor ride...Lisa and Marty HAD to go because a couple of their kids were kinda scared...I thought me and Tiffany were going to pee our pants laughing at Lisa and Marty !!!

Afterwards the girls and I went to a Pumpkin Party at Jasons house where they got more pumpkins...the reason they want so many pumpkins is to make pumpkin seeds. Every since they had them at Grandma Westbroeks house this is a must for us each year. I make them get the seeds out cause it makes me gag.

I had so many pictures that I decided to make a slide show ...hopefully it turns out !!! Also the random pictures of the carrotts were taken by my girls lately that is their thing to take dumb pictures and they just show up when I down load them !!!

Quirks

I have been tagged and this time it is QUIRKS !!! You have to list 6 quirks about yourself soooo in no particular order...

1. Dishes - I have to have all my plates and bowls stacked the same way...all the patterns and styles have to be together. Same with the silverware...I have to put all the big forks and small forks in separate dividers.

2. Ear wax - This must be blamed on my mom but it drives me crazy...Qtips everyone !!!

3. Pantry - No one in this house knows how to throw empty food packages away...I open the pantry to EMPTIES everyday...no matter how much I say "If you take the last one throw the package in the garbage" so now it seems that its easier to hide it some where in the pantry rather than walk 4 feet to the trash can !!! I will survive the next few years right !!!

4. Sunflower Seeds - Everyone knows how much my family all loves sunflower seeds me included...but it drives me crazy how many I find throughout the house...and stuck in the bottom of glasses....eeeewwww...I swear we live in a bird cage !!!

5. Feet - I am with Tiffany on this one...can't stand them...maybe its cause I have the Westbroek curse...LONG toes !!! or maybe its cause Gary's are so dry and nasty !!! Either way...yuck !!!

6. Mail - All the junk mail that comes...I just throw it away but Gary has to open everything and read it and then...LEAVES it where ever he read it...on the counter...next to the toilet...anywhere. THROW it away already !!!

Gosh this almost makes me sound -itchy !!! You all know I'm not though right !!!

I tag:

Lisa
Lindsey
Whitney
Lacee
Shaleece
Jenny

My baby's Baptism

Its hard to believe that I'm at this point in life where all my kids are born, blessed and baptized. Yesterday was Abbys baptism, it was a very nice day, I enjoyed having my family all here with us for Abby. She has been looking forward to this day for 2 years since Kadee was baptized...I'm not sure if it was being baptized or being able to have her own scriptures !!! She has been hyper ALL WEEK...driving everyone in this house CRAZY. I believe it is true the closer you get to 8 the harder Satan works on you !!! Abby has pushed it to the limits all week long...not listening to anything you ask her to do and....walking home from school Thursday she decides she needs to go to the bathroom....those of you who know how close we live to the school it would have been no problem to hold it right....WRONG....she finds a bush in the parking lot of the park and squats !!! Around 7 that night Kadee decides its time to out her sister for what she did on the way home....can you imagine my surprise....that my little girl would do such a thing ??? Oh wait this IS Abby we are talking about....so there wasn't much surprise!!! Needless to say she spent the rest of the night in her room!!! When I told Gary he just LAUGHED for a few minutes then he says I understand why little boys would do that but what would make a girl want to do it ??? Good question....Abbys answer....well mom I really had to go !!!

The baptism was really nice....my dad did the baptism and confirmation....I love him so much for doing this for my kids....he has been there for them from the delivery room on....yes he was in the delivery room for all 3....I didn't have the guts to tell him he couldn't !!!! He takes that VERY personal!!! (Family joke there!!!) But I am grateful for him and the example he is for my family. Aaron gave the talk on Baptism, he used the example of Alice in Wonderland and how she stayed on the right path and found her way back home....he did awesome !!! Thanks Aaron !!! Lisa gave the talk on the Holy Ghost she does so good speaking in front of people....the thing Abby took from her talk was that if she is fighting with Logan and Kadee and I ask her to stop even though they really deserved it she HAS TO STOP !!! (Thanks Lisa I will let you know how that goes !!!) And I loved the stories about Tanners experiences when he learned about the Holy Ghost....he is so funny !!!

At the end of the meeting the counselor from the bishop brick spoke and asked Abby if she felt any different....she thought for a minute and said "NO"!!! I could have died !!! Not sure what she was expecting !!! I don't think the counselor expected that answer either he wasn't sure what to say !!! One thing I'm sure he learned is that with Abby anything can happen !!! My dad even held her under for a few seconds and then asked me if I thought that was long enough apparently it wasn't!!! I know that she felt something when you receive the Holy Ghost it is something you never forget its something that stays with you forever.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this a special day for Abby !!! We really appreciate it !!! And that is the last for a FEW years....next time will be if Logan decides to go on a mission....

Abby in her baptism dress Sunday morning....can you believe one day it is nice and green and the next there is 5 inches of snow !!!

Tagged

8 TV Shows

*Young and the Restless
*Dancing with the Stars
*Survivor
*ER
*Greys Anatomy
*Ellen
*CSI
*Dateline

8 Restaurants

*Tonys Pizza
*Tepenyaki (?spelling)
*Wingers
*Chick fil a
*Great Harvest sandwich
*Maddox
*Elmadador
*Goodwood

8 Things I did yesterday

*Made soup for Abby's baptism (two different kinds so this should count as two)
*Went to Abby's baptism
*Listened to Aaron and Lisa give two really good talks...its great having family that will do this for you
*Had my family over for lunch
*Cleaned up the mess from lunch
*Listened to Danielle defend Obama to my parents and brother in law Jason (GOOD TIMES !!!)
*Helped Abby do her baptism book....answered a million questions
*Yelled at kids to clean stuff up

8 Things I'm looking forward to

*Kids that clean up after themselves without asking
*Having all my projects finished
*Thanksgiving
*Christmas
*Sleeping in
*Elections
*Economy improving !!!!
*Working

8 Things on my wish list (....only 8 thats not enough !!!)

*Food Storage
*House paid for
*Family vacation....some where warm and tropical
*Brand new wardrobe
*Good skin
*Never having to work out and have a body that looks like I do !!!
*My kids to grow up and never have trials !!!
*Good job

8 People I'm tagging (Lisa took all the sisters so I'm going after cousins and friends)

*Jenny
*Lacee
*Haley
*April
*Kami
*Kristi
*Tiffany
*Shaleece

Rain, Rain go away....

Do you ever wish you could have a "do over" day ? Well today would be one of the days I would pick !!! Cold, wet and misserable...I'm sure that Logans whole team would as well...yes they lost today. I was so afraid this was going to happen...they got behind and didn't stay in the fight !!! They had a great season...the opponents only scored 21 points on them all season...what is the worst of that is 13 of those points came today and we only scored 6 so we lost....BUMMER!!!

I was really worried about spending the day with Logan after that cause he was really down...I told Logan on the way home I would take him to lunch anywhere he wanted...then 10 minutes after we got home the door bell rang and it was one of Logans coaches' wife...she wanted to take him and 3 other kids from the team to Little America to spend the night and hang out at Gateway....hum...go to LUNCH with my family or LITTLE AMERICAfor the night...tough choice right Logan...so he is in SLC and I'm sitting here blogging...They were also going to the Conference Center for a tour after conference today where they might even get to see the prophet. The coach that took them is also an usher at the Conference Center so he has access to do that. They are the nicest friends and just didn't want the boys to sit around feeling down so they took them to do something up lifting...awesome people...love them.

One other nice thing was that my cousin Shaleece came to the game...she was in town from Idaho and said she might stop by if the weather wasn't too cold...and it was cold...so I didn't expect to see her but she came anyway. It was nice to chat and see her...I think it has been at least 9 to 10 months. So thanks for coming down Shaleece !!!

GO FALCONS !!!

I can't believe the season has finally reached the playoff time. Saturdays game is the first game of the playoffs, so its win or go home time. I'm about as anxious for this as the NBA playoffs !!! I know you all probably think I'm crazy...but that's OK I AM !!! Our team has played so well together this year I think all games combined the other team as only scored on us twice...which is awesome but what worries me is that our team could be playing some more intense games and if they start loosing they will give up and not fight for the win.



Here are the team pictures Logan brought home last night. Football pictures crack me up !!! They try to make themselves look all big and tough !!! And his hair...this faux hawk stuff kinda reminds me of little babies whose moms try to put a curl on the top of their head !!!




"Whatever" is what I'm sure to hear Logan say after he reads this !!!



What a stud...too bad pictures aren't interactive so you could get a "wiff" of the uniform and pads!!!

THE TEAM !!!

Notice how big the coaches are ? Well last Saturday night they had a party for the team at the aquatic center...bad idea coaches...unless you want to get wet...yep you guessed it...those little brats threw everyone of their coaches in the pool. The one on the far left was a bit of a challenge...they had to push him while he was sitting on a chair because there is no other way to move that man. Just in case you cant tell which one is Logan...he is 3rd from the right on the back row.

Saturday Marathon

No I did not actually RUN a marathon...though it feels like it...we have been running all day.

8:30 A.M. Football

The interception!!!

Almost there...

Logans team won again!!! YEAH!!! He had another interception...this one was on the other teams 30 yd line and he ran it all the way back to our 3 yd line...he should have had a touch down but I think he ran out of gas and was tackled...they won 27 to 0. This teams defense is so awesome...the other team never even had a first down I don't think.

11:30 A.M. Take your family to work day...

This is the first year Smiths has done this...they had food and things for the kids to play on...they also had a dunking machine where the Management would get on it and you could buy balls to dunk them and all the money went to charity. Gary is now looking for a new job because Logan dunked his boss!!! (The highest guy in management). There was also a pie eating contest, Austin was in it...Logan couldn't because he had already ate 5 hot dogs...gross!!! The pie eating contest was nasty...lets just say Austin had to eat his pie twice, if you know what I mean it was disgusting!!!

The winner is...Austin

Logan making the throw that dunked the boss!!!

1:30 P.M Danielle and Jims

Gary and Aaron helped Danielle & Jim put the hardwood floor in their new house...Aarons poor back, he was there for 3 hours before we got there, he could barely stand up...he will be sore tomorrow I'm sure. Danielle and I did a little painting...she even let Kadee and Abby paint some trim...with OIL base paint!!! I would never let them do such a thing...no wonder why they like her more than me...good luck Danielle on the second coat...they put ALOT of paint on with a lot of brush marks!!! Hope that turns out good.

4:00 P.M. Knight family party

It was the annual family picnic...not a lot to say about this we just ate and went home...Gary had a football game to watch so it was ok to leave early and I didn't complain...it has been a LONG day.

Buffy, Gary, and Aunt Jeannie...Jeannie just moved here from Alaska...we are glad to have them closer...EVERY time we see her she tells us this funny story about Gary when he was 2 years old...She was babysitting him at his grandmas house in Sunset and he didn't want to be there so...he left and went walking home to Syracuse !!! He made it quit far...they found him on the viaduct in Sunset headed towards Syracuse...he was crying when they found him because he knew he was going to have to go back to grandmas house!!! How scary for her thinking he was gone forever and he knew exactly where he was...going home!!!

The next marathon for me will be on Monday and will probably last a few weeks...has something to do with this...

Wish me luck!!! Scary times for me but I feel like this is what I need to do !!!

Happy Birthday Abby

Eight years old...

I have always compared my kids personalities to their labor and delivery...With Logan it was a day full of pain...Kadee she was just lazily waiting for someone to make her come into the world (i had to be started) cool, calm and collect...Then there came Abby...I worked all day and was having some pains but nothing I thought to worry about after all I was going to be started the next day...WELL I get home from work and am getting everything in order for the next day when all of the sudden my water breaks...Scared the crap out of me...and to top it all off Gary was 45 mins away at a golf tournement...he doesn't answer his phone but luckily he was with my dad and he did answer. By the time Gary got there I was having ALOT of contractions and they HURT...I thought for sure we weren't going to make it in time for an epidural...at the hospital we were standing in LINE to be admitted...more water...so we got moved to the front of the line within 45 mins I had my epidural (thankfully) and another hour Abby was here.

Its been like that with her ever since...you never know what your going to get...or what she is going to try next. The first 2 years I could not keep her out of the dirt...she loved eating it.

Loves Dirt !!! YUMMY!!!

Then there was the treadmill thing...once again doing something she should not...she turned it on and got thrown off the back...when she put her hands on the tread to try and stand up they were sucked into the tread giving her really bad burns on her hand and some really good SKID marks on the treadmill. She had to have skin graphs to repair the skin...but she was given some really good medicine for the pain!!! We had to give it to her every night an hour before changing the dressing on her hands...well one day her hands were hurting in the middle of the day so I was just going to give her Tylenol...she told me "No I want the good stuff" !!! Does this worry me !!! YES !!!

Treadmills are hard on the hands too !!!

She is always up to something...no broken bones...but she has lost 2 fingernails...and 3 toenails...all from messing around with things she shouldn't.

But we love her anyway...she certainly keeps life interesting!!!

Abbys favorite things...Hannah Montana...Taylor Swift...salad...babies...chips and salsa...Disney Channel...playing in the dirt...Alyssa...Kodee...school...vegtables with ranch...reading...swimming...playing with babies

Mommy Abby

Tumbling recital

Abbys dislikes...not being the boss...Logan (its a big brother thing)...mosquitos(very allergic)...