We all have a past....

Since, I just posted a few high school pictures on Facebook, I thought this tag was fitting.

1 Did you date someone from your school? Yes
2 What kind of car did you drive? A Lincoln Towncar - big ole' boat
3 Did you pass your driver's license test on the first try? Yes, even though the seatbelt didn't work, the horn didn't work and I didn't have to parellel park
4 Were you a party animal? Not really. More after high school.
5 Were you considered a flirt? Yeah probably
6 Were you in a band, orchestra or choir? No we didn't have that in Alamo...LOL!
7 Were you a nerd? This was the '80's. Being a nerd was cool.
8 Were you on any varsity teams? I swam for Clark's Varsity swim team until I moved to Alamo. Then I was a cheerleader.
9 Did you get suspended or expelled? Nope I was a good girl....Had them fooled.
10 Can you still sing the fight song? Sure can.
11 Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Anhder - no question!
12 Where did you sit during lunch? Usually at my house or somebody else's house.
13 What's your school's full name? Pahranagat Valley High School
14 What was your mascot and colors? Panther.Blue and Gold
15 Did you go to homecoming? Yes, I was homecoming queenMe with Stevie Ingram and Michael Stewart.
16 If you could go back and do it all again, would you? Yes(parts of it), it was a blast!
17 What do you remember most about graduation? The stupid story some lady read and it took FOREVER. Brandon, Rachel and Guy...LOL Rachel, Me, Kitten and Susan.

18 Where did you go on your Senior Skip Day? We painted the P mountain and then Cody Whipples and then went back to school for an awards ceremony.
19 Were you in any clubs? Yearbook. Alamo didn't have many "clubs"
20 Have you gained some weight since then? Yes,I don't want to think about that.
21 Who was your prom date? Guy Davis
22 Are you planning to go to your 10 year reunion? I am way too old for this question!
23 Did you have a job while in high school? I worked a little at Shumway's grocery store and at the Motel.

Good Times!!!
Tag all of you!

Tis' The Season...

Since we will not be giving any of our money to Disneyland this year, I thought it would be fun to do all the festive activities Vegas has to offer.

So, last night we jumped in the motor home and headed to Town Square to see Santa and watch it "snow". We needed propane in the motor home so we decided to fill the tank at the truck stop since we were already going to be in the area. We grabbed some pizza and sodas and headed out. I thought the line might be long to see Santa so I didn't really plan on it but there was nobody in line. We saw Santa and then waited for it to snow. It snows (soapy water) for about 10 minutes.


The kids had fun and it was nice to get out and do something as a family. Oh, how it made me miss Disneyland. Nothing else can compare but we'll have to wait until next year...

Soccer Season is over

I always look forward to the end of soccer season but then I usually end up missing this...



Abby, Quincy and Leilah

We had a rough season playing mostly club teams but we did great and the girls learned so much.

About Me....

Tagged Again

About Me Tag.

 I AM: A wife, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a granddaughter, mom to my 3 girls, a soccer coach.
 I WANT: season passes to Disneyland, new carpet in my house,to lose 15 lbs, a 1 story house
 I HAVE: a great husband,active kids,lots of nieces & nephews, cool sister in laws.
 I MISS: swimming, my friends in Alamo, being young sometimes, my kids when they are at sleep overs.
 I FEAR: haunted houses, the economy getting worse, confrontation, something happening to my kids.
 I HEAR: Silence (I am home alone)
 I SEARCH: the internet, for the bottom of my laundry basket,for sales and coupons
 I WONDER: how my kids will turn out, if we are stuck in Vegas forever,if I will get better at running.
 I REGRET: not finishing college when I was younger, losing touch with some friends
 I LOVE: My family and Aaron's, my van, my mattress and pillow
 I FORGIVE: but have a hard time forgetting! Myself for some bad decisions.
 I ACHE: right now because I have an ear infection, cold sore and canker sore, for my grandparents.
 I ALWAYS: hate getting dressed for church, wait until the last minute to do things, tell my girls I love them.
 I TRY: to be organized, to be involved with my kids and husband, to go to bed early, to not watch too much TV
 I AM NOT: liking my hair or my clothes
 I SEEM: lost at times.
 I KNOW: how to talk to my kids,what I am getting everybody for Christmas
 I FEEL: sick and tired and I need to sneeze
 I DANCE: when just my kids are home with me
 I DREAM: about some weird stuff
 I GIVE: the finger to people sometimes when I am driving
 I LISTEN: to all kinds of music. Even some rap now and then.
 I SING: to myself, in the opposite dirrection of the person beside me so that they cannot hear my voice. (I really wish i could sing)
 I LAUGH: at Alivia a lot (she says the funniest thing),not enough
 I CAN'T: draw or do anything crafty
 I WRITE: in my journal about every six months or so (I always forget)
 I CRY: when my kids are hurt, when a family member is sick
 I SLEEP: with Aaron in my bed
 I AM NOT ALWAYS: organized, nice to my kids,patient
 I SEE: very well thanks to Lasik surgery
 I NEED: to stick with the running schedule,throw a bunch of toys and clutter out
 I SHOULD: be more motivated to do the things that I want to do, work out, eat better, be more grateful.

November,right????

It's hard to remember with a forecast that looks like this:


I'm not complaining too much since we still have one more soccer game and Alyson has one more tournament. For weeks I've been wanting to put away shorts and stuff but we are still wearing them!!! I love our weather here in Vegas and I often wished I lived somewhere else until I really think about the 9 months of pretty good weather we get here in Vegas.

Well, since the weather has been so nice our ward is still do their park days. Last Friday we were privlaged enough to see this little addition to our play group:Yes, we were shocked to see a bobcat in the bushes not too far from where the kids were playing. We watched him for a minute until he jumped over the wall into a backyard. On my way home I called Animal Control but have no idea if they ever found him or not.

So, I am soooo sick of hearing about this :

PREGNANT MAN HAS A BABY


First of all he is not a man! He is a she. I wish the media wouldn't make such a big deal about it! I had to explain to my kids last night the meaning of transgender. Not an easy task!

Tagged...

8 Things

8 TV Shows
1. Biggest Loser

2. Grey's Anatomy

3. Desperate Housewives

4. Little People, Big World

5. My Name is Earl

6. Amazing Race

7. Survivor

8. Deadlist Catch


8 Restaurants

1. Macayos, a must for every great childhood (i agree with Diana)

2. Bajio

3. Cheeburger, Cheeburger

4. In-n-Out

5. Applebee's

6. Blimpie

7. Joe's Crab Shack

8. Chili's


8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Took kids to school

2. Did some visiting teaching

3. Ran

4. Went to Ross and Walgreens

5. Made dinner

6. Laundry

7. Picked kids up from school and play rehersals

8. Went to a coupon class

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To

1. Going to Disneyland

2. Getting better at running

3. Using coupons the way I was taught last night

4. The Holidays

5. Good sales after Thanksgiving

6. Soccer season being OVER!!!

7. Doing our 5k

8. My hair growing out a little


8 Things on My Wish List

1. Some new towels

2. Some warmer running clothes

3. New mats for my van

4. To be more organized

5. Season passes to Disneyland

6. That Abby's eyes would stop changing

7. That we could find a small (but not too small) town to live in

8. To pay off my house


8 People I Get to Tag

1. I

2. don't

3. know.

4. If

5. you

6. cant

7. think

8. of anything else to blog about or if it's been a long time..

I love our police scanner....

About 2 years ago we bought a police scanner and let me tell you, it's addicting. We go through stages of listening to it all the time, to not listening to it for weeks. Well, last night we were on our way home from Cory's (Aaron's brother) and we had the scanner in the van so it was on and we were sort of listening to it. While getting the kids in the house we heard the dispatcher say our street name. What??? Wait!! What did he just say? So,we watched outside for awhile and nothing happened so we were all getting ready for bed when all of a sudden all 3 girls came running down stairs saying that the cops were out front telling us to come out of our house that the house was surrounded. Poor kids were shaking with fear and secretly so was I. Well, Aaron walked out front while the kids and I ran upstairs to look out Alyson's window. They were not at our house but across the street trying to get the young kids (home alone at 10:30pm) to open the door. Of course I had the scanner upstairs with me so I could hear everything going on.

Sadly, the 7 young kids were home alone and would not open the door. The cops kept telling them ,loudly on their speaker system, to unlock the door and let them in. The cops finally called for a locksmith and animal control (they have 3 pit bulls, nice!). After about 1 hour (still no locksmith) I guess the kids were brave enough to open the door.

Let me tell you how sad it was to see these young kids taken from their home late at night by Child Protective Service. Little babies being carried out asleep by strangers and young kids running back into the house to get formula and medicine for the sleeping babies.

I'm not sure where the parents were or how the cops and CPS knew the kids were home alone but it made for an eventful night and like I said, I love our police scanner!

Bit of a slacker....

Last weekend we went to Quail Creek to get our motor home and bring it back here to Vegas and decided to make a night of it. We didn't have soccer games so we left Saturday afternoon and headed to St. George. It was a fast trip but it was fun. It was just us so we did some fishing, played some games, drank some yummy A&W Root beer, and the girls and I saw High School Musical 3 in St.George on Saturday.
This year was Halloween burn out for me. We had our ward carnival on Wednesday, school party on Thursday and actual trick or treating on Friday. Friday night we also went to Aaron's Mom and Dad's house for some home made doughnuts and other yummy food. Alyson dressed as a baseball player, Abby as Cinderella and Alivia a witch.
Alyson played in a all-star soccer tournament this weekend and did very well. She played 3 games on Saturday and two games on Sunday. They lost on Sunday to the Utah Wildcats. I didn't take any pictures but she's playing in another tournament this weekend so I will take the opportunity to take lots of pics of her playing. On Sunday we also went to this cuties baby blessingMaeve Iris Egbert. Kevin and Tiffany's little girl. SOOOO Cute!!

So, I am on week 3 of a 5K training program. It's so much easier when you have a goal and a partner to train with. Alivia is going to preschool 4 days a week now and loves it. She goes Mon-Thurs. 12:50 to 3:20. Abby and Alivia only have 2 soccer games left until the end of the season. I can't wait because I am burned out!