The Idaho Lambsons

First Attempt

2011-12-07T17:59:00.003-07:00

The first attempt at Christmas card photos....

The Space Derby

2011-12-02T19:11:00.003-07:00

Our ward Cub Scout pack tried their first Space Derby yesterday. Logan's ship did really well being among the fastest ones there. He won the Speedy Gonzales award. A good time was had by all.

Cute kids

2011-10-02T17:03:00.003-06:00

There were some cute kids at my house this weekend.

Our Christmas Vacation

2011-06-28T19:29:00.010-06:00

We traveled to Colorado last December to spend Christmas with my parents. Here's some of what happened.

When we got off of the plane, this is what was waiting for us.

While Jon and my Dad fixed the flat, Logan and Lexi waited patiently in the car.

We visited a small lake by my parents house. Logan showed off his Taekwondo skills and chopped a piece of ice.

While Lexi just looked cute.

We took a drive up to Estes Park. On the way we came across The Stanley.

(fans of The Shining might recognize this)

Lexi got bored.

We only saw one elk.

We took a family picture.

We visited an airplane museum. They had little plane the kids could "fly".

The kids had fun flying the 747, too.

They got to make their own planes.

And best of all......an X-Wing. That was my favorite.

2011-06-13T22:09:00.001-06:00

I'm so behind....

2011-01-26T17:50:00.010-07:00

I know. You guys probably don't check my blog very much because I am a TOTAL SLACKER. I am aware of this. I really have no excuse.

SO! Here's a little catch-up. In October, we were so lucky. How lucky, you ask? The toilet in our upstairs bathroom decided to surprise us with a leak. Bad toilet. It got sent to the garage.
Then some guys came and made a hole in my ceiling.
And then our luck kept on coming. We had to live with 2 dryer/dehumidifier machines going non-stop in our living room and 1 in our bathroom for 5 days. Oh the joy.
The good news is the insurance covered the loss. The even better news is that David was coming to visit soon, so we waited and did the repair work ourselves. Did I mention that this happened in mid-October and David and Laura were coming just before Thanksgiving? For those doing the math, we had a hole in the ceiling and no toilet in our master bathroon for a month. The hole in the ceiling thing didn't bother me much at all. I hated not have a toilet in my bathroom. I don't recommend it to anyone. On the flip side, we had awesome David to put it all back together. Okay....Jon helped. A lot.

Moving on.

These are the pumpkins we grew in our very first garden.

These are some of the decorations we put on our house.

These are the kids at the Ward Halloween party.

These are the pumpkins all carved up. I did not carve a pumpkin this year. I was kind of sad. But then I wasn't because it always takes me a couple of hours when I carve a pumpkin.

These are my kids all dressed up for Halloween.

These are my kids trick-or-treating. Poor Logan was so sick that he only lasted about 5 houses before he had to go home. So I took Lexi out and I carried Logan's pumpkin for him. I felt a little foolish asking for candy and kept explaining it was for my sick kid. I don't think very many people believed me.

This a cute picture of Bremen, Ryan and Logan that I rediscovered recently. Love it.

That's it for now.

Something Special

2011-01-03T20:19:00.001-07:00

My kids' big day. It was pretty awesome.

The Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-12T22:50:00.005-07:00

We had our first family trip to the pumpkin patch this year. Here are some of the pictures.

Some Random Things

2010-09-11T19:52:00.004-06:00

The penguin's new clothes (courtesy of Logan).

I found this in my kitchen one day (courtesy of Lexi)

Lexi on her new bike. Now if only she will pedal.

Jon's crazy eyes (courtesy of dyed contact lenses).

Logan pushing a log.

Lexi and Bremen watching the water.

This is how....

2010-08-02T22:11:00.006-06:00

Lexi watches fireworks.

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2010-04-21T21:19:00.007-06:00

My new favorite sport: Rugby!

So True....

2010-03-16T21:46:00.004-06:00

Logan declares one day:

Lexi is the silliest one in the house.

Daddy is the funnest.

Mommy is the sleepiest.

Jon says to Logan: Well, what are you?
Logan: I don't know.
Jon: I do. You're the craftiest.

All of these titles are well deserved and so true!

(this is the most recent family picture - wearing our new pj's on Christmas Eve)

The Girl is 3

2010-02-23T21:48:00.007-07:00

My baby girl turned 3 a few weeks ago. Here are some pics from the photo shooot.

Logan got in on the action....

I think this one is my favorite.

Bless the food!

2010-02-16T20:12:00.003-07:00

I don't think Logan and Lexi are getting the reason for prayer at meal time. First of all, they can't take turns saying the prayer at dinner time so we always end up having two prayers to avoid a fight. Second, they always forget to bless the food. Logan was thankful for fireworks tonight and prayed that Grammie and Papa will have a safe trip to Idaho (which he includes often). Lexi is thankful for the house and for night time. Logan's prayers usually always involve some type of petition for 45 days of more snow (It hasn't snowed since Christmas time)! Lexi says her prayers in a tiny high pitched voice that only dogs can hear. Logan is usually always eating or chewing something during his prayer. Lexi talks during Logan's and Logan talks during Lexi's. I guess they are at least learning to say them...

One of my favorites Christmas gifts

2010-02-02T20:43:00.004-07:00

Let me preface this with a small story. One day in church, about a month before Christmas, Logan drew a picture of him, Jon and I. He wrote the names of the people in the picture:

LOGAN

JON

MOM

Okay....He usually calls Jon "Daddy", but whatever. He actually said he was going to write all of our names, but he didn't know how to spell my name. Alright, that makes sense.

Then, the last week of school, he made a Christmas card for us:

I love it. I packed it away with all of the Christmas decorations and will cherish it for all of the years to come. I love that kid. And his Dad. And Jon.

Playing Catch Up: Part II

2010-01-24T16:50:00.006-07:00

LOGAN'S CHRISTMAS EVE

Logan got ahold of my camera. Here's what he thought warranted a picture:

(There was also one of Jon's rear end...thought I'd spare you that one)

(What kid isn't focused on the presents?)

(This is only a small sampling of the pictures of the TV show he was watching)

And here's my favorite:

I think I'll get him his own camera soon. I like his view of things.

Playing Catch Up: Part I

2010-01-08T19:17:00.007-07:00

TRIMMING THE TREES

There are so many things I love about Christmas time. One of them is the tree. I love christmas trees. (Although, not quite as much as my sister-in-law, Teresa. She had me way beat in number of trees this year. Just wait, Teresa - I might catch up to you one day!) A few years ago I adopted a blue and white/silver theme for my tree. I love the winteryness of the colors.

Logan's had his own tree for a few years, now, where he gets to hang all of kid/fun ornaments.

Lexi got her own very own pink mini-tree this year.

And they both got to hang the ornaments on the big tree. (Which was real and boy, did it sure smell good!)

Logan actually got some of the ornaments pretty high up there.

Daddy helped a bit, lifting the kids way up high.....

...but notice the bare patch on top............................and the row of ornaments along the bottom!

Here's the finished product:

2009-12-17T19:48:00.002-07:00

Merry Christmas!

Christmas in Idaho

2009-12-12T16:39:00.004-07:00

If you haven't heard already...my Dad and Laura are making the 1000 mile trip up to Boise, Idaho from their beloved Chandler, Arizona. I thought I would prepare them for what kind of weather to expect. Heaven forbid they aren't prepared to leave their sunny and 70 degree winter weather to the cold and unforgiving frigid north. They aren't as young as they used to be and I don't want the shock to cause any medical emergencies. Here are some pictures of Boise so they can get mentally prepared for such a Christmas as we can provide.

Previously viewed snow pictures

2009-11-28T16:03:00.003-07:00

I'm hoping that posting some of the previous years snow pictures will help prompt some new snow this year. So far it has been severely lacking. Obviously global warming is to blame, right. I thought Obama would have solved this problem for us all by now but I guess he's been too busy spending tax payer money. But I digress... what we really need is snow in Idaho. How else will I get to use my season pass to Bogus Basin? How else will Hunter have his first white Christmas? How else will Logan and I be able to attack Patrick with snowballs at Christmas time? What about snow forts in the front yard? A little help here!

Logan is 7 - Happy Birthday Logan!

2009-11-15T15:55:00.003-07:00

Logan's favorites: (Logan wanted everyone to know a little bit about him)

movie: star wars (all of them)

color: blue and red

book: Indiana Jones sticker book

toy: legos

hobby: fishing

sport: basketball

video game: Lego Indiana Jones

place to visit: Arizona and Disneyland

best friend: Alex

fish: large mouth bass

food: pizza with cheese stuffed in the crust

pokemon: picachu

holiday: christmas

weather: snowy

thing to do outdoors: campin

Lexi Randomness

2009-11-15T10:41:00.002-07:00

Brother and Sister

2009-11-06T15:44:00.003-07:00

My sister is a nuisance...

My sister is a pain.

If it were upto me

I'd leave her outside in the rain.

But don't you tease My Sister

or be mean to her at all,

cause I'll stick upfor my baby sis

cause she thinks I'm 10 feet tall.

Despite the "No babies in my room" sign and the newly made "No Lexi in my room sign", Logan still loves her to death.

Its that time of the year...

2009-10-29T20:00:00.003-06:00

Its my favorite time of the year. Why do you ask? Because it is time for Phoenix Suns basketball! And they started off the season with a win! It is kind of nice starting the season without a whole lot of expectations. Now they can just play loose and surprise everyone with how good they will be.

Our Patriotic Girl

2009-10-01T20:44:00.005-06:00

One day, Lexi was playing with the trains and talking to herself. Neither Jon or I had any idea what she was saying. I got my camera to take a video. Here's what she was saying:

I had no idea she knew this. Her daycare provider has started preschool classes and they practice this everyday. A couple weeks later, here she is again:

Isn't she adorable?

Summer is over!

2009-09-22T20:19:00.002-06:00

When I lived in Gilbert I had a neighbor who asked me why I didn't plant winter grass. I told him winter was my time off from mowing the lawn. Now I get summer off too...

Hunter and Labor day weekend

2009-09-14T21:14:00.002-06:00

Hunter came to visit us in Idaho...oh and Patrick and Heather came too.

A Conversation Between Lexi and her Mommy...

2009-09-05T10:03:00.006-06:00

...as they're getting ready to go to the store.

Mommy: Are you going to be a good girl at the store?

Lexi: Yeah. I don't want to stay here with Daddy.

Mommy: Do you want to come with Mommy?

Lexi: Yeah.

Mommy: Are you a Mommy's girl?

Lexi: Yeah. I'm a you girl.

Lexi

2009-08-31T21:27:00.002-06:00

The cutest, most adorable, annoying, patience-testing, funniest, lovable, happy, whining, crying, playful, bratty, beautiful, grumpy, grouchy, ornery, friendly, forgiving, delightful, sweetest,captivating, charming, precious little girl you will ever meet.

Logan loves fishing...and he is better at it than me!

2009-08-20T19:57:00.001-06:00

At least I'll have something to watch this winter

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...AND MORE

But Daddy is

2009-07-16T21:07:00.002-06:00

Lexi is not a fireworks fan

2009-07-11T16:13:00.004-06:00

Lexi loves to sing!

2009-06-20T17:08:00.004-06:00

NBA Finals

2009-05-31T22:13:00.003-06:00

Orlando in 7 games!

Jamie's Birthday

2009-05-14T20:52:00.007-06:00

Jamie's birthday is tomorrow. Happy 29th birthday to the love of my life!!!!!!!!!!!

Jumping Fun

2009-05-04T22:48:00.004-06:00

The kids had fun jumping off of the couch onto a mattress a while ago. Logan mostly watched and Lexi just had way too much fun...

I think this one is my favorite. There is a look of sheer joy on Lexi's face.

Addiction vs Obsession vs OCD

2009-04-21T12:56:00.004-06:00

Have you ever stopped to think about how similar these three words are? They are kind of different degrees of the same thing. For example:

I am addicted to Diet Coke. My day just isn't started until my first delicious, thirst-quenching, fantastic sip. I never, ever thought I would say that about a diet drink. But there it is.

I am currently obsessed with Jango.com and Bubble Town. Bubble Town is a game on MSN games. It's a silly game but I just. can't. stop. playing. Jango.com is an online radio station. You just select a few bands or songs you like and it creates your own personal station. It adds other songs it thinks you might like. You can choose to never play a song again, play it often or play it a lot. I love it. I've found some artists I've heard of but never knew I liked, like Snow Patrol, Plain White T's and The Fray. And I've discovered new artists, like Bright Eyes, Damien Rice and Sufjan Stevens. Of course, I don't like everything by these guys, but really, how often do you like everything on an album? Well, there is that Muse album....and both the Elbow albums I have.... And then there are some new artists that only have 1 or 2 songs I like - but I'd never heard of them before this, like Belle and Sebastian and Architecture in Helsinki. But the best part is - it can play such a variety of music: from Guns 'n Roses to Coldplay to Depeche Mode to Abba. It's awesome.

I am a little OCD about my closet and my books. My clothes have to be hung up in a certain order, ie: layering shirts like cami's and cap sleeves, solid t-shirts, t-shirts with words or pictures, non-t-shirt-type tops, long-sleeve shirts, dressier shirts, dress pants, skirts and dresses. Always. And they have to be on a certain color hanger. When Jon puts the clothes away, I have to immediately switch hangers and put things in order. I've been the same way about his clothes, but he really doesn't care, so I'm trying really hard to get over it. It's hard. As for my books - I have them arranged alphabetically by author and then in chronological order. I even have a spreadsheet that keeps track of all of the books I've read: including whether I own them or not and when I read them. I know. What a freak.

So - there's a little insight into my world. What are you addicted to or obsessed about?

And, because I can't post something without a picture...here's a recent one of the kids.

Columbine

2009-04-20T11:03:00.002-06:00

Most of you know that I am a graduate of Columbine High School. Which makes today a bit emotional. I was not there when it happened - thankfully my brother and I were already graduated and moved on. But I knew people there.

I can tell you that it is a very strange thing watching a tragedy like this happen in a place you know so well. I spent four years of my life there. I'm not a usual person - I actuallly enjoyed High School. I have so many good memories there. Although, they started remodeling the school after I graduated, so it didn't look like the school I went to, which is a good thing, I think. The memories of My Columbine aren't tainted.

Anyway, I just wanted to take some time today to remember and pray for those who were there and had to live through it. My heart goes out to you.

WE....ARE....COLUMBINE!

Future Suns Stars

2009-04-13T21:14:00.008-06:00

The only good thing about the Suns being out of the playoffs is the rookies getting some decent minutes. I'm no expert but I'm telling you these two guys are going to be very good and hopefully are permanent staples for many years to come. I love basketball!! This is my first year ever playing fantasy sports and I am one day away of winning my NBA fantasy league by a decent margin. I've been in first place since December and like Bill Simmons (my favorite sports writer ever since Darrel recommended him a few years back) from ESPN's page 2 column, I think I could be better than more than half of the GMs that are currently employed in the NBA. And heck...I'll do it for half of what they make.

It's AI Time Again

2009-04-08T13:05:00.003-06:00

These are my current favorites on American Idol right now. I've liked Adam since the beginning and Kris has really started to grow on me the past 2 weeks.

Is it just me or was American Idol last night very disappointing? It all started around 9p when I finally got around to watching the show. I almost never watch it live, because I like to be able to fast forward through the songs I don't care for. Which is what I did for all of the songs last night. Except for Scott's song - I actually kinda liked that one, and the judges didn't. After hearing that the judges liked Matt's song, I went back and listened a bit more. Nope. Still didn't like it. I was especially disappointed in Kris. I didn't watch his whole performance, either.

The most disappointing part of the night? My recording stopped right before Adam's song. Yep - I missed it. I was really upset (well, as much as one can be upset over a TV show!) I just love watching him and listening to his voice. I even really liked his rendition of 'Ring of Fire'. I think his voice kind of reminds me of all of those 80's big hair rock bands I like.... Anyway, I did find his performance online today and saw that Simon gave him a standing o. Good for you Adam.

The rest of them better get their acts together next week. What did you think?

A picture

2009-04-04T11:31:00.002-06:00

Jon asked the other day, "Are you going to post every picture I change on your laptop?" I think he was mildly annoyed or something. So - today's pictures is one I took of Logan the other day and then manipulated a bit. I love pictures. I love looking at them. I love taking them. The only problem is, I don't really know anything about what makes a picture "good". I only know what I like. So - here's one that I like.

Todays Picture

2009-03-27T07:51:00.003-06:00

Here's the picture I found on my laptop this morning. This was on July 4th 2007. One of the major pluses about our move to Idaho. We get to do fireworks!

This picture of Lexi was on the laptop for the past few days. I really don't know why I keep buying the kids toys when the diaper box is just as fun....

The Deacons Quorum

2009-03-15T19:42:00.002-06:00

Shortly after we bought our house I was called as the 2ND counselor in the Young Men's Presidency. You know what that means, deacons. I know what your thinking but deacons are people too. Right after my calling we had Priesthood preview which is to meet and talk to all the 11 year-olds that will be turning 12. I really had no idea what I was supposed to be doing at first because it was such a new calling to me. I remember thinking that I shouldn't be with the deacons. They are too young and I can't relate to any of them. I'd much rather be with the teachers or priests. As it turns out (and Jamie can attest to this), I'm just a big kid myself. We had another Priesthood preview tonight and it seems like they just keep getting smaller. Now I love the deacons! We have a ton of fun and I love the calling (except for the snow camp outs, and yes they camp all year here, the last one being about 5 degrees when we woke up in the morning). What are some of your favorite/least favorite callings in the church? Keep in mind if you mention you least favorite, that is almost a guarantee you'll be getting that one soon.

Today's Picture and an Anniversary

2009-03-08T18:18:00.004-06:00

Here's the picture I found on my laptop today:

Jon and I celebrated our 8th Anniversary last Monday. He took the day off and we hung out and went to lunch at Tucanos (a Brazillian Grill - it's been open since Feb 12 and we've been twice already!) Then on Friday I planned a surprise date for him - a movie, steak dinner and a hotel room - no kids! It was great to sleep in and not have to worry about the kids - they were in the more than capable hands of Grammie and Papa, who are visiting for a while. I've been thinking about posting a Happy Anniversary post all week, but I discovered that I have no pictures of just Jon and I - crazy, I know! Laura was nice enough to take a few pictures of us yesterday when we were out for a drive in the mountains.

We even got one of the whole family.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JON - I LOVE YOU!!!

A Word from Jon

2009-02-23T20:44:00.006-07:00

140

142

140

In case you missed it - these are the Suns points in the first three games since the departure of Terry Porter. The Suns are back - Wahoo! Too bad we now have lost Amar'e for 8 weeks. If only Jared had performed the surgery - he may not have missed a game. We are avid Suns fans. They are one of the only things we miss about living in Arizona (besides family and friends, of course). We decided to get the NBA League Pass year so we wouldn't have withdrawals like we did last year. It's been frustrating - tough at times - there's been many a night in which we've wet our pillows with tears - but there is a shining hope for the future of the Suns. We remain faithful fans.

Who is your favorite Suns player (on the current roster)? Jon's is Leandro Barbosa a.k.a. The Brazilian Blur. Jamie's is currently Louis Amundson (but she really misses Raja Bell).

A Birthday and A Photo

2009-02-09T11:32:00.006-07:00

My sweet girl turned 2 last Thursday. We didn't have a big to-do or anything, just cake and opening presents. Logan helped with the writing on the cake....

We forgot to get candles for her cake, so I borrowed the "one" from my neighbor. She really is 2, now. Really. She liked everyone singing to her, but didn't want to eat the cake. She had a blast opening the presents, but she really couldn't have cared less what the actual presents were. I'm sure she'll grow out of that - she is a girl, after all. She had a good time.

And here's the picture that was on my laptop today. Makes me wonder what's going on in that head of his....

Today's Picture

2009-02-03T18:59:00.001-07:00

Jamie the Slacker

2009-01-27T19:39:00.003-07:00

Yes, I am fully aware of my slackness regarding this blog. It will most likely continue. Sorry.

After I went back to work last summer, I splurged and got myself a laptop. I love it. I don't know why I waited so long to get one. Jon loves it, as well. He uses it as much as I do, if not more. I have a picture thing on the side of my desktop that shows random pictures. Every so often, I will open my laptop to find Jon has saved one of these said pictures as the wallpaper. I love it. I never know what cool picture of my kids I'm going to see. Here's the one that's been there the past few days....

and this is what I saw today:

Makes me smile.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T10:40:00.002-07:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

Almost Caught Up - Getting the Tree

2008-12-21T16:20:00.008-07:00

We decided to get a real tree this year. Yeah, that's right - a real tree. I can't even remember the last time I had one of those. The kids had a great time at the tree lot.

We picked the perfect tree and took it home. Unfortunately, our house isn't quite as perfect, so we had to trim a bit off of the bottom. Here are my boys hard at work.

My big, strong, handsome man carries the tree inside.... (sorry the pic is a little blurry)

But, alas, the tree is still too tall. So, it's back to more trimming.

And here's the finished product.....

Catching up - Thanksgiving

2008-12-13T14:21:00.004-07:00

For the second year in a row, we spent Thanksgiving with our friends Steve and Laura and their son Alex, who is one of Logan's good friends here. Laura brined the turkey (same as last year) and I tell you what - it was by far the best turkey I've ever had. No offense Mom, or anyone else. Brining is just the way to go. Being the picky eater that I am, I only like white meat and I'm not a fan of gravy. So, the turkey is usually kind of dry. I've been known in the past to spread mayonaise on the turkey to give it some moisture. Anyway, the brined turkey was not dry at all and it was so flavorful...yumm. We brought the mashed potatoes and homemade rolls. (Thanks for the great recipe, Mom). We basically hung out at their house all day. Here are some pics:

The Turkey

The "Grown-up" Table

The Kids Table

My Sweet Girl

My Handsome Boy

Catching up - Logan turned 6!

2008-12-09T21:31:00.010-07:00

I know I already posted some pictures when Logan turned 6 last month. I failed, however, to mention anything about his party. Here you go.

Logan was allowed to invite 5 friends. He chose:

Alex

Brooklyn

Emily

Meygan

Noah

And, of course, Lexi was there, too.

They started with pizza.

Then they moved on to playdough, video games, and just plain playing.

Then it was present time.

And finally the cake. I was going to surprise Logan with an Indiana Jones cake, but decided last minute to let him choose his cake. He chose Wall-E.

A good time was had by all. I think we'll do it again next year.

Catching Up - Halloween

2008-12-07T08:06:00.004-07:00

Halloween was pretty low-key this year. Logan knew at least 6 months in advance that he was going to be Indiana Jones. With Lexi, we once again waited until the last minute and didn't what she was going to be. We finally decided on a punk-baby. My department at work decided to dress up as Dalmations. Jon went as the best husband/dad in the world - his normal garb. We went trick-or-treating with some people from Jon's work. Here are some pics.

Before and After - Again

2008-12-01T20:20:00.006-07:00

Exhibit 1: Before
It was time for another change. I had unknowingly decided to grow my hair out since I moved to Idaho. Meaning - it just happened. Before I knew it, my hair was longer than it's ever been - or least since high school (and I won't even say how long ago that was).

It eventually got to the point where I was just putting it up everyday, because it's just so darn thick that it takes forever to do. And - Jon kept wondering what happened to the blonde he married. So - I decided to kill two birds with one stone.

Exhibits 2 and 3: After
My head feels about 10 pounds lighter and I'm using way less shampoo. I still put my hair up half of the time, but hey - you can't win them all.

Twilight

2008-11-23T11:40:00.006-07:00

I got off work early on Friday to go see Twilight with some friends from work. Then, I saw it again immediately afterwards with another friend. It was like 2 different movies. The first time, I left feeling quite disappointed and not looking forward to having to sit through it again. The second time I left quite happy. I'm not sure I'll go see it in the theater again, but I am definitely buying the DVD and will watch it over and over again.

PLUS - they just announce yesterday that they are going to start making 'New Moon'. Can't wait.

How about you - Like it? Love it? Hate it? Not sure?

Logan the Six Year Old

2008-11-15T12:15:00.008-07:00

My sweet (most of the time) boy turned 6 today. Here are some of favorite pics of him through the years....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!

Logan goings on

2008-10-31T22:04:00.003-06:00

See where the tooth used to be?

Logan finally lost his first tooth. He "kicked it out" (as he says) with his tongue on Saturday. This is the best picture I could get - it looks funny because of his "shark teeth" (asI call them) growing in. The dentist said the other front tooth needs to come out soon, to give the new teeth room to grow in properly. Either we can pull it for free, or we can pay the dentist to pull it. Him.... Logan freaked out when we tried to pull the really, reallly loose one. He has another trip to the dentist in a few weeks - I'm thinking the dentist will have to pull it. Poor kid.

In other news, Logan talked one of the other kids at daycare into cutting his hair. It was finally long enough to actually style, and he cut a chunk out right in front. So, Jon had to cut Logan's hair. This is the result:

I don't know if you can really see it - it's total old man hair, shave on the top and the sides are longer. He looked pretty funny. Yes - Jon did shave the rest of his hair, as well.

Twilight....

2008-10-28T21:16:00.001-06:00

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

Yeah - that's all you get for now....

Wacky Weather

2008-10-11T09:49:00.005-06:00

Yeah, that's right, folks. Lexi's standing in snowfall. We had a nice surprise on Friday afternoon/evening. The kids loved it. Crazy.

Car woes

2008-10-02T20:23:00.003-06:00

Yes - this is my piece of @(#*$& car being offloaded into my driveway. It seems like we've some kind of trouble or another with this car since almost day one. Thank heaven we had Eli to work on it so much (and David, who traded services with Eli so the we didn't have to pay an arm and leg for the work). I was worried when we came up here, because we don't have anyone to work on the car anymore. We did pretty good for about a year.

One day, Jon was driving it to work and it stopped on the freeway. I didn't have time to go get it, as I had a job interview that morning. After the interview, I picked Jon up for his lunch hour and we went to get the car. We were surprised to see it up on a tow truck. Apparently, Idaho has some kind of abandoned vehicle policy - cars can't be unattended on the side of the freeway for more than 3 hrs. Luckily, we were able to have it towed directly to our house instead of the impound lot, or wherever they were going to take it. Jon replace the battery and all was well.

Until one morning after I dropped the kids off at daycare. When I got back in the car to go to work, it wouldn't start. So I went back inside to try to figure something out. I decided to walk home (just around the corner). Before I started walking, I tried the car again, and it worked. I promptly drove it home and traded it for the truck, which was luckily at home. I tried not to drive the car after that. A couple of weeks later, it did the same thing at the babysitter's house again. This time I couldn't get it started. Jon happened to have that day off of work, so he drove me to work and by the time he went to get the car, it started. It kept doing that for a while - it would work fine, then not start. But if we waited a few minutes, it would start just fine.

One day, Jon drove it to work, and it didn't start. Luckily, I work just down the street from him, so he took the truck. When he came back to get me, we tried the car again - no go. That was a Wednesday. The car didn't start on Thursday..... or Friday. Then David and Laura got here for their bi-annual visit. Saturday was a cold, rainy day. Jon and David went downtown to check the car - still wouldn't start. On the way back, something hits the windshield of the truck. Not a tiny rock or pebble that would make a small crack. Something bigger. Like a duck. Yeah, that's right - a duck flew into right into the middle of the windsheild and busted it all up.

I promptly made arrangements for the car to be towed home (again) and for someone to come fix the windsheild of the truck. All of this is before 9 am on a Saturday morning. What a day. We got the windshield fixed and David fixed the car and all is well. At least for the time being...

Lexi's new favorite thing

2008-09-14T18:28:00.009-06:00

It was bound to happen.... Lexi is totally into the Teletubbies right now. We have one episode recorded that she watches over and over and over and over - well, you get it. Here's a little video of her watching the show. Watch what she does at the end.

Additional comments from Jon....

Lexi has never shown any interest in T.V., which is a good thing. So far she watches the occasional Baby Einstein video and had a short stint into Yo Gabba Gabba. She has recently taking a liking to Teletubbies which she refers to as "Tubbies" and gets upset if her "Tubbies" is not on. Is it just me or is the intro music to Teletubies very similar to the intro into X-Files? Those 4 things/aliens on that show are just plain weird. I don't remember watching anything but Sesame Street when I was that young. I do remember moving on the some of the cartoon greats like Heman, Transformers, Thundercats and Voltron. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Logan's Teeth and Lexi's Mouth

2008-09-07T18:14:00.005-06:00

My poor kid! He gets all the weird stuff. The other day, he told me he had a loose tooth. When I went to check it out, I noticed this:

He has 2 new teeth growing in BEHIND his baby teeth! How weird is that? I was totally freaking out until my mom assured me that this is not a totally abnormal thing. I'm going to call the dentist this week to see what we should do....

It took me quite a few tries to get a clear picture of his teeth. Lexi watched the whole thing. Now everytime I point the camera at her, she does this:

No more smiles for me....just a big, open mouth! Speaking of Lexi.... I caught her trying really hard to put on a pair of Logan's underpants. So, naturally, we put them on for her. Then we let her run wild for a while...

First day of School

2008-08-25T19:53:00.007-06:00

Today was Logan's first day of Kindergarten....sniff, sniff. There are 6 K classes at our school - crazy, isn't it? Logan is in one of the morning classes. I took the day off of work today so I could take him. The kids all lined up outside of the school and the parents had to say goodbye there - we weren't allowed to take them to their class. I guess that's smart and makes the separation easier. Unless you're my kid. He refused to get in line and then totally clung to me and wouldn't go in the school. I had Lexi in the stroller and I had a camera in one hand, and Logan holding on for dear life to my other hand. I had a little freak-out moment. Thankfully, the kids' babysitter was there (her daughter also started Kindergarten today), so she offered to stay with Lexi while I took Logan in. We got into the shcool and he saw his teacher and saw other kids going into the classroom and then he was fine - he didn't even say goodbye to me.

Here's Logan and Meygan (the girl next door)

In other, totally unrelated news, the new Harry Potter movie that was supposed to come out in November has been pushed back to next summer. Do you know what that means???? TWILIGHT IS NOW OPENING ON NOVEMBER 21ST!!!!! My day just got better - how about yours?

Vacation photos - part 1

2008-08-17T23:12:00.004-06:00

Here are some "people" photos from our vacation at Tamarack last weekend. The "scenic" photos will follow shortly.... or maybe next week!

Lexi is 1.5!

2008-08-15T21:44:00.004-06:00

My baby girl is getting so big! Here are some of her 18 months pics...

Vacation Preview

2008-08-11T21:17:00.003-06:00

We had the priviledge of having Marcy and Bremen visit us the past week and a half. It was very hard to take them to the airport today. This past weekend, we took a trip up to the mountains to enjoy some cool weather and beautiful scenery. I'll have to make a slide show, because there are just too many pictures... but here's a preview...

Mamma Mia and a Mowhawk

2008-07-18T07:59:00.010-06:00

I love ABBA. Did you know that? My parents listened to them while I was growing up, and something about them just stuck with me. I just love them. One of my greatest wishes in life would be to see them perform live. Just knowing that it'll never happen saddens me. When the stage show "Mamma Mia" came through Phoenix quite a few years ago, I was ecstatic. My sister and I went to see it and had a blast. I was singing the songs wherever I went for weeks afterwards. Now - there's a movie. It opens today. Aah! I'm going to see it tomorrow - I can hardly wait. And - as much as I am dying to see the new Batman that also opens today, I will be seeing Mamma Mia first. Can't wait - I just hope I'm not disappointed. Go ABBA! Just for fun - can anyone guess what song in my playlist is my absolute favorite? Good luck.

Here's a picture of Logan on the 4th. You can see how shaggy his hair is. A few days later, he came downstairs with this new do...

He ended up only having it for a few days - he wanted Jon to shave it off. It may have had something to do with the fact that his friend Alex cried when he saw it and wouldn't look at Logan for a while. Then next time Alex came over, he said to Logan "Thank you for shaving that off."

The 4th

2008-07-10T22:26:00.009-06:00

Well, not much has really been happening around here. Jon and I are busy with work and Logan and Lexi are busy being kids. We had a good 4th of July. We had a little "pre-show" pretty early so Lexi could get in on the action. She had fun...at first. After a few bangs and pops, she wasn't too sure about the whole firework thing.

It doesn't get dark here until around 10pm right now, so we had a late night. Logan was alternately scared and excited. I think he was afraid the fireworks were gonna 'get' him. There were 5 houses on our street doing fireworks and we had views of 3 different in the sky shows. Actually, one of neighbors had a bunch of sky ones, and we actually ended up with a few, as well. This year, Jon took Logan to the 'Firework Warehouse' just outside of town. They spent a bunch of money on some cool stuff. It was tough to get non-blurry pictures of the fireworks, but I liked this one.

Anyway, I feel this is a less-than-stellar post, but I figured I'd better put something on here before I got in too much trouble!

It's been a while

2008-06-20T19:55:00.008-06:00

So - everything has kind of been put on hold this week. We've only played 1 Catan game, I haven't blogged, I haven't paid any bills, read any emails, or even cooked dinner. Why not, you may wonder.... I finally got a job. I've been looking since January, and it's been very frustrating up until now. I guess that people of Idaho just didn't understand how fabulous I am!

Last Thursday, I saw a job opening through a temp agency that sounded interesting. So I called them and they had me come in that day for an interview. Friday morning, the agency calls and says the company wants to interview me that afternoon. Luckily, my schedule was open, so I went in to meet with the company people and headed back home. The agency called me before I even made it home to say the company wants to offer me the job. Then I started on Tuesday. It all happened so fast, that I wasn't really prepared - even though I've pretty much spent the last 4-5 months preparing! So now Jon works an early shift and I work a later shift. I take the kids to babysitter and Jon picks them up and feeds them dinner. It's only been 4 days, and man, am I tired! I feel like I've gotten nothing done this week. But then again - I'm getting a paycheck now, so I must've accomplish something! I work for an international shipping company - think cargo ships, not UPS. It's pretty interesting and I'm liking it so far.

The moral of the story is this. This blog will probably not be updated more than once a week. If that. Sorry to dissapoint all you daily blog checkers. Maybe once I get into the swing of things with the new schedule I'll do better.

In other news....the kids are great. Here are a few pictures of Lexi eating. She's hasn't totally figured out the spoon thing yet, but she loves it. The only way we can get her to eat veggies right now is letting her feed herself the baby kind. I usually managed to get a few spoonfuls in her mouth, too.

Her hair is finally getting long enough to put in little pony tails. This is the aftermath one day...

Logan has been very adamant that he does NOT want to take the training wheels off of his bike. I keep telling him they're coming off when he turns six - he tries to compromise and says he'll take him off when he's eight.

A couple of weeks ago, he all of a sudden decided he wanted to try riding his bike without them, so Jon gave a go.... I think manage to ride for like, 2 seconds on his own. Jon held the seat most of the time. I think it was a little frustrating for Jon because Logan kept slamming on his brakes to take a water break.

The training wheels have not gone back on his bike. Neither has Logan.

Game On

2008-06-08T22:56:00.002-06:00

It is a well known fact in the Lambson household that Jon is, let's say, very lucky when it comes to the game of 'Cities and Knights of Catan'. He just wins constantly. It has been a rare occasion for anyone else to win when he plays. He has been known to say 'Do you feel like losing at Settler's today?' when the more appropriate question should have been 'Do you want to play Settler's?'. I have learned to live with his gloating and sense of superiority.

Until now....

On May 16th, I won a game. Shocking, I know. We have since played many games, almost once a day. Sometimes twice a day. The most amazing part is - I have won the majority of these games. I say about 75%, Jon will concede to around 60%. So, we decided to keep track. I don't know how long this challenge will go on...until he gets tired of losing, I guess. We just started keeping track yesterday, and so far it's 1 to 1, but it's still early. I have plenty of time to win.

Bring it, Jon.

At The Zoo

2008-05-30T14:46:00.007-06:00

Back in March, Logan's preschool went on a field trip to the zoo. Lexi and I tagged along. It was a chilly, slightly rainy day, but it turned out to be good, because most of the animals were out. Here are some of the highlights:

Two of Logan's favorites are ones they don't have in AZ - the penguins and the kimodo dragon. This penguin is getting ready to take off. The dragon is usually outside, but chose to stay inside this day.

Here are Logan and Lexi on the carousel. It was hard to get a picture of Lexi because I was holding her at the same time.

The snow leopard eating it's meal...apparently it was still hungry. Here it is later trying to eat the kids' fingers.

Here are some of the other animals we saw. Some monkeys, birds, zebra, a sloth bear (I think) and a red panda.

A Shameless Plug

2008-05-28T11:13:00.003-06:00

I have this friend who taught piano lessons at the same place I did several years ago. While we never 'hung out' outside of work, I do consider him a friend and am so proud of him. His name is William Joseph and he just released his second album this week. The first album is called 'Within' and a couple of the songs off that album are currently on my playlist. He wrote two of the songs - obviously not 'Ave Maria'. His second album is called 'Beyond' and I've only heard a couple of the songs so far, but they are outstanding. His first album is available at Deseret Book, so I would assume his second one is, as well. He plays the piano, but the songs also have a full orchestra, and in some cases, voices, as well. He's supposed to be on 'Dr. Phil' today, so check it out if you have time. He's been on tour with Josh Groban, Clay Aiken and Il Divo. He's done all kinds of things that I could only dream about.

Anyway - I think William is amazing and I justed wanted everyone to know.

Bathroom Makeover

2008-05-20T11:13:00.009-06:00

So - here are some pictures of the powder room makeover my Mom and I did when she was here last month. It was tough getting pictures of the whole room, since it is so small. But, here are two angles of the before:

It started off as a simple project - paint, wallpaper and maybe some thing for the walls. We ended up replacing almost everything (except for the toilet, sink, cabinet and tile floor). I didn't get before pictures of the light fixture or the tile backsplash, but here's a before and after of the sink faucet:

We swicthed the faucet, towel rack, toilet paper holder, mirror and light fixture. Then we added some wall hangings. Here are some more after pictures.

To get the full effect of how cool this room really is, you'll just have to come visit! My mom and I had a good time and she taught me a bunch of new things... like how to change a sink faucet and light fixture and grout tile. I can't wait for my mom's next visit so we can do another room. Someday I'll take pictures of what we did to Lexi's room last summer.

Lexi's new favorite

2008-05-19T21:33:00.009-06:00

Lexi learned a new word while David and Laura were here: Papa. She also learned that when she said this new word, one or more of the following would happen:

She would get picked up.

She would get a cookie, or some other treat.

She would get a sip of... that's right... Mountain Dew.

The tradition of getting the babies hooked on soda/caffiene lives on...

In all fairness, she loved being with both her Papa and her Grammie. Being the great picture taker that I am (sarcasm here) these were the only pics I got of her with Papa and I didn't get any of her with Grammie. Big surprise.

He said what?

2008-05-17T13:52:00.003-06:00

We were having a lazy morning today. We were all laying in bed together when Logan procedes to put his foot right up in Jon's face and says: "Smell it. Smell it. Now take it." Jon and I couldn't help but laugh. Some of you may get it - some may not. I'll just say that this kid picks up on everything! I guess it doesn't help that the TV is constantly on in our house...

Logan and Lexi

2008-05-16T14:17:00.003-06:00

The kids got their picture taken together last week. Lexi so did not want to cooperate, but they managed to get a few good shots of the kids. Here they are...

Change in Music

2008-05-12T19:10:00.003-06:00

Jon wanted me to take his playlist off because he discovered some not-so-nice words in at least one of the songs. So - I copied Brian and Kim and made my own America Idol favorites, which does include David Cook. Everything else is almost the exact same as theirs. Enjoy now - I'm sure it won't be long until Jon updates his list.

Global Warming and its impact on our nation and the world.

2008-05-08T22:59:00.003-06:00

Well, that's not actually what my post is about. I just thought it would be fun to get your attention since this is my first every blog attempt. Since I finally joined in and Jamie was gracious enough to allow me to add my music to the blog, I thought I would blog about my favorite bands. If you are like me your favorite band probably has changed a few times over the years. My first memory of having a favorite band was Depeche Mode when I was around 11. This was definitely influenced greatly by my idolization of my brother Kevin. My dad never let me dye the hair black and grow it out like Robert Smith of The Cure like Kevin had. That was also the first concert I ever attended. Not a bad choice to start with. Soon after that I switched briefly for a year or so to constantly listening to Book of Love (also one of the many tapes, yes, not yet cd's, available through Kevin) and would fall asleep to their music most nights. That was followed up with yet more 80's music by Oingo Boingo, which I still consider one of the best ever and don't think that that is even debatable. In my teenage years I was obsessed with Nirvana for some reason and owned about 20 of their Cd's along w/ many of their posters on my wall. With help from my cousins Darrel and Aaron and one of my best friends Cody Birch I got into Ska and punk in my late teens and along with it the always exciting and constant change in hair color. I think ska/punk music is a lot of fun and had a blast going to concerts and stage diving. Since then I've sort of stuck to MXPX and they still reign supreme today. Who knows what taste changes are in store for the future. Thanks for reading my boring attempt at blogging.

Our trip ... and other stuff

2008-04-29T19:00:00.005-06:00

This past weekend we had the pleasure of being able to attend Patrick's college graduation. Way to go Patrick - we're all so proud of you. Of course, that meant a normally 5-hour trip took over 6 hours going and almost 7 hours coming back, seing as there were 2 little kids in the backseat. But, they both did surprisingly well. They both slept half the way going down there, so that was nice. I did bring my camera with me, but wouldn't you know, I didn't even take a single picture while we were there. We stayed at Patrick and Heather's new house and Patrick made it his goal to have Lexi like him before we left. I think he succeeded - she especially liked him when he had food to give her.

Anyway, David and Laura drove back with us to visit here for a few weeks. We stopped in a town called Burley to get a milkshake and we noticed this sign across the street. So, I had to take a picture. Yep, folks, this is the only picture I have of my trip to see Patrick graduate.

In other news - Lexi had some more fun with the lightsabre today. Here's a quick video of her and Logan.

Logan Randomness

2008-04-18T14:51:00.011-06:00

Okay - so here are some random pics of mister Logan. He's doing great. I took him to register for Kindergarten last week. He's not quite sure what this whole school thing is about. Of course, he went to preschool down in AZ and here he goes to a daycare where they do preschool stuff, but Lexi's there, too, so it's not like actual school. I think he may be in for a little shock when big-kid school starts. I don't know yet if he'll be morning or afternoon (they don't have all-day here - crazy). Apparently there's going to be around 80-100 kids in Kindergarten as his school next year. I hope they get enough teachers so the classes aren't too big.

Logan had a dentist check-up a few weeks ago. As you may recall, the last time he saw the dentist it was because of an abcessed tooth which he got removed and also got 4 crowns. Let me tell you, it was a big struggle to get him to let his teeth get cleaned. I feel bad for him, but I was so frustrated, as well. His teethed did eventually get cleaned, but not flossed. Oh well, at least we got 1 out of 2. The good news is he did not have any cavities. I can't tell you have relieved I was!

So, one day about a month ago, Logan and Meygan (the girl next door) decided that the stuffed animals were babies and they needed diapers. Whatever, no big deal. Meygan has since moved on to other things, but Logan has not forgotten that his dog is now a baby. I found him like this one night:

Yes - the dog/baby is sitting in Lexi's booster seat at the table and is wearing a bib to eat the pretend food. After "dinner" Logan rocked the baby to sleep. A few days later, I got him getting into Lexi's clothes to find things for the baby to wear. And now, his cow is a baby, as well. He even brought the cow to me yesterday (all dressed, complete with diaper, clothes, socks and shoes) for me to babysit while he did laundry. He then proceeds to put clothes into a bucket and then lays them out to dry. What a funny kid - he totally cracks me up!

Lexi Randomness

2008-04-16T18:28:00.007-06:00

As Jon recently pointed out, I seem to blogging more about AI than my kids lately. So, here are a few random pics of my girl.

She's been a little sick lately, poor thing. But she's a trooper and is getting through it. We haven't given her any dairy products since saturday, as I'm afraid she'll, um, give it back, you know what I mean? She's been fine napping and going to sleep without a bottle, so I think I may just try to be done with them. We'll see.

She's also teething up a storm. At last count (or attempted count, I should say), she's on number 12. Too bad she still doesn't seem to use them much. The stuff she, um, gave back last week was full of unchewed chunks of stuff. Yeah, I know - you really wanted to know that, right?

She's also learned to shake her head no when she doesn't want something. And she throws a mean tantrum. She's even got the whole arching the back and slamming the head into the ground thing going on. It's a good thing she looks so cute while doing it!

PS: It was a little sad not to see Michael on AI this week. However, I am glad Kristy was the one voted off. I was worried for a second that it was Brooke, and then I might have had to stop watching.

What the heck happened?

2008-04-11T09:45:00.003-06:00

Sorry, Jon, but I have to post one more picture for Michael Johns. I was stunned when he got voted off last night. He was usually one of my top 2 or 3 favorite performers every week. I didn't think he would win, but I thought for sure he would last longer than Kristy, Jason and Syesha. Alas, we can't get what we want all of the time, eh?

April Showers...

2008-04-09T21:19:00.005-06:00

... turn into snow. That's right. We woke up to snow this morning - how crazy is that? But, by afternoon, the sun was shining and it was t-shirt weather. I love it here.

Jon has hinted not so subtlely that he would like no more AI pictures, so I won't post one this week. That won't stop me from commenting on it, though. It was another kind of weird night for me. My top 4 last night were, in no particular order: David A, Brooke, Michael and Jason (shocking, I know). I just love the version of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' that Jason sang, and I think he did a great job singing it - that style works for him. I was highly disappointed in David C, as I think most of us were. I didn't think Brooke was great, but I just really love her voice, so it's going to take an extremely bad performance to knock her out of my top 3 or 4. I can't believe the big voice that comes out of little David A - he's amazing.

In other news, my mom is visiting this week. Every time she comes, a room in my house gets a makeover. Last time it was Lexi's room (I still need to take some pictures to show you) and this time it's our downstairs bathroom. It's such a little room, but it's been fun picking stuff for it. I'm taking before, during and after pictures, so I'll post them when it's done.

Speaking of pictures, I currently do not know where the cord is to hook up my camera to the computer, which is why there hasn't been any new pictures lately. I have a bunch from Easter and a couple zoo trips, so hopefully I'll find the cord soon. Since I'm a firm believer in having a picture in every post, here's a random one of the kids playing with the lightsabers. Lexi had a blast flailing that thing around.

Music and Basketball

2008-04-01T22:11:00.011-06:00

So, listen, Dawg, it was a'ight for me tonight. There wasn't really any stand out performances for me this week, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Michael Johns. He's always at the top of my list, anyway. As for the others, Brooke and the Davids round out my top 4. I listened to Carly's song, but to be honest with you, I fast forwarded through the other 4 songs after the first line. They just don't cut it for me. The best news of the night? David Cook got a haircut! I am no longer bothered by his hair.

As for college basketball: after 4 rounds and 60 games played, here are the standings:

Jon: 35

Jamie: 29

Pretty pathetic, I know. Jon has 3 of the final 4 remaining and I have 2. No matter what, Jon will win. He deserves to win every once in a while, I guess...

Just for fun...who can guess some words I stole from two of the AI judges?

AI top ten

2008-03-26T09:39:00.005-06:00

Hello, my name is Jamie, and I'm an American Idol addict.

At least this season.... Since pretty much day one, I have loved Brooke, Michael, Carly and David Archuleta. Each week, they've kinda of shuffled back and forth as to which one was my current favorite. A few times there were clear winners... Like David's 'Imagine' and Brooke's 'Let It Be'. I also enjoyed when Michael sang The Doors (even in Hollywood week) and I liked Carly's Beatles songs. Actually, I liked most of the Beatles songs performed by these four.

Two weeks ago David Cook sang 'Eleanor Rigby' and jumped into my top 5, out of nowhere.

Last night, Jon and I were busy, so we didn't start watching the show until around 10:30 (I love my DVR). Since is was late and we were both tired, I fast-forwarded pretty much everything except the singing and critiques. So, I didn't watch David's story or even know what song he was singing. When he started, I didn't know what song he was singing. (Remember - David A had just sang a song I've never heard, so it's quite possible I wouldn't know David C's song, either). About a minute into it, I'm like "What? Is he singing Michael Jackson?" Jon had no comment. (I wonder if he even knows any Michael Jackson songs.) I was a totally surprised, I just loved what David did with that song. It was definitely my favorite of the night, with Michael being a fairly close second. Then Brooke, Carly and David A. Even with that cheesy song, I still liked him better than the other 5.

Anyway, I'm just loving David Cook right now. Even though his hair bugs me (although, not as much as Jason's hair). Who are you loving?

March Madness (updates in red)

2008-03-21T13:19:00.005-06:00

Just for fun Jon and I filled out the brackets for the men's NCAA basketball championship thing. Neither one of us really follow college hoops, but Jon knows some stuff. Mine were total and complete guesses. Like, for one of the conferences, I picked whichever team came first in alphabetical order. I really know nothing about it. Two of our final four picks were the same, and we both picked UNC to win the whole thing, so it should be interesting. After the first round, here are the standings.

Out of 32 games played, the # of wins correctly predicted:

Jon - 20

Jamie - 19

We've both already knocked out 5 teams in the next round. A little thing I found interesting: Jon correctly predicted all of the winners in the East. I correctly predicted all of the winners in the South. My strategy? I picked all of the teams that started with the letter M. If there was no M team, I picked the team that was last in alphabetical order. Good strategy, I know. Anyone else playing?

PS: I don't know who this is - just some college b-ball pic I found!

Movie Winner and AI

2008-03-20T12:06:00.008-06:00

Thanks for playing everyone - that was fun. I held a drawing and the winner is Tim. Winner of what, you might ask.... I'm not sure yet. Since I don't live anywhere near anyone of you, cookies is out of the question. I'll have Jon think of something. If you haven't visited yet, check out Kim and Brian's site as they have a new set of quotes.

In other news, is everyone else as glad as I am that Amanda got voted off last night? I liked her at first, but her sound got real old real fast for me.

Movie Trivia

2008-03-18T19:03:00.013-06:00

I just loved Sheri's movie quote quiz. And being the movie-freak that I am, I just had to do one, as well. So, Jon and I came up with some of our favorite movies and quotes. I decided to do one-liners to make things more difficult (or easier in some cases). I was going to wait a few days to post this, to give some down-time after Sheri's post, but Jon insisted I post it tonight. So here they are. The same rules apply. Please only make one guess per 24 hours so everyone gets a chance. Once they are guessed correctly, I'll highlight them with the name of the movie and who guessed it. Please don't cheat by googling/IMDBing the quotes. Have fun and good luck!

1. You look good wearing my future. Some Kind of Wonderful - Teresa

2. This is not my best day ever. Serenity - Marcy

3. There is no spoon. The Matrix - Becca

4. You can be my John G. Memento - Darrel

5. Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder. The Empire Strikes Back - Jack

6. Suddenly an unconscious Argentinean fell through my roof. Moulin Rouge - Beth

7. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Kim

8. What the hell are you doing out here, Fred? Fred, if you’re real, you better tell me right now! I am Legend - Marcy

9. The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. This was a two-parter. Laura guessed it was a LOTR movie and Tim knew it was Return of the King.

10. In punishment for lack of an interesting pirate name, Peter shall walk the plank. Finding Neverland - Brian

Oh What a Night

2008-03-12T10:27:00.004-06:00

Great ready for a story. The night started by with me staying up late to pick up a friend from the airport. His plane was delayed, so by the time I got home and in bed, it was 1 am. No big deal - I don't have to work the next day - 5 or 6 hours is plenty of sleep.

But it was not to be.... The phone rang at 3 am. I answered it while half asleep. A man was on the other line and told me this weird story I didn't understand and I said, "What?" Now that I am more awake, I at least hear his story this time. He's with the county sheriff's office. He found a cordless phone handset at a street corner nearby and he thinks it's ours. Can I please tell him where I live so he can bring it to me?

Um - what? I said I didn't feel comfortable giving him that information. By this time, Jon was up and asking who was on the phone. He tells me not to say anything and just hang up. I turned on the light and looked at the caller ID. It had a wireless number listed. (What did I expect it to say - Police?) So, the guy started his story over again, saying he doesn't mean to frighten me. He's on patrol and found this phone so he drove around the neighborhood until he got a signal on the phone. He used the phone to call his cell phone and my number came up, so he really thinks it's my phone and he just wants to bring it back to me and he thinks I live on Dewberry. He then told me exactly where he was at and asked that I go look out my window to verify that he is indeed in a police car. He was being very polite this whole time.

So, I put the phone down, and head out to look out the window, but I'm just too chicken, so I make Jon go do it - he doesn't see anything. I suggest to him that we page our handsets to see if both of them are in the house, but, again, I'm too chicken to go downstairs, so I make him do it. We only hear one handset ring. I finally go back to the phone and tell the so-called cop we didn't see a car, and he says the phone he has just beeped. Meanwhile, Jon's still saying to not tell him anything, so I hand the phone over to him. Then I went to check the window. I see a car where he told me he would be, but it's too far away to tell if it's a cop car. I go back to tell Jon, but I guess the guy hung up or something.

The phone rings again and we debate whether or not to answer it. We don't, but the guy leaves a message. It states his name again and that he just wants to give us our phone back and he leaves his cell number to call him. Jon has gotten dressed by this point and heads back downstairs to try paging our handsets again. This whole thing just doesn't make sense. Especially at 3 am.

Then I remember... Earlier in the day, I was on the phone right before Jon and I left to go for a walk. I remember walking out of the house while still on the phone. After I hung up, I put the phone on the back bumper of our truck. Where I promptly forgot about it. It was still there when I left at midnight to go to the airport. So now I feel a lot better about the situation because I know how our phone found it's way to this other street. Although, I am surprised the phone stayed on the truck for as long as it did.

By this time, Jon has looked out the window again and he sees it is indeed a cop car and it's just a few houses down from us. He decides to go outside. Just then, the phone rings again. It's the cop. I tell him my husband is outside. They meet up and Jon gets the phone back. Jon must have apologized or something, because I hear the cop say he totally understands and he would have just left it on our porch, but he didn't know which house it belonged to. Poor guy was just trying to do something nice and Jon and I made it difficult for him because we thought we was some kind of freak stalker or something.

SO - we're all fine and we head off to bed. Too bad I can't fall asleep. My mind was just racing with all kinds of stuff. Then Lexi decides to wake up at 4 am. We try and try to get her to go back to sleep in her crib, but she will have none of it. Finally Jon takes her downstairs at 4:30 to sleep with her in our recliner. I try to go to sleep... the last time I looked at the clock it was almost 5 am. I got almost a good hour of sleep when Jon's alarm went off at 6 am. I went downstairs to wake him up and I go back to sleep with Lexi in the chair. Until she decides 6:30 is the perfect time to get up. All in all, I think I got about 3 hours of sleep. Needless to say, I'm a tired girl today.

What did I learn from all of this? Don't ever take the phone out of the house, and if you do, don't set it down on a vehicle. AND - There are still good people in the world.

Even at 3 am.

Babies

2008-03-04T18:15:00.005-07:00

Yesterday Logan and I were having a lovely conversation about how he was my first baby and he'll always be special to me because of that. Then I mentioned that Lexi will always be special because she was my second baby. Then Logan says...

"Well, what about your 3rd baby and your last baby?"

What?!?!? Does this kid know something I don't know? I sure hope not, because there are no plans to have a 3rd baby and a last baby. We are done and happy with the 2 we already have.

Lexi's It

2008-02-28T19:23:00.009-07:00

Lexi was tagged a little while ago. It's hard to come up with 6 random things about her, since I blog about her all of the time. So, here's what I came up with....

Lexi shoves food into her mouth. I have to be careful when she's eating something herself. I can't just put a whole serving in front of her. I have to give it to her in portions, because she will just keep putting food into her mouth until the food is gone, and then she'll start chewing.

Speaking of food, she stuffs food in her cheeks. This happens with foods that she apparently does not like. Mainly hot dogs and chicken nuggets. When the food is set before her, she quickly shoves everything into her mouth. I guess if she doesn't really like it, she just chews it and moves it into her cheeks. Where it will stay until either she takes it out (not usual) or I dig it out with a spoon (most likely). I've even tried giving her other things to eat that she likes to get her to swallow whatever's in her mouth. She somehow manages to eat what she likes while keeping the offending food in her cheeks.

In this picture, you can see the little bits of pasta that she chose not to eat.

Lexi likes to play the repeat game. You know - where someone says something and the other one repeats it. Except, with Lexi, it's noises. She likes to make a sound, and then if you repeat it, she makes a different sound. Her and Logan tend to get really loud when they play.

Lexi loves the bath. She starts grinning as soon as the water is turned on. She wasn't too fond of them at first, but then she discovered she could splash. She thinks it's just great.

Lexi likes to play with Logan. She thinks that just about everything he does is funny. Unless he's bugging her, then she doesn't laugh - she actually has started pushing him away. But, most of the time she really enjoys his company.

Lexi has a great laugh. I really think most all babies have a great laugh, and Lexi's is no exception. She thinks it's funny when other people laugh and she just joins right it. Here's a quick little video clip of her laughing at Jon blowing up a balloon. (Be sure to pause the music first).

So - there are a few tidbits about my sweet baby girl. Don't worry, I'll let you know about whatever cute/funny/weird/crazy thing she does next.

Logan's Good News

2008-02-24T17:50:00.005-07:00

Most of you know that Logan's had skin issues since he was a baby. He's had eczema ever since about 3 or 4 months old. We had to switch him to the soy formula, and then switch him again to the hypoallergenic formula. Then, when he got to have milk, we used soy milk for a while. The allergy tests showed he was allergic to milk, eggs and peanuts. No fun at all.

At about 1 and a half, we did another allergy test. The milk and egg were still there, but very low. The peanut was gone completely, but the doc recommended to not give him anything with peanuts until he was 3. Okay. Meanwhile, he still has skin problems.

This past December, the doctor he saw when we were in AZ strongly suggested we take him off of dairy products. Poor kid! His favorite foods are: cheese, pudding, cheese, yogurt, milk and cheese. Seriously, the kid would eat a cheese sandwich for every meal if he could. We didn't take him completely off of dairy, but we limited it to about 1 serving per day. We even got him soy chocolate milk to drink (not telling him, of course, that it was a different kind of milk). He liked it and I'm glad I never really had to explain why he could have chocolate milk but not white milk.

So - what's the good news? I finally asked his doctor here to run another allergy test to see where things stood. Boy oh boy was it fun taking him to get his blood drawn. Man - that boy can scream! But, he got to eat at McDonald's (not just the drive-thru), he got his choice of ice cream to eat, and he got to get a big toy at Target. We just got the test results back the other day - no food allergies! Yeah - he was so excited to be able to eat pudding again. Too bad he still has skin problems, but at least we know now that it's not because of food.

I thought we were done...

2008-02-22T09:44:00.004-07:00

But mother nature has plans of her own, I guess. I'm talking about the weather, of course. After a few weeks of non-stop snow, we had a few weeka of nice weather. High's in the 40's - it was great. I even saw some kids the past few days wearing shorts and t-shirts. Then, this morning, we awoke to snow. Again. It wasn't even in the forcast, this time. Jon's happy, because he's going snowboarding tomorrow. And I'll admit that it is pretty - I just really don't like driving in it. Oh well.

When we had our big snow a few weeks ago, Jon made a little snow fort for Logan in our front yard. It even had a window. Logan thought is was the coolest thing.

After a few days, he and his friends knocked it down, then it snowed some more and it turned into a big hill. He was playing outside one day and came in to ask if he could use his sled. So I go outside to see why, and I saw this:

He had a great time on his new sledding hill.

Lexi's 1 year pictures

2008-02-19T14:19:00.007-07:00

Oh my goodness! Major bragging alert here... my kid is so stinkin cute! Here are some of her 1 year pictures. It was hard to pick which ones to pick which ones to put on here.

She just had a great time getting her picture taken.

Here's Jon giving her a cupcake cookie... She wasn't too sure at first, but I think she liked it.

This one is one of my favorites.

Happy Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T20:10:00.009-07:00

For Valentine's Day this year, Jon and I are... watching a Suns game. We are so excited. Jon has practically gone into withdrawal since moving to Idaho, since the Suns are hardly ever on a channel we get. But they're on tonight, baby, yeah! And then tomorrow, we have a sitter and we're probably going to dinner a movie. I think I'll make him take me to a chick flick...

Here are some random pictures of the loves of my life...

My Baby Girl

2008-02-05T20:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Lexi is 1 already! She had a great day today. Jon got to stay home today, so that was nice. We took her to get her picture taken, and she was just so stinkin' cute! I'll post some of the pictures in a week or so. While we were there, I was holding one of her hands so she could stand for a few of the pictures. I decided to let go and she actually stayed standing. For quite a long time. I told the photographer this was the longest Lexi has ever stood by herself before. And then guess what Lexi did... She took a step! She actually took some steps a couple of times, it was so great! (of course, she hasn't taken any more steps since...oh well)

After pictures, we hung out at the mall for little while, where Logan picked out her present from him. A Disney princess cell phone, which he then proceeded to take away from her to play with. Then we came home and Lexi and I took a nap together. Then she opened her presents and had cake. I had ordered a simple little cake from Walmart, and when I went to get it, I noticed they had these really small cakes. So, I got one of those for her to have fun with. When the gal brought out the cake, she saw I had this little cake, as well, and she said she could sell it to me for a penny if I wanted. Well, duh - of course I wanted! That was so great. Lexi had a grand time with the presents and cake. We're so thankful so our sweet baby!

I think she got confused about the presents and thought they were for eating. She wasn't quite sure what to do with them.

At first she seemed thrilled about the new clothes...

But that didn't last long.

She was very excited to eat cake.

Following in Big Brother's Footsteps

2008-01-31T20:49:00.000-07:00

I was getting ready the other day and I had Lexi in her saucer watching a show while I showered and stuff, just like I always do. This time she decided to take after her brother. This is how I found her:

We got Logan the Lego Star Wars video game a few weeks ago. He likes to play it and is getting pretty good. (Truth be told, Jon and I enjoy playing it, as well!) Lexi just can't wait until she can really play, too.

As soon as the game comes out, she races over and grabs one of the controllers and pushes the buttons, it's so cute. Except for when she accidentally joins the game and messes you up. Or when she won't let go of the controller so someone else can play. Okay, it's still cute. She also has an obession with the remote (she has changed the channel on me many times) and the phone (she somehow managed to call my mom at 6am one morning).

She also enjoys getting this out and making messes, just like Logan did. (The first 2 are Logan the 3rd is Lexi)

What can I say... she is definitely her brother's sister.

The Sweetest Sound

2008-01-22T13:47:00.000-07:00

I was getting ready this morning and I heard one of the greatest sounds in the world. Logan and Lexi laughing hysterically at each other. It just warmed my heart and soul to hear my kids getting along so well. I know it won't always be like this, but I can always hope...