Update

It's been a while because I am going through another dry spell! This week I spent my time cleaning and reorganizing my dinky little apartment. I seriously don't think I can bare living in it much longer and the main reason for my temporary insanity has to do with laundry! We do not have a washer and dryer in our apartment, nor to we have hookups. So my mother has graciously allowed us to use her laundry room as a laundromat for the last 3 years. It has saved us time and money but I long for the day I get to drive to Sears to purchase my very own washer and dryer. The hardest part about living in a small space is that things get messy very quickly. I can spend all morning cleaning and by dinner time you would think I laid on the couch all day and watched soaps. Enough of my ranting and raving, at least I have a clean, dry roof over my head, right?

Last night we took the boys to Dow's Prairie School's annual carnival. Ammon had a great time (mainly because his best friends, Jake and Lex, were there). My siblings and I all attended Dow's Prairie Elementary and it was fun to be on campus again and even run into some of my old teachers and friends.

Ammon sharing his "treats" with Cohen. They are learning how to play and fight with each other.

It's a bird. It's a plane. No it's ..........

Superman at the beach! I think Saturday was officially the first day of fall and it just happened to be the hottest day we've had all year! 85 degrees!!! It was amazing. We have continued to have good weather since then but about 7 degrees cooler. I am just loving this weather. My mom and I took Ammon to the beach after church on Sunday for a quick walk before choir practice (no we don't consider ourselves good singers, we just wanted to support them). Ammon ran all over the place while my mom and I talked about how we couldn't believe how nice of a day it was over and over again.

Ammon went home and took a nap with my mom after church. While he was there he told her he was going to live by Kaden someday. She asked him, "aren't you going to be sad if you don't live by your Grandma?" He replied, "We don't have enough money to live here." Today he was riding home from preschool with his friend Brayden. He told Brayden, "I won't see you anymore." I thought he meant because we were going to drop Brayden off and I told him that he would see him tomorrow. Ammon said, "No mom, I meant I won't see Brayden anymore because I'm moving." I didn't think we talked about moving very much but apparently we do! I am starting to realize that I need to watch what I say around him because he listens and understands more than we think he does.















Ammon impersonating Chicken Little.



















If you could see up close you would see a single
tear running down his cheek. He didn't want to leave the beach.

Old Town

My mom has this great new schedule at work (she is a nurse). She splits her contract with another lady and they each are working one week on and then one week off. So she works for 5 days and is off for 9. It's great because I have someone to hang out with. Yesterday we went to Old Town Eureka. Old Town is a fun place to go because they have a lot of little random shops and a few good restaurants. One shop a few of you may have heard of is called Restoration Hardware. Every time I go into this little shop I am bewildered by the fact that it started in little Humboldt County and is now a huge company like Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel. After we checked out RH, and dreamed about someday owning some of their furniture, we bought some fresh produce at the farmer's market and continued on to Hurricane Kate's. A fun restaurant that my mom had been wanting to take me to. It was nice to get out and do something different.

Ammon being crazy, again!

Addicted!

Last week Jody and I were watching survivor and in between commercials we would flip over to Grey's Anatomy. When Survivor ended a second hour of Grey's started so we watched it. After an hour of watching we were hooked! Friday night I rented the first season of Grey's and continued to spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights watching it. We truly are addicted. I love the show and watching it with no commercials one after another is so much fun. Last night we stayed up until 1:30 in the morning and would have watched more but we ran out of episodes. It is the perfect show! It has romance, drama, suspense and humor. I also love the characters. It is nice to have a sitcom again because I am such a reality t.v. junky! I am also going to have to check out Studio 60, it looks like it could be another hit. Once I get caught up on Grey's I may have to also give Prison Break a try. How sad that I only have channels 1-13 but still find PLENTY of time to watch television.







































On Saturday I bought Cohen a Halloween costume at Old Navy. Ammon was disappointed that I didn't buy him one. Suprise, he had already decided to be Superman (I got him a wig at Target and he already has 3 costumes). Yesterday Ammon found Cohen's chicken costume and wore it all night. The costume is way to small for him but he loves it because it is so soft. He is the weirdest kid!

My Sweet Boys

Today I finally got my boys pictures taken professionally. I hadn't done it since last Christmas! Ammon was a little angel the whole time. He sat and waited for his turn and then when it was his turn he turned on the charm. Cohen lasted about five minutes and then I had to fight with him to take a few more shots. It got worse from there. I had to sit and pick out which pictures I wanted to order and he seriously screamed in my arms and on the floor for twenty minutes. I seriously think he could be Bi-polar. He can be the sweetest little boy and two seconds later will turn into a little devil! If you would like to check out the session click on the link!

What went wrong people?

Okay so many of you who thought you knew me were a little upset by the test (especially Jody). He called me a liar and said that I don't know myself! I didn't want to make the test too easy. Those of you who REALLY listen to me did pretty well and those who don't obviously didn't do as well. A lot of you said you had trouble picking between two answers. Clothes or Home Decor? Well I buy clothes even though I don't have a lot of money, I just find bargains. But if I had a lot of money I would probably by more. But I would love to buy furniture and things to decorate with. Another issue was between Parents and People. I love both magazines but if any of you paid attention to a previous post I did about an article in Parents you would have remembered how I went on and on about Parents. So sorry if I frustrated some of you but it was fun.

So life is back to normal again. Everyone is gone and the nasty fog has decided to unfortunately take hold on beautiful Humboldt County, making me want to move today! I decided that there are some wonderful, scary/weird, and not so good things about living here.

Wonderful:
* You can leave your home and know exactly how long it will take to get anywhere in town (no traffic) .
* You can get to the beach in 5 minutes. (though I rarely go!)
*It really is beautiful.
*I have a lot of friends from church and many who have kids my kids ages.
*My parents are 5 minutes away.
*Luzmila's Mexican Restaurant.

Scary/Weird:
*The hippies you see all over Arcata.
*PWT I see everywhere in Eureka (Poor White Trash).
*Pan Handlers that are creeping their way into McKinleyville.
*Tree Huggers (literally) !
* The price of homes especially compared to their quality.

Not So Good:
*Difficult to fly in and out of.
*FOG/DARK GLOOMY DAYS
*Weird people
*Not very good shopping or eating
*Not much of a job market

So there you have it folks, reasons while I will miss this place but will be so glad to move on. Let's just hope I will get that chance!

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Bowling to the Eighties

Friday night we took the fam to bowl at the very high class E&O Bowling alley and lounge. Just walking into the place made me feel blessed for the things I have in life. The guys duked it out to see who could win the title for the night while averaging scores just over 100. (Looks like our family won't be joining any bowling leagues.) Dad finally beat Alan in the last frame, who I must say is a pretty good bowler. So it was a great accomplishment. Lindsey and I spent our time taking pictures for the blogs. It's funny how we have become consumed with taking pictures for the blog lately. The picture I got of her bowling actually messed her up and sent her ball into the gutter (calculated move by me). We enjoyed being silly and crazy while singing and dancing to the sounds of Billy Idol and Van Halen.


We've had a great time with Lindsey, Al and Iz. I hate to see them go. While they were here we also played a few games of volleyball at the church. Lindsey and Alan against dad and I. They beat us two out of three. Then Lindsey and I played against the boys and beat them. I always enjoy playing volleyball when they come. We also went to Eureka a few times to hit up the mall, Costco and Target. Both of my sisters wanted to go to the mall when they came. I don't quite get it because they both have way better shopping than we do. I love it when people come to visit because I have something to do and people to hang out with everyday. But it's sad to see them go because it makes me realize how much I love and miss them. Someday I hope we can all live by each other.

The Infamous Shark Suit

If you notice in this first picture Ammon is wearing a swimming suit we like to call "the shark suit." It has life jacket material inside of it so it's a little puffy. Ammon would live in this suit if he could. I wasn't sure how good it's buoyancy capabilities were so I made Ammon wear a life jacket on top of it. Pretty uncomfortable if you ask me, but Ammon would do anything to be able to keep it on. When we got back to the cabin from the lake I got Ammon some clothes to change into but he ridicuously wanted to keep the stupid thing on. He would have slept in it if I would have let him. When he woke up in the morning the first thing he did was strip and put it back on. The funniest thing about Ammon is that he loves to wear these crazy things and he is SO serious about it. When we were leaving Trinity I told my dad to make sure it stayed in the boat. Some how my mom accidentally took it home and within a day of being back Ammon found it in the garage and would not take it off. A few mornings later he had the suit on and couldn't get it off quick enough to go to the bathroom and peed in it. So for now he isn't wearing it. Thank goodness! The picture above is also capturing Ammon acting like grandpa. Jody, me and my mom had gone to another cabin to try to catch the last few minutes of Big Brother. Ammon and Alexa went over with us. Ammon picked up my dad's glasses and walked over to Alexa, pointed his finger at her and said, "No, no, no. I'm grandpa. You listen to me. I am going to tickle you now." He did it over and over. It was hilarious.

This is a picture of Ammon saving his grandpa from the shark's. Jody was trying to get him to jump off the back of the boat into the water but was a little scared so instead he was "saving" his grandpa.

Lindsey and I looking all too sexy (Isobel joining it!).

Labor Day Weekend

Simply Adorable. Reminds me of pictures I had with my cousins.

Just the eight of us!

Notice where Cohen's hand is, he's just like his daddy.

I look sickly because I was.


We had a great time at the lake with everyone. We did things a little differently this time and stayed in cabins at Cedar Stock. The cabins were a nice change. They came with beds, a hot tub, and satellite television. So we didn't have to miss our show Big Brother. It was great to see everyone and fun to see all the cousins playing from sun up to sun down. I know they had a wonderful time together. My mom and dad had them stay in a smaller cabin with them each night, which was a nice break for the parents. They are pretty tight together and it will be fun to see them grow up. I had a good time relaxing in the sun, throwing out my back, and vomiting. Seriously I did have a good time but I didn't have the best of luck when it came to my health. It's nice to be back home and feeling good again. Luckily we have Lindsey, Alan and Isobel for another week before life gets boring again!

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