Decking The halls

I couldnt wait until after Thanksgiving. I tried, but I was just in a festive mood after church today and had to put up my wreath atleast. I got this wreath, and most of the ornaments and such at Tiapan after christmas last year. I think the wreath was like $7 and with all the accessories probably another $15. I have been wanting to put it together for awhile now but who wasnts to make something and then put it in a bag and shove it in the closet. When we get back from Wyoming for Thankgiving I will put my tree up! I cant wait

Grandma's 80th Birthday

Grandma Showing off her Clogging Skills....still tappin' at 80!


All the Brothers and Sisters


All the Girls: Grandmas, Moms, sisters, cousins, aunts, grandaughters, great grandaughters


Grandma and Grandpa


Everyone at the Party


Blowing out the candles


Throw your hands in the air! And waive 'em like you just dont care


There were so many people for "Thanksgiving" Dinner we had tables set up outside too, it was still warm though because we had patio heaters, I think i want one of them in my house!

Last weekend Tyson, Chelsea, Brian, Becky, and I took a road trip to Oregon for my Grandma Georges 80th Birthday. She said all she wanted for her Birthday was for ALL of her family to be there. All 7 of her sons and daughters were there and all but about 3 grandchildren who couldnt make it. (Daniel being one of them) We had a huge party on Saturday with about 100 family members and guests. We had a little program with singing, dancing, stories, and Grandma even did some clogging! Can your grandma do that? Sunday since we had everybody together and it was the week before Thanksgiving we had a big Thanksgiving dinner. It was so great to see everybody and have everybody together. There were several cousins I had never even met yet! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for raising such a beatiful family and bringing us all together. Right after dinner we had to get back on the road to be back for work on monday...well atleast some of had to. (hehe, not me)

Patience my Friends

So just to fill the people in who actually read our blog, the house process is still at a stand still. We were supposed to have the paper back from the "investor" which is who the bank answers to. Well it was supposed to be a quick 3 days max reply, which turned into about 2 weeks. By the time he finally decided to sign the last paper needed he realized that because everyone took the sweet freakin time, the appraisel on the house was more than 60 days old and ordered another one to be done because the housing market has "gone up" in the last 3 months. That takes about 5-7 days to get someone out to the house to do it and then we have to wait for the "investor" to sign again, and thats only if it appraises for the same it did before. If it appraises for higher, than most likely they will want to rewrite the approved amount and sale price and we will basically start all over, probably end up waiting another 2 months. We are hoping for the best and that things will come back the same...otherwise COUNT ME OUT. You might be wondering how we have been so patient to this point, well i havnt really been but i kind of have to be. At this point its saving us about $20,000 so i figure its worth it. But if it doesnt appraise the same, I only have so much patience and I am afraid I will have met my max, we will probably go for another unit in the area that is NOT a short sale...Man what would that be like? It was be a breeze.We should know what it comes back at within 2 weeks I am hoping, and then another 2 weeks or so for the "investor" to sign off. Luckily the housing tax credit was/ or is going to be extended so we still have that on our side and gives us a little more time. I guess we will have to be patient for 1 more month. I just hope we can be in a house by Christmas.

Sister Sister (sing it)

Hello Everyone, This is my sister Chelsea! She is 5 years younger than me and she graduated high school this year and moved to Utah. I am so excited for her to be here. First thing we did when she got here is went shopping...soon after we started showing up places wearing the same thing! But seriously I really do love having her here. She is adjusting slowly to life in Utah, her roommates turned out to be more like my age so she just hangs out with me mostly, which is just fine by me. We are currently seeking friends and boyfriends for her right now. :)

Okay now for a little history lesson: When I was in high school I drove a green dodge stratus. When I was 17 I got in a car accident with my Friend and totaled the car. My grandpa decided he wanted a project and fixed up the car the best he could. He got parts from the junk yard so the hood ended up being black, the passenger door was white, the oil leaks like crazy, and it rode pretty rough. I then took this car to Utah when I first moved out here. We painte the white door green so it semi matched but not totally. When I finally bought my first car, the stratus was then passed on to Chelsea for her high school years. Everytime I went home to visit the car died a little more each time. It was SO loud and rough, but still worked, it would never die on you. Well Chelsea then drove the car out to Utah. Which honestly I didnt know if it would make it out here. But it was quite the champ. The car has been totaled, been driven from portland to Boise in the red, almost blew a gasket in the process, and leaks about a quart of oil a month. However we named the car..THE TANK, (aka army jo)for its indestructable body and undying bravery.

Not a great pic, but that was her date...dont think they have been on a second one yet :/

The Saddest part...Last weekend The tank was totaled.....again. Chelsea was driving her and her date out to a corn maze and someone pulled out in front of her and she T-boned them. (you should have seen the other car) Luckily it wasnt her fault and nobody was hurt, but we will miss The Tank and the many memories and places it has taken us. As it was pulled up on the tow truck the bumper fell off...hopefully for the last time. R.I.P in the junkyard forever

Caboodle + Moon Boots

So Its kind of Late to be posting Halloween pictures, but I am not as dedicated to blogging as I wish to be, this week has just been too busy. Halloween night we went to Jim and Kira's Party, it was fun just to be able to have an excuse to dress up and go out. If you cant tell, Tyson is Napoleon and I am Deb. I found Tysons pants at Savers and they were SO TIGHT...they were like a size 28! You cant see the best part of his costume in this pictures...Yes the boots. We won most disgusting costume award on account of Tysons pants, and maybe mine too. :)

The Boyz

The Group Pic (we didnt let the trick-or-treaters have candy until they took our group pictures)

Close up! (and thats a ROOT beer, not beer) And I apologize that Tysons looks downs syndrome, he decided not to look at the camera.

The Chicas