Okay, I am really sorry for not posting in soooo long!! WE MOVED!! YEAA!! We finally have our own place and have enjoyed being first time home owners! We have been busy painting, changing door knobs, cleaning, organizing, decorating, taking numerous trips to DI and everywhere else, losing a week because our sweet little family got the flu, safe guarding our house for our baby, etc. We are still in Henderson (of coarse). A quick update on our family...
Aurianna- started KINDERGARTEN at Gordon McCaw and loves her teacher, Mrs. Kofford. Even though she fights me about going to school in the morning, by the afternoon she is ready and waiting to head to class. She is headstrong and loves to argue with her daddy. I'm thinking a major debater in the future! We love her strength and willingness to learn. She is a HUGE help for me and the other 2. I feel so blessed!
Aniston- was supposed to start preschool but, I (mom) was a huge slacker and forgot to get the ABC Etc. Packet from VVRC. Needless to say, she is not in preschool this year but will definitely be going next year. She is very excited and talks about it all the time. She is our little suck-up! It's pretty funny. Whenever Auri gets in trouble for doing something she is not supposed to, Ani's reply is usually, "I'n not doing that Dad. I'n being good." She is a burst of energy and keeps me on my toes! We love her laugh and her fun personality.
Ammon- is walking and trying to run. He has already fallen down the stairs a couple of times (sorry that you had to be there for that one Kim!) It breaks my heart when that happens. He loves to climb in and out of his car seat, loves his new highchair and has the cutest laugh you will ever hear in your life. He absolutely LOVES his big sisters! They play so well together! He is growing way too fast for me but I am excited for the memories we will make when he's older. Future Volleyball player in Mom's eyes. Future Hockey player (or soccer) in Dad's eyes. We love him!
Jesse and I- We are attending the Temple as often as possible to get some stress relief from our everyday lives. IT HAS WORKED!!! We have received peace and organization along with better spirits towards each other and our kids. Jesse has received answers to prayers and has had to make some pretty hefty decisions! He is still working at Timet in the Chlorination department and I am still at home with the kids. The one job I've always wanted! (Thanks to my HOT husband!) Jesse chose to take the rest of this semester off and next from school, due to a blow up he had on one of his professors. (Stress maybe??) Even though it has prolonged his graduation, we both feel he really needed this little break. We love our new home, new ward We miss the old one and all the friends we made, we love you all and are very excited to make new friends! Anyone and everyone is welcome to come visit, call, email or even leave a comment! We love comments! We love family and friends! Thanks to everyone who helped us move (Clint and Jeremy, we still owe you IHOP) we could not have done it without you! Sheldon, thank you for helping Jesse with the Garage Door opener, your a PEACH!! Ben for the great job you did on our living room fan and to your sweet wife (thanks Jen) for letting you come over and help us! We love you guys! I am so thankful for the gospel and for my husband. I love him with all of my heart. He's blessed our family with the Priesthood and I am thankful for his willingness to honor it. He gave Aurianna a Father's blessing before school started, (a tradition we will definitely continue with all of our kids), and it was awesome. The spirit was so strong! I am so proud of him! WHAT A MAN!!! I can't help but hear the tune of "Count your Many Blessings!" I'll stop there!
We will post pictures later but for right I am EXHAUSTED!
Good Night!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Aniston's new Hair cut!
I thought that I could honestly do her hair this morning. The plan was only to cut off the baby hair. It was the only part of her hair that was getting all knotted up all the time. So I figure I would get rid of it. That was the biggest mistake I did. Luckily we have a close friend that does hair and she fixed Aniston's hair. I do have to admit she does look darn cute.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
A Joyful day on July 9th,2008 YAH!!!
Our program (HFN) officially closed on the house with the bank today. Now HFN needs to go in and do some minor fixing of the house so that it is livable. At the same time as they are fixing we are painting the interior of the home to our liking.
We just purchased on the 7th our bed at the Clearance Center RC Willey off of Craig and Lamb. They had some killer deals. (time for a little story) We were blessed to have saved up for this so we paid in cash at the register. Well we had came straight from Wells Fargo that day and when I had handed over the amount she looked all of the $100 dollar bills. Well 3 of them looked counterfeit. I was very polite when they said that they had to call up lost prevention for them to look at the bills so that they were not counterfeit. I was cool and calm and I stated that I just came from the bank. Why would Wells Fargo make money in their vault. After the bills were cleared the lady asked me what vehicle I will be picking up the furniture with. "My Hummer and a trailer." (I don't have a Hummer but my sister-in-law's boss does and that was what were using to pick up the furniture) She looked at me like "What!!!" So when we can back to pick up the furniture RC Willey paid me (in cash) $20 dollars for the inconvenience of the so called counterfeit $100 dollar bills. They were able to knock off 10% of all of the items that we paid for since we did it in cash and we were picking it up on the same day. Blessing??????
We just purchased on the 7th our bed at the Clearance Center RC Willey off of Craig and Lamb. They had some killer deals. (time for a little story) We were blessed to have saved up for this so we paid in cash at the register. Well we had came straight from Wells Fargo that day and when I had handed over the amount she looked all of the $100 dollar bills. Well 3 of them looked counterfeit. I was very polite when they said that they had to call up lost prevention for them to look at the bills so that they were not counterfeit. I was cool and calm and I stated that I just came from the bank. Why would Wells Fargo make money in their vault. After the bills were cleared the lady asked me what vehicle I will be picking up the furniture with. "My Hummer and a trailer." (I don't have a Hummer but my sister-in-law's boss does and that was what were using to pick up the furniture) She looked at me like "What!!!" So when we can back to pick up the furniture RC Willey paid me (in cash) $20 dollars for the inconvenience of the so called counterfeit $100 dollar bills. They were able to knock off 10% of all of the items that we paid for since we did it in cash and we were picking it up on the same day. Blessing??????
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Complete Car CHAOS!!!
WARNING: May take up a lot of time away from children and/or family/friend/food activities due to length of paragraph!
Okay, so right before Father's Day, we had to put my parents mini van (which we use and are planning on buying after we get our house) in the shop for a new transmission. $$$$$. We had been planning a trip to California for a family reunion the end of June for about a month. $$$. A few days before we leave, I notice the there is a gas smell coming from the AC. We have a friend of ours check it out, but he is unable to pin point the problem. So back to the shop we go! Come to find out, the car will not be done in time for us to go to Cali. Surprise, surprise! We rent a mini van for our trip and leave wednesday. $$$$$. On the way there, we hear a whistling sound in the car. We turn up the radio to try and get rid of it but to no avail, IT DOES NOT STOP! Jesse pulls the car over and gets out to see what it is. He goes to the passenger side window and notices that there is a break in the rubber that outlines the window, so the air is getting through. (Note: this is a Brand new Dodge Caravan). Jesse try's to fix it by taking our Gallant key (the only key we have) to try and fix the rubber to cover the hole. The key breaks in half, so now we still have a whistling sound and no way of getting into our car when we return home . We reach my Aunt's house and after visiting a couple of days and family time, Jesse takes the key to a locksmith to get it fixed. The guy gives us a new key but tells Jesse it will not start the car because there is a computer chip in the key that you can only get at the dealership. GREAT!!!! In the meantime, my parents pick up the mini van Friday before they leave to Cali after finding out there is hole in the manifold. It gets fixed. $$$$$. We return home from California Monday afternoon and plan on taking our key to the dealership ASAP. Not gonna happen! My mom is gone taking the mini van back into the shop and we have to take the rental back by 5pm. Thanks to my sweet sister and brother-in-law, we were able to take the rental back but are still unable to take the key. Why you ask? I called the dealership and they said we have to bring the car in so they can program the key to the car......WHAT!!!??? How on earth are we going to bring our car in when the only key we have is BROKEN!! Dad returns home so now we have a truck. We finally rent a U-Haul car trailer. $$$$$. We have to push the car onto the trailer..HAHAHA!! Ya right! Dad gets called back into work. My mom sits in the drivers seat, Jesse and our sweet next door neighbor are at the back pushing with all their might. I eventually help them, but, really, I'm not any help at all! We get the car somewhat on. Well it's actually stuck because it fell off the right side. Jesse and our neighbor push it off but in doing so, rip the right side of our bumper off! So I call a member of our ward who lives around the block to come help. Sweet Bro. Callister comes over to help and sure enough, the first time they get it on right! Now we are down 2 cars for 2 families! Dad returns home again and Mom, Jesse and Brother Callister drag the car to the dealership. Bro. Callister offers his car for us to use while he is in Idaho. Our Knight in Shining Armor! We get a call the next morning from the dealership about the keys. They have to overnight them from another dealership NOT IN OUR STATE, and will cost A LOT OF MONEY!!!! $$$$$. THey also fixed our glove compartment because Jess had to break it open to get insurance info so we could get our rental for California. $$$$$. Oh no...we're not done!! We finally get our car back (yesterday) and it works fine. The mini van, on the other hand, needs more work. Are we surprised....I should say NOT!!!! Come to find out, something was rusted and was causing the van to misfire. That needed to be replaced as well. Thanks to my wonderful parents, they took care of that! (Parents: $$$$$). Everything eventually worked out after all! I just feel so blessed that it all happened when we had the money. We still need to fix a couple of things on our car, but they can wait until after we move into our house!! A HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED US IN OUR TIME OF NEED!! WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!! YOU'RE ALL WONDERFUL!!
SKADOOSH!!!
Okay, so right before Father's Day, we had to put my parents mini van (which we use and are planning on buying after we get our house) in the shop for a new transmission. $$$$$. We had been planning a trip to California for a family reunion the end of June for about a month. $$$. A few days before we leave, I notice the there is a gas smell coming from the AC. We have a friend of ours check it out, but he is unable to pin point the problem. So back to the shop we go! Come to find out, the car will not be done in time for us to go to Cali. Surprise, surprise! We rent a mini van for our trip and leave wednesday. $$$$$. On the way there, we hear a whistling sound in the car. We turn up the radio to try and get rid of it but to no avail, IT DOES NOT STOP! Jesse pulls the car over and gets out to see what it is. He goes to the passenger side window and notices that there is a break in the rubber that outlines the window, so the air is getting through. (Note: this is a Brand new Dodge Caravan). Jesse try's to fix it by taking our Gallant key (the only key we have) to try and fix the rubber to cover the hole. The key breaks in half, so now we still have a whistling sound and no way of getting into our car when we return home . We reach my Aunt's house and after visiting a couple of days and family time, Jesse takes the key to a locksmith to get it fixed. The guy gives us a new key but tells Jesse it will not start the car because there is a computer chip in the key that you can only get at the dealership. GREAT!!!! In the meantime, my parents pick up the mini van Friday before they leave to Cali after finding out there is hole in the manifold. It gets fixed. $$$$$. We return home from California Monday afternoon and plan on taking our key to the dealership ASAP. Not gonna happen! My mom is gone taking the mini van back into the shop and we have to take the rental back by 5pm. Thanks to my sweet sister and brother-in-law, we were able to take the rental back but are still unable to take the key. Why you ask? I called the dealership and they said we have to bring the car in so they can program the key to the car......WHAT!!!??? How on earth are we going to bring our car in when the only key we have is BROKEN!! Dad returns home so now we have a truck. We finally rent a U-Haul car trailer. $$$$$. We have to push the car onto the trailer..HAHAHA!! Ya right! Dad gets called back into work. My mom sits in the drivers seat, Jesse and our sweet next door neighbor are at the back pushing with all their might. I eventually help them, but, really, I'm not any help at all! We get the car somewhat on. Well it's actually stuck because it fell off the right side. Jesse and our neighbor push it off but in doing so, rip the right side of our bumper off! So I call a member of our ward who lives around the block to come help. Sweet Bro. Callister comes over to help and sure enough, the first time they get it on right! Now we are down 2 cars for 2 families! Dad returns home again and Mom, Jesse and Brother Callister drag the car to the dealership. Bro. Callister offers his car for us to use while he is in Idaho. Our Knight in Shining Armor! We get a call the next morning from the dealership about the keys. They have to overnight them from another dealership NOT IN OUR STATE, and will cost A LOT OF MONEY!!!! $$$$$. THey also fixed our glove compartment because Jess had to break it open to get insurance info so we could get our rental for California. $$$$$. Oh no...we're not done!! We finally get our car back (yesterday) and it works fine. The mini van, on the other hand, needs more work. Are we surprised....I should say NOT!!!! Come to find out, something was rusted and was causing the van to misfire. That needed to be replaced as well. Thanks to my wonderful parents, they took care of that! (Parents: $$$$$). Everything eventually worked out after all! I just feel so blessed that it all happened when we had the money. We still need to fix a couple of things on our car, but they can wait until after we move into our house!! A HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED US IN OUR TIME OF NEED!! WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!! YOU'RE ALL WONDERFUL!!
SKADOOSH!!!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Are you sleepy yet?
Sleep depravation is the name for what we have. And all we can do is just smile and wave. And usually this is when we laugh and smile at the silliest things. Ammon's laugh is just one of those laughs where you have to laugh along with him because it is just to cute.
KING SIZE fun!
We took our king size mattress and made it a indoor slide for the girls. Lets just say they had to much fun
Aniston and her Boots!!
These boots are made for walking (and playing, church shoes, swimming shoes, night night shoes and everything else your feet do and go).
Doing are hair every day is a challenge to any 3 yr old but she barely has any so it is quick and painless.
Adventures of Ammon
He loves to scoot on the floor. Not really crawling but just scooting. And he has learned to sit himself up without us helping him.
We usually watch a movie while going to bed, and Ammon just wanted to fast forward the previews at straight to the movie. His RSV is getting better and he is starting to get that curiosity gene in motion with everything he sees. It is just fascinating to watch him learn in such small steps and about the smallest things he touches.
Shannon having fun with the camera
Shannon did such a fantastic job we just had to post all of the photographs. I am so proud of her for everything that she has done with the girls. Everything they love to do is captured in these photographs.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Family Home Evening at the Hardy's
Kim, Rex, Evan and Mason invited us over for FHE tonight and it was a blast. We learned about the sacrament and the many things that we need to keep in mind while we partake of the bread and
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Happy Father's Day
Unfortunately I have to work every other Sunday. So this morning at 3am I awoke to a fantastic breakfast already made and my lunch already prepared for me. Along with my breakfast Aurianna and Aniston painted on a small canvas that is already framed a interesting paint. I was very excited to tell them thank you when I got home from work. It was a great father's day even though I had to work.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Molluscum Contagiosum
I just got back from taking Auri from the doctors to check on her wart like things on her bum. They are continuously getting worse and multiplying! The doctor diagnosed her with Molluscum Contagiosum. It is highly contagious and is pretty painful. According to the doctor there is no cure. They can burn them, freeze them or cut them off...YA RIGHT! Not on my 5 year old. So I did some studying on it and found some medicine called SilverCure, which I will be trying! It is supposed to get rid of them within 3 weeks (if done properly.) I just wanted to let everyone know and maybe check your kids for any multiplying wart lookin things. I will be studying this futher so that I can better understand this.
Love you all
Shannon
Love you all
Shannon
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Ammon growing up to fast!
Ammon is still having some issues with his breathing. The RSV is kicking his bum. But he is getting through it ok. We are giving him breathing treatments frequently and giving him some extra care in all areas. He is truely going to be a warrior, fighting this RSV is enough for any 8 month old baby.
Storytime with Charlotte's Web
The kids are loving the Charlotte's Web book. To bad we can not have a pet pig or a spider! Daddy and Mommy will absolutely will not tolerate it!
Some Outside Fun
Grandpa Mangum just got his patio poured with concrete and we were able to utilize it and play!!!!!!!
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