A few Thoughts....

Well since it has been a while since I last posted a blog entry, I figured I would post a few things that have been going on. I spent 4 days in Vegas for work leaving Justin home with the kids. Mind you the 4 day were broke up into 2 days for 2 weeks. It seemed like a long time while I was there but It actually went really quick. The saddest part of my trips was the fact that I didn't spend a dime or Penny on any gambling. Which was wierd cuz there were slot machines in the grocery stores and in the air port and not to mention in all the hotels. I refrained. My nights were spent in my Hotel room working on a few items for the office or chatting on "FaceBook".... I know I have become ADDICTED!!!!!!! Wow I really said it, I'm addicted to FACE BOOK. I cannot help it. It is like an obssession.... Who would have thought. The funniest thing is that Justin and I can be on FB at the same time (he is on the desk top and I am on the Lap top) and we comment on some of the same things..... yea it is pretty funny cuz usually we are sitting right next to each other. Anyway I have had so much fun talking to friends I haven't seen since High School. I truly enjoy talking with friends.

Also since I last blogged My BFF came back from London to have her baby and she had her 3 weeks early. Her name is Cambree Kae Christensen and she is soooo adroable. I'm not just saying that cuz she is my BFF... she really is adroable. So congrats to her and her little buddle of joy. Sad part is that her husband has to fly back to London on Monday the 2nd of Feb.

This last week at work was HERRENDOUS! I was not having what you would call a good week. It seemed like everything that could go wrong went wrong. I am hoping that this week goes better than this last week did. Work is so slow and it really starts to make one wonder if they will still have a job in the next couple of months. I am hoping that the Government starts "spending money" on the military end so that work will pick up. So I guess we will just see what happens.

Well on that note... I will close this little blog and start fresh....

Bear Lake

We decided to take a little trip to Bear Lake this weekend and just spend some time with my parents. We arrived at 8:00 pm on Friday and spent a couple hours talking and visiting, then turned in for the night. The next morning we got up and had a little breatkfast and then got dressed in our warm clothes to go out and play in the snow. We first started out with the four wheeler and then decieded to get the snow mobile out to pull the tube. We had a few wrecks on the tube and then Peyton got cold so she wanted to go in. Justin pulled the other two kids around a little longer then they too came in. When we found out that Dallas and Jaci were coming over riding thier two horses so we decided to go out again. Dad was trying to get mom to ride the snow mobile and she kept telling him "no i have no want to go on that" so then Justin said to her " If you will ride the snow mobile I will ride a horse".... well just a little background... Justin is SCARED to death of horses... doesn't like them doesn't want anything to do with them so this would be quite the event. The kids and I went up to the barn to see Dallas and Jaci and to see dad work with his new horse SASSY. Then we all hear the snow mobile fire up and I went to tell Justin not to come up to the barn for fear that he would spook the horses. When I see Justin walking towards me and the snow mobile going away from me... this is when i realized that it was my mom riding the snow mobile. Just a quik Recap.... this means that Justin has to get on a horse. Yes this was the day I've been waiting for.
Here is a picture of my mom on the snow mobile... it has been a while since she has riden it.
Here is a picture of Justin and I on the two horses. Justin is on Chief and I am on Vegas. He was a bundle of nerves getting on the horse. It was actually quite an event. Kelcee and Chance got the opportunity to ride the horses as well. Dad's new horse SASSY (who hasn't ever worked with cows before) decided she was going to be a "Knucklehead" and she stopped in the middle of the field and laid down while my dad was still riding her. I was like what the crap is she doing. It was actually quite enteraining. After we were done riding the horses it was time to do chores. Justin and the kids went with my dad and Dallas to feed the cows and the other horses. After chores we had dinner and then spent the rest of the evening playing games. One of which is "The Farming Game". We love playing this game because it is 1st of all educational in that it teaches math skills and then 2nd of all it teaches life choices and how there are risks involved with choices made. We were up till 1:00 am playing the game. Kelcee gave up half way through cuz she was tired and so Justin took her spot. By the time the game was over we were all so tired we could bearly keep our eyes open. To say the least we had a great weekend and enjoyed every minute of it.

Girls Day

Last Saturday I made an appointment to take Kelcee and one of her friends to Cultures Day Spa in Clearfield for a Girls day. So the night before we let Kelcee and Chance have a sleep over with one friend each. They invited Makayla and Jordon Black. The girls slept in Kelcee's room on the bunk beds... (when i say slept they didn't sleep i don't think). I remember getting up at 2:00 and checking on them and they both were still talking away. The boys slept in Chance's room and they fell asleep around 1:00. So it was a long night to say the least. I guess I forgot what it was like to have a sleep over. So the next morning I got up and fixed pancakes for breakfast. I let the kids just play all morning and then Kelcee Makayla and I went to the Day Spa. They both got thier nails painted and thier hair done. While they were being pampered I was tooo. I treated myself to a pedicure. (OH how i love them). We all got done about the same time. Makayla has really long hair so her's took a little bit longer than Kelcee's. They both had the same color's put on thier nails and thier hair done the same. They really enjoyed every minute of it.This is a picture of the two girls after they got thier hair and nails done. They both got a little prize after wards too... Kelcee got a neclace and Makayla got some lotion.
This is a picture of the three of us after we had been pampered!!! We Had a Great time. Kelcee wants to do it again soon. I'm game!!!

Christmas 2008

This year Christmas came and went so fast... I blinked and it was gone. This was the year were we had the two older kids for the second half of the day. Peyton woke up at 8:00 and all she wanted to do was to watch "toodles" (aka Mickey Mouse Clubhouse). It took a little coaxing but we got her to walk downstairs to see what "Santa" had brought her. She thought he was still here so she wasn't all that excited to go see him or what he had brought. I explained to her that he had come and gone and had left presents for everyone...She caught sight of the trampoline and was completely ecstatic...she squeeled and then started jumping imediatly. Then came the opening of a few presents mostly presents from mom and dad since the other two kids would want to see her open the presents from Santa. (In the picture above the presents on the couch are the presents from Santa... those on the floor are from mom and dad and others.) She wasn't all that excited to get the socks that she so despreatley needed... but it was just the thought of opening presents. She would have opened them all if we would have allowed her the opportunity. We actually ended up re-wrapping some that she had tried to open. We waited patiently (impatienly more like) for 11:45 to come so we could go get Chance and then pick up Kelcee. Once we got home the two older kids were so excited to have a "second" Christmas. They started with their stocking which gave away a lot of hits of what was to be expected... Kelcee received a couple of Nintendo DS games (of course that would mean that she would be getting a DS....) Chance got a cover for an iPod Nano (which would mean he would be opening an iPod...) (not too smart on Santa's side... maybe he should have thought about that a little more before stuffing the stockings. haha... We opened all the gifts and and Peyton kept walking around saying "where's my presents" we kept explaining that she had already opened all her presents. She just kept trying to open the remaining gifts under the tree which were for Cheyenne and some that were headed to Bear Lake the follwing day. Yes we did get Cheyenne for the evening. We were so excited to be able to share some of the holiday with her. After she got to the house she opened her gifts and then we headed to Justin's Brother Rob's house for dinner with all of Justin's family. During dinner the snow storm hit and we thought we better cut the evening short. So we headed home which took a little longer than normal because the roads were snow packed. When we got home we opened the gift from Santa that I was excited to get. Guitar Hero Aerosmith!!! (it came with 2 wired guitars) so the wireless guitars found their way to the garbage pretty quick. All the kids played with me till they got board with playing so I had no choice than to play by myself... for a little bit then we shut off all the games and everyone ended up in my bed watching a movie we recorded on TV. It was the perfect night to a perfect day. The next day came and went really fast as well. Kelcee and Cheyenne had to be back to Emilee's by 9:00 am so I took them home and then Chance, Peyton and I came home and cleaned up the house. When Justin got off work we loaded up the Pilot and headed to Bear Lake to spend the weekend with my family. The way up was HORRID!!! The roads were so bad, it was like the snow plowes hadn't even been out yet, I15 was completely snow packed... Logan canyon was actually better than the interstate was. It took us 3 1/2 hours to get to Bear Lake when it usually only takes 2 hours. Anyway we had a great time there, it was just nice to spend the weekend with the family. Saturday we had the traditional Keetch Christmas breakfast and then did the chores and then opened gifts. Again Peyton was a little sad when we ran out of gifts for her to open. The sad part of this was that Kelcee had to miss it cuz she had another family Christmas party to attend with her mom's family. We miss her when she isn't with us. The upside was we got to pick her up on Sunday for the whole week. One of the highlilghts of my night was giving my brother Dallas and his wife Jaci thier gift. I had one one of my close friends print me out a saying in vinyl letters that read "One way to have a little bit of Heaven in your home is to have a someone you love in Heaven" (compliments of the Burton family blog), and had it framed. I was so excited to give this to them as it would mean so much to them. The look on their faces was completely priceless. I felt so strongly about giving them this gift. Afater the gifts were all open Peyton decided she was going to play with Uncle Allen. She haad had him running and then he was her little horsy, when Logan (my Nephew) got in on the action. At one time Allen was "hiding" behind Justin so that he could get a little breather. Then he gave up and gave both of them a piggy back ride. The cutest thing abou that was that earlier both little kids had received a pair of "cowboy boot slippers" from thier Uncle Dallas and Aunt Jaci. So it looked like they were truly riding thier horsy. After all the playing was done we played some games as a family and I finally got Peyton to settle down and as soon as she did that she was OUT!!! It had to be the easiest time I have ever had putting her to bed. She was so worn out that it didn't take much. I love spending time with my family we always have sucha a great time. The only ones that were missing from our little family outting were Curtis his wife Nikki and their 3 girls and Kelcee and Cheyenne. Everyone else was accounted for. That is what you call a house full if you will, it always has been with 6 kids and thier spouses and all the grandkids. Mom and Dad love having everyone there but I am sure they are glad when everyone leaves. hah.... It is surly going to be a Christmas I will always remember. It was an amazing Holiday season!!! We really had a great time.