City VS Country Living

Alright we live in a subdivision....we chose this location based on several factors.

1. Strict covenants

2. Curb and gutter, sidewalks

3. QUIET

We have enjoyed living here, and LOVE the curb and gutter....we will not flood like other neighborhoods (hence the location)

Anyway back to the subject at hand, country farm house or Subdivision. They both offer great things. We choose the neighborhood, and should not cross over to country right? Last year Kenzie's Class hatched chickens for a science project. The offer was put out that the children could take home these fine birds......I say yes because I believe ALL the parents will say yes and they will not have enough for every child. GUESS what? only 3 said yes. Last spring we became the owners of a baby chick. She was very cute and it was fun but after almost dying several times the 3rd time she met her demise.

Kelsie's class is going to hatch DUCKS! NO WAY ARE WE TAKING ONE!!! So McKenzie convinces Kelly we need chickens because our dog Sydney loved the chicken and they were good friends. Friday we swing into Cal store to buy a single chicken and we walk out with 3. Many of you know they funny stories of the last chicken and how it was almost eaten by the neighbors cat. I can only imagine what fun things will happen to these chickens.

Kenzie has always been our animal girl. Wanting every variety of animal, she should have been sent to a farming family! We may need to move Kenzie and our garage that has turned into barnyard out to Ucon.

Quick Trip

I promised the kids that if they helped spring clean we would take a small trip. After talking about a few places...Vegas, Lava, Utah, Wyoming...We all wanted Vegas but we needed to be in Logan Saturday afternoon and I really was not up for a day trip to Vegas, don't think we haven't done it before!

So we all agreed on SLC. We went to Temple Square and the church Museum. It has been a very long time since our kids have been there, the museum has changed so much it was so cool. Shopping is always on the list my kids love the Gateway and they suggested the Mayan for dinner. It was great fun but the food is awful, and the price was higher than I would have liked, so we paid for entertainment.

We booked two rooms at the LaQinta airport INN. I get fab email offers from them so they are always my first choice. Much to our dismay the pool was being renovated our kids were bummed so we looked for a different hotel. We ended up at the Hilton. Have you ever stayed at a Hilton? Our sheets were at least 600 count. The towels you could wrap around yourself 2 times, and we actually used the hotel shampoo because it was good quality. The bed!!! was to die for I just wanted to stay another night. However we did need to get to Logan. We spent some time shopping where we ran into Steve, Jaime, and Lucas? Are we in Twin Falls? That was fun!

The Dance competition lasted a lot later than we thought it would, we expected to get home by 8pm and did not leave town until 10pm. It was such a fun weekend, but so draining!!! good thing I only work 2 days a week so I have time to recover.

Swimming with cousins

Spring break was REALLY long this year.....So what do you do with kids that are home for an entire 10 days? CLEAN and CLEAN I made the kids deep clean their rooms and most of the house. My kids were lucky we got invited to go swimming with our cousins.So we spent the afternoon hanging out with my family... YEAH a small break!

Morty

Today the girls took Morty to beginner obedience school. He just has a few small problems like jumping on strangers and silly stuff so we decided to tackle these. Class was funny today! It was silly to watch Morty sit obediently while all the other dogs were WILD and out of control. If you are looking for a good laugh you need to stop by petsmart on Wednesday night. The cashier told me it was one of the worst classes he has ever seen. The poor dog owners, or maybe we should feel bad for the dogs! Morty looks like an angel and very behaved next to the others. Only 7 more weeks of fun!!!

Sunshine and lucky day.....

Today I woke up and saw the sunshine wow it was nice! This excitement soon turned to skepticism because I had to work. Of course I only work on non windy beautiful days. My LUCK soon changed, I showed up to work and found that the draw I was scheduled to work had to cancel, YEAH!!!!! So what do you do in this situation? Call your favorite running friend and head to the greenbelt. I got 3 and a 1/2 miles in and it made me feel sooooo good the weather was great the sun was shinning and I had great company.

This year I was forced to buy a treadmill, due to our eternal winter we are experiencing. I have always been able to get out running by Feb, Not this year!!! I am happy to see the beginning of spring.

About ME!

I've been tagged...A Little Bit about Me

ten years ago..

Kelly and I were going to school and working and having babies! I had just had our last, Kelsie she would have been about a year and a half old. Kolton was just starting kindergarten and I thought life was flying by soooooo fast! Kelly was still working at Reeds Dairy being a cute milkman and I was working dialyzing Joan at her home. At the time we were living in Ucon, we bought Great Grandpa Hills house.

5 THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST:

1. I have a few people on my call list...Sorry I have not gotten back to you

2. Pick up piano music I ordered for Kenz

3. Take Kelsie to the orthodontist

4. Make sure Kolton gets a hair cut

5. Walmart...always on my list

WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WERE SUDDENLY MADE A MILLIONAIRE?

Buy my grandma's property in Star Valley. Who knew it would be million dollar property?

PLAY>>> and of course stash some in the bank

4 BAD HABITS:

1. I am a deadline person...I will wait until last possible moment, I do my best work under a deadline

2. Staying up LATE

3. Diet Coke

4. ?

5 JOBS I'VE HAD

1. EIRMC.......Surgical floor

2. Dialysis

3. Red Cross

6. Places I've Lived..

Idaho Falls and Ucon. Thats what happens when you marry your HS sweetheart

Things I like to do....

I have really enjoyed video editing, I have been taking all of our home moives and pictures and creating "Scrapbook DVD's" My kids love it!

I always have my faves of running, snowboarding, and spending time with my family. I am excited for spring sports, Track and Dance! So now instead of snowboarding on the weekends we will be watching the kids!

TAG Robbie, Machell, Kelly and Heather

THE BAG

OK lets admit it, everyone is has reused gift bags! That is why you buy the gift bag because it has more than a one time use right? A gift bag has a limited life cycle, economy bags last 1-2 gifting. The mid grade bag may be used 3-4 times. Expensive bags may last 5-6 times. I think when a gift bag looks reused it ought to be thrown away. I think we all need to uphold to the proper etiquette for reusing gift bags 1. never give the bag back to the person you received it from. 2. if you need to reinforce the bag with tape THROW IT AWAY! 3. know when to throw the bag away.

My family has this CRAZY bag that has been reused, re gifted, recycled and re taped. The BAG has taken on it own personality. This may be one of the UGLIEST gift bags I have ever seen. I can't quite remember where this bag first appeared but it now has been passed bag and forth many times. Each one of my sibling has had it at least twice. From my memory I think my sisters mother-in-law was the first to gift it......but this has gone on for years so it is hard to remember. It was in my possession last year up until May where my cute niece Hallie received it with her birthday gifts. It has now shown up back in my house where the Radford Family so wonderfully taped it and reused it. This is now FUNNY when you received "THE BAG". It has become a badge of honor, like going to war and getting the highest award. Who knows which one of my siblings will received the ugly bag....or how long the bag can last. You know that you are truly special when this BAG returns back to you. So lucky me with all these future birthdays coming up! It is like spin the bottle nobody knows who will end up with it next.