New Business?

After my last post a few people have asked if I have ever thought about starting a business. It's funny because I even bought books on gift baskets about 6 years ago and that was it. So I have been thinking and maybe I will go for it. This weekend we have 2 birthday parties to attend and my friends little boy was hospitalized so I wanted to make some gifts for all of them.

This is the ice cream Sunday I made for the cute little boy who spent a week in the hospital. I am happy to say he is back at home and on the road to recovery.

It's my little nephew's 1st birthday and I wanted to do something cute but knew he wouldn't care to much for the candy so this is my idea. The cars are suppose to be flowers but it didn't quite come out that way. But at least I wrapped it instead of just leaving it in the Wal-mart bag.

This is for our friend Kelly. I thought it turned out quite nice. Hope he likes it.

So here is the deal. If you can help me come up with a name I will send you a basket if I choose yours. So good luck.

What do you give...

a diabetic for Valentines day?
Each year I face this problem. He is not a huge treat man anyway. So I try to be clever and come up with something cute. A couple of years ago I had the boys dress up like UPS man and deliver his package to the USPS, his work. It was so funny. We even put on their shirts "what can brown do for you?"
So this year I put together a jerky bouquet. Then I told others at work about it and they wanted one and it went from there. So I made extras and here are a few.
Let me know what you think. Sorry my camera didn't do such a great job.

I put little chocolates in some and big hunks in others. I wish I had papa jay's jerky. That is the best kind to have.

Your Rock!

This is the first year we do not have to fill out Valentines cards, put them with candy and make a Valentines mail box. My children are finally old enough. Do I miss it? I will think on that and get back to you. Tyler still wants to give out a Valentine to a girl he knows, but, so it doesn't look obvious he wants some for his friends. I wanted to make some for the Young Women I am teaching on Sunday. I searched the Internet and came up with these.... The are suppose to be i-pods with a song list and ear buds included. Not super cute but they will do for now.

This is Tanner trying to make me mad, well it worked.

These are some samples of them. They are made with sweetheart boxes and Rollo's. Kind of fun.

I will wrap them in cellophane and put a card with them titled "You Rock".

Happy Valentines Day to all of you. I hope you feel loved this (non) holiday. (that is what Wayne says) Probably to get out of getting me something romantic.

When Dad Works....

THE KIDS ARE AT PLAY. We woke up to a foot of snow Sunday morning. It always seems that when we have Stake Conference we get a big snow storm. The weather man said 2-3 inches and this is what Cache Valley received. It was a welcome storm, because our air quality has been horrible. This cleared the air for a few days and was a welcome site.

He had to use the snow blower because when he would use the 4-wheeler it would go up over the plow and make more work for him.

So here is Tanner showing off the latest apron I made. I don't think he thought I would put his picture on here or he would not have posed for me. He has to cook for school this semester so when the bacon grease splashed on his chest he reached for the apron. I told him a shirt would do the same thing but I am just the mom. What do I know?

I love it when some one else make breakfast. It makes things much nicer for me because I don't get to hear the "gross I am not eating that".

Tyler shot this video of his brother. I take it Tanner did not approve.

You Might Be a Redneck.....

So I think I know what to get my husband for his birthday or Father's day. It's a composting barrel. What and why do you ask. Let me explain.
We have no back yard yet. (we are getting one this year) My husband hates when I throw out food or produce that has gone bad. He says we need to return it to the earth so we can have good soil. Now I can agree with this. My dad had a barrel when I was younger and he put everything in it and turned it every so often. After a while you put the soil in your flower beds or gardens and it is great fertilizer.
Well we don't have a barrel yet so my husband just throws it out in the back yard. I get a little mad cause I am thinking "yes we live next to a huge field but lets invite the mice over for a party." He calmly tells me it's for good dirt. Whatever he is so funny.

So you might be a redneck if you throw your food out the back door so you can have healthy soil. I can't wait for grass!!!!

"Top 10"

So I have not been doing well at this blog thing lately. So I am going to to better. One thing is I always think I need to place pictures and then I realize I either don't have any or am looking to scary to get some taken so some of these could be picture less. I have thought about what to write about and it will be mostly about my kids and how life is. Sometimes I get so frustrated but when I tell others it's funny so I thought I would write it down and maybe will look back on it and laugh. So here it is for today!

"Top 10 Things I Learned" from my boys just this week-

I am not going to tell you which one did what because I would hate to EMBARRASS them. NOT! but all the same I will let you guess. By the way I am so dumb not to know this stuff.

10. "Did you know in Heaven Dad will have hair."

9. "Teeth do not have to be brushed with toothpaste every day, just when they need it."

8. Tattling-"We need to adjust the heater time, because someone can't seem to use their morning time accordingly and we are late for the bus every morning." (if your child sits on the heater in the morning you know what I mean.)

7. "Wrestling in the Dermatologist office on the waiting room floor is so cool." Even when grandma's and grandpa's give mom dirty looks.

6. "Shampoo in the hair is OPTIONAL."

5. "Snow gear should just be dropped on the ground by the door because you know we are just going to use it again later."

4. "CELL PHONES are a must and we will die if you do not buy us one soon."

3. "Algebra is not needed in life so why do we have to get a good grade."

2. When they have children they will be "fun parents."

And the favorite one of the week:

1. On the Renaissance test, "it is not considered cheating when my friend tells me the answer is Lady Gaga and I mark that answer and get it wrong!" Seriously!

I went wrong somewhere between 5 and 10 years old I think. I vote for a do over.

Starting 2010 Off Right?

Can you guess how many Mt. Dew's this child has had? These children were able to stay up till 6am, went to sleep on the couch and got up at 9:30am. They were troopers.

He tried to stay up with the adults but once his head hit the pillow "He gone".

Tyler was so tired and just wanted to keep partying.

Karsyn, Tanner, and Matthew. They must have got a hold of my camera.

They were playing poker with candy. No wonder they could stay up all night.

She looks like I felt.

This picture is about 3am. When it was way past my bedtime. I could hear my pillow calling my name. But when you host the party you can't just leave. Even though my friends know I can fall asleep at the table playing games.

Here is the gang. Sorry about the pics. My new camera was not adjusted for indoor light. But you can see us all.

These guys are just crazy. What can you say. They are great friends of Wayne's and we love them.

This year for New Years, like every New Years, we had a party with our dear friends. We had plenty of food and Mt. Dew to last a few days and that really turned into a good thing. We started around 6:30 on the Eve playing games, rock band, guitar hero, card games, and board games. Of course the T.V. was on and there was some bowl games and basketball games on also. We had 8 adults and 6 children and we had a blast.

At midnight we lit firecrackers and ran outside yelling (sorry to the neighbors) and played more games. The Godfreys left around 12:30. I thought we could go to bed around 2 but they had other plans. This is were the peer pressure comes in I am sure. Everyone but I, decided to do an all nighter, even the kids. I have never been able to pull that off. I love my sleep, I need my beauty rest. So the games continued. At 3-4am I was losing it but they kept saying go till 5 and we will have breakfast then you can go to bed. At 6am we had biscuits and gravy. We all went to bed about 6:30am and we all got back up at 1pm and had eggs and bacon for the second breakfast. We watched bowl games and ate more food, had dinner and played games till midnight. We figured we were awake and playing games for 40hours. Wow I am way to old for that. It took me the whole weekend to recover and get some sleep back. All in all it was the best. I had so much fun with my friends as far as doing it again? They say I have a year to get ready for. I don't think I will fall to peer pressure again.

I hope all of your New Years was great. Here's to a HaPpY 2010!