Saturday, January 31, 2009
Ethan Reads 119wpm
Ethan reads 119 words per minute at 6 years old! The target for his age is 48 wpm and is 60 by the end of 2nd grade!
Friday, January 30, 2009
This week Barack Obama wrote a letter to the president of Iran. Through secret channels I was able to obtain a copy of this letter and thought I would post it on our blog. Here it is.
Dear Mr. Aquavelvajad,
Now that I'm president of the United States I would like to take all of your comments about wanting to wipe Isreal and America off the earth, getting rid of all the Jews, denying the Holocaust, trying to obtain nuclear weapons, and just sweep them under the rug if you'll just not talk about these things anymore. Pretty please with sugar on top? I'll be your bestest friend in the whole wide world. Hey, when you come to visit I'll take you on a tour of Washington D.C. and then we can go golfing. What do you say? C,mon, be a pal. Just say yes so we can ignore your Hitlarian rhetoric and get back to the business of bailing out more banks. What do you say?
Please circle one.
YES NO
Sincerely,
Barack Hussien Obama
Dear Mr. Aquavelvajad,
Now that I'm president of the United States I would like to take all of your comments about wanting to wipe Isreal and America off the earth, getting rid of all the Jews, denying the Holocaust, trying to obtain nuclear weapons, and just sweep them under the rug if you'll just not talk about these things anymore. Pretty please with sugar on top? I'll be your bestest friend in the whole wide world. Hey, when you come to visit I'll take you on a tour of Washington D.C. and then we can go golfing. What do you say? C,mon, be a pal. Just say yes so we can ignore your Hitlarian rhetoric and get back to the business of bailing out more banks. What do you say?
Please circle one.
YES NO
Sincerely,
Barack Hussien Obama
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Our December Electric/heating Bill was
Our December Electric/heating Bill was $408! Unbelievable! Was anyone elses extraordinarily high?
Spring
Spring
I have spent the last few hours playing on Facebook. I had a couple people invite me to view their sites and then I got to playing around & searching for people and then playing with my backgrounds on my blog. So, now I will update you on the last few weeks, aren't you excited?
Grayson has been sick for the last couple of days ~ Fever, lethargic. Took him to the doctor today & he has a sinus infection. Ethan had an ear ache over the weekend, so I took him to the doctor on Monday & he had an ear infection. Tonight he was trying to get his medicine himself and spilled most of it into the sink (better than the floor). Jasmyn got home at 5pm tonight and spent the entire evening in bed. She turns 13 on February 4th - hard to believe I have a 13 year old!!
Ethan started Upward Basketball this month - finished (indoor) Soccer in December. Grayson is talking in sentences all the time "Mommy, I want breakfast", While picking his nose "eww booger" and when I ask him where he's going to wipe it he said "on the bed" (daddy's side too :) He now helps himself in the fridge, he loves opening it.
On MLK Weekend I drove to Portland to spend the weekend with my friends from highschool, scrapbooking of course! But in my case I spent the
time getting organized - 9 years! whoohoo! We went to dinner at PF Changs & my brother spencer met us, he was the only boy.
Grayson has been sick for the last couple of days ~ Fever, lethargic. Took him to the doctor today & he has a sinus infection. Ethan had an ear ache over the weekend, so I took him to the doctor on Monday & he had an ear infection. Tonight he was trying to get his medicine himself and spilled most of it into the sink (better than the floor). Jasmyn got home at 5pm tonight and spent the entire evening in bed. She turns 13 on February 4th - hard to believe I have a 13 year old!!
Ethan started Upward Basketball this month - finished (indoor) Soccer in December. Grayson is talking in sentences all the time "Mommy, I want breakfast", While picking his nose "eww booger" and when I ask him where he's going to wipe it he said "on the bed" (daddy's side too :) He now helps himself in the fridge, he loves opening it.
On MLK Weekend I drove to Portland to spend the weekend with my friends from highschool, scrapbooking of course! But in my case I spent the
time getting organized - 9 years! whoohoo! We went to dinner at PF Changs & my brother spencer met us, he was the only boy. While I was gone dave shipped jasmyn & ethan off to grandma linda's house, so he only had one mess maker to pick up after while I was gone - smart man.
Dave and I are now Cub Scout Den Leaders for the Wolf & Bear Packs.
Dave and I are now Cub Scout Den Leaders for the Wolf & Bear Packs.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Video Clips
Listen to the top video on the mom song & top video on Obama National Anthem, I think they are pretty funny!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Funny Stuff ~ About Spring
Okay, So my cousin Bonnie sent me this email where you go down a list of items & you highlight what applies to you & then you return it to the person that sent it to you and forward it. Instead of forwarding - I thought - Why not just put it on my blog? I added a few things of my own :) I could have went on & on, but decided it was long enough! (P.S. not for those who get grossed out easily!)
Everything that applies to me (Spring) is in RED:
1. STARTED YOUR OWN BLOG
2. SLEPT UNDER THE STARS
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. WATCHED A METEOR SHOWER
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (5th grade)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Held a human’s BEATING heart in my hands
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. SLEPT ON A OVERNIGHT TRAIN
21. HAD A PILLOW FIGHT
22. HITCH HIKED
23. Held Cow Poop in my bare hands (Wet and Dry!)
24. BUILT A SNOW FORT
25. Held a lamb
26.Gotten stopped for speeding, while I was reading a novel and DIDN’T get a ticket
27. Gone skinny dipping
28. Ran a Marathon
29. Seen a total eclipse (1st Grade in Sandpoint, Idaho)
30. WATCHED A SUNRISE OR SUNSET (Sunrise in Las Vegas with Dave)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO TRULY BE SATISFIED
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. GONE ROCK CLIMBING
40. Seen Michelangeloʼs David
41. SUNG KARAOKE
42. SEEN OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER ERUPT
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain (Very romantic!)
53. PLAYED IN THE MUD (don't you love the feel?)
54. GONE TO A DRIVE-IN THEATER
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. TAKEN A MARTIAL ARTS CLASS
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. SOLD GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
62. Gone whale watching (or SEEN WHALES UP Close)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. SAVED A FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOY
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. EATEN CAVIAR
72. PIECED A QUILT
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a Tail bone
78. BEEN ON A SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. had chicken pox
89. Saved someones life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone Famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. HAD A BAB Y
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. OWNED A CELL PHONE
99. BEEN STUNG BY A BEE
100. SEEN MT. RUSHMORE IN PERSON
101. Learned to play an instrument
102. Read the entire book of Mormon
103. Played ROCK BAND
104. Fed Stingrays Squid right out of my hand
105. Caught & held a stingray in the Ocean
106. Been To Disney World
107. TAKEN A SICK DAY WHEN YOUR NOT ILL
108. Bought an AS SEEN ON TV Item
109. Started a piece of junk car by resting a metal wrench on the alternator & some other part of the car
110. Threw up in the Ocean while going deep sea fishing
110.5. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
111. Ridden a Gondola in the Venice Hotel in Las Vegas
112. Been in the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas
113. Taught myself Pig Latin
114. Been to the top of the Washington Monument
115. Been 5 ft away from the President's (Bush) Motorcade
116. Toured the Nation's Capital
117. Read a novel while driving
118. Finished an entire novel while driving on a road trip
119. Can drive with my knees and no hands
120. Seen the Blue Man Group LIVE
121. Served in the Armed Forces
122. Had an article published in the Newspaper
123. Bought Girl Scout Cookies (4 boxes of Mint) & ate them ALL by myself!!
124. Paid almost $400 for a bouquet of flowers my ex-husband bought me (he bounced a check, then I got a money order, he cashed it in, then they sued us, and they could only find me) And I got the flowers FOR NO REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jerk.
125. Visited the Vietnam Wall or war memorial - whatever it’s called
126. Killed snakes with an ax
127. HAD FOOD POISONING (From Skippers)
128. Held someone's intestines in my hands
129. Sewed up a dead man's chest
130. Watched somebody die
131. Owned an 8 track player
132. Owned a RECORD Player
133. Castrated a male Rabbit (at home)
134. Got out of jury duty 3 times
135. Read the ENTIRE Twilight Series in 2 ½ days (4 books, 700+ pages each)
136. Chased your siblings around with dead animals
137. Thought you only Farted, but OOPSIE, you had a POOPSIE!!!
138. Have gone sledding off the roof of your house onto your back yard
139. Sawed warts off your feet with a steak knife
140. Had 3 babies WITHOUT an epidural each time
141. Won a “game show” on a cruise
142. Taped a fart machine under a surgeons chair & hit the button repeatedly while he was operating (and couldn't stop laughing 'cause he wouldn't say anything!)
143. Filled someone’s BOOBS with SALINE (in Surgery)
144. Inflated a PENILE implant (in surgery)
145. Deflated a PENILE implant (in surgery)
146. Popped a Stranger’s Zit
147. Met your spouse while you were on vacation in another state
148. Had Laser eye surgery
149. Spent 3 hours on You Tube watching videos of people popping Zits
150. Slept in a shower stall In a public bathroom (Military, head on the ground, feet in the air)
151. Thrown a Live Grenade
152. Shot an M16 A1 Rifle
153. Driven a 5 Ton Military Vehicle
154. Stood barefoot on a horses back without a bridle, while it walked
155. Played on a Men’s basketball team
156. Played College basketball
157. Wiped both my grandparents butts
158. Got a Speeding ticket
159. Got out of more tickets than I’ve actually gotten
160. Been to traffic court & laughed at all the Idiots
161. Swam in ditch water (Drained off the Milking Barn….more cow poop!)
162. Visited the Holocaust Museum
163. Taken a picture of my personal "log jam" in the toilet and texted it to my Mom, Daughter, Husband and Brothers!!!
164. Have a daughter that won't open picture text from her mom during class for fear of what might be in them!
165. Have my husbands fart saved as a ringtone, Everytime I get a text, my phone Farts!
Everything that applies to me (Spring) is in RED:
1. STARTED YOUR OWN BLOG
2. SLEPT UNDER THE STARS
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. WATCHED A METEOR SHOWER
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (5th grade)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Held a human’s BEATING heart in my hands
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. SLEPT ON A OVERNIGHT TRAIN
21. HAD A PILLOW FIGHT
22. HITCH HIKED
23. Held Cow Poop in my bare hands (Wet and Dry!)
24. BUILT A SNOW FORT
25. Held a lamb
26.Gotten stopped for speeding, while I was reading a novel and DIDN’T get a ticket
27. Gone skinny dipping
28. Ran a Marathon
29. Seen a total eclipse (1st Grade in Sandpoint, Idaho)
30. WATCHED A SUNRISE OR SUNSET (Sunrise in Las Vegas with Dave)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO TRULY BE SATISFIED
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. GONE ROCK CLIMBING
40. Seen Michelangeloʼs David
41. SUNG KARAOKE
42. SEEN OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER ERUPT
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain (Very romantic!)
53. PLAYED IN THE MUD (don't you love the feel?)
54. GONE TO A DRIVE-IN THEATER
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. TAKEN A MARTIAL ARTS CLASS
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. SOLD GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
62. Gone whale watching (or SEEN WHALES UP Close)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. SAVED A FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOY
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. EATEN CAVIAR
72. PIECED A QUILT
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a Tail bone
78. BEEN ON A SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. had chicken pox
89. Saved someones life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone Famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. HAD A BAB Y
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. OWNED A CELL PHONE
99. BEEN STUNG BY A BEE
100. SEEN MT. RUSHMORE IN PERSON
101. Learned to play an instrument
102. Read the entire book of Mormon
103. Played ROCK BAND
104. Fed Stingrays Squid right out of my hand
105. Caught & held a stingray in the Ocean
106. Been To Disney World
107. TAKEN A SICK DAY WHEN YOUR NOT ILL
108. Bought an AS SEEN ON TV Item
109. Started a piece of junk car by resting a metal wrench on the alternator & some other part of the car
110. Threw up in the Ocean while going deep sea fishing
110.5. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
111. Ridden a Gondola in the Venice Hotel in Las Vegas
112. Been in the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas
113. Taught myself Pig Latin
114. Been to the top of the Washington Monument
115. Been 5 ft away from the President's (Bush) Motorcade
116. Toured the Nation's Capital
117. Read a novel while driving
118. Finished an entire novel while driving on a road trip
119. Can drive with my knees and no hands
120. Seen the Blue Man Group LIVE
121. Served in the Armed Forces
122. Had an article published in the Newspaper
123. Bought Girl Scout Cookies (4 boxes of Mint) & ate them ALL by myself!!
124. Paid almost $400 for a bouquet of flowers my ex-husband bought me (he bounced a check, then I got a money order, he cashed it in, then they sued us, and they could only find me) And I got the flowers FOR NO REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jerk.
125. Visited the Vietnam Wall or war memorial - whatever it’s called
126. Killed snakes with an ax
127. HAD FOOD POISONING (From Skippers)
128. Held someone's intestines in my hands
129. Sewed up a dead man's chest
130. Watched somebody die
131. Owned an 8 track player
132. Owned a RECORD Player
133. Castrated a male Rabbit (at home)
134. Got out of jury duty 3 times
135. Read the ENTIRE Twilight Series in 2 ½ days (4 books, 700+ pages each)
136. Chased your siblings around with dead animals
137. Thought you only Farted, but OOPSIE, you had a POOPSIE!!!
138. Have gone sledding off the roof of your house onto your back yard
139. Sawed warts off your feet with a steak knife
140. Had 3 babies WITHOUT an epidural each time
141. Won a “game show” on a cruise
142. Taped a fart machine under a surgeons chair & hit the button repeatedly while he was operating (and couldn't stop laughing 'cause he wouldn't say anything!)
143. Filled someone’s BOOBS with SALINE (in Surgery)
144. Inflated a PENILE implant (in surgery)
145. Deflated a PENILE implant (in surgery)
146. Popped a Stranger’s Zit
147. Met your spouse while you were on vacation in another state
148. Had Laser eye surgery
149. Spent 3 hours on You Tube watching videos of people popping Zits
150. Slept in a shower stall In a public bathroom (Military, head on the ground, feet in the air)
151. Thrown a Live Grenade
152. Shot an M16 A1 Rifle
153. Driven a 5 Ton Military Vehicle
154. Stood barefoot on a horses back without a bridle, while it walked
155. Played on a Men’s basketball team
156. Played College basketball
157. Wiped both my grandparents butts
158. Got a Speeding ticket
159. Got out of more tickets than I’ve actually gotten
160. Been to traffic court & laughed at all the Idiots
161. Swam in ditch water (Drained off the Milking Barn….more cow poop!)
162. Visited the Holocaust Museum
163. Taken a picture of my personal "log jam" in the toilet and texted it to my Mom, Daughter, Husband and Brothers!!!
164. Have a daughter that won't open picture text from her mom during class for fear of what might be in them!
165. Have my husbands fart saved as a ringtone, Everytime I get a text, my phone Farts!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Rockin' New Year's Eve
Rock Band New Year's Eve at the Van Cleave's
Amanda on the Guitar. Dave on the vocals. Clint on Drums. Jessica Bass Player. Kristen & Valencia = Groupies!
Boxing Match - Nick vs. Vincent. Onlookers = Jessica, Jocelyn & babe.
Drummer Clint, Bass Player Jessica - Rock out!
Way to work that Guitar Chris!
Grayson Playing Foos ball all by himself. He spent most of the night ON the foos ball table!
Kristen, Nick & Chris look on as the others try their hand at Rock Band.
Vincent had a ton of fun playing Spiderman!Jasmyn & her friend Juliene were hiding out upstairs until we needed their help with Rock Band. Ethan was just hanging out. Didn't get any pictures of them. We ended the evening with a game of 90's Trivial Pursuit.
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