joy school...i'm a mean ol' witch with a hat...

the halloween program...joy school 08'

so at graduation last year from joy school breckyn

wouldn't even come out of the back room to sing....

i was a little worried today about the same

thing happening but here he is

dressed as a pirate and singing his little lungs

out....way to go breckyn...i'm so proud of YOU...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM JOY SCHOOL!!!!

did you know......

so i didn't share these pictures earlier...but did you

know that the Flamingo in Las Vegas has flamingo's...

and other type's of birds, turtles, waterfalls etc...

i'm not lying....thanks to katie....i now know..

to bad you can't go fishing in there.....can you see the turtle balancing on the rock...i wonder

how he got up there to begin with...

more turtles and a duck....

and here they are the flamingo's can't wait to go in

april so i can show jer something new....

this is a chucker....just for deb-bee

so i didn't take any pics of the chuckers on saturday

in moab.....so i got on the website and found

some just for you deb-bee.....loves

sorry they are small....but you get the point

spending sunday at home.....

so charlei and i have been fighting a cold...so she

and i stayed home from church on sunday....it

got really quite all of a sudden so i went

looking for her and this is were i found her...sitting

in her basket of toys....so cute

on the way home from moab....

our kids are always begging us to stop at

wilson's arch so they can climb up to it on our

way home from salt lake.....jer and i can't

wait to get home so we never stop.....so we finally

did and ashley, breckyn and their dad climbed up to

the arch and had a ton of fun.......

dad is in front leading the pack....

here he is waiting for the younger 2.....

almost to the top.....

they are the kings of the world.....

taking a breather.....

pumpkin chuckin festival....

so we and the kids along with marcie, benny and there

3 girls went to moab on saturday for the

3rd annual pumpkin chuckin festival....and

all i have to say is been there and done that now...

the chuckers were cool but i expected them to chuck

alot more and faster for sure....

while we were there the little kids got their faces

painted...charlei got a heart and breckyn got

a snake....

such a happy camper.....

bob....dr.monster and a PHAT skunk....07'

so here they are....bob the builer, the monster doctor

and miss skunk....i'm thinking back to this pic and

my PHAT skunk had just learned to walk at 15 months..

breckyn couldn't wait to show off the hard hat with

the blue lizard....and i had wished for once that

ashley would have dressed like a princess....i know

keep on hoping....the more blood and scarier the better

for our ashley.....

bob the builder....can we fix it yes we can....
would anyone like to kiss the skunk....she always
did this with her mouth....it was like you said
smile and she did this....what a cutie....

halloween....has it really been a year??

so this was last year and o'my goodness how my kids

have grown and changed....what fun.... i love

halloween....well i love all holidays for that matter

and anyone who has seen my house at holiday

time knows how i am.....

can't wait untill next week so we can carve some more...

bye-bye binki.....and the award goes too....

ok so i have to give another big shout out to

big sister ashley and jarmee....while i was gone

besides finishing the fence....putting the new bed

together and getting the kids to sleep in it....and

installing the new dishwasher...they got rid of the.....

binki....YEA and charlei lou has done great....

thanks to ashley marie and the binki fairy idea...

and to jarmee for being so strong and good with

the idea....especially without mom being around...i know

i know....it was alot easier without me being around...

vegas vacation....what was the family doing??

so we have been looking for a bunkbed for charlei

and breckyn and it just so happened when i went

to vegas with the girls jeremy found one and

brought it home and the kids loved it....

jarmee finished our fence....what a man....he did a great

job....it looks wonderful
jarmee had some great helpers too....what cuties

vegas vacation....my favorite things....

so just a few of my favorite things from the trip....

i got to spend the weekend with my sister debbie,

niece adrienne and i meet a new friend katie sue....

the nachos at MARGARITAVILLE....no i didn't

even begin to finish these....they were dang GOOD
pumpkin cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory...
the aquarium at Caesar's Palace
and i found this cool budda....he was HUGE and cute

vegas vacation.....the reason for the trip

so my neice adrienne is a huge miranda lambert

fan and when she heard that miranda and blake

sheldon were going out on tour together and

going to be in primm nevada....she had to go....

so on saturday night in primm we went to

a concert which was way fun....

adrienne won a meet and greet with miranda

she was so dang excited....she said she had never

worked to hard to get all dolled up to meet a girl....

adrienne is the one that talked me into going on this

trip and i am so glad she did....it was a ton of fun

and the company was awesome....thanks AC

vegas vacation.....primm nevada

welcome to buffalo bill's in primm, nevada....

this was our first stop on our vegas vacation....i've

never been to primm so it was pretty fun...

anything you wanted to do was in the casino including

the world largest buffalo pool, use to be the worlds

tallest rollercoaster.....a log ride and a ton of other

fun things for the kids and outlet stores for all the

shoppers in your life.....

this rollercoaster went in and out of the casino....here is a shot from our room.....the first drop....AHHHHH
the buffalo shaped pool and warm weather....FUN FUN
katie and adrienne coming off the log ride....

Brrrrr......COLD

this was a couple weeks ago....jer didn't

turn the sprinklers off and it watered at

4 am and froze.....the grass is all ice too....it

looked pretty cool...

twice in one month.....

so i am headed to vegas again tomarrow for a more

rowdy weekend with my sister and neice....if

my sweet husband reads this i just wanted to say thanks

for letting me go and staying with the kids again....i

love you tons and tons.....your the best guy in the

world.....thanks for loving me so much.....and

see you in a few days.....blog on.....

i've been tagged....thanks tonya

What's your husband's name?
jeremy lloyd, jarmee, jerry, babes.....etc
How long have you guys been married?
12 years and 4 months
How long did you date?
started in 8th grade so we've been together almost 20 years
How old is he?
33 but i'm a month older then him
Who eats more sweets?
we both have sweet tooth's...he can control his a little better then me
Who said "I love you" first?
probably me....he was kind of a poop in high school....hard to imagine
Who is taller?
jer by about 6 or 7 inches
Who is the better singer?
me...he doesn't like to sing....but in that case neither do i....
Who is smarter?
i would say him in some ways and me in others.....
Who does the laundry?
ME......YUCK.....he does know how i have seen him on occasion run a load or 2
Who pays the bills?
BOTH of us money money money.....
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
he does next to the door....same fear tonya i just make sure my side of the bed is always away from the door....hehehe
Who mows the lawn?
jarmee and he loves it just ask him....
Who cooks dinner?
BOTH thank goodness....i get tired of cooking.....and most of the time he is better
Who drives?
him.....but i love too drive so sometimes i make him suffer
Who is the first to say they are wrong?
both....neither one of us likes the other to be mad so we are both
pretty good at getting it out and over....
Who kissed who first?
i think we both kissed at the same time....isn't that the way it works??
Who asked out who first?
we just hung out together all the time....best friends do that you know
Who wears the pants?
MR. HOGGARD when he wants something and ME when
i want something.....hehehe

so now it's your turn.....Krista, Heather, Denise, Jen, Becky, Stefanie, Jenna and Natalie

shout out to Brooke Pehrson Photography...

so here is the first of many family pics that we had

a week ago....i am so dang excited to see the

rest....if you all want awesome pics you should

give Brooke a call.....thanks tons brooke

a nap a day keeps mommy a little more happy...

charlei is so funny....she doesn't think she needs a

nap anymore......but i need her to take a nap

just so i can have some peace and quiet....so

she fights me on the nap thing and puts

her toys in her bed just to make me mad so today

she took her nap with the tractor....what a goof...