Year in Pictures.

New Years resolution: no more lame posts.
so here are some pictures of some things that happened this year. We have been busy!
(Darn blogger makes them out of order)

Me and Kate in Phoenix at some fiiiine shopping in September.
Jacks dirty face in December.

Brady bathing at seven months.

Levenworth trip in October.

Dan and Nan admiring some cacti on Mesa Temple grounds.

Halloween

Cam at pumpkin patch.

My Ricks pals at Education Week in August. (Ashleigh, and Amanda)

Fall Volleyball, sister Darc BLOCKIN'.

4th of July parade (auntie Jen and uncle Dave came)

Blessing of baby Brady.

Brady at his first dust devils baseball game (grandpa holding).

Poolside with aunt Marilyn, and Denise.

Farm Chicks Antique show in Spokane (coming up soon!)

Swimming at Grami's pool.

Annual Memorial Day at the Hermiston Cemetery.

Grandkids at Papas Ranch in Ione, OR.

Cams 6th birthday (Jan 21)

Cam holding a yukky reptile

Brand new baby in May

boys at the last day of kindergarden.

A New Year

Yup its that time again. The bain of my existence, the thing that makes me want to punch myself in the neck, drum roll please....

TAXES

Man, most people are excited to start a new year and make great resolutions- lose weight, be more organized, more patience. I could use all of these qualities to keep sane during this horrid time of year. Sorting through stacks of files for each month and receipts, oh the receipts! Every year I vow to keep up on it. Every year I fail.

But this year is different. Without Greyhound and UPS it should be easier right? This coming year will prove to be a NEW challenge learning what is a write off while you have a husband in college. So pray for me and call every once in a while to see if my kids are fed and I'm not dead underneath my fallen filing cabinet.

Happy New Tax Year.

I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

(this picture was not staged...Seriously. Thanks Amy.)

Tis the Season...

My Camden at Grammy's house last week.

What we've got going and coming....

*Tiled new kitchen backsplash (finally)

*Nutcracker with extended fam

*Dinner at Aunt Phyllis' (we bought at auction last summer, it'll be AWESOME)

*put door on master bathroom (finally)

*Jack G. came over and fixed an electrical problem- what would we do without good friends!

*Cute cousin's baptism

*patched a nice hole in my livingroom wall

*new dishwasher- mine died 3 days ago and my kitchen is a WRECK!

*quick trip to Portland to pick up my brother for a visit

*cleaning appointments every morning (so grateful!!!)

*quick trip to Cheney for DVR meeting

*mutual

*Ward Dinner

*Visit teaching

*painting furniture (wait till you see!)
*birthday lunch with my girlfriends

Is Christmas coming? You'd never know with all the running we are doing around here.

Maybe I can do a little shopping this weekend. We'll see.

Merry Christmas.

Look Who's Thirty

My Birthday was on Saturday. I don't feel any different.

Besides 30 is the new 20, right?

Thanks to all the fun and generous gifts I recieved.

I'm gonna go shopping all for me, muhahahaha.

(Nat made a special gift to go on my van. Guess who's gonna take it off....)

FOR SALE:

Just a few things for sale from our office.

(NOT the baby- he's MINE.)

Finished.

GREYHOUND IS DONE.
Yup, finally. I'm sad to see the money go (little as it was the last couple of months), but the stress I won't miss. Especially since the Holidays are coming up, and with that you get:
"the passes are closed?! So the bus won't go?!"
"whaddya mean you can't refund a non-refundable ticket?"
"I don't have any money, can I borrow your cell phone to call my dad in Arkansas to tell him to send me some cash?"
"I've been on the bus for 2 days and I wanna know where the nearest bar is."

Greyhound broke their contract with me and gave me 30 days (which ended yesterday). It's due to the economy- a bad excuse to cut commissions for the 3rd time this year and get rid of some agents and give those ticket counters to another agent for a lower rate. At first I was angry and upset, but now I've made peace with that horrible company and I'm ready to move on.

We cleaned out our office and realized we have acquired a ton of office equipment. If you are reading this and need ANY thing for an office. Email me and tell me. Chances are I have it sitting in my garage and will make a quick sale. Anything from desks, 4-in-1 printers, and filing trays- you want it, I got it.

So, I'll be embarking on a new venture: Cleaning homes. I will clean just about anything, and I also have gift certificates for that hard to buy for person this christmas. Spread the word, and I'll be eternally grateful.

Vaya Con Dios.