One Year Ago This Week!!!!

One year ago this week my life changed forever. I met the love of my life and the most beautiful woman in the world! Debbie and I talked on the phone for a full week before we met face to face. June 21st last year we met, the earth shook and time stood still for us as our lives changed before our eyes.

I blogged a whole story about when we first met a while back. Here is the link

http://powerofdos.blogspot.com/2009/03/his-story.html

It has been the most incredible year for Debbie and I. We have traveled, played and have had so MUCH FUN! I thought I would put together a scrap book blog of sorts. Come with me down memory lane for the last 12 months as I relive these experiences for our blog.

Our very first date on June 21st 2009 up Cub River. I was in awe.... still am to this day!

We were having so much fun together right away that on the 24th of June we decided that I was going to San Diego with her for a few days while she worked. July 6th we flew out, went to the beach, a Padre's game and fell in love. Wow was I falling hard at this time. What great memories Debbie. Remember the hour before I flew out? ;) That Friday we went to the Journey concert at the Usana Amphitheater... great times!!

In late July we had almost all of our kids together (less Sarah plus 1 of Brock's friends) and we went to Park City for a night and had so much fun. We went on the rides down the hill, had a great dinner and played games in the pool that night. Debbie attempted to make pancakes in the motel that morning... haha... they tasted great. At this point, not only was I in love with Debbie but her kids as well. Our kids all got along great. Before this trip I knew where Debbie and I were headed but this trip topped it off and sealed the deal for me. What a great family.

I took Jordan back to Sheridan after a quick visit and Debbie went with us. She read us an entire book in the 8 hours of driving that day. That weekend my good friends Steve and Des Marosok had a back yard party with all of the old softball friends. My friends fell in love with Debbie. Who wouldnt.. heh

Around the first week of August, Debbie had a business trip to Sun Valley so Brock, Tay and I went with her. We went early to go to Red Fish Lake for a day or two. Maybe some of you remember the blog about this trip. Sun Valley Blog We stayed at some hippie convent and was quite the experience. I LOVE this place and cant wait to be there in August with Debbies family.

Redneck waterslide at the hippie convent!! Another concert at the Usana Amphitheater. Jack Johnson I think is who it was. Good Beer!

On August 23rd last year we went on a hike to Cub River to the place of our first date. I asked Debbie to marry me on that very spot where the river begins. I still swear she never answered me but her actions and reactions told me YES!!! lol

A day at the cabin at the river bottoms. It started raining and Josh was driving the truck and it slid off the road just before he climbed out of the bottoms. So we all head down and pushed the truck out while Cass drove. As soon as Cass hit the gas a roostertail of mud hits Taylor square on from her toes to the top of her head.... hahah... Debbie got it from the other tire. I never laughed so hard in my life.... my hell that was funny. All we heard was a scream and looky what we saw!!

Debbie lost her dear friend Jan around this time. Devastating!! I felt so bad during this whole situation. God bless her family.We bought our home in Kaysville in September, cleaned it up and put some carpet in there then moved in the end of October. Had we known our family was going to shrink we wouldnt have bought a 5 bedroom home. Oh well.... we love the space. Debbie did a fantastic job of decorating... I love it!

One of our favorite meals as a family.... I think its called a crab boil but we usually use shrimp and a few other fishy things. Oh man this is SOOOOOOOO good!!!!!!

My BEAUTIFUL bride!!!! I married the woman of my dreams on 10-10-08 in Kentucky. My Dad married us.... what a blessing. I am still so in love with this awesome woman!!

Our first Christmas together! I finally found out what all of those boxes were for that filled up half the moving van. It was Christmas decorations. Box after box after box. I love how Debbie is so into Christmas and decorations. She truely made this a special holiday and so much fun. Beautiful Christmas trees and Christmas village.

Nolan and Peggie's (Debbie's mom) Wedding. That was a great experience to know they have found love too. I love you guys!

Sarah came to visit us this winter and Debbie said "lets go to the hotpots!!" So we all hopped in 2 cars and drove through a HUGE blizzard over the mountain and through through the woods and came to this little slice of heaven. We sat in hotpots while it snowed HARD!! This was so cool I cant even describe it. Obviously, we were the only crazy ones there.... haha

We finally went on our honeymoon in Janurary to Cozumel Mexico. An absolute dream come true for me. I have been to Mexico before but nothing even comes close to this trip. We had so much fun touring the island and goofing off...... Debbie I am ready to go back......

Since we cant have kids we decided to get a dog... oh man did we ever get a dog. She is so cute and Debbie loves her to death. I love her... just not that much... haha. She is a great part of our family.

Debbie had to go in for major reconstructive surgery. After breast cancer over 10 years ago she had a leaking implant and some other issues the doctor had to clean up. 150 stiches later I take her home and took care of her for a few days. This was a big big deal and I hated to see my wife in so much pain.

This Spring we took Brock and Cass to Moab. "Lets hike to the famous Arch!!" so we hiked up this mountain of Rock I think it was about 50 miles uphill....... my good lord... It was way worth the hike but dang if you ever want to do this hike take LOTS of water and dont go when its hot out. I dont know how we would have made it had it been in the summer. Fun fun trip though.

This Easter we had almost all of our kids again. Josh was not there he went to Vegas to party on his Birthday. So Debbie took us all skating. Honestly, I have not been skating in 30 years haha... what a blast. Taylor, Jordan and Sarah all came to visit. I miss them.

Well that is it in a nut shell...... so many experiences all year that its not possible to put them all in one blog.

Debbie I love you more now than ever. You are the light of my life and I am soooooo looking forward to the rest of our lives.

My Wife is back to work.......

Debbie has found an incredible job. She went through a huge interview process and sales assessment test and got offered the job last week in writing. She is so excited about her new opportunity and in her words..... TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE lol Debbie thank you for creating an awesome home for all of us over the last few months. We loved having you around and taking care of us (and raising our spoiled Winnie)
Honey I am so proud of you and happy you get a shot at a new career. GO TEAR IT UP GIRL!!!! I am with you and love you very much!

So... since Debbie has carried the responsibility of the blog lately I thought I better step up and blog about something. She is a busy girl now.
Today I was thumbing through my phone pictures and thought I would take the first few pics I have in there and post them on here with a short story for each one. Some are blah but others may be funny.

A fantastic mullet at a bar in Brigham City the other night. Debbie was so impressed she had to take a picture over my shoulder. I have to say... you just don't see them this good anymore!!

A hyper night for Winnie and she settled down just long enough to take this blurry picture..... like I said some of these will be blah. Speaking of Winnie... I wonder how she will take Debbie being gone for work every day??

The other day we went clothes shopping for Debbie for her new job and we stopped in Victoria Secret to get some bra's. Cass, Brock and I had some time to kill so Brock saw this open window so I asked them both to get in there and vogue. They did and I took some pictures.... haha... honey never leave us alone in a store you know better than that. You cant take us anywhere can you??


Quadruplets?? No just my buddies a couple of weekends ago hanging out but dang... I didn't realize that "Birds of a feather flock together" saying really meant what it says.... WOW

My wife and her good friend Cheri chillin on the deck of the owl on an awesome day! What a couple of hotties. Have you ever had someone ask you to look down and spell A T T I C?

On Memorial weekend we took Brock to the batting cages and had him swing at 75 pitches. I swung at 50 and could hardly move the next day. He didnt seem to have a problem..... punk kids... haha We love you Brock.

A few weekends ago we took our Victory up to Logan with some friends and watched Cordell race his Yamaha Raider against a Helicopter. It was so much dang fun ..... what a great day that was. Debbie created this video on the computer and posted it. Here is the You Tube link in case you didnt get to see it.
Click this sentence to see the race


Hows that for a random blog... lol We have so much fun where ever we go.

Muy Bien!!

Today is Cassidi's first day of summer. Brock has half a day today but Cassidi is OFFICIALLY DONE!
I am starting my new job on Monday (will blog later about that) so this mornings conversation went kinda like this:

Me: "Do you want me to make you breakfast?"
Cassidi: "YES!!" *big grin
Me: "Okay we are having Mexican breakfast on tortillas."
Cassidi: "Where do you learn how to make this stuff?"
Me: "I don't know!"
Cassidi: Comes sit at the bar and is watching me and looks at me and says... "OH, I don't want you to go to work!!"
Mom:... *heart melted.

even at 17 years old she still likes to have her mamma home.. I loved that.

anyhow... I love these tortilla's. Jessica a friend of mine told me about them and I could not find them and could not find them and was so darn excited when I finally found them. You find them in the refrigeration section at your grocery store. At Wal-Mart they have them by their Mexican cheeses and stuff... THEY ARE SO SO GOOD. They puff up and are way fresh and good. You just heat up a pan and cook the for about 20 seconds on each side.. I WILL NOT EVER GO BACK TO THE PRE MADE KIND!!!
DISCLAIMER.. When you cook the tortillas on your pan make sure you let the pan cool before you put the pan in your sink with items like knives, cutting board (or anything that will melt)..
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS...
WE CANNOT GET THIS KNIFE OFF.. THE HANDLE IS MELTED TO THE PAN... Cassidi was able to get the cutting board off the bottom of the pan... COME ON DEB... I KNOW BETTER THAN THIS.. WOW.. HOPE SAM CAN WHEN HE GETS HOME!!!

What are friends for.

This is our NO KID weekend so we decided now that the snow has gone away it would be fun to go on a hike to the "spot" of Sam and I's first date and where Sam proposed to me. So our good friends Bart and Cheri and Sam and I went on a hike and had so much fun. Was very very pretty and lots of great memories...

This is the EXACT spot of Sam and I's first kiss!!! OOOOOOO Cute

Bart and Cheri Buttars, I don't know if you can tell but behind them the river comes out of the mountain.

So pretty today!

This part was a little scary. The river was way to high and it was going over the top of the bridge.. IT WAS SCARY. I know please don't lecture we know.. if one of us had fell in we would have been down the river...

I think this picture is so CUTE...

Thanks Bart and Cheri for a great day... Thank you Sam for all the memories we have every single day. I love you!!!

fish pond.... part 7 or 8 or 9....

This fish pond may be the death of Sam and I and actually many more creatures.

We bought new fish. 2 Koi and 2 placotomis (spelling?). In the morning one plactomis was dead but the other three fish are still kicking. They have lived for almost a week... woot woot!!!!

any how!!! Sam comes home from lunch yesterday and goes to the back yard and comes in and says..

THERE IS A BABY BIRD DROWNING in our pond...

OOOOHHHHH.... Sad.

So we got a net and fished the bird out and put a towel on our patio chair and got it warm.

We go back out about half hour later and the bird looks healthy and happy and jumps up and takes off... YEP WE ARE LIFE SAVERS!!!!

*side note.. I fell in the fish pond on Monday evening.. Well not fell in just my head... GROSS!!! Slimy fish pond water up my nose, in my mouth and fish scum hair!!!! YUCK....

Hubby Tag..

His full name: Samuel Lee Campbell
How long we've been married: almost 8 months
How long did we date: 4 months
Who eats the sweets? really neither of us
Who said I love you first: I did
Who is taller: Sammy
Who sings better: Sam by far!!!
Who is smarter: we're smart in our own ways and in different things
Who does the laundry: I do...
Who pays the bills: Sam
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed: Sam
Who mows the lawn: Sam
Who cooks dinner: ME
Who drives: Usually him
Who admits they are wrong: We both will but Sam is better at it than me...
Who asked who out first: he asked me out
Who wears the pants: SAM...SAM....SAM...
What does he do that surprises you: thoughtful gifts
My favorite feature on him: Eyes
Does he have a nickname for you: George!!!
His favorite food: Mexican
His favorite sport: Softball... but he is very good with most ball sports, ping pong, tennis etc.
Our favorite thing to do as a couple: Can I really answer this....hmmm. lol.. kidding almost anything!
Does he have any hidden talents: he can juggle and do the worm on his belly.
What do you admire most about him: his unconditional love for me and the kids!!
His favorite color: blue o
How did he propose: springs at cub river

Maverik Slaterville Grand Opening on Friday

Hi Everyone,
Friday we had an awesome afternoon. The Grand Opening at one of our new Maveriks was a lot of fun. Debbie and I ran up there for a few minutes to say hi and there was so much fun activity we had Cassidi take Brock out of school for us so we could take him up to have some fun.

The Monster Truck had a few cars to crush and right after he crushed them he turned a couple of fast cookies in the dirt and unfortunately, threw rocks and dirt EVERYWHERE. A few rocks just happened to find a brand new Ford F-350 and smashed the windshield and chip some paint on the hood and door. The guys stops his truck and creates a traffic jam..... steps out of his truck and starts yelling at the top of his lungs Mother eFers broke my windshield!!!!! Dropping the F bomb and cussing as loud as he could with families and kids everywhere. I ran over and gave him my name and number and calmed him down a bit and told him I would take care of it. Finally he left and unblocked traffic...lol I felt bad and luckily it didnt hit a kid or something but everyone got showered with dust so bad. I bet the neighbors really appreciated that.. haha
Well it was a great show anyway........



After we got showered with dust, Brock wanted to go climb the wall. Here is a video of him. He climbed all but one side and had a blast. So fun to watch and be around him. Thanks for coming Brock and great job!


Saturday we went on a long bike ride with friends up to Logan. Cordell was part of a promotional show at the Helicopter airfield. He took his Yamaha Raider and raced a Helicopter. I filmed the race and Debbie put it all together in a way nice video. She posted it on youtube... here is the link

Yamaha VS Helicopter Race

We had so much fun riding Saturday.... what a perfect weekend.

Have a great week everyone.

We need to get in Harmony ole' pond!!!

Dear Fish Pond:
I think you and I need to come to some kind of understanding. Don't you? I don't know why I am having so much trouble, with you, when I am truly trying to make you healthy and happy. Maybe this will help you understand!

When we moved in this house one of my favorite things about the house was the fact that YOU were here. I loved the fish (notice past tense) that swam in your crystal clear water, the fountain that made the soothing sound of running water and all the beautiful plants around you. I was THRILLED when the previous owner told us that the fish has been alive for 9 years and that you were little to NO maintenance.

NOW I AM ASKING YOU.. WHAT THE HELL HAS CHANGED?????? SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL HAS CHANGED?

I understand that winter was rough on you but I was so happy when all 3, 9 year old, fish had made it through the winter and looked some what healthy. Now, this seems to be where the problem started. Sam and I drained you, cleaned you, and slowly replaced your water. The beautiful Spring weather was just what you needed to get that crystal clear water and healthy again... WRONG... Within a week all three, 9 year old, fish.... DEAD... DEAD.... DEAD.. I thought it was because of an anti fungus treatment I had put in you and chalked it up as that.

Now, I know you can remember the next few weeks. I ran the fountain.. OFTEN, I slowly replaced some of your water, I cleaned the debris from the tree's out of you EVERY SINGLE DAY. I made Sam replace the filter on the fountain. I was excited to get more fish in you and excited to see you grow and prosper. ATLAS the day came that Cassidi brought you home 10 beautiful baby gold fish. I imagined these gold fish splashing around in your rock hidden corners, growing old, having grand children and making a wonderful life in your crystal waters. BOY WAS I WRONG!!! DEAD...DEAD...DEAD... Can you help me dear ole' pond.. Let me know what you NEED and desire from me....

Signed,
FRICKEN FRUSTRATED...

Sheridan Trip

Hello everyone,

It has been so long since I have blogged. We have been busy with spring time things. We will try to be better.

This last weekend we went to Sheridan to see my daughter Jordan walk in her graduation. She worked hard for that certificate and we are so very proud of her. Great Job!!!!!! We love you Jordan. 18 years old and moving on with life...... I feel old. You are a beautiful girl (woman) with nothing but blue sky ahead of you!!

Debbie and I love to go to Sheridan and see some of my friends as well. We hung out with a few and introduced Debbie to a few she hasnt met yet. We would go there more often if it wasnt for the 9 hour drive one way. Debbie was a trooper and gave up her Mothers Day to travel with me to Sheridan..... thank you honey.

My Beautiful Wife

Happy Mothers Day

Our Good Good Friends Steve and Des Marosok

HOME SWEET HOME!!!

Well it's official we are staying in Kaysville (for now). We are happy about it and look forward to what is to come.

back yard!!!

Our backyard is so so pretty right now. With the tree in blossom and the purple flowers it is just gorgeous.. I wanted to share!!!!

A NON MORMON STUCK IN MORMON CENTRAL!

*disclaimer..... this is NOT a Mormon bashing post!!! I repeat this is not a Mormon bashing post!!! Many many of my family and friends are Mormon and I would NEVER bash the church. This is just a struggle with Sam and I... I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A MORMON BASHING POST!

I normally do not blog about personal things or deep things.. I am going to today...
Sam had never lived in Utah and had NEVER been around a influence of one religious group in his life UNTIL he hit Utah. Sam was use to many many churches and everyone being together as one no matter what church you went to. Utah is a little different and Kaysville is even more so. 98% of our neighbors our Mormon and I mean VERY VERY Mormon. I am happy for them, I am glad it works for them, BUT we know it does not work for US. The problem with that is where do you find a life in a neighborhood that is all one religious group when you don't go to that church.... hmmmmmmm....
I am use to the Mormon culture. In fact there are aspects of it I thrive on and look up to, and obviously (because I have chosen differently) there are some things that do not click in my heart. I said to a church leader one day.. "I kind of feel like I woke up in a town that everyone was driving backwards, EVERYONE, and no one asked.. HEY WHY ARE WE DRIVING BACKWARDS? They just did it because their neighbors, their parents, and their grand parents did it. I told him "I don't want to drive backwards because everyone else is, if I choose to drive backwards I want to know why I am".... That is how I feel about the Mormon church. I did NOT want to be Mormon because my neighbors are, or my parents are or... or... or...
It has been a hard decision on me and I have felt like an outsider A LOT!!! A LOT... Sam just does not get it.. He does not get the living your religion for "other people" he struggles with the entire concept of things. I have said to him many many times... DON'T HAVE A BEER IN FRONT OF THEM OR DON'T DO THIS.. He looks at me like I have 8 heads... He doesn't understand it at all. Sam and I definitely are "WHO WE ARE". We don't "pretend" we don't drink alcohol, we don't "pretend" we don't go to a bar, and we don't put up a facade to make us look better in a neighbors eye. It has been hard... HARD!! A lot of times as I have been in Kaysville it seriously has went through my head. I SHOULD GO TO THE LDS CHURCH so I can get a life... I AM SERIOUSLY JUST CONFUSED AS HECK ABOUT THIS... I am not saying that this is exclusive to the "mormon" religion. I am sure if we moved in to a neighborhood that was 98% Jewish we would have the same problem.
Sam is the most spiritual person I have ever been with. He talks about the hereafter, and god and what he believes.
So I don't work outside of the home so I don't have "work" friends, my kids are older and getting all grown up so I don't do the "room mom" thing any more. We don't hang out in bars or clubs (well very often) because we don't have a group of friends... So we have struggled with the "friend" thing here in good ole Kaysville!!! anyone else????????

CLEAN SHEET NIGHT.

I love to go to bed in clean sheets with freshly shaved legs!

I have washed all the sheets in our house today and wanted to share one of my LOVES...

hmmmm.

I have to admit!!! I forget how lucky we are to have Cassidi. Cassidi is definitely a teenager and comes with her own share of drama and disrespect BUT in general Cassidi is a very easy teenager. She respects us, comes home when she is suppose to and TRIES to do the right thing. I just want to send her a great big thanks.
Cassidi had a dance tonight and for the dance they all came to Sam and I's house to have dinner. It was fun to see everyone but WOW with teenage girls come drama. We made it through and no FIST fights.. HA HA.. Fun kids and I hope they have a great night.. KEEP IN MIND THE THEME WAS THE 80'S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!

Here are some pictures and some pictures of Sam and I's back yard. It looks so so pretty right now.

The other day Debbie was cooking dinner and Cass and I were hanging out chatting with her as usual while she cooked. I turned and was talking to Debbie for a sec and I heard a loud squeal to my left and this picture above is what we all saw. "What the hell?" was my first thought. This seemed to defy the rules of gravity. So then Cass started to play with it... the video below.........






This was the strangest thing and was good entertainment for a few minutes and thought you might enjoy it. It apparently takes just the right amount of fluid in the bottom to make it do this. I have no idea how much but give it a shot.

I am coming home to you tonight honey.... I love you and miss you tons.

yummy yummy sweet pork burritos... MAKE THEM!

I got this recipe from a girlfriend of mine, Jessica, and changed it just a little. Sam and Josh and Brock just raved about this.. TRY THEM YOU WILL LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM....

here is the recipe.. seriously so so good... I put the roast in about 8:00 a.m. and let it cook all day..
Put a 4lb PORK (or if Pork is not allowed beef or chicken, I prefer pork) roast in your crock pot..
Mix in a bowl:1 can doctor pepper
2- 8 oz cans tomatoe sauceand about 1 cup brown sugar (I did not measure)
place in crock pot (WITH ROAST) and let cook for 6 -7 hours.
Take Pork out.. SHRED IT ALL.
*at this point I took a couple of BIG BIG spoon fulls of "juice" out of crock pot. Just so it was not too runny (use your own judgement here).
Put Pork back in crock pot with juice and ad a couple big tablespoon fulls of Salsa (your favorite) and another cup or so of brown sugar.
Let cook for about another hour.
Take tortillas and heat them in microwave (I prefer homade from a mexican grocery store but whatever will work)
after they are heated ad some of the sweet pork from crockpot..
some spanish rice (I used the precooked bens spanish rice that you heat in the microwave for 90 seconds, I bought two packets and could have used three)
some heated black beans (just from the can heated in a small sauce pan)
Roll up.. serve with sour cream/guac..../salsa/lettuce (whatever YOU like)
They are so good.
This reciipe will feed A LOT. I fed my family and took 2 zip locks and froze the sweet pork for another night.
Knoks the socks off any sweet burito you are use to..

*I think this recipe would easily feed 15 to 20 if you used the pork sparingly and bought more rice and black beans...

I am so excited to defrost them and have them in a week and then after that... yummy!!!

TO MUCH HOUSE?????

When we bought our house in Kaysville we knew we needed something big enough for our kids, most of our kids. So we move in with 4 kids and Sam and I. We knew Josh would not be with us for very long. He is 22 (as of Wednesday) and we knew that it would only be a short amount of time before he wanted to go out on his own. Also Sam's youngest had thought about moving in with us and all 3 of my kids were with us.
Well turns out we have way OVER BOUGHT as far as # of bedrooms and square footage.

• Josh will be moving out on May 1st! He is so so excited and is renting a place downtown SLC 5 minutes from his work. We are nothing but happy for him but I am sure Brock will miss him. Cassidi and Josh have also became really good friend so we hope he comes back for lasagna night!!!
• Jordan (Sam's youngest) decided she was going to stay in Sheridan! She lives with her mom and is working and has a life there.
• Taylor, (my middle child) did not like Kaysville AT ALL!!! So she lived here for almost a month and decided to go live with her dad in Wellsville. IT BROKE OUR HEARTS BUT SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL and she comes and visits..

So this BIG house with all these bedrooms are going to be left to Sam, I, Brock and Cassidi and keep in mind that Cassidi will be a senior next year and she will be moving on within the next couple of years also.

We just keep saying that it is good to have all of this space so when everyone comes and visits. In fact when everyone was here we did not have enough beds for all. However this big house seems to be getting less and less active. I think they call this "empty nesting"!!! It kinda a surreal feeling! *sigh!

There is a chance that Sam, I, Cassidi and Brock will be moving to St. George, Utah (about 4 1/2 hours South) within the next month. (STAY TUNED.... If we do we will post it on here.) So if we do that we will definitely not buy a home with 5 bedrooms, office, 1 living room, 2 family rooms and 3 bathrooms. We are thinking a nice 4 bedroom home with a POOL AND A PALM TREE... :-)! Our families know about this but in general we have kept it pretty quiet.

weeks menu.

I have a system of writing grocery lists. I go through the week and like a calendar I put..
Mon, Tues, Wed... etc. and underneath each of them I put what we are going to eat each day and then I do the grocery list. It is also fun to ask each member of the family to pick one night. They usually pick the same thing week after week. Josh is lasagna, Cassidi is these sandwiches I make, Sam is steak, and brock is seafood.
THIS WEEK I DID NOT ASK ANY OF THEM!

I only cook dinner and sometimes lunch for Sam. I only cook breakfast on the weekends and usually only 1 morning a weekend ( I know I am a slacker), and for Sunday dinners we usually eat about 3:00 p.m.. I am not a gourmet cook but I do cook A LOT. I cook simple and foods that my family will USUALLY eat.
anyway..
I am sharing this weeks dinner plan with you. I had a friend email me and ask me to do this so I was just doing my grocery list so here ya go...

Thursday: Angel Hair spaghetti, broccoli with Parmesan, french bread.

Friday: French Dip, with chips,veggies and shrimp dip.

Saturday: Taco Ring, with re fried beans.

Sunday: Oriental Wings with white rice and veggies and dip.

Monday: Sour Cream Enchilada Casserole (thanks Nichole), green beans, and rolls.

Tuesday: Pot Roast in crock pot with veggies and tators. ( I love to put a frozen pot roast in the crock pot early morning with a packet of zesty Italian dressing and au jus and a cup of water over the top, put veggies in and let it COOK ALL DAY!!! YUM)

Wednesday: SAM AND I GO OUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS SO THE KIDS CAN HAVE WHATEVER WE HAVE LEFT!

I also throw on that grocery list top Ramon because my kids love to FRY it. A couple of fast things because Cassidi and Josh sometimes come home late and will say to me.. MOM I AM HUNGRY. I have seriously gotten up at midnight and fixed Cassidi food. SPOILED..
I also usually OVER cook so Sam can have it for lunch.
I hope this helps if ya are interested in knowing what is on the stove at our house let me know and I will try to do this more often..

SAM COMES HOME FOR JUST TONIGHT AND LEAVES AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.. :-(... but he is going grocery shopping with me!

42 towels!

I did all my laundry last Tuesday before everyone got here. I MEAN ALL MY LAUNDRY. Sheets, bath mats, EVERYTHING.
I just gathered towels from every laundry bin in the house. 42 towels. 42 towels in a week??? Omyheavens.. Seriously?
KEEP IN MIND 3 DAYS I THINK WE ALL STAYED IN OUR JAMMIES ALL DAY.

42 towels......... not a typo.

lonely?

I am sitting in my family room. NO NOISE, NO TEENAGERS, NOT ONE PERSON HERE!! I am thinking am I lonely???? I don't think so. I have had a house FULL (I MEAN FULL) for 11 days, 11 FULL DAYS.. We have done so many fun things, Moab, roller skating, played games, dinners, cake decorating, etc. I am now sitting here all alone and thinking.. "It's good for things to get back to normal!" I am not saying I did not enjoy everyone because I DID. I am just saying if I had to do it every single day I think I would be a little anxious.. OKAY A LOT!!! lol..

So Sam and I have had a house full for 11 days and today would be a kinda quiet day and evening and guess what!!! SAM WILL BE TRAVELING A LOT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. So he is gone to Idaho Falls tonight, will be back tomorrow late afternoon, leave again tomorrow morning and be back late Friday night.... and then start it all again next week. GO FIGURE.

I have to tell you about our cake decorating contest. So I baked the cakes and the deal was we all had to use the basic same shape of bunny but decorate any way you want. We were put on teams. Sarah and I, Cassidi and Jordan, and Taylor and Sam. We went to different rooms to decorate. Sarah and I went to the basement.. Here is us decorating our cake.

Sarah would color frosting and do the ears and tail and stuff and I would do the frosting work.

Sarah's and mine final project. I don't have close ups of the other cakes, I think Sam does on his laptop, but Sarah and I won. We came upstairs and poor Sam and Taylors bunny was called the "junk yard" bunny. It was even smoking. The poor bunny had a pretty hard life!

I am getting caught up with blogging and maybe will finally post some Moab arch pictures tomorrow. MAYBE.. MAYBE NOT. I am enjoying this quiet.. ha ha.

EASTER/SPRING BREAK = BUSY BUSY BUSY!!

It's been a little while and I am sorry for that. We have been busy as heck. Everyone came for Easter. Sarah (came from Laraime), Jordan (came from Sheridan), Taylor (came from Wellsville) and I had a friend from St. George (Jodi) stay on Sunday night, and my Mom and Nolan came for Easter dinner. So to say the least we have been busy. I HAVE COOKED, CLEANED, COOKED CLEANED, COOK CLEANED.. way to much. I am going to see if Sam will TAKE US OUT tonight!!! :-)

We mostly stayed in the house and played the Wii but we did get out a couple times. We went to lunch at Applebee's one day, went ROLLER SKATING, Yes Roller skating!! Sam and I even got on skates.. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!

So after skating we came home.. I COOKED AGAIN. LOL and the weather was good enough for us to sit on the patio. Brock made a fire.. ALL BOY! We hung out and chatted!All the way around it was a pretty good weekend. JUST A LOT OF WORK. Sarah went home yesterday morning, Taylor went home last night and Jordan is with us till tomorrow. I will blog more later about Moab last weekend and our bunny cake contest etc.

It was fun but boy I have no idea how people can afford to "feed" and keep their sanity with 4 teenage girls, a dog, a tween son, husband and wife and all that goes along with that. WOW...

WHAT PRICELESS MEMORIES!

MOAB WEEKEND

What an awesome weekend. We had a blast even though it snowed and was cold our first 2 days. We made the best of it and had a great time. Cass was a trooper and even though she is a teenager who would rather be at home with friends still had an OK time... lol
We stayed in a cabin in a camp ground with bunk beds and a heater that barely worked. So at night we would snuggle up and tell funny stories in the dark.... I better keep these stories a secret.... especially the ones about me.
So me and Brock wake up and of course have to go pee with Winnie so we proceeded outside and found SNOW on the ground. So much for a Spring Break WOW... COLD. So everyone rolled out of bed dressed warm and we hit the parks and Moab. We had never been to Moab for play before... I had been there for work since there are two Maveriks there but never to goof off. There are TONS of things to do there especially if you have a couple of 4 wheelers, jeep or a dirt bike....... so much dang fun. We are definately going back when its warm and maybe with some toys and friends...... make it an adult weekend... lol

Sunday was way warm and we went on a hike of all hikes but I will let Debbie post about that one with pictures.... what a great time.

HOLE IN THE ROCK HOUSE

4 Wheelin in the park

Cold Arch Hike

Fun Gift Shopping with a Blizzard Outside

Afternoon Siesta after a day of cruizin through the cold parks

Weeekend Getaway....

Hey everyone we are headed out to Moab for a weekend get away. I am sure we will come back with some great pictures and stories so come back to see us in a few days..... I promise we will have an update. We have been lazy bloggers lately. Shame on us!!