Tagged

Sue from My Musings tagged me.  If you've never checked out her blog, You should!  She is very witty and has great craft ideas.

Okay 7 things about me.  Umm I'll have to think......:)  I don't know how weird these are going to be hehehe


1) I was born @ the Safford Inn.  It was posing as the hospital since the hospital was condemned and they were building a new one.

2) I broke my collar bone when I was 5 falling off stage.

3) I am NOT crazy about chocolate.

4) I didn't get my drivers license until I was 20.

5) I cloth diapered my third child until she was about 8 months. (I think it was that long. lol)

Seven Really   

6) Got married about 2 weeks after high school graduation. 

:)  If I can think of something else I'll fill this in. hehe  I thought of one

7) I love chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate.  I love cookies so it's not like I wont eat them but I always try to find the one with the least.  :)


Now I'm supposed to tag 7 more people: 

Keli, Laura, Laurie, Melody (though you wont be able to get to hers since she has every one blocked),and Aspen. 

The Birthday Girl

So it has been way too long.  :) 

Vanessa's birthday was Monday.  She is now 15 and she is thrilled to be one year closer to 16!  :)  Wow can I survive her driving and dating at the same time?  Her birthdays always make me feel old.  Guess it's because our birthdays are so close.  :)  Any way here are a few shots of her and the cake.  

I'm it

Ten years ago I

1. Was buying my first house.
2. Had two kids (already)
3. Bought a new Plymouth Breeze.
4. Was much skinnier than now, yet stupidly thought I was fat. (This was me too)
5. Just lost my grandmother but gained a sister in law.

My "to do" list
1. Get my hinny to the gym.
2. Kiss my hubby goodbye till Thursday.

3. Tiddy the house before Laurie gets here.  :)

4. Scrapbook

5. Dinner anyone

Favorite Snackies
1. Cookies
2. Hummus and pita
3. fruit (apples and peanut butter)
4. nuts
5. chips

If I had a million dollars
1. Pay off our debt and put some money aside for savings
2. Build a bigger house (so I can have my own room and not share with the washing machine and dryer) this would mean moving too.  Add in a full time maid.  :)
3. Spend 2 weeks @ Walt Disney world and surrounding area playing w/ the kids
4. Buy a house and a car for my parents, and a house for my bro and sis
5. Have a Dean family reunion on a 2 week cruise.  Darn did I over spend?  Back in debt again  :)

Places I've lived
1. Kitzingen, Germany
2. Montesano, Washington
3. Eagar & Springerville, & Showlow Arizona (they are too close to count separately)
4. Topeka, Kansas
5. Peoria, Arizona

My jobs
1. Burger King bus
2. Dicks bakery 
3. Greer Lodge
4. Merle Norman store
5. Care provider for a gal with downs

I tag anyone who feels like playing.  

Camp

Breanna flyin high!

 Isn't this old army jeep fun!  

Camping turned out to be fun.  Though it did have its ups and downs.  We left here about 2pm and got up to Luna at about 8:30pm.  Needless to say we had to set up our tents in the dark and then find wood so we could fix our dinner.  I ended up just fixing everyone a sandwich and going to bed at about 1:30am because Aleah was just wired.  Saturday was a lot of fun!  We started out the morning with pancakes, bacon, hash-browns and hot-cocoa at the main camp.  Breakfast was done by the host family (Sorry, I don't know who that was.)  It was great!  We met again for a potluck chili cookoff.  I won with my red chili!  Totally took me by surprise.  Douglas won for his green chili about 8 years back.  He was busy and sick so I thought I would just make some so we had something to share.  I won a mini mag light.  I'll have to get out my alcohol inks and pretty it up.  :) 

The kids had a blast playing in the creek, meeting family they didn't know, ridding 4wheelers, performing in the talent show, bidding at the family auction, ridding the zip line, catching crawdads, gettin as dirty as possible, roasting marshmallows, launching bottle rockets, and playing on the tire swing.

Saturday night it rained to beat all.  We ended up almost floating inside our tent.  Thankfully Breanna and Aleah who shared our tent stayed dry.  Doug got the worst of it and by morning he had had his fill.  He packed us up despite the sad faces and complaining from the kids.  This time we left at 1:40pm and got home about 8pm with a hour stop in Wilcox for dinner.  Notice a time difference there?  Had a bit of a detour the first time.  hehe  

 

We I didn't get many photos.  Douglas played photographer and I havn't got any from him.  But here are a few with Breanna on the tire swing.

My chili and prize

We out of here

So we are off to my hubby's family reunion tomorrow.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  It has been a long time since I camped.  I do feel some trepidation about this whole thing.  :)  The kids are so excited.  Vanessa and Deven have been before but the last time Nina went she was 18 months or so.  She doesn't remember ever going but is still very excited.  Trying to come up with dinners and meals for cooking out in the boonies.  I'm stressing more than I should.  :) I found some fun dinner and breakfast ideas at a site called chuckwagondiner.  So, we'll see how they go over.  I should come back with some fun photos.  Well cross your fingers for me. 

Tats???

Aleah and I got a bit bored today.  I remembered reading on a blog about do it yourself tatoos.  So, we have colored on our bodies.  hehehe   I wanted to color mine red as well but couldn't reach to color well.  :)  Just a few stamps, Stazon ink, and markers.  Aleah's are on the insides of her ankles.

Toasted marshmellows

They are best black

Gathering around the flames

Stuffin our mouths

They are best right off the stick

Gunner can wash the sticky off.  Just some fun in the backyard.