Tagged!!

I have been tagged by mom. THANKS!!! so here it goes...

Two names you go by:
1. Jami
2. mom

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. jeans
2. T-Shirt

Two things you ate today:
1. eggs
2. toast ( it is only 7:30 am)

Two things you did last night:
1. made fajitas
2. drove to litchfield and picked up 2 more fish tanks

Two things you want very badly at this moment:
1. Sonic POP
2. SLEEP

Last two people you just spoke to:
1. Parker
2. Ryland

Two things you're doing tomorrow:
1. cleaning
2. picking the kids up from school

Two longest car rides:
1. Sacramento, CA
2. Las Vegas, NV

favorite beverages:
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Dr. Pepper with vanilla

i now tag Dena and Kristi Bartel.. Have lots of fun... I did!!

NEMO!!

Well i think my husbands fish tank fetish, might be taking a slight halt for awhile. He has finally got a big tank like he wanted(of course there are still bigger ones). He has taken the time to sell all the old fish from the smaller tanks(they are not reef safe and we are going to do a reef tank so we can have coral) and he got the entire tank up and runny after 4 long days of making sure everything is perfect. The biggest worry i had was putting the water in the tank, when the tank is located on carpet in my living room. Thank goodness there was only a small leak that was fixed within minutes. Ryland was all excited to see the water go in because he wanted fish. Roy and Ryland go to the fish store just about every other day to pick out fish, but Roy always told him he had to wait until there was water in the tank. That day came and ryland wanted fish. There are so many reason why you have to wait to put fish in a salt water tank. So we have another tanked called a QT tank that fish and coral have to go in before they go the big tank. The QT tank has nothing in it but PVC pipes for the fish to hide in. Anyways we went to the fish store this morning and ryland picked out fish!!! He picked out NEMO and i wanted DORI, but Dori was a little to expensive to be a tester fish. Pretty much the fish we bought today may not survive, but hopefully they will if my husband has the patients to leave them in the QT tank long enough. So here are the pics of 2 nemos we got today. there is also some copperband fish we got!!!

Like Father , Like Son!!

About a week ago Ryland asked him grandma to make him an apron.(she was making some already). He begged her, so the next day i made a trip to Hobby Lobby( way cool store and cheap fabric). I got fabric and he called his grandma and told her that mom got fabric, come home and make me an apron!!! As soon as she walked in the door, he rushed the fabric to her and showed her to her sewing machine. The next day we BBQed for dinner. Ryland was so excited because when daddy bbq's he wears his apron, so ryland got to wear his too!!! anyways here are the pics.

Thank you , Thank you!!!

I want to thank Nana for giving us this award. I am honored to have received this blog award. It is so much fun to be able to give an acceptance speech. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful family to blog about and 2 wonderful kids, who love to get there pictures taken all the time. Also for my kids accepting that they have a crazy mom who is always trying to make them pose for the pics when all they really want to do is just play. Thank you to all the readers out there who continually read our family blog and keep updated with us. Thank you very much for this award!!!


The rules are:
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link to the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.
6. Write an acceptance speech in the style of the Academy Awards, thanking every body’s mother, father, sister, brother, aunties and uncles and the kitchen staff at your favorite restaurant!

The lucky five that i give this award to are:

Joleen Verenski: She is an awesome mother of two. She is incredibly busy and always keeps us updated with her family. Thanks for keeping us updated with Pics!!!

Heidi Coplen: Heidi is a great mom and cousin. She makes us laugh all the time. We can always count on her to liven up the party!!!

Kinsey: Kinsey is a coworker of mine (back when i used to work!!) she is always fun to work with. I miss working with her so much. Thanks for keeping us updated with pics of the kids.

Jen Ray: We met during beauty school and had so much fun. We recently met back up with each other an our having tons of fun together and remembering old times. She is so much fun to be around!!

Macey Bishop: ( sorry private blog) Macey and i met during high school. We had so much fun. She always played tricks on me!! It is awesome to see her now, congrats on your baby boy!!!

fun day

today we went to my aunt sheleens house for lunch. The kids love to go over there because of all the cool toys she has and they love to see the animals. here are a couple pics of today.

Random FUN!!!

We went to Chuck E cheese last week for a friends birthday party. Ryland had tons of fun. he ran around and never stopped. Here are some pics from that night and some other random pics.

Our time in Show Low

Over Labor Day weekend we went to Show Low and stayed at my brother n laws family cabin. We headed out late Friday after noon around 6:30. We were headed to Payson to stay at a friends cabin, only to realize someone else got there before us. So luckily we had a back up plan. After arriving in payson about 8:30 pm (traffic into to Payson was crazy) we stopped and got snacks and drinks and continued on to Show Low. We arrived at the cabin around 10:30. Ryland and Parker were both sleeping, until we got out of the car. Ryland thought it was morning and wanted to play and Parker just wanted to eat and go back to bed!! So by midnight we were all situated, cars unloaded and beds ready and waiting for us. The next day we just lounged around,went to breakfast and had a picnic at the lake. That night we tried to roast marshmallows but it was raining. Sunday, again we just lounged and drove home. Roy had to work Monday so we came home earlier. Monday afternoon we went swimming and had a BBQ at my brothers house. Our weekend was relaxing and fun!!!