Happy Birthday Angie!

Hi! I'm sorry I'm not there in person to sing Happy Birthday to you. I'm still in the woods. I hope you get to do something fun today or at least get out of changing any diapers all day.  I'll be thinking about you. See you soon!

 This picture was taken on your 6th birthday. Adam, Jordan, you & me. I remember being in charge of the balloons. 

Good Luck Ash!

I wish I was there to sleep out on the sidewalk and be in the middle of all the weirdos and I can't believe I'm missing my chance to stand with Ryan Seacrest outside the big double doors and wait for you to come through with your golden ticket. Don't forget to bring snacks (I totally would have had that covered) and whoever your going with, make sure they go first, they always pick the second one in a pair. Have fun and good luck! I can't wait to hear all about it.

Here I am!

It feels a while since I've let you all in my daily doings. So here you go, I couldn't stop myself and wrote three. 

 This week Ozzy asked me if he could have "one of those things that you put on yourself when you eat breakfast or watch tv and you don't want to get dressed first".  Do you mean a robe?  Yeah, a Robe! 

 I thought of aunt Debbie. If her kids asked for something like that, she'd just whip one up herself.  In an hour or so later, brand new robes.  Well, it doesn't work exactly like that in my world, but I gave it a shot.  I'm going to learn how to sew if it kills me, it just might. I seriously don't even know how to read a pattern. But, thanks to several trips over to my neighbor, pattern instructions in hand, 2 DAYS, a stiff neck and several pricked fingers later...

Ta Da!  They may not be perfect but my boys are completely satisfied and ready to watch tv without the bother of putting clothes on. I was even able to customize them per their requests. They picked out their own fabric. Ozzy wanted his longer with a hood.  Ownie wanted his a little shorter, no hood, just a "comfy" collar.  I feel so domestic!

Take a hike!

If my boys have a choice of what they want to do any given afternoon, they'll pick go on a hike.  They do not inherit this love of exerting yourself in the heat of the day from me. Luckily for them, their dad is more accommodating. We happen to live in a great place for such an activity, 2 minutes away and you're on a trail to the mountains. This time my two little explorers came back with pockets full of rocks and these great pics.

The other day I found out that my cute neighbor Caylen nominated my cute husband Jerm for recognition as a "Herriman Hero". This is his letter:

My name is Caylen Craven and I am 17. I am nominating Jereme Gardner for the Herriman Hero award.  Jereme is my neighbor and an excellent role model and friend to everybody.  Jereme can almost always be found helping other people in the community.  When he is not helping his neighbors move heavy objects or do yard work, he is often found with the cub scouts showing them cool tricks and teaching them while he is at it.  

He knows how to have fun no matter what, he's famous in our area for his magnificent snow c

astles that he spends hours and hours building, much to the delight of the neighborhood kids. 

 I have seen him set up tepees in his backyard for the kids to sleep in and is always coming up with

 some cool new idea to build.  He also enjoys hanging out with me and my friends.

 He taught us how to make our own throwing knives and hatchets using his equipment in his garage and he is always ready to give us advice and pieces of wisdom about life.  Jereme is the most deserving Herriman Hero that I could know. 

Isn't that nice? He really is that fun.