After a wonderful 5 day trip to visit Mom and Dad H. in CA., we are home once again. Our journey began last Wednesday when we left at 6 am, in the falling snow and fog. A break in Reno and VERY long drive over Donner made our usual 7 hour trip into a 12 hour trip! But, the kids did great :)
Thursday and Friday we had lots of fun visiting family and friends! Mom made a "practice batch" of ollie bolen on New Year Eve... of course we had to be the taste testers! We were able to visit Great Grandma Dora on Thursday and, I made it to 11:30 pm before heading to bed on New Years Eve (sad, I know. But, its so different when you have little kids and all you truly desire is sleep! 2010 was there the next morning so I knew I hadn't missed anything!)
New Years Day was spent visiting with many, many friends and family who stopped by for ollie bolen and, a time of fellowship. What good times we had!
Sadly, Trent, Tys and I came down with a bad case of the stomach flu for Sat. and Sun. (and even sadder, we left it for dad to carry on...) I was so thankful to have mom, dad and Casey there to help with the kids and take care of us sick ones! I have to say it melted my heart when I asked Tys at one point if he was feeling better. He nodded "yes" then, asked me in a sweet, concerned voice "mommy, are you feeling better"??
We arrived home today just in time for the Fiesta Bowl. Once again, BSU won the Fiesta Bowl! Final Score: 17-10. It was very intense there for a while!
Tomorrow morning, Katie's little friends will arrive for her Princess Tea Birthday Party... in just 2 days my little girl will turn 4yrs old!
I will have to post pictures later as my camera is still piled beneath the mound of unpacked suitcases!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
"Californ-I-A, here I come"
We leave for California tomorrow - yay!! We've been busy preparing to go, taking all of our Christmas decorations down and finding "homes" for our new Christmas toys (we are so blessed!) We also woke up this morning to a fresh layer of snow... which makes everything so pretty. However, I am still looking forward to spring :)
Mom and I took the boys to Elko today for Trent's 1yr check up. He weighs 23.5 lbs and got 2 shots. He's still in the high percentile range for his weight, height and head. And, Tys got weighed too; he's 34.6 lbs. Then, we took them to get "cheed-burders" and Trent got his 1yr portraits done. We missed Katie but, she had fun hanging out with her Papa and daddy!
We are looking forward to spending time with Mom and Dad H. and friends & family, for New Years! My mouth is already watering for ollie bolen! Katie has been singing "Californ-I-A, here I come"!!!
Mom and I took the boys to Elko today for Trent's 1yr check up. He weighs 23.5 lbs and got 2 shots. He's still in the high percentile range for his weight, height and head. And, Tys got weighed too; he's 34.6 lbs. Then, we took them to get "cheed-burders" and Trent got his 1yr portraits done. We missed Katie but, she had fun hanging out with her Papa and daddy!
We are looking forward to spending time with Mom and Dad H. and friends & family, for New Years! My mouth is already watering for ollie bolen! Katie has been singing "Californ-I-A, here I come"!!!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sledding
On Christmas Eve we met a group of friends at a nearby sledding hill and had fun playing in the snow! The weather was perfect however, there could have been just a tad bit more snow.. the ride down was quite bumpy! There were lots of snow machines/4-wheelers there to take the kids/adults back up to the top (whatever happened to the good 'ole days of climbing back up the hill yourself??) 
Katie's snow angel
Precious' first time EVER to go sledding or, even play in the snow!!
Tys, Katie and Wyatt... being pulled behind Greg's 4-wheeler. They had a blast!
Katie and Jolena... I have to say I LOVE Jolena's hat and, am keeping my eye out for one for Katie :)
Katie's snow angel
Precious' first time EVER to go sledding or, even play in the snow!!
Tys, Katie and Wyatt... being pulled behind Greg's 4-wheeler. They had a blast!Katie and Jolena... I have to say I LOVE Jolena's hat and, am keeping my eye out for one for Katie :)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Give Me S'More cake
This "Give Me S'More"cake was very yummy and, really did taste like a S'More! Ri, I thought of you :) You can find the recipe at TasteofHome.com//"GiveMeS'More"cake
Trent's 1st birthday party
We celebrated Trent's 1st birthday last night and about 45 people came to his party!! He is such a loved little boy!
Mom and I served an Italian dinner and, my attempts at making a S'Mores cake from scratch (which included making homemade marshmellow) was a success! There was lots of laughing, kids playing and everyone having a great time. HAPPY BIRTHDAY 'REN!
Trent is standing on his own and walking more and more everyday. Once he got over the initial shock of everyone in his house, he became the life of the party!
I made cupcakes for the kids and, of course, Trent got one of his own...
Our good friend, Sandy and Trent
Payton, Jakob and Jolena
Katie, Sarah, Lexie (hiding), Hannah and Payton
Sydney ~ the future Mrs. Trenton Haveman :)
Loving his cake!
Opening presents is very hard, serious business. Between his birthday and Christmas, he's gotten a lot of practice in opening presents this last week!
Enjoying one of his new toys
Mom and I served an Italian dinner and, my attempts at making a S'Mores cake from scratch (which included making homemade marshmellow) was a success! There was lots of laughing, kids playing and everyone having a great time. HAPPY BIRTHDAY 'REN!
Trent is standing on his own and walking more and more everyday. Once he got over the initial shock of everyone in his house, he became the life of the party!
I made cupcakes for the kids and, of course, Trent got one of his own...
Our good friend, Sandy and Trent
Payton, Jakob and Jolena
Katie, Sarah, Lexie (hiding), Hannah and Payton
Sydney ~ the future Mrs. Trenton Haveman :)
Loving his cake!
Opening presents is very hard, serious business. Between his birthday and Christmas, he's gotten a lot of practice in opening presents this last week!
Enjoying one of his new toysFriday, December 25, 2009
Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas!
Since Casey and my mom were working 12 hour shifts today, we celebrated our family Christmas yesterday. First, we took the kids sledding during the day (pictures of that fun time to follow...) Then, in the late afternoon we got to see and open our presents with Mom & Dad H., Marie, Great Grandma Dora and Jerry, Bernice, Lucas and James on Skype. Yay for internet! It was so wonderful to see everyone :)
We enjoyed a yummy dinner of ham, potatoes, rolls, veggies etc. with my parents ~ thanks, mom, for cooking such a great dinner! Joe also came over to share in the festivities... in the evening we FINALLY got to open presents, The kids (and myself) had been waiting all day! As always, we were spoiled and blessed with many wonderful gifts. Casey got me a beautiful jewelry box this year - thanks honey - and my parents got me an iPod (yay, I'm moving up in the land of technology!) and new 12 piece diningware set. Along with many other great gifts! Tys and Katie really got into opening their presents this year and didn't take quite as long opening them as last year LOL Trent, however, was really into playing with the paper and trying to crawl all over everything... he had a blast!
Tys got to be "Santa" this year and hand out the presents to everyone
Joe was happy to receive his official "Man Card" from Jerry and Bernice!
I'd say Tys was loving his presents :)
Trent, playing with the trash!
My wonderful parents
Tys and his new tools! He got a new Black and Decker work bench, with all sorts of power tools. He also got a new battery powered drill from Oma and Grandpa... he hasn't stopped drilling things since he got it! note: it doesn't REALLY drill through things... it just sort of tickles. I would know because he has been drilling our heads :)
A couple of Katie's favorite toys were her Strawberry Shortcake Cafe and Polly Pockets. She saw this gift, picked it up, hugged it and exclaimed "I LOVE YOU"... she hadn't even opened it yet!
Since Casey and my mom were working 12 hour shifts today, we celebrated our family Christmas yesterday. First, we took the kids sledding during the day (pictures of that fun time to follow...) Then, in the late afternoon we got to see and open our presents with Mom & Dad H., Marie, Great Grandma Dora and Jerry, Bernice, Lucas and James on Skype. Yay for internet! It was so wonderful to see everyone :)
We enjoyed a yummy dinner of ham, potatoes, rolls, veggies etc. with my parents ~ thanks, mom, for cooking such a great dinner! Joe also came over to share in the festivities... in the evening we FINALLY got to open presents, The kids (and myself) had been waiting all day! As always, we were spoiled and blessed with many wonderful gifts. Casey got me a beautiful jewelry box this year - thanks honey - and my parents got me an iPod (yay, I'm moving up in the land of technology!) and new 12 piece diningware set. Along with many other great gifts! Tys and Katie really got into opening their presents this year and didn't take quite as long opening them as last year LOL Trent, however, was really into playing with the paper and trying to crawl all over everything... he had a blast!
Tys got to be "Santa" this year and hand out the presents to everyone
Joe was happy to receive his official "Man Card" from Jerry and Bernice!
I'd say Tys was loving his presents :)
Trent, playing with the trash!
My wonderful parents
Tys and his new tools! He got a new Black and Decker work bench, with all sorts of power tools. He also got a new battery powered drill from Oma and Grandpa... he hasn't stopped drilling things since he got it! note: it doesn't REALLY drill through things... it just sort of tickles. I would know because he has been drilling our heads :)
A couple of Katie's favorite toys were her Strawberry Shortcake Cafe and Polly Pockets. She saw this gift, picked it up, hugged it and exclaimed "I LOVE YOU"... she hadn't even opened it yet!
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