A day with Thomas the Train.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Trunk or Treat and More

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Halloween Time 2008

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I've been tagged!!

I was tagged by my friend Karlyn.

Seven random/weird facts about myself:

1. I hate shopping.

2. I love eating good food.

3. I have very colorful walls in my home that I detest, but am too lazy to paint.

4. I never like to miss out on an opportunity to hang out with friends and family.

5. I am voting "YES" on Prop. 8 on Tuesday, November 4th to protect and restore traditional marriage.

6. I am an instigator and a peacemaker depending on how I feel about the issue at hand.

7. I wish Alex would nap in the afternoon like he used to so he would be happy and rested for some fun in the evening (and so I could get some things done without distraction).

Tag SEVEN people? Amy, Laurie, Memory, Rachael, Andrea, Jennifer, & Monica

I've been tagged!

So my sister Kirstin officially tagged me. The tag is:

My Pictures Folder

4th Folder

4th Picture

August 1, 2003 I probably found this picture on the web looking for info on poisonous plants for my girls camp lesson on edible and poisonous plants. I miss girls camp. I think they assigned that lesson to me every year after I took the class on field botany from PCC. Then the last year I went, the lady that did the cooking class had moved so they asked me to do that one. Just because I got a degree in Family Consumer Science doesn't mean I know how to do dutch oven cooking. I bought a dutch oven kit at Costco and practiced in my backyard with David's help. Cornbread and Chili. yum. Fun memories.

I tag anyone who wants to do it.

Silly Laws

Watch this video, rate it and forward it to your friends and family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko2-EQss0V4

Protect Marriage-Vote Yes on Prop 8 and spread the word

A fireside was broadcast last night concerning Proposition 8 that is going to be voted on in California. We were encouraged to make our support known any way we can... they recommended blogging about it and even putting it on facebook.

I am in full support of Prop 8. We as a society need to protect the sacred union of a man and woman. We want to protect the integrity of our families. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and we cannot allow that sacred ordinance to be defiled.
Spread the word to vote Yes on Prop 8 on Nov 4th.

Protect Marriage

LDS Newsroom: Divine Institution of Marriage

What American accent do you have?

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I'm not from the midland, but it's nice to know I have a good TV voice.

Labor Day at Lake Skinner

Trip to San Diego's Wild Animal Park

Fun at the OC Fair

Tasting Table

I was worried Alex wouldn't like the figs this year as much as he did last year. They just came in on our tree so I reintroduced him to this much loved but forgotten fruit. He had no problem acquiring his new found love for figs and asked "More figs please." Last year he ate one with his breakfast, now he eats two each morning.

Latest Happenings

Alex is getting to be a big boy now. He is going potty more and more often. He is sleeping in a bed now and no longer clunking and bonking into the crib rails at night.

Here is the big boy helping daddy mow the lawn on a Saturday afternoon.

Remember When . . .

I saw this on my sister-in-law's and my friend's websites and finally decided it would be fun to try.

1. Leave a comment here telling me about one memory that we have together. It doesn't have to be big, just anything you remember.

2. Re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Ready, Set, Go!

Alison's Fireworks Test

What These Fireworks Say About You

You are focused, single minded, and intense. You don't let others see your intensity often, and when they do, they are quite surprised. You burn brightly, but you also burn steadily. You have the endurance to get the one thing you desire most.

The Fireworks Test

David's Morph

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Roots - Geneology

Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

Alex's Birthday

Alex had a great birthday. We celebrated it in segments, so he really had many great birthday activities. He first got an early birthday present in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Tarbox. He enjoys pushing his garbage truck all over the house and picking up more than the just the trash cans provided to carry around. He sees the big trucks on the streets and gets really excited and exclaims "trash truck" or "garbage truck" as they pass on by.We went to Utah to visit family and he got some cute new outfits from Kirstin, Steve, Isaac and Dallin, as well as his favorite California aunt, Erin who he got to model it for on Independence day when we were back at home.
Oma and Opa surprised Alex with a birthday party and we celebrated with them and the Jachmann family-Rob, Susan, Christina, Wil, and Arianna. He got a dinosaur and soccer shirt from them. He now spends time running around saying "dinosaur-raarr" with his claws up pretending to be one. Oma and Opa gave him clothes, books, and a new race track which he loves playing with. He enjoys his quiet moments looking at his new books and blowing out the candles on the one book over and over again.

We had a small celebration at home with cupcakes and Erin over. Dad came home early and we went over to the park to play while we waited for Erin and the pizza to arrive. Alex loves pizza and calls everything else that remotely looks and tastes like pizza--pizza. It's hard for a two year old to say quesadilla or grilled cheese sandwich anyway, although I'm working on teaching him. He got a step stool for the potty room, pajamas, puzzles, and a Harold the helicopter to add to his train collection. He has always enjoyed going to sit on his recently purchased potty seat but now that he has his Elmo stool, he's in there several times a day sitting on his potty and being more successful in learning to go to the bathroom on the potty. His helicopter is now his favorite thing to play with over at the train set and he has already mastered the puzzles we thought would be too hard for him. They have sounds that tell you the shapes when you put them in the corresponding spot. The other has lights and sounds when you complete each emergency vehicle-police car, ambulance, firetruck.

We went out last weekend and got a babysitter, and even his babysitter brought over a birthday surprise. She got him a Pooh and Tigger puzzle, a Thomas the train coloring book, crayons, and story book. She knows him so well. He is coloring more often now that he has his Thomas and friends pages to color on.

Utah Trip

We just got back from Utah. We were able to see all our immediate family that lives there. We stayed with Rob, Susan, Christina, Wil, and Arianna in Logan. We had a overnighter in Eden (Pineview Reservoir) with Brett, Lydia, Sean, and Ian; Steve, Kirstin, Isaac, and Dallin; Grandma and Grandpa Tarbox; and Erin. We went to visit Oma and Opa Jachmann in Salt Lake City. We had a short stay (a week and a half) but we had fun while it lasted. We went to Dinosaur Park in Ogden with Rob's family. We went to the Kangaroo Zoo for Isaac's Birthday. We also went to the new Bountiful Rec Center for a swim. We played games and ate out with all. We watched movies and talked a lot. It was a good time.