O Pioneers

Look at this little pioneer girl we found shopping for Christmas bargains. We decided we would take her along with us.
I told these pioneers that we were never going to find the promise land and this is what they looked like.
Then I said that we did find the promise land. This is the place! They were over joyed. It looks like Kate was the happiest. She is praising the Lord! What a bunch of lovely ladies. We had so much fun shopping.

Special treat

Kate, you asked for it. Sorry everyone else, but I think it is super funny! We really did have a lot of fun. Would you buy this chair if this was the model in it?

Girls Weekend

My mom and sisters came down to Utah to go Christmas shopping last weekend. We had so much fun. One of the places we went was Ikea of course. We decided we should pretend to be mannequins throughout the whole store. Here is Kate modeling a really comfy chair.

Are you buying it? You should have seen what she was doing in this chair after this shot. I will not post those pics for her safety! They are much too funny.

So, Joey wasn't modeling here. She didn't even know I took her picture. She looks pretty hot.
Reese even got in on the action. She is such a natural. I love this gal!
Erin really was believable. I thought she was a real mannequin. Great job!
I would totally read a book in front of these storage boxes if they were in my house!
Kate is selling hampers now. I would totally buy that.
I am modeling cups. To be honest, I think I could have done a lot better at modeling. What is wrong with me or what is wrong with my directors?
Oh wait, this is a little more believable. Oh wait, no it isn't!
I think this is the winner of the mannequin contest. It really does look like she is smiling with her eyes. You can tell she watches Americas next top model. Great job!
I would buy 100 step stools from this model. Wow!
Uh?
This mannequin is wearing man hands. Someone put the wrong size on. They are really stiff too!
She is such a natural. What is she pointing at? A sale?
These two just sold me a day bed.

We had so much fun and laughed so hard. Thanks ladies for the fun. I can't wait for the next time. Mom, bring your phone!

Christmas Shopping

Check out my Etsy page to get some of your Christmas shopping done! I will have some necklaces featured on Etsy.com if you search for pendants. I still need to post some frames and earrings on my etsy page. Check it out!

www.loolyhandmade.etsy.com

or my blog:

www.loolyhandmade.blogspot.com

Christmas Lights

This is how I decorated my house this year. I got the toy soldiers on clearance last year after Christmas. I did add one more thing to the pillars in the front. I just think it turned out cute. This year I have just been in the mood to get the decorations up early and I have been dying to get the tree up, but I haven't convinced Jon yet. He hasn't been in the mood just yet. Soon enough!
We went to the movie last weekend and I saw this movie sign of Jobi's twin. I made him take a picture with it and he wasn't happy about that. It turns out that Jobi doesn't look that much like Justin Bieber. Here is the proof.

Rexburg visit

So this isn't in Rexburg, but I thought he was too cute not to put on the blog. He has cut his hair short since this pic and it is to cold to wear flip flops, but look how cute!!
Joey is always trying to kiss me all the time. We are so in love! It was such a special moment.
This is me, Joey, my mom, and Erin in the Winco parking lot in Idaho Falls. We had to go get some granola fixings and we had a fun time. My mom has a phone that reads your text messages to you so we were texting funny things to her phone so we could hear the computer say it in such a funny way. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! The sentence, Joey is a cotton headed ninny muggins doesn't sound too funny here, but it is a riot when the computer lady reads it to you.
Me and my freaks!
That is a little better. Joey was really cold and had to wear her hat everywhere in the house, I guess. She is a little bit weirder than the rest of us.

Christmas name drawing

Mom, Joey, Erin, and Kate, watch the video for the name drawing for the kids Christmas. We made it a video so it would be fair. Mom and Erin, I just wanted you to be up on the latest info EVERYONE will be talking about! J/K. It is just for fun. Here are the names:

Sawyer has Dax

Jobi has Dylan

Keller has Reese

Ryker has Sawyer

Reese has Keller

Dylan has Ryker

Dax has Jobi

The video ended with out a final answer, but to make it work Keller had to have Reese not Jobi.

Let me know all your complaints!!

Love you all!

Jobi's Birthday

This picture wasn't on Jobi's Birthday, but it looks like I am in a party hat!
My mom made Jobi this awesome Denver Broncos blanket. He loves it and sleeps with it every night. They are one of his favorite teams. Don't they look so great and cute? I think so!
Jobi had two birthday cakes because he had a friends party and a family party. This one was the family cake. It was a DQ ice cream cake with a skate boarder on it. My sisters came and we went to Jumping Jacks to let the kids run around and they did and everyone had a great time.
This one is just a simple friends skateboarding cake that I made. I am not a cake decorator my any means. Jobi really liked it so that works for me! He got a WII for his birthday so they had a video game party for him. They had a great time.
This was Jobi having a really good hair day. We had to take a picture of it! I think my boy is the cutest!

Spring Yard Summer Yard

This was my front yard just after I got my new flower baskets on Memorial Day.
This is my flower baskets just a couple of weeks ago. Look how much my baskets have grown.
I really enjoyed these baskets that I got this year in Idaho. I couldn't find any around here that were as big as these. I can't wait to see the all the flowers again next year. I am not ready for the snow coming. Boo!
I just had to show off my flower baskets.

My weird animals

Loki and Maisey sharing a bed. Loki usually doesn't hang out with the other cats because nobody really likes him. He is a really weird cat, but I love him.
Any kind of box or sack, my cats can't stay out of it. It gets pretty funny to catch them in the act of being weird. It's usually Maisey or Frito that is the weirdest.
Loki never hangs out with the family so if you know him at all, this is a weird occurence! Ruby just wants to know why Loki is hanging out in her bed.
This is Ruby's Halloween costume. She is going to be a fairy. The last two years she has been a lady bug, so this will be a nice change.
Ruby won a gold medal! Just kidding. She is wearing my new necklace. That gave me an idea to make her a necklace that she will wear as a collar. I don't have a picture of it, but it looks really cute. She looks like a little lady!
Maisey is not scared of anything. Ruby and Maisey follow me wherever I go. I guess they are getting used to sleeping right next to each other because of that. I think it is pretty cute.
Maisey might not be afraid of anything but a door closed behind her. This was the front door shut with her stuck outside. She gets so worried, but she is so curious of the outdoors.

Tonsilectomy

So, two weeks ago I got my tonsils out and I was expecting it to be totally awful. All I heard from everyone was how bad it was and how it is so much worse as an adult. I heard it hurts so bad, you don't even want to swallow your own spit and that it is the worse sore throat that you ever had.

I am happy to report that it really wasn't that bad. I had some pain killers that helped me get through it though. It has just been over 2 weeks and I feel almost normal. It still hurts to yawn, but it wasn't too bad. I went back to the doctor and he said that I was in the 5% of people who don't have a bad time with this surgery. To tell you the truth, I am usually in the percentage who have it the worse, so I am happy I was lucky this time.

My mom came to help take care of my the day I had my surgery and we ended up having a fun time. We went to Target shopping and we even worked on our beaded stuff. Thanks mom for coming. I appreciate it and I love you!

FYI, I apologize for the slutty picture of me, but Jon made me pose that way! He is a nerd.

Bowling

Awe! Isn't that cute? We went bowling like a month or so ago and took some pictures of the big event.
Jon is teaching Jobi how to bowl. Jobi was so mad that he couldn't get it right. I think he is going to be super hard on himself when it comes to sports as he gets older. All I can tell him is to keep practicing and thats how you get better. He of course doesn't like that answer! It's probably how I felt growing up when my dad said if I just go in and clean my room, it would take 15 minutes. I always thought in my head, Ya Right! Good times.
Jobi in an action shot. Too cool not to post! Happy dance!
This was a picture of Jobi's Amish haircut. We went and got his haircut and the girl basically just cut his bangs straight across and left the rest. It looked fine when we left because it was still wet. I had to go somewhere else to get it recut. It was not good!

Here is Jon being a pro bowler. I believe it!

Jon's Loot

Jon's birthday was on the 1st of October and so I woke up early and took him out to breakfast first thing. I had to take a picture of him for his big day for Facebook and this is the magical shot. I bought him this ring he is wearing for his birthday. It is a ring we found in Alaska that he really liked and he didn't buy it. It is a wolf ring that is made by a Native Alaskan Indian Artist. It looks really great on his big finger too!
Some other gifts he got was this Everyday Food cookbook and a Pacific Northwest Art Eagle mug. He also got a handmade incense burner and a speaker system for his Iphone, a new camp chair that is super comfy(not pictured), and another cookbook magazine.
He got pretty spoiled! That night we had our old neighbors/friends over for dinner and cake and had a great time. Annie, the friend we had over, makes really great food and desserts. Jon asked if she could make him another Red Velvet cake this year for his birthday. It was so good and it was gone the next day. Thanks to the Pagett's for the company and cake!

Jon's Birthday

First day of school

I know I am so late, but here are a few pictures of Jobi's first day of 3rd grade. We walked to school and we went with all the neighbor friends. From left: Jobi, Brynlee, Avery, Lily, George, and Brynn.
Here is Jobi in line for his class. He looks so happy!
Another friend picture. Feels like so long ago now.