I keep trying....

Well I am still not doing so hot on updating this....but I keep trying! (A little feedback might be nice people ! :) ha ha!) Anyways---on my last post I mentioned that me and Bob were going to have a pie contest.....I will admit.....he had some tricks up his sleeve! He brought what my dad called "The Best Sweetie Pie Ever"...Miss Macy! That tricky man! So technically he won. But as far as the pies you can eat, he was soooo scared by my awesome kitchen skills that he didn't attempt to make one and compete with me...So he bought me sushi as a congratulations on the win! Alexis, Bob, Mom and Me went to Blue Hashi and then out for ice cream! It was sooo much fun! Alexis truly didn't enjoy herself, but she put on a good face!

Back to Thanksgiving dinner! It was sooo awesome! My mom spent all day cooking and dinner was amazing! It was Mom, Dad, KD (Krystal), Grandma, Laraine, Barry, Bob, Macy, Alan, and me! After dinner and pie most everyone left, but Bob and Macy stayed to hang. Shortly after they left and Bob kept snoring on the couch, I retreated to my room for my post-thanksgiving nap! It was sooo awesome! I think the house was completely silent!

Since then, let's see......

Well this last weekend my friends Nick and Dave came from Tennessee for the weekend. We went out both Friday and Saturday night. A little exhausting for me but it was still a lot of fun! We ended up going to the Shilo Saturday night and WOW! That place was soooo packed! We had a blast though! I haven't been there since they opened (recently I hope) and it was a lot of fun! We ran into a ton of people!

Then Sunday was Chalyze's birthday! She got a ton of stuff! I got her an easy bake oven. I remember having one when I was younger and I loved it!! She made chocolate doughnuts! She was so proud of herself. I have to admit, they did not taste very good though :( I of course didn't tell her that, but yah wow!

No I am home and feeling like crap. I have a stomache ache I have had since Friday....so is it from too much partying this weekend.......or the flu?? Either way, it sucks! Well I am off to bed! Nite!

Long overdue....

So this is longggggg overdue! WOW! So let's see what have I been up to.....work, school, work, school, did I say work or school?!?!? I am taking an intro to management class which I really enjoy and then a calculus class which I really hate!!! It is by far one of the hardest classes I have ever had to take. So much homework and studying just to keep up!! crazy!

Work has been good. Extremely busy but good. With Verizon now taken over completely things are a lot easier but still very complicated if that makes any sense.... It is good though. A lot of changes and a lot of things to adapt to, but in the end I am just glad that I have my job and that it is a good paying job and also in the end something I enjoy.

Other than that I have been spending time with family and friends and just enjoying all the kids and babies! so much fun!!! Macy is now running ( I would say walk, but its a full blown run at this point) and Adyn really really wants to crawl but just gets mad on his stomache at this point! LOL! Adyson is home and is doing well. Justyce is hilarious! The stuff that kid comes up with amazes me! He is hilarious! Chalyze is getting soo grown up! She always has amazing stuff to say and just impresses me all the time. And she is so willing to help with her younger siblings! Love it! I don't get to see Emi much but I do hear her when I talk to her mommy and I guess she is obsessed with the news??!?! Kinda funny!

Our halloween was fun! Friday we carved pumpkins and hung out and me and Bob have officially decided to have a "pie contest!" I have been taking care of the dessert part of Thanksgiving for the past couple years and have come up with some amazing pies, such as a creme brulee pie, etc! And Bob is now practicing his pie skills and wants to compete with me. I believe he has now made a total of 3 pies in his whole life! so I am not too worried!!!

Anyways--thats me! Thats my update! I am trying to make an effort to get on here more....

The Melting Pot!

Ok so I am in Salt Lake City for the next two weeks......!!! And its not a vacation. I am actually here for work! (blah) Anyways--yeah me and Brooke and Barb are here for the next two weeks along with a ton of other people and are going to be in a classroom training. Random! Oh and to make the trip that much more exciting, when I got here to check in they told me the card on file from the company was declined and wanted me to give them a card for like $1200 I was like WOW good planning here! AH! Anyways--its still not worked out for sure but I have a room tonight so hopefully all goes well!

Anyways so we got here tonight and decided to go eat! I am not sure if anyone has ever been there, but it was so freaking good!!! First we had a couple different types of cheeses....I think one was swis and herbs and one was artichoke and spinach...then we dipped bread, apples, and raw veggies in there. So yummy!! Then we all had salads and then the meat part. So again two types of dipping water to cook your meat in...one was garlicy with a spice to it and the other was a brown sauce with mushrooms in it (yuck!!)...and then we had like 6 different meats, steak, shrimp, chicken, pork and I can't remember the others. But it was good!! Then (yeah there is more) we had dessert. Can I just say chocolate dipped strawberries!!! Yummy!!! I love them! So again two types of chocolate...one was called ying yang and had dark chocolate and white chocolate and the other was milk chocolate and peanut butter...Then we dipped strawberries, cake, cheesecake, brownies, marshmallows and bananas. Oh my gosh! So good.

Then on our way back to the hotel we got kinda lost! And I felt so bad for eating so much food and junk food on the drive I convinced myself to go to the gym! Yah!!! The hardest part is definetely getting there....once I am there its not so bad.

Anyways--I better get to bed because I have to be up and ready by 7am tomorrow! I hate getting up early :( Night

Just got back from Vacation :(

So I just got back from vacation from Arizona! It was so freakin nice there....(I even have a tiny hint of a tan!) We went swimming almost everyday and it was so nice there!! We were told there was a snow storm going on in Idaho Falls! So glad I missed it. I am ready for summer!

So in Arizona, I got to hang out with Christina and Emily a lot! She is so freaking cute and has the best personality! She smiles every single morning and she started doing this new dance thing, where whenever she hears music she shakes her head back and forth. Its hilarious! And she claps a lot too. So cute!! I felt like we really bonded, it was nice. Me and mom went and did the drive in two days.....on the way home, my butt hurt so bad! But it was a lot of fun.

Macy is getting so big too! Its amazing because it seems like every day I see her, something has changed. She is starting to laugh a lot and sing too. My mom made her a fairy mobile and she loves singing to her fairy friends. Its adorable! I missed her a lot when I was on vacation.

I don't think I've wrote in here since Heather had Adyn and Adyson. They were born on March 4th at 25 weeks. Adyn was 1lb 15 oz and Adyson was 1lb 12oz. They were born in Salt Lake City. It was a very stressful night. Both babies were on oxygen and have been through some real fights. Adyn is now in Idaho Falls and is gaining weight and doing amazing. Adyson is at Primary Children's and is doing well, she needs a lot of prayers though. I want to go see her soon. They are so cute and look so much like Justyce and Chalyze. Chalyze is doing good, she is 7 going on 15 I swear! So much personality too. I just love talking to her and her telling me about her day. And Justyce is talking so much! He changed my name from Lala to Tacey recently--kinda makes me sad....I liked Lala! ha ha!

Anyways--other than that I am just getting ready for Easter. I love coloring eggs and playing with the nieces and nephews. So much fun! I am in school and so ready for this semester to be over. I dropped one of my classes because I could not stand the teacher and she was so rude to me....then they ended up getting a new teacher...Just my Luck! Oh well...I'm trying to believe everything happens for a reason. Work is ok. Really slow lately and kind of frustrating. There are so many changes its hard to keep up with all of them. We will see what happens.

Well I think I am tired and just babbling at this point (which I always do when I am tired) so I am gonna go to bed! Lame! Friday night 9pm and I wanna go to bed! WOW!

Frustrated!!!

As I am starting to write this, I keep telling myself --you should never post something when you are mad---but this has to go somewhere!!

Wow! Where to begin!! So the company I work for Alltel is merging with Verizon, which I am actually excited about.....except.......when I was transferred over to Verizon's system, I wasn't transferred correctly so I was eventually put in terminated status! AAHH! How frustrating! So for the past two weeks I have been doing everything I can possibly think of to get myself in the system....meanwhile I am missing all the online trainings and emails everyone else is receiving---oh and my paycheck. I know they are working to try and get it fixed, but I can't help but wonder why they won't just do it. I don't know how it can honestly be that complicated.

Another frustration---why do college professor think they are somehow above everyone else. So I am back in school---I don't know why! I keep telling myself its a good thing and then........
So I am in this accounting class and the teacher for one thing doesn't teach. She assigns homework and then you self teach and do the homework and if you have questions, she will answer them. So when she does answer the question, she pulls up the already done answer on her laptop in excel and calculates a few things. So....we have an exam next week and I am not doing so hot. So I bravely ask her to hand write the problem on the board so we can learn it. She looks at me like I am the dumbest person there and says "Why would I want to do that? My handwriting sucks." I explain to her that I am pretty sure she isn't going to let us use our computers and excel in the test, so it would be nice to know how to calculate it using longhand. She then rolls her eyes and tells me she will go slow. So then she starts solving the problem, and after every step, turns and looks at me--in front of the whole class--and loudly asks if she is going slow enough. HOW EMBARRASSING!!! I have never wanted to just punch someone so much!! So yeah...now I have to go and reteach myself the entire last 5 chapters before Monday....

So as you can tell, my last few weeks have not been going good at all!!!

On the plus side however, I did spend Valentine's Day in Salt Lake with one of my best friends celebrating her children's birthday. It was so much fun!! We cooked and hung out and then we played the Wii.....I freaking love it!! It was so much fun and I really want one now. And I am loosing weight!!! YAH!! Always a plus. I just bought myself a treadmill so I can do some working out at home.

And I kept Macy last night overnight! I was so scared....I thought for sure it was going to be a horrible night. But she slept from 9:45pm-5am! Lucky me!! She was not as nice the night before. She is so freaking cute! She does all the fun little things that make me laugh! Then today I got to go out to lunch with Alexis, Heather and Justyce and that was a lot of fun. He is talking so much now! Its awesome. I truly am blessed and have wonderful friends and family...I am just a complainer.
Anyways---sorry to unload!

(Note to self---write in a diary next time!)

Love u all!

Well it has been a busy last few weeks! WOW! So Macy joined us December 17th! She came at 11:59am and was 5lbs 7oz and 18 1/2 inches. She was so wide awake and adorable!! I absolutely love her!! It has been so much fun having her around and seeing her grow. Its amazing to me everytime a new baby is born just at that miracle. Alexis and Bob are doing great and are already amazing parents.

Anyways, then we had our family Christmas party December 21st and it was a lot of fun. All the kids got to do the traditional fish pond which they loved. Me, my mom, Alexis, Krystal, Laraine and My grandma spend the entire day before making fudge and candy. And then for the party we had breads and soup. It was very yummy!! Then the adults did a white elephant/gift exchange. It was a lot of fun! Then we went and looked at some lights.

Then we had our traditional Christmas Eve and played games and opened PJs. We played "Liar's Dice"...this new game we learned. And we had ham and prime rib and some really good cheese balls. Then Christmas day! It was awesome! I got some really fun scrapbook stuff and a beautiful quilt. Then after about 1pm, I spend the entire day at home watching TV and reading and just relaxing! It was perfect.

I spent New Years Eve at my Uncle Alan's house. We played Texas Hold 'Em, Liars Dice and Cranium. My parents, Krystal, Alan, Andy, Sharon and Lilly were there. We really missed Alexis, Bob and Macy but it was still a lot of fun. We were having so much fun playing games, we almost missed midnight! :) oops! It was fun.

Anyways-it has been a crazy last few weeks! I am really glad the new year is here and am looking forward to getting back into a schedule. I am actually excited school starts a week from tomorrow, and I am really looking forward to it. I got my grades from last semester and I did really well, I was pretty please with it! But I am doing less this semester. I will be taking an online class and then going Monday nights so I am going to have a lot more free time which I am really looking forward to. I want to "catch up" on scrapbooking--as if I ever could. I am literally like 4 years behind! LOL! Here is a pic of my god-daughter emily! So cute!!

Well I think I have blabbered on enough for one night! I hope you all have a wonderful new year!