UPDATE!!!!!!!

Wow I know it has been a really long time but, yes we are alive!! This post will update everything and then I promise to be better. On the 17th my sweet husband turned 28. The monday before his birthday I took him to a Jazz game. We had a blast. It was our second game of the year and maybe one day we can afford to be season ticket holders. On his real birthday we just ordered pizza and watched the Jazz game on tv at his request. Just a side note my dad has season tickets to the Flash games so we went one night and took Mike and Ronda. At half time Mike says hey theres Coach Sloan. He was sitting six rows in front of us. Jeremy went and got a sharpy and had him sign his Jazz hat and then later I had him sign one for my nephew Justin for his birthday. For new years eve Rod's Family, Sharon's Family and the Marshall's came over and played games and ate yummy treats all night. At midnight the kids went out with Jeremy and threw pops on the road and had fun making a mess.
Stetler loves his jumperoo but this is usually what happens to him after jumping his little heart out for awhile. He ends up sound alseep!

I put him in his crib with his bottle for a nap. Well he drank his bottle and then kept talking and talking. I left him in there anyways and when I went to check on him once it had been silent for about five minutes this is how I found him hunched over sound asleep!

CHRISTMAS 2008

Christmas morning we woke up at 6:30 and opened presents. Grandma and Grandpa Ekins came up and so did Grandma Faunda. Stetler was alot of fun for being a baby. He crawled around and played with everything wether it was his present or not (he kept stealing Rylee's laptop) and when we would help him get his open he would freak out until you got it out of the box so he could play with it!

Rylee was not happy at first because we woke her up but as soon as she realized that there was toys inside the wrapping paper she was all about it and was way fun to watch. I think her favorite toy was the digital camera and new babies she got.

Stetler and one of his favorite people, Grandma!

Jeremy enjoying watching the excitement in his kids.

Grandpa got stuck opening the boxes and getting the toys out of them.

Chyanne was awesome in the words of her dad! She was tearing those presents up. I tried to make her slow down so we could see what everyone was getting but Jeremy told me to let her be because he was loving watching her excitement everytime she opened a present. It is true that the older they get the funner they are. I can't wait until next year. Her favorite presents were her camera and leapster.

ARE YOU READY WALK STET WALK

OH WAIT YOU CAN'T! He sure tried and hung on for a few face plants but then decided he liked the front of the toy better. Jeremy's got an Ipod and clothes and I got a dyson, pillows and a new outfit for church. The day after Christmas we went out and bought us a WII. We just couldn't stand it anymore and we have had so much fun playing it.
Christmas day I cooked my first turkey dinner for everyone. I was so nervous that it wouldn't all turn out but it was yummy. After we ate we played a bunch of games and just hung out. What a holiday.

Stetler loving the choclate pudding his naughty Grandpa decided to feed him without his mommy knowing!

K Grandpa thats enough!
CHRISTMAS EVE 2008

Chyanne and Kaysha
Christmas eve we went down to my mom and dads and went tubing in the fields. It was so much fun. I couldn't ride the tube but I sure had a blast pulling the tube behind the 4 wheeler and dumping my brothers and husband in the snow!

Chad thinking he was a pretty good tube rider which he was with Jeremy driving him but, once me and Rod pulled him he wasn't so good anymore!

Jeremy showing off two seconds before he eats it.

Jes and Kaysha came and played in the snow with us. It was really fun because we haven't hung out forever.

Yes that tube is riding on top of the person and that person is my niece Jessie. She just hung on and rode it out. What a TROOPER!
This is the after math of that ride.

Wow it is sure cold out here!

Gentry and wade were having fun until they got thrown off then Wade was crying and not to happy anymore.
Rod having a blast pulling everyone around.

I was pretty shocked that Chyanne liked riding the tube but only with Jessie. She didn't want to get off.

Me and Jeremy

Gentry, Chyanne, Jessie, Chance, Austin & Christy

Opening Christmas eve jammies together.

Chad and Josh. My brother and his family came up for Christmas this year and had their baby blessed. It was so nice to have them here because they live so far away that we don't see them much. I loved getting to spend some girl time with Rita and getting to know her personality. She is so much fun to be around and is a really good mom to Josh. Chad and Jeremy played video games and just hung out. They got along really well and I think had fun getting to know each other better. Josh is such a sweet little boy. His personality is alot like Stetler's just happy
to be here.

CHYANNE'S PRESCHOOL PROGRAM 2008

Stetler was sitting on my lap and kept looking around to see Santa so I put him on his and he did not like him one bit as you can see!

Chyanne talking his leg off. Notice there is no picture of Rylee. That is because she wanted nothing to do with him but, he was sitting there holding a candy cane in his hand waiting for
the next child to come sit on his lap and next thing I knew Rylee ran up there took the candy
cane out of his hand and came running back to me. We were all cracking up but I sure wish
I would have got it on video.

Tayler and Chyanne singing the reindeer song

SCRAPBOOKING GIRLS WEEKEND!

Saedi called me and said they had room for me to go scrapbooking with them over night if I
wanted to go. Of course I was so excited so I called Jeremy and he said go have fun!! We had
A blast scrapbooking and just talking and joking all night. Thanks girls for such a fun weekend.

As we were loading the cars Saedi came in the cabin and said Brandee go get your gun there is a
buck standing right outside. I was like ya right and she says no I am not kidding it is standing
right outside. We went outside and sure enough a buck just standing there. I walked up to him
until I was about ten feet from him before he started to walk off. It was pretty cool.
HALLOWEEN 2008

Casey aka Don't remember, Tayler aka Cinderella, Sharon (hunter) and Robert (jockey)

Jeremy dressed up as a home owner who tried to wire his own house and yes those are potatoes
in the bowl. For those who know Jeremy know that he can't just hand out candy he has to tease
kids first. He made the kids really think thats what he was giving them and some kids actually took them before he grabbed the candy bowl and gave them their real treat!

Stetler as a pumpkin. I really wanted to dress him up as Jack Jack on the Incredibles but thought of it to late to come up with a costume.

Rylee as a dragon. Billy and robin gave us this costume last year and Rylee always wears it

around the house all the time so it was easy figuring out her costume.

Chyanne always wants to be a princess of course. The debate is always which one she wants to
be. Sleeping Beauty won this year. That is what we have been up to lately. I know it is in the
wrong order but I wanted everything to be in order so when I print my posts it is this way.
Thanks to all the friends and neighbors who brought us goodies during the holiday season. We
love you all. A little update on the knee. It is still not getting full extention so they are thinking
about putting me in a brace that you crank tighter and tighter everyday until it is finally
straight. So hopefully when I go back in a coulpe of weeks I will have made some progress and
we won't have to do that. Softball and Disneyland are coming up quick so it better be fixed by
then. Love you all!!