Betrayl

Good pick Krista! I hope I didn't ever betray you guys, and if I did I am so VERY sorry. And Krista, I forgive you for not telling me you got married. :o)

I dated this guy off and on through our senior year and after we graduated. He joined the Marine Corps and went to Basic when I was 19 (he was a couple years older than me). Anyway, he left and I stuck with him even though he was talking about wanting to get married when he got back from Basic and I didn't have the heart to tell him that I had no intention of marrying him. We dated for almost another year before I told him that I had no intention of ever marrying him. Looking back I realize that I should have been honest with him but he was one of those super nice guys that you don't want to hurt because you know it will crush them. I know I hurt him when I told him no but it did work out for the best, he ended up meeting a very nice girl who already had one kid and getting married. I know that it all worked out for the best but it didn't make me feel any better at the time. Thankfully I can now look back and say I was young and dumb and that I would never intentionally do that to anyone.

K... Can we pick a less depressing topic next time please? :o) I hate being reminded of the bad decisions I made! But I guess, confession is good for the soul! :o)

Betraying

Have you ever betrayed someone close to you? If so, what did you do and did they ever figure out it was you?

I figured since I have some time tonight, I will answer one of the hard questions on the list.

I don't think I've ever purposely betrayed someone but there are a few times someone might say I did. I hope I didn't do that with any of you guys.

So the first one I remember is James Sweeney. I dated him right after Prom until he left for basic training in July. We talked about marriage and everything after he was done with Tech school. Then I dumped him while he was in the last week of Basic.

Looking back, he was just a rebound from Kyle. Someone to hang out with before I went to college. I'm sure I heart his little heart. Especially during Basic training! It wasn't nice of me.

But I'm glad I did it. I can't imagine being married to him now... Oh the drama!! :)


Second was when I got married. We didn't tell a lot of people and I hurt lots of people. I'm sorry if I hurt you chicas. That was not my plan at all.

We decided Friday night to get married. We called Bishop Brower and he said we needed to meet with him. So we scheduled for Sunday. Then we left to go to Spokane for a friend's birthday party. We came back Saturday night, met with Bishop Brower (Scott Brower's grandpa) and set a date for Tuesday.
We went to Chris' house first to tell his family. They were pissed and actually hit Chris. We left there and told my parents. They were just as pleased. Or not. My dad almost hit Chris.

So from that, we were really hestiate to who we told. We didn't want anymore fights. Or people telling us it was dumb. So we told our families and my roommates left it at that. I didn't have a lot of faith in people at that point.

I now know that I should have called you guys, and some other close friends. Your guys support would not have stopped because you thought I was stupid! :)

If I could go back, I would have changed how we got married. We would have told everybody and dealt with the consequences. We probably would have waited a bit longer, like a weekend.

I think the most common question we still get asked was if I was pregnant. Ha ha it took us two years to get prego with Connor but it's a reasonable question. I would have asked it too!

Really the main reason we got married so fast was because Chris wanted to join the Air Force but couldn't because of Veronica. (You can't be a single parent and join the AF.) I was graduating school that next month and we both had no 'good' jobs lined up. Domino's barely paid for my cell bill let alone rent and food. SOoO joining the AF was the best thing for us. Little did we know, it was going to take 6 months to even get to Basic.

Well anyway those are my times I think I betrayed people. Please enlighten me if there are more!!

What are yours?

Happy New Year!

Hey ladies! Just wanted to say Happy New Year! And a belated Merry Christmas. I hope everyone's holidays were fabulous.

Things have been super busy around here. I totally meant to to Christmas/Holiday cards this year and had even started making them but then I had a huge allergic reaction and ended up in the ER a few days before Christmas so all of my best laid plans have gotten tossed out the window. Turns out that something like 90% of all tablets (pills) use lactose as a binder so I've had to toss all my pills and go to liquids. Even my prednisone pills had it in them but we didn't realize that until the other day so now I get a few more days of prednisone but in liquid form this time. I can honestly say that it is probably the grossest thing that I have ever had to take and I am going to work today to beg my pharmacist to flavor it for me, it's that bad! I'm still a little grumpy from all the prednisone but good to go otherwise.

Christmas here was good. I was still pretty drugged so we just stayed home and played with the new toys and I slept most of the day. No big plans for New Years Eve. I close in the pharmacy and then have to be back at 10 tomorrow morning so no parties for me! Mostly we've just been busy helping Bethany prepare to leave. She leaves for basic training on the 19 of January and is in a hurry for the day to just get here. I'm not sure Mom is ready for her to leave but we're all so proud of her and excited for her. I think Mom and I are more excited to be able to travel to see her than anything else. Her tentative grad date is in March so the family will head to Texas to see her graduate basic training and then her linguistics training is just outside of Monterey, CA so we're excited to be able to travel down there and site-see (and maybe see Beth!!) LOL Dad has no desire to travel (and getting him on an airplane takes LOTS of drugs) so Mom and I are already making plans.

Krista, any helpful hints to pass on to Beth before she goes? You and Chris both have given us a lot already and she is very greatful so, any last words of wisdom to pass along before she goes?

How was everyone's holidays? I'll be better about updating here, I promise. It's my New Year's resolution.

Love you!

Favorite Movie

Krista, we have the same favorite movie! I love the American President. I can recite all the words. My family doesn't mind though, they think it's funny and they know quite a few parts too. Every time I watch it I remember spending the night at Krista's or Krista spending the night at my house and we would watch it.

A Bed of Roses was on the other day and I recorded it so I could watch it when I got home from work because I hadn't seen it in forever. It was as good as I remembered it!

Favorite Movie

I know I haven't been updating anything lately but I just don't have the energy. So here's to my updating!!

My favorite movie of all time is American President. I can quote most of the movie and still do when I watch it. I can't watch it with Chris cuz he gets upset at me! :)

Nicci and I used to watch American President or Bed of Roses almost every weekend in elementary school. It just depended on which house we stayed at. We would rent other movies but after those were done, we always put our staples in.

I still have the movie. But I don't have a VCR. It's more of a token now than the actual movie.

"My name is Andrew Sheppard and I AM the President!"

Bad Dog!!!

I have to share this because Sierra has only chewed one towel (we wipe their feet when they come back inside) and that was when she was a baby and since then all she has done is dig holes outside, and even then she justdigs in the holes that the mole has already put in the ground.

So, I get home from work Friday night and Bethany informs me that Sierra put a hole in my bed spread. I didn't really think anything of it because she's never chewed anything so I just figured that she ripped it when she was trying to make her nest (she likes to bunch up the blankets and make a little nest to sleep in). It was late and I just wanted to go to bed but when I went to climb in this is what I found...

Yup, she did this. I was so mad! But I couldn't yell at her because the damage had already been done hours ago so she wouldn't know why I was yelling. And I hadn't taken her for a walk in almost a week because I've been so busy so I knew she was probably mad but still!!! So then yesterday I had to go shopping for a new bed spread. Thankfully I had an idea of what I wanted but still... So I finally found my new one and got smart and also bought a blanket (that is bigger than my bed spread) so that I can keep it covered. We'll see if it works, so far so good.

This is what I got! It's a quilt (Krista, had I been able to wait I would have begged you to make me one after you got settled in your new house but I couldn't). It's cream colored with burgandy around it and flowers sewn on it in burgandy, light green, light purple and light blue. I would have taken another picture of it but the battery in my camera died.

Okay off to clean, that's a whole other story I'll tell you guys tomorrow. Love ya!

Hey!

I promised I would be better about posting so...

Sierra and I graduated dog training last week! That is exciting for us because I honestly didn't think it would happen so fast, but we both caught on really quick so it's a relief. She still has her momentary lapses in judgement however. She refuses to listen to Bethany and she got a little wild when my cousin and her husband came over with their new puppy yesterday. Oh-well, we just keep working at it.

How was everyones fourth? I closed at work that night so I didn't get home until almost eleven but got to see the show on my way home. The neighbors did kareoke and fireworks until about 3 am but I slept through most of it.

I'm super excited that you guys are coming! Krista, it had better not take you until Christmas to get here. :o) I'd totally laugh if it did though!!! And I'm open to getting together whenever you guys want. I close at work so my days are free for playing!

Love ya! Nicci

plans?

So what do we want to plan? I know that my mom wouldn't mind if we had it at my house this year. I believe we will be there the 31st - the 7th or 8th. I am pretty sure that first weekend, Jenny and Andrew will be in town and we will be doing stuff as a family. But the next week, we don't really have any plans yet. So let me know what everyone is thinking.

Julie

Comming

So we are comming to Wa July 24-Aug 10th or there abouts. We will be in prosser for the first week and then we will be in Marysville. I don't know when you will be there Krista, but hopefully we will overlap. I would love to get together.

The best commerical EVER!

Hi

Hi ladies! So since it has been awhile I thougth I should maybe update everyone. There are some new things but a lot, mostly I just feel bad because Krista posted a month ago and I've been really bad. So...

I got a job at Rite Aid. It's not my dream job but my shift supervisor really likes me (although I still don't know why) so her and I close at night together. There are some young people working there that really need to grow up and some days I feel more like a babysitter for them but I just keep telling myself that I need the paycheck. Some days it works, other days..... I have also been taking Sierra to dog training. We just finished up our fifth lesson (we have nine total) and she is amazing. I did not like her very much when we first started and now I like her again. I can take her for a walk and not have to sprint behind her and she no longer acts like a wild dog. Lol

You all probably know that Jessica graduated, since she sent you the announcements. Mom and I made those and she wanted to send them to her "other sisters" since you guys aren't here to see. Her graduation was nice, some of the families brought air horns and used them during the ceremony and other families brought beach balls and blew them up and tossed them down for the kids. It would have been fun except they tossed them down at the beginning of the ceremony instead of at the end.

Sarah is her usual self. She's 14 and there's really no other word to describe her. She kind of has this Jeykle/Hyde thing going so we mostly leave her alone unless she comes out to socialize and then we just have to be careful. :o) We are all praying that the phase will pass quickly before mom kills her. It would be justifiable though!

Bethany just joined the Air Force and we are all very proud of her. She took her medical last week and was sworn into the delayed entry program, which means she can still back out but there would be a lot of red tape to cut through so it's not recommended. Her recruiter helped her narrow down a career choice and she chose Linguistics so she'll be a translator, for what language she doesn't know yet. She took her language test today to make sure she can take that career and she did really well. The AF requires that you score 100 out of 170 and she got 124. She just missed the last batch of recruits that are being sent so she will be in the next group that they will put together in mid-July. Then she has to wait for a spot for her (and her career) to open up before they send her to boot camp. The earliest it would be is mid-August so she has a little time but it could be later, which is what she is hoping for because boot camp is in Texas.

Mom and Dad are good. I hardly ever see them because I close probably four nights a week and I'm gone before they get home from work and I get home after they are in bed and they leave for work before I get up (cause I don't get off work til 1030 at night).

So, that's about it. I'll try to be better this month, I promise.

Love ya!

Most Embarassing Moment

Oh boy, there are so many... Where does a girl start? The most recent was probably when I was working nights with the police department. I was in a two person car and the officer I was with had yet to inform me that when we deal with stupid people, and are a two person unit, that when the officer is ranting about the stupid person, the other officer (me) should not key up the mike for the radio when said officer is climbing back in the car to rant. Well, I keyed up the mike to ask our dispatcher a question just as my partner climbs back in the car, in full rant. Oops!!! The entire county heard the officer say a not very nice word. I just kept going, like nothing had happened but for weeks after that the Sergeant had to remind me at shift briefing not to key up the mike until the coast was clear, so to speak. And everyone that was on that night laughed for weeks. It was pretty funny but still embarassing.

Embarassing Moment

What's your most embarassing moment?

K I'm going to tackle this one.

I have a few most embarassing moments but I think the one I enjoy the most is Ford Truck.

Do you guys remember this one?

It was sophomore year. I had Chemistry with Aaron Chapman. I had a HUGE crush on him. More so than Brandon Hemming, Jared Hemming and Jeff Dallon, all piled together.

Anyway about April time, we did an experiment in Chemistry class with phosorous and water. it started on fire and then smoke. Of course the smoke detectors went off, and outside to the parking lot we went.

As we were walking and talking next to each other (giggle), I asked him what his dream car was.

He said after his mission he wanted a Geo. Because it got great gas mileage and it corners really well.

Then he asked me what I wanted.

I said, "I wanna F-ck."

Aaron said, " WHAT??!!!???"

"I mean I want a Ford Truck. Ford Truck!!!" I then, promptly ran away!

That was fifth period. By seminary the next morning, everyone i talked to knew the story.

It is even on my graduation quilt because my mom found out!

Tyson's Blessing

I went to Tyson's blessing this morning, it was so nice to be able to be there for that. Aaron had beautiful words to say for the blessing and Tyson stayed quiet for the whole thing! Payton sat in the pew saying Daddy and trying to go up with Aaron. I was able to sit with Aimee's parents and Aimee and Aaron sat behind us. Payton crawled back and forth under the pew because he couldn't decide who he wanted to sit with and then when Aimee's dad got up to share his testimonial Payton sat and cried because he wanted his Papa (grandpa). I wish I had thought to get a few more pictures because P was so cute is his suit. This was the only one I could get. It was nice to be in the church this morning and to see all of the familiar faces.

Love ya!

Happy - Julie

What makes me happy.

Well in no particular order.

Going to the temple.

Hearing Josh really laugh.

Watching Robert be a dad.

Having a really clean house. (and having it stay that way for more than a few hours)

Seeing Lilly smile. (she has the biggest cutest smile ever)

Listening to Josh play, sing and talk to himself. (so cute)

Robert bringing me flowers for now reason.

The sun shine. But also really big snow flakes. and a really hard rain storm.

getting a nap and having time to read or do something by myself.

Fudge stripe cookies. (usually I prefer oreo's, but lately it has been these cookies.)

There are really so many other things, but Already my list is long and Josh is tired of my being on the computer.

P.S. Sorry I have been off the map for a little while. But I will try to do better.

Aimee

I stopped by Aimee's today to see her and the boys. This was the only good shot I could get because Payton wanted to play instead of holding Tyson and it was time for Tyson to eat, hence Tyson's unhappy face. They are all doing well. Payton is happy as ever and is chatting away, he talks so much! Tyson is adorable and happy until he wants to be fed, as I learned today. :o) It was so nice to spend time with Aimee and the boys. Aimee says that they are all doing very well and will be blessing Tyson this Sunday in church.

Also, we talked about all of us getting together in August when you come through Krista. Julie, this would be a major hint to you if you were planning on coming up to see your parents at all this summer. Aimee said we have to start nagging you now Julie so that you can think about it.

Well, that's about it for right now. I just wanted to get this picture up for you guys.

Love ya!!!

Happy - Nicci

Ooh... Good question. There's a lot that makes me happy, and these are in no particular order.

Flowers

A clean house (I'm anal about clean floors, it drives my family nuts!)

Creamy peanut butter and oreos

Great friends

Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

Sierra makes me really happy when she listens to me before I have to yell and get mad

Family

And last but not least, the annual fire fighter calendar!!!!! I buy one and get it signed every year and I don't feel the least bit guilty because all of the proceeds go to the burn foundation.

There's a lot more but these are the top picks

Happy-Krista

What makes you happy?

What makes me happy is a few things.

A clean house. Even though I really stink at keeping it clean, or getting it clean...I really enjoy it when it is. Including the bathrooms and kitchen.

A just washed quilt that I made. It's finished and ready to go on a bed or to a baby.

Potato soup. It's just one of those comfort foods.

Chris and Connor playing together. There is nothing better than that!

Oreos.

Nicci

I was just wondering how the job hunt has been going? I hope that things are going well for you. Know we love you and are thinking about you.

Julie

I was just wondering if any of you knew if Aimee had had her baby yet? How are things going for her?