Last year Kinlee got sick a couple days before the Superbowl, but about an hour before kickoff she started having trouble breathing, so we took her up to the ER where she had to have 2 breathing treatments and some meds (she ended up having Croup) It was kind of funny because we got there like right at kickoff and were leaving right as the game ended. (2008) So anyways Hayes woke up with a fever Saturday morning so I gave him medicine, but it just wouldn't help bring it down very well so I called the doc and they said since he only had a fever not to worry and that if it reached 104 to bring him in. So it just kind of went up and down Saturday and Sunday, UNTIL THE GAME STARTED! It was time for his Motrin and after that it just started climbing, by the 4th quarter it was 103.9 so we decided the doc better see him, so off to the ER we went! They tested him for RSV, Influenza and Neumonia (Sp?) and everything was ok, so they said it was just a virus and do the usual. His fever has been doing better now, but he's still not feeling the best. So if anything happens next Superbowl Sunday the Superbowl is banned from our house!!! lol. I hate seeing the kids sick, but I love how snuggly they are! By the way, I hope it doesn't sound like I'm one of those people that go to the emergency room for any little thing, I don't think I've been there since I broke my arm in like 3rd grade. My sewing machine that I got for Christmas came in a couple weeks ago, so I've started my first sewing project. I'm making Kinlee a new bedspread, I wanted to do her room in brown and pink, but I wasn't able to find the right bedspread (well I finally found one but it only comes in crib size) so I found this material at Ben Franklin's and it was just what I was looking for. I'm making it like a big rag quilt. Hopefully it will be done this week! K, just one more thing, every night when Trever goes out to feed the dogs Kinlee rushes over to the door and locks him out! She just sits and laughs and thinks its the funniest thing ever! I think it's really cute, but I'm glad it's not me locked out in the cold...
I just had to tell everyone what a GREAT book this is! I bought the original one about 5 years ago and read it about 3 times, then last week I went to hear Richard Paul Evans speak about his new book The 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught me For Woman, and bought it, well last night I read almost half of it. It's so simple and easy to understand and I swear everytime I do what it teaches we are so much better off financially, then for some dumb reason I start slacking, then read the book again and do much better. So anyways I highly recommend that every single woman go buy this book and buy your husband the original (Trev has read that one too) then you are both on the same page. The women's one is so cool because so many parts are directed right to us! He grew up extremely poor and went hear a guy speak at church one Saturday when he was 12 about these 5 lessons, anyways he did what the guy said and is now passing on the information. He said he wanted to make a book to help others, not to make him rich, so he decided the only way to truly do that was to give all profits to charity, so he started The Christmas Box House, which helps abused kids. This book has helped me so much, so hopefully it will help everyone else... Let me know what ya think!
If anyone is interested I made my blog from a free kit at rusticharmcreations.blogspot.com called Lovely Day. The glitter overlay is from this way cute blog train kit called Birthday Bash. You can find it here at thescrappingtree.blogspot.com then she has a list of the other links from there. I found tons of blogs that offer free stuff the other day and added them to my Digiscrap links list, so if you're obsessed with the whole digital scrapbooking stuff like me you might want to check them out. Who doesn't like FREE...
Poor Hayes in Pink! Trev makes our house so cute for Christmas. I LOVE LIGHTS! We make gingerbread houses at my moms every year. It was fun, Kinlee really got into it this year, I did the frosting and she did the candy. About a week before Christmas we took the kids to see Santa, which actually went really smooth. Kinlee told him she wanted a saddle, reins and paints (she got the paints, I really wish she could've got the saddle too, maybe next year). Santa looks real happy to be there huh! Maybe next year Newgate should look for a Santa that's not such a scrooge... We started having the Christmas Eve party at our house every year, so here's everyone playing a present game... Here's my Dad and Hayes (my Dad's gonna kill me, but ya know he's single, so if ya know anyone, hint hint) I get the kids Christmas pj's every year, so here they are opening them. Maybe I'll get really ambitious next year and make us all some (I got a sewing machine for Christmas from my Mom & Steve, now I just need to learn how to use it.. lol) Here's the kids in their pj's in front of the tree. Here's what I made for some of our neighbors and friends, 7 sets of these babies... When I first told Trever I wanted to make them he said, I bet you start making them and realize it's too much work and don't finish them. Well you know once he told me that I HAD to finish them. (Although I had originally planned to make more, but 7 will do) I love reading this book on Christmas Eve. It's another one of my traditions I've started...
FINALLY CHRISTMAS DAY!
Kinlee woke us up about 7:30 so we went downstairs and sure enough Santa had found us, turns out we were all on the nice list this year and there was NO coal! Kinlee was dying to open her present from Trever so she opened it first, it was her bow. When she opened it she goes "Thank you, thank you daddy, it's my favorite, I love you so much" and gave him a hug and kiss. Then we moved on to our Santa stuff where Kinlee got a pink cash register, she loves playing store. Trev and I gave Kinlee a Leapster, with Clifford and Backyardigans games, it seems like she hasn't put it down since. Hayes woke up about 8:30 and got to open his presents, we gave him this sports thing and this animal train thing, he didn't really care though- he just liked the paper. We have a busy day on Christmas (6 places including ours), so our next stop was my mom and Steve's house, where we got to see Kenz for the 1st time that day. I was so excited to get a sewing machine, I bought some material a while ago to make Kinlee a big rag quilt as a bed spread. I'll post pictures on that in a while. Next was Grandma and Grandpa Archibalds (Trever's Grandparents) where we visited and ate a little lunch. Then we were off to Grandpa Talbot's (my Dad) my wonderful dad gave me an ipod dock thing so I can listen to my ipod without the ear things, I LOVE IT! Trev got a boot and glove warmer/dryer. (We were dying to have one of these hunting last fall!) Then we stopped by my Grandma Talbot's to visit and had some pizza. Our final stop was Grandma and Grandpa Hoskins (Trev's parents). Thanks to everyone for such a wonderful day!
Did I mention Santa gave Kinlee some scissors? Well the day after Christmas I was setting up one of Kinlee's toys and hear a cutting noise and don't think much about it until she goes "Mommy look!" Ya, she cut her hair! I got a little upset at the moment but I had to say I was expecting it someday! I figure every little girl does it, it just depends how bad. Thanks heavens it wasn't too bad, actually as time went on I was glad she did it, I've been trying to grown her bangs out and get past this stage of them being in her eyes, but when she cut them I actually liked the bangs, so I scheduled her 1st hair cut to have a good trim and even everything out and now it looks really cute. Now let's just cross our fingers it was the last time... About a week ago Hayes learned to pull himself up to stand, so now he's really getting into everything and not napping good at all. You put him down to bed and hear him on the monitor laughing. I guess he thinks it's funny to play instead of sleep these days. It's kinda cute though. K, are you ready for a good laugh. Check out this picture. So I ran out of Cascade and thought I bet it's okay to put a little Dawn in the dish washer. Turns out it wasn't such a good idea. HA HA!!
Hey if anyone wants to make your own background and header there is a tutorial on nicoleyoungdesigns.blogspot.com she has the cutest digital scrapbooking kits ever. Anyways I tried it out today and it's actually pretty easy with her directions, check out my new background and header, they match, I was really excited to learn how to do it so I thought I'd share the info. I used Nicoles "After Midnight" kit she's offering for free on her blog. Oh by the way, she's also offering a backgroud kit with 3 free background that are way cute if you don't want to make your own.
Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! We had such a great day, Kinlee had a blast, we could barely get her to bed, she just wanted to stay up and play with all her fun new things. Hayes' favorite thing was the wrapping paper, he would seriously get so excited to play with it. I'll post more later about what we all got but for now I want to go play with all my new things (Trev spoiled me and got me a new camera, the Canon Rebel, WOO HOO, and my photoshop elements that I need to install on my computer!!!) Good Night...
Hey does anyone know a pampered chef person? I think I want to order something. If anyone does leave me a comment with some sort of way to contact them please... Thank you.
K, here goes for my huge post since I've been a slacker and haven't added anything in like a month. We'll start from the first.
The 2nd Saturday in November Trev and I got a wild hair and decided to drive to Wendover and spend the night. I was pregnant when I turned 21 so I had never "legally" gambled so off we went. We got there about 8 and ate dinner then gambled for a bit, I hate wasting money so we played a couple slots and I sat down at a 21 table and was able to last a couple hours on my $20, that was enough of gambling, so we went back to our cheapo hotel room and went to bed, got up and came home. It was a nice little get away, but we really missed the kids.
K, I just have to tell Trev thanks for being the best Daddy in the world, Kinlee absolutely loves hunting and I actually think it's really cute. She is such a little princess girly girl, but then she can go out and get dirty hunting and camping, I love it! So this is a picture of Kinlee goose hunting with Trever, he took her out on the boat duck hunting too but I don't have a picture of that. When she got home she wanted to feed Hayes his dinner and of course I thought it was cute...
Back to Kinlee hunting, we went to Smith and Edwards one day and Kinlee found this gun that she wanted SO BAD, out of all the toys in the whole store this is what she wanted, besides wanting to be like her Dad the little boys across the street that she plays with has toy guns and I think she wanted to be like them. Especially with Christmas coming up we told her she couldn't have it, well Trev and Kinlee finally came up with the deal that if Kinlee went home and counted her money and could pay for half then he would bring her back to get it. As you can see she got it. Well they actually both like to watch hunting shows and as you can see, here is Kinlee shooting the bear that's on tv.
I don't like to go hunting when it's windy and raining or snowing like my crazy husband, so while the weather was still nice Trever took me out on Matt's duck boat to go duck hunting. We didn't have much time and only saw 1 duck but we still had fun. Here is Trev driving the boat with our dog Bodie, me freezing on the way back and the beautiful sunset.
OUR THANKSGIVING WEEK
It was a crazy and fun week. Steven (Trever's friend from North Carolina) was here with us all week to go hunting. We had a great time with him here, and I absolutely LOVED his cooking, my kids wouldn't leave him alone, especially Kinlee but he was a good sport and played with her so cute. Then Steve's kids (my moms husband) from Washington and Oregon were here, it was fun to see them and all their kids, they've grown up so much. I decided to do a slide show of the rest of the picts because I'm really indecisive and can't decide which ones to leave out, so here they all are. There's a little bit of everything from Hunting to my Christmas decorations.
Our Thanksgiving day is kinda crazy so I'll explain the pictures a little bit. We went to Trever's parents for breakfast, then my moms for dinner, then we went with my Dad to Village in where my Grandma Talbot took everyone so we went and visited with everyone since we had just ate, then we went to my cousin Dusty & Camille's house for pie.
Then how can I not talk about BLACK FRIDAY, I was after a Leapster for Kinlee & Elle so I showed up at Walmart after 2 hours of sleep at 2:45am! Pure Craziness, luckily I was the 2nd person there and got what I needed, but seriously some of the people really need to take a chill pill! At 4:45 me and the lady next to me just went for it and the Leapsters were gone at like 4:45:01. When I grabbed my Leapsters there were people on the floor, people pushing from every direction, I seriously couldn't even take a step, luckily Brooke was there and I handed them off to her and got my balance back before falling over. After I got out of all the mess the huge box fell over on everyone! Then we went to Shopko, Tai Pan & the Mall, I was COMPLETELY exhausted by the time I got home, luckily Kinlee and Hayes both took a nap at the same time so I got one too YEAH!
Saturday we got our family pictures taken with my moms family and went to Farr's afterwards for yummy ice cream.
Then of course I had to get my house ready for Christmas, it was so fun having a little helper this year, except for some reason I couldn't find some of my decorations, but come to find out a couple days later, Kinlee had stashed them in her kitchen. lol. Hayes has learned this army crawl thing and gets around everywhere now, including under my tree! It's pretty cute though and he really doesn't do much harm (yet).
Well here is my first attempt at digital scrapbooking, I wasn't really making this page for any reason, more just learning how to do the layer thing but hey I FINALLY figured it out... Hopefully (cross my fingers) my wonderful husband will get me Photoshop Elements for Christmas since right now I only have the trial version! I'm not very creative but hopefully over time I will get the hang of it. For anyone that hasn't tried it yet, you might not want too unless you want to be totally addicted to it!
*By the way if anyone wants Photoshop Elements 7 for Christmas they have it on sale until Dec. 7 at Costco online (or at the store with a coupon, which I threw away) for $49.99! Awesome deal huh...
This is an old slide show that I'm just going to add to this post
We got our family picts taken a couple weeks ago, we haven't got them back yet, but Cathy (who took them) put some on her blog cwallphotos.blogspot.com if ya wanna see some... :)
K, so I've been trying to think of things I'm putting on my wish list for Christmas, and I'm thinking I want to try the whole digital scrapbooking thing, which I know absolutely NOTHING about, so if anyone has any tips for me or what programs you recommend, please let me know. I don't think I'll do whole scrapbooks, but I want to be able to make some cute things to dress up my photo albums? I'm not creative at all, and I'm really not very good at high tech things. (My dad knew how to do the whole ipod thing way before me!) So let me know what ya think...
Then I'm have having cricket issues! Those nasty little bugs keep getting in my house, I swear I've killed like 6 in the last 2 or 3 days. I've asked Trever to spray for bugs but that hasn't happened yet, they sit right outside my front door just waiting for me to open it and as soon as I do they hop right on in. I think they can feel the warmth seeping out? I've decided I hate killing crickets like 100 times more than spiders because they hop, and I just know one of these days one is going to hop on me. The other night I saw one crawling across my floor, Trev was gone elk hunting so I grabbed a shoe and went to kill it and it started hopping everywhere, I'm sure I looked so dumb jumping around, trying not to scream, but I finally got it! So, point is I HATE CRICKETS! Is anyone else having cricket issues, or do they just love my house? *By the way, don't think my house is totally infested with bugs, it's really not to bad, I usually kill them right as they come in my door*
So, as far as what's been going on lately, here's some picts...
I took Kinlee, Kenzee and 2 of her friends to see High School Musical 3 the Friday it came out (I think like 2 weeks ago). Kinlee wanted to go home about half way through it, but other than that we had a great time...
This is just Hayes playing on the floor, I just thought it was cute.
After tumbling last week I decided we better get some pumpkins since Halloween was only 2 days away. I thought she'd have fun picking out the big ones, but she was more excited to get the tiny ones, they were cheap, so she got 5 of them.
Hayes was a cute little alligator for Halloween (I fell in love with the tail on the costume)
At first Kinlee wanted to be a monkey, but as soon as she saw this purple butterfly costume she had her mind made up. It's a good thing I've enjoyed picking her costumes out the last 3 years, because I don't think I have a say anymore. At first I didn't really like it as much as others, but it really grew on me by Halloween and it fit Kinlee to a T.
Holidays are always crazy for us, we have so many places to go. So of course Halloween was no different, but we had so much fun. First I took the kids over to Grandma and Grandpa Arch's house to see Trever's side of the family. Then we went to my dads church for a trunk or treat they have every year. By the way, Trev didn't dress up as a hunter, he had just come down off the mountain to go trick or treating with the kids, what an awesome Daddy! Then we came back to our neighborhood and went to a few of our friends houses, then we went to my moms and went around her neighborhood for a while. Then Trev went back up hunting (where he missed a 6 point bull elk Saturday!)
As you can see Hayes was wore out after a long Halloween night! Here's Kinlee playing in my moms toy room with crazy hair on. (You can pop one of those rubber balls, cut it in half and use for hair, in case that little tip ever comes in handy)
Saturday we (Me, my Dad, Kenz, Kinlee, and Hayes) went to the zoo. So far I've taken the kids to the zoo every year, I usually go before school, but I was a slacker this year, so I wanted to hurry and go before it got to cold, the weather couldn't have been any better! I think it was our last day in the 70's for this year.
Ok, last picture for this post, I promise... After Trev got home Sunday from being gone hunting since Wednesday Kinlee was his little buddy. They were laying on the couch and Kin gave Trev a love and a kiss and goes "look Mom, come take our picture." I thought it was too cute!
1-where did you meet? A bunch of us went to the drive in when I was in high school, and he showed up late and ended up sitting kinda by me and we talked through the whole movie. 2-how long did you date before you got married? Off and on for 3 years 3-how long have you been married? 3 1/2 years (4 in April, WOW!) 4-what is your favorite feature of his? Honestly, he has a cute bum, and his broad shoulders... 5-what is your favorite quality of his? He is the best Daddy in the world! I could watch him play with the kids all day. 6-does he have a nickname for you? Chels, babe? 7-what is his favorite food? Prime rib 8-what is his favorite sport? Does hunting count? and baseball-to play, probably football to watch. 9-when and where was your first kiss? I think in his driveway. 10-what is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Anything with the kids, especially camping. But I think me and Trev are due for an overnighter, we've been talking about Wendover this time. 11-do you have kids? Yes, Kinlee (3) and Hayes (7 months) 12-does he have a hidden talent? He's actually a really good cook, too bad he doesn't do the dishes after. lol 13-how old is he? 26 14-who said " I love you" first? Trev, we were camping. 15-what is his favorite type of music? Country (Brad Paisley) 16-what do you admire the most about him? I'm going to have to say how good of a Daddy he is again, he seriously is the best... (but he can't say No to his little girl!) 17-do you think he will read this? Yes
Trev and I have been married for 6 years, crazy huh!!! We have 3 little kids, Kinlee, Hayes and Cheznee. Kinlee is 5, Hayes is 3 and Cheznee is 9 months. Kinlee's almost done with Kindergarten and loves playing with her friends and riding our horses. Hayes is all boy, he loves anything that has to do with cowboys, tools, hunting, jumping, climbing and everything else boys like to do. Cheznee is getting so big, she's pulling herself up to stand on everything, crawling all over and putting everything in her mouth. I love my little family so much and thank my Heavenly Father every day for each of them...
Trever works as a sheet metal mechanic on base where he works on F-16 wings. His favorite thing in the world is being a Dad, our kids are so lucky to have him. As most of you know Trev's favorite thing to do is hunt... everything... all year long....
Chelsea
For a little bit about me. I absolutely LOVE being a mom. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for having the opportunity to have my 3 wonderful kids. I love my family and am so thankful how close I am to all of them, especially my little sister Kenzee. Next to my family I love barrel racing, I haven't done it for quite a while but am having so much fun riding with the kids. I love camping, hunting and traveling pretty much anywhere.
