I Lost My Cell Phone!!!!

I know it’s truly been a very, VERY long time since I’ve posted, so here is a funny little story.

I’ve had issues remembering things here and again… that is totally normal for me. But lately it has become insane how many things I have forgotten.

Just yesterday I couldn’t find my cell phone for hours, and kind of tough when you don’t have a house phone to dial the number on. Not usually a big deal, in fact some days I wish I could throw my phone out the window, but I needed to get a hold of some people for YW/YM activities. I was starting to get a little stressed, I looked in all the usual places, the car, my purse, the dresser, in the closet, even by the dog treats (yes I know so unusual for most people but a norm for me, heheh) It was gone! Somewhere I had never put it before… but where????

It was hours later when I was cleaning up the kitchen and had a few dishes to wash. Low and behold my cell phone was stacked nice and neatly in the sink with the Tupperware. Can you believe it??? . Good thing I looked in the sink before I turned on the water. :O)

Your probably wondering, Who stashes there phone in the sink with all the dirty dishes???? I guess someone who has Prego Brain!

Triple F

I just heard the best family rule called “Triple F” It stands for Forced Family Fun. The kids in this family know that when mom or dad says, “triple F,” there is no question in there mind that they have to go with mom and dad that day.

*Just to make it a little better the parents only say “triple F” when they have something fun planned, like a movie or picnic, etc...

Sounds like a fun rule I’d like to have in my family some day.

Have a great weekend!

The Hectic Holidays...

We spent a week in California with Doug’s family for Thanksgiving, which was a blast! Minus all the motion sickness from the constant rides at Disneyland and Nott’s Berry Farm. We loved all the animal life at Sea World and would go back in a heart beat. Doug and I took a little day trip to Huntington Beach where we did a little shopping, wandered around the art’s fair on the beach, and sat on the pier and watched old men fish… It was definitely the most relaxing day of the whole trip.

I LOVE the spirit of Christmas and all the sparkle it brings to everyone’s eyes, but for some reason this December seemed like it was always go go go.
With my sister’s family in town and all the parties to attend, it didn’t seem like we had any time to put up the Christmas tree or even sit down and recoup from California. Doug was the narrator for the Ward Christmas Play and he did a phenomenal job, he really is so funny and good at memorizing every line. Who would have thought that acting could be his thing :O) We played lot’s of games with friends and family and just had a ball! Christmas day was so relaxing with lounging around and taking naps, we got in a movie and even opened a few presents.

Now it’s on to 2011 with lots of goals and aspirations in front of us. I even made it till midnight this time!!! Then it was off to an early start, for breakfast doesn’t wait till noon, bunches of Dad’s family was getting together in the great gathering room.

We love you all and wish you the best this year!

Oh Yeah, were finally at the BEACH!!!

The beaches in Sea Side were fun, packed with little kids flying kits and swinging. It was a long walk from the sidewalk to the actual water, maybe a half mile.

The weather was horrible 50 degrees with a constant See Mist. We didn't spend too much time at the beach because of it.

Wow my toes were numb :O)

Doesn't it look chilly!

Doug is a brave little man. He laughed so hard when the frigged waves crashed on his legs.

Just imagine... he made it to the Atlantic before the Pacific.

The next day was as clear as it could be, still a little chilly.

The hotels at Cannon Beach set up these cute wind breakers and umbrellas for anyone to use.

Relaxed!!!

I needed to take off those shoes, not so relaxing.

Dancing in the water

Haystack Rock

Probably my favorite picture

Those are some cute feet.

Different landscape of Oregon

It was the coolest thing having dense forests on one side of the road and the ocean on the other.

I love these orange flowers!

One day I'll have some of these pretty's in my yard :O)

the flowers were so big and vibrant

Cannon beach
This is just down from Hay Stack Rock

This is where we watched a momma and baby whale play for about 30 minutes.

These little plants grow all over the rough rocks.

Can you see the Star Fish??? I couldn't either. Poor little guy, I only noticed him because I stepped on him. I felt so bad

We were driving in a beautiful Dense forest and all the sudden there is a sign that says, "watch for drifting sand." I just thought we were back to the ocean and beaches. Not by a long shot these are the sand dunes we drove through.

Lighthouses

This is the first lighthouse we saw it is called Yaquina Head

You'd better plug your nose though... if the wind is blowing your direction it is stinky!!!!

This is Haceta Head Lighthouse.

The Coast Gard sold the keepers house for only $10 dollars when they were done with it.

WOW what a bargain!

What a beautiful retreat, the keepers house is now an Inn for all of you folks who are gonna go.

This is the view from the front door, absolutely beautiful.

Yaquina Bay lighthouse was really quaint and hidden in the trees, so they built Yaquina Head to take it's place.

A is for...

Doug took me on a wonderful trip to Oregon for our 5th Anniversary! It was so nice to drive along the coast with no worries in the world and just have a darn toot’n good ol’ time! I’ll post more about it later.

As we were driving through Idaho board out of our minds… we couldn’t wait to see blue water… I made up a game on the spot, I called it the Alphabet game and it goes a little like this: A is for… ALFALFA! It could be anything as long as you could really see it, at that moment. We divided it up like so, every other letter was yours. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

“Doug it’s your turn!”

A is for Alfalfa
B is for Boise
C is for Car
D is for Diesel
E is for Eden
F is for Field
G is for Green Shed
H is for House
I is for Interstate 84
J is for Jeep
K is for Kimberly Falls
L is for Lodging Camp
M is for Motel
N is for Nothing
O is for One (178 miles to go)
P is for Planetarium
Q is for Quiet (Doug turned off the music)
R is for Red Lion Hotel
S is for Shari’s Restaurant
T is for Toyota Tacoma
U is for Udders (passing Dairy Farm)
V is for Veering into other lain (we weren’t tiered at all :O)
W is for Western Stockman
X is for RXR (Rail Road X-ing sign)
Y is for Yellow Line
Z is for Ziggies

It filled about an hour of the drive and like always, the really creative ones were Doug… U is for Udders… Who thinks out of the box like that, When I see a Cow, I think COW.

He really makes me laugh!