Jacob and Marcia

This is a sweet little boy sharing Happy with his new baby sister.  Wow, it is an “old” picture!

Yes this quiz is from a pictures taken over a  year ago.

On December 19th, 2008 at almost two in the morning we heard a noise.  It sounded like something had fallen on the house.  We put our coats on, and went outside to see the above.
We were worried that the branch may have been too [...]

Is responsible for a number of my obsessions.  Red Hair.  Curly hair.  Twirly dresses.  Calling dogs “dumb.”  Bald heads*.
Tonight as I was trying to feel better**, I curled up on the couch to watch “comfort movies.”  One of which was Annie.  It reminded me how much I loved the music, still do.  And it got [...]

So last spring/summer we had the back door open for fresh air, a lot.  A mouse came in, so we got traps and caught it in just a couple days.
This fall another mouse dared to enter the house.  We set the traps again, and it was caught with-in the hour of setting.
We had one still [...]

Here is the answer you all have been waiting for…

On October 12th we had dinner at Jacob’s parents’ house with the missionaries, Elder Pickett and Elder Drake.  Elder Pickett is from Canada and that happens to be Canadian Thanksgiving.  So using our super internet abilities, we found his family.  Jacob called his parents and talked [...]

We went out to Idaho (15th-21st) with Jacob’s Parents for Erin’s and Adam’s graduation.  We stayed with John and Tinell (she also graduated) Broadbent (they have two very adorable little girls, and stinking smart too).  John may be responsible for our potentially thinking about purchasing a Wii in the future.  We had a lot of [...]

I seriously need about 12 of these dress up days a year, one a month would be a lot of fun for me.  Jacob on the other hand would not really enjoy costuming once a month.  In fact, I was unable to get him to dress up, even to be a butcher and carry a [...]

Rick called me and told me I have to post something.  So here it is, we went with the youth to the Temple.  Here is a picture of us there.

Last Friday (June 12), I went out for an afternoon bike ride, and when I got home, the monitors connected to my main work computer were dark. I wiggled the mouse to bring them back to life, but they did not revive. The computer had crashed.
While such a thing had never happened with this particular [...]

So, I was pretty convinced there were raccoons in my plants.

Until this morning when I opened the front door and saw two squirrels pulling on the bird feeder post.  They had it bent clear to the ground and were eating the seeds.

I got mad!  I told them I hated them, and never to come back; [...]

As I sit on my porch, admiring the garden I have been working on, I figure I had better post pictures of the garden as much as I have.
Picture heavy!
View of front of house.  I like to sit in those chairs and enjoy the warmth, and try to catch glimpses of the birds.

Here is from [...]

After I let Mallory play with it.  I think this is from around Thanksgiving time. Right after I had it cut short.  And it would stick however I pulled it.  It was weird.

I bought black mulch.  I think I will like it, but with out the finished product, one can never really know.  It was not much more than the boring, cheep, no color kind, and all the colors cost the same.  Every one in town, it seems, uses red.  Everyone knows I have to be different.  [...]

I love Spring.  I love open windows.  We have had the back door open with the screen door locked so fresh air can get in.
Apparently, the door is not sealed at the bottom, and we had a visitor enter on Friday.  He does not sing and/or walk on two legs, so he does not warrant [...]

This was from when we went out to take Senior Pictures. Jared on the left and Andrew on the right.

We tried the Mentos in the Coke bottle experiment. It wasn’t as cool as if it had been diet Coke, but it was still pretty cool!

Jared and Andrew turned 18 at the end of March, so we celebrated by launching rockets and trying to explode coke.

I am totally convinced that I must be a “trophy wife” because he certainly did not marry my for my mind.
Last night I had to run to the store to pick up some “stuff.”  I was really excited because the self-check-outs were open.  I then realized I was missing something.  Something important.  My wallet.
I really [...]

Jacob is totally in a band!
It is a pvc pipe band.
They are awesome.
For those of our friends and family wishing to see them perform, there are a couple shows that we know they can attend. Some may be close or not so close.  However they are open to those who show up.
Monday, April 6th Pipeline [...]

In pretty much any form.  Except probably in a Ruben.
I decided to make some cinnamon rolls and bread yesterday.  It is/was yummy.
Jacob and I had just watched an episode of Throw Down With Bobby Flay about sticky buns, so I decided while I was making cinnamon rolls to make a couple of them in the [...]

Marcia decided that we are going to start keeping a family journal.  I think this is a great idea, except she keeps insisting that we can’t actually start it until I write my version of how we met and fell in love and got married. Every time I sit down to start writing that story [...]

Our trip took us to Indianapolis.  We* went to the IMA~.  We went to the zoo%.  We went to Super China Buffet^.

*We = Adam, Emily, Erin, Jacob, and Marcia

~Free, and really cool!

%This is the coolest zoo I have been to this year! A dolphin dive from underneath We got to pet sharks, and some of them [...]

Dear Insurance Companies,
If I wanted to talk to your salesman on the phone, I would have called you. Instead, I went looking for information online, because I wanted to get the information, you know, ONLINE.
Oh, and since you have my address along with my phone number, I would expect that you would figure out that [...]

It is the window to the room where we were married.

I worked at the preschool yesterday, kid-talk will come later.  One of the little girls wanted to make books, so she and I sat at a table with paper and markers.  Her book was about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  She colored pictures and then narrated the story for me to write it down for [...]

I know I said I would get a picture up of my hair this wek, so I am still safe.  I am again in Panera waiting to get on a train to head home now (we are in Chicago).  And this is a picture of my hair (me in the mirror at the hotel in [...]