Small Adventures

Life is full of small adventures. I really like the ones you can laugh at later. Here are two that I'd thought I'd share.

The Ceiling:

First off our house is old. It use to be a world war II POW house. At each end of our house, in the attic, is a little window called a vent. We have to go up at the end of spring to open them and at the end of fall to close them. Having them open helps keep our house a bit cooler. Which is nice because our house also lacks air conditioning. So one day when we find it out its going to be in the upper 90's we decided its time to open the windows. (Note: we didn't do it before because just before that we had a cold spell where it was in the 50's) Michael starts to open the little hatch to enter the attic and finds it a bit difficult. As it turns out about a month before this our land lords and some insulation put in. Now those guys didn't care where it went they just sprayed it all over the place up there. It was kind of nasty. Well we finally got Michael up there and he opens the first window and starts crawling across to the other side. I'm waiting next the entrance when I hear a crash. Michael yells down and tells me to go look in the living room. Michael had slipped and put his knee through our ceiling.

The hole at its widest points was about 2.5 feet by 3 feet. It has been patched now but the huggies box is still up there as a memento to us staying here.



The Cake:

As mentioned above, our house is old. Along with our very fragile ceiling we have lop sided floors. Its most noticeable in our hall way. But apparently our kitchen is pretty lopsided as well. I was making a cake for Adam's birthday party and when I pulled it out this was the result.

See how the top right corner is nice and fluffy and the bottom left you can see the inside of the baking sheet!

 

And this my friends is the difference. Don't worry we served our guests from the fluffy side.

Working in the Garden!!

I was taking pictures on Saturday of my family working out in the garden and I realized that I had a ton of pictures on my camera that I hadn't blogged about yet. So be forewarned this is the first and of many to fallow.

One of the things I really missed when I was away from home (college or Arizona) was working in the garden with my family. Well, Michael and I usually go over to my parents on Saturdays because of Michael's work. This particular Saturday my family just happened to be starting the garden! Now not being able to bend over like I use too with my tinny belly in the way I took pictures! Although I did get to get my hands in the dirt at least a little :)

This is my mom's Green House.
It comes up and down as needed and is a new addition to the back yard this spring. 

The cabbage broccoli cauliflower and many other starts inside the green house.

This is Cody trying not to laugh and his click happy sister ;)

To help keep the soil healthy in our garden my family will through their fruit and vegi peels on the garden. Then Dad tills it under. Well when getting the garden "put away" for winter Cody and Dad found a tree growing. Cody dug it up and now has in own avocado tree! He's been taking care of it all winter and is now putting it in the green house for the summer!

There is the actual working in the garden. We planted chard, peas, lettuce, carrots, radishes, and onions (yellow and red)! I can't wait to eat some!!

Mom and Michael planting seeds

Kristie waiting for something to do

Dad walking around the shed after putting something away

Dad and Michael admiring their work

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loves!!!

How luck was on my side this halloween...

When I thought about about what I was going to be this Halloween I thought for sure I was going to be a member of star trek. I had the costume from when Star trek came to theaters earlier this year. But when ever I told people they looked at me funny and usually said something not to nice... And slowly it was starting to drag on me. So when I was helping a friend find his costume I really started to want to be something else. Now my friend, Brett, wanted to be a pirate so we went on the hunt to find a vest. And when we did find them I really wanted one too. So I bought one. It was on sale for 50% off... How could I resist? So I brought it back home and started thinking you know I could be a pirate too... So I pulled out my tarted pants, flip flops, hoop earrings, a white t-shirt, and a green bandanna. Then I should Leon and Jen and they gave a funny look and then Jen said "Are you a pirate?" I replied yes and then they said "you need a belt, and a different shirt, and I have a bag you could use." So they then raided their room and pulled out all this stuff for me to use. After all that the only thing I was missing was a pair of boots. And even that worked out in the end. After watching Opera, Jen found out that you could get a 50% off coupon of everything in the Payless shoe store. So we went and there were boots! really awesome black boots! They were originally $40 but I got them for $16! Because they were already on sale! So after all this is how my custom turned out:


Jen did my hair. I think she did a great job! Everything just worked out great I turned into the pirate I wanted to be!

As promised

I promised I would post some pictures so here they are!



This is a picture of my brother and sister in laws house. So no grass. But we do have a wild bunny that lives under the bush farthest from the house.



This is my bedroom. I have a really awesome queen sized bed. Don't be fooled this is one of the few times it is ever made. And yes I do have posters of very cute men hanging in my room.


Here she is! The whole reason I am down here! This is little Auna. Her full name is Aunaleigha Marie Walker. She is the cutest baby ever to be on this earth and I'm sorry if you think other wise but you are wrong. ;)

And that's it for now. I know there are some of you who want to see a picture of my hair cut but I haven't taken a picture that looks good yet. So you will just have to live with these for now. LOVES!

Social Butterfly

Ashley! I knew here since forth grade. but we didn't become close til about seventh. We had Utah history together and she sat right in fount of me! And that's when she asked me to hang out with her. And soon it was like we lived at each others homes. Her home was my home and mine was hers. But the thing you need to know about Ashley is that she is a rover. She is so friendly to everyone that everyone is her friend. And so she jumps from group of friends to group of friends. So she knew everyone in my group of friends. In fact she introduced me to Meagan. But she only stuck around for a few weeks at a time. At most. Then she would wander over to another group for awhile and come back in a month or two. But most people didn't understand that. People got possessive. And wanted to keep Ashley to themselves. And with Ashley you really can't do that. Or you loss her. Because of this Ashley was put under a lot of social stress at school. So she gained friends easily but those same friends lost her easily too.
But that's not what I want you to remember about Ashley. Ashley is a lot fun! She is the one in the party that makes everyone feel welcome. She is the one that laughs easily and makes you laugh because her laugh is so contagious. She is the type of person that cares for everyone and wants to help those who are feeling down. But she does it in a fun manner. Because with Ashley everything is fun.

Sexy Lama

Matty is the little brother of Mike Meyer. So naturally he tagged along with us when ever he had the opportunity. And slowly he became part of the group. He is so random and constantly hyper! He has this weird habit of screaming in the middle of the conversation just to shake things up. And he is all ways laughing and giggling. In a way he keeps us older ones young.
My favorite memory of Matty is when we were playing honey I love you. It was Matt's turn to try and make me laugh by flirting with me and he comes up and whispers in my ear. "hello.. you sexy lama." HOW CAN YOU NOT LAUGH AT THAT! HONESTLY! I busted up! I all most started crying! And ever since then when we first see each other we call each other sexy lamas.
I hope Matt always stays young, hyper, and a sexy lama.