Call Us Crazy

I'm begining to wonder if we will ever get settled. My dad always says that Matt and I move around too much...which I always argue, saying that we really don't move THAT much. After this weekend I'm going to have to side with my dad and say we are nuts, and I feel like a gypsy. We moved BACK to Ashland yesterday and we are STAYING here until Molly graduates from high school! Now that that's in writing it is basically unchangable...right?
Just for fun...In the past two in a half years since we've been married Matt and I have moved
1. to Ephraim Utah
2. Ephraim to apt in Ashland Oregon
3. apt in Ashland to student housing
4. Student housing to our first house in Talent
5. Talent to El Paso Texas
6. El Paso Texas to Laredo Texas
7. Laredo back to Talent
8. Talent to Boise Idaho
9. Boise back to Ashland

And now since someone already rented our house for the year we are looking for a place to rent, in the meantime we are living with our sweet friends, the Abel's. They have been so nice to let us crash their guest room. Matt and I have a nice big room with our couch and bed and a big bathroom. And Molly is sharing with their daughter.

Hopefully now that we have internet I can post some pictures up of all our adventures the past few weeks!

Hiding Out In My Car

So I am sitting in my car hiding out infront of a MoxieJava stealing their internet for a few shorts minutes so I can check my email, look for jobs, and UPDATE my blog. I'm feeling like a detective out here. Hopefully when we aren't so poor and Matt and I have jobs(or even just one of us)we will get internet and I won't have to drive around town looking for a signal. We got all moved in last week and we LOVE it here. Molly is taking her sweet little time adjusting and as a result has been VERY moody...that's to be expected right?? Sure sure. One of these days I will put some pictures on here of our cute new house. We just love it.

Utah/Idaho Trip

Matt and I just got back from our week long trip to Idaho to find a new house and Utah for Matt's work party. We started the week off with a football game at Oregon State...Go Beavs! Our friend Devin plays for Washington State so we met up with his fam and watched the game.

Me, Darlene and Kristin. I want to move back to Ephraim! Darlene makes the best Navajo Tacos EVER...it requires a deep fryer...true Utahns have a deep fryer in there home!


Matt and Devin...those poor boys spent many hours at the University Mall in Provo while Kristin and I tricked each other into buying all sorts of things. Maybe it's good we left Ephraim...


Our new house! It's very very cute and in the cutest little neighborhood. There is even a gym so I don't have to pay for one anymore...woohoo! I am getting a little unexcited about packing. Lame.


Okay so last year Jessica and I decided to make caramel apples. It was a disaster. The caramel just slid right off the apple making a big gooey mess. They seriously looked like poison caramel apples! This year we decided to perfect our craft and spent a little more time researching how you actually make them. We thought we were doing great. The caramel was sticking and looking shiny and delicious...and a little bit sticky!


Then we tried our luck and decided to dip them in white chocolate and cinnamon and sugar...bad idea. The old lady, poison apples were back! At least they tasted good...right? Next year we are going to be pros and sell them somewhere.


Then we headed up to Utah...spent the night with Rob and Kim, had some Costa Vida and went to Matt's work party. We were sure we were going to win something big. One kid won 60 grand in cash, two other people won new cars, and Matt and I?? Oh well we won little backpack gym bags AND IPOD decks(those could have been cool except I lost both mine and Matt's IPODs at the gym now they are history)...lame, lame, lame. There were so many people there we didn't even wait in line to claim our prize.

Molly Mormon Strikes Again

Okay so ever since I got my sewing machine I have this uncontrollable itch to be crafty. On our recent trip to Utah/Idaho Jessica and I were craft stealers and totally copied some idea's for hair bows off dana-made-it.blogspot.com. So stinkin cute! Up next...a quilt.

Fright Night Update

I'm going to go ahead and let this little video speak for itself...I am going to save it forever though so Molly remembers how weird she was!

Fright Night

Matt and I told Molly she had to wait to have her birthday party until Matt came home so she decided to have a Halloween fright night party. First of all I do not like fright nor do I like night and I most certainly do not like the two of them together. But since I am trying to be the best momsister I can be I oblige to her every wish(ha)and do exactly as she asks of me. Matt loves scary movies, and hates to be left out even if he doesn't like the movie, but mostly he doesn't like boys in our house especially when he isn't an arms length away. So needless to say I am sitting alone in my bedroom trying to drown out the sound of screams in the background by doing a little blogging.

These are all the kids loving me for taking multiple pictures until I am satisfied and leave the room...can't you just see the love


Apparently scary movies make you break a sweat


"People saw we're hot"


Boogers on a stick


The most complicated brownies I have ever made...I forgot(or maybe I never did it) that teenagers are afraid to eat in front of each other. They came to my house nice and sweaty from all their sports, no food since lunch and none of them will eat! We have so much stinkin food it is ridiculous and none of them will take a freakin bite. Give me a break!


Day old bath water with worms...mmmm


Kitty litter birthday cake...we love ya Molls!

I am certainly not looking forward to throwing all my money, ooops I meant food, away in the morning because it is old and gross from not being eaten all night. Maybe this will teach me to keep it simple. I could have given them corn dogs and they would have been fine. But oh no...I stress, plan, re-plan, make a billion lists, go to every store in the rouge valley looking for a cauldron, spend all day making things "just so" and hello I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO CARES! When will I ever learn? Oh well I just love it and I would be going crazy if I tried to do it any other way.

On a side note...Our house is for rent!! Ahh...can you believe it?! We are moving AGAIN!

Hello Molly Mormon!

Okay so my dear sweet Grandma was horrified to see the aftermath of my terrible sewing mishap earlier this year. She told me "that sewing machine is just too old and simply won't do". "Yes, yes I know" I told her "but I just can't spend money on a sewing machine, especially since I don't really sew, and I have one that works fine as long as I don't drop it and cause permanent nerve damage to my foot". So she did what Grandma's do best and she went out and bought me the best little sewing machine she could find. It does all sorts of neat little things. Don't anyone be surprised if they get little quilted nic nacs for Christmas this year. I have my first sewing class on Friday...they will be teaching me all sorts of necessesities such as turning it on, threading the needle, putting the pieces together...all that jazz.