So HAppY toGeTHer

January 2012

2012-01-01T21:01:00.000-08:00

So It has been over a year since our last blog post and I know everyone has been checkng daily for an update. Ha Ha. I do enjoy reading other peoples blogs but, I am terrible at posting anything so My goal for the year is to post something once a month. 12 posts shouldnt be that hard. We will see how that goes. We had a very nice Christmas. The kids were spoiled as usual and it was fun to gather with family and friends. New Years was a very quiet night at home with the kids on thier new Leap pads and Coby and I on our phones we spent some quailty time together :). We learned the next day that Coby's sister's husband lost his battle with Cancer. CANCER SUCKS!

Going forward this year I am going to run in some sort of race this year mayby one of those muddy ones, blog more, take more pictures and try to learn something new.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES

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Please Buy some cookies from me!!!!

Check it out these are so cute

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http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/guest/miD0bYq3RFMK6W5I64UVxw

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HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

2010-11-25T14:01:00.001-08:00

BrieAnn's First Day of Kindergarten

2010-08-24T15:24:00.001-07:00

My little girl is growing up. Where did the time go?

30 Day Shred

2010-08-19T07:12:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine recomended this work out Video 30 day shred! It has 3 20 minute workouts. Coby and I did it last night and you would think 20 minutes is not enough to kick your butt. Well lets just say I am a little sore. Anyways I loved it 20 minutes and you are done. If you know me you know how much I just love to excersize. So I am challenging myself to 30 days right now. Do it with me it is only 9.99 at walmart and we can get in shape together.

Its about time for an update!

2010-04-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

Today Tara (my sis in law) and i took the kids to a park in Layton to feed the ducks it was such a pretty day and we had a lot of fun!

BrieAnn and i made some cookies for a bakesale.

going to Grandmas for Easter Dinner

Eater morning

Cayson in his heels and purse. good thing coby was at work ha ha :)

Me and Cayson

Brieann on the Elephant

BrieAnn waiting in line to ride an Elephant at the Circus. It was this weird little circus in Tooele alot of the performers did not have teeth interesting experience but the tickets were cheap and the kids had a good time.

Bed Head Kids!

this picture cracks me up!

Christmas Morning

Look waht Santa Brought

waiting for the cookies to bake

Christmas Eve Jamies

Making cookies for santa

In November BrieAnn turned 5 and we had her Birthday with Friends at McDonalds and then later had cake and icecream at home with Family.

Lets face it I am not the greatest blogger........ I hope you feel caught up now :)

Tagged

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1 Favorite Season-Sring - the cold is over and people are Happy
2 favorite Physical Feature - Eyes -blue eyes
3Chore you detest - Poop clean up (kids dog's or cat it is never fun)
4Color your hair regularly - not really twice a year maybe.
5Top Item on your wish list - new purse
6Favorite way to 'scent' your house - fake scentsy from walmart
7What are you eating for dinner - we had Cheesburgers from in and out burger YUM!
8Are your Toes painted - nope
9 One thing you slurge on even when money is tight - ice cream from cold stone
10Post the most recent photo of you- Me and Angela at New moon at midnight
11 Tag 8 friends - Melanie, Angela, Cio, Christel, Camille, Shannan, Andrea, Allison

Christmas Cards

2009-12-10T17:35:00.000-08:00

So I ordered our Cards back in October from a company called Artscow because they had some really good deals. Well I have complained twice on the internet since the call center is just a voice mail and I have found out they are located out of HONG KONG. Needless to say I am not sure if anyone will be getting our Christmas card this year so I am just going to e-mail it out and post it on our Blog. ENJOY -Happy HOLIDAYS everyone!!!

Preview of Family Pictures

2009-11-05T14:43:00.001-08:00

Halloween

2009-11-04T17:52:00.001-08:00

WE had a great Halloween. Nothing out of the ordinary just a jack O lantern pizza from papa Murphys and some trick or trating but, the kids had a good time and i am so greatfull for my Family.

Dinner

2009-10-28T22:50:00.001-07:00

At dinner tonight BrieAnn said to me " You know what would be the scariest costume? " I said what and she said "you". Coby will never let me live this down but, it was really funny.

Fire Station and Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-10T14:49:00.000-07:00

We had a fun time exploring the Fire trucks.

THE PUMPKIN PATCH

Daddy and Cayson looking for the perfect pumpkins.

Coby's Pumpkin

BrieAnn's Pumpkin

Cayson's Pumpkin

who knew there were so many fun things to do on a Saturday morning in Tooele.

Cayson's 2nd Birthday

2009-10-10T14:28:00.000-07:00

Tiffy, Josh and Cio

Cayson Playing

Grandparents

Tara and Jaxon

Big sister BrieAnn

They were supposed to be Dora and Diego Cupcakes

Cayson enjoying his french Fries

Mom and Cayson

Dad Teeing up the ball for Cayson

Michael Jordan? Tiger Woods?

2009-10-10T14:22:00.000-07:00

BrieAnn's 1st Day of Pre-school

2009-09-03T12:08:00.000-07:00

This is BrieAnn's last year of Pre-school. I am little sad to think she will be in kindergarten next year and Cayson will be starting Pre-school. Here are some pics from the first day.

Fresh Fruits and Vegtables

2009-08-22T07:23:00.000-07:00

For the last three months we have been getting a share of food from the co-op. https://foodco-op.net. It is a really cool program where you buy in for a a share or two or however many shares of food you want. The program is for anyone who EATS! The cost for one share is 23 dollars. It is available all year long. This month the share is below. The normal share is about 4 kinds of meat, 5 vegtables, 4 fruits, a loaf of bread, and some kind of grain. It really helps with grocery costs and it is local produce and meat when available. We love it. I try to make at least 4-5 meals out of the share. We havent gotten two shares yet because I am afraid some of the fruits and vegtables might not last long enough for us to use them. All of the meat is frozen when you pick it up. Our pick up is here in Tooele at St. Barnabas Church the last Saturday of the month. They have locations for pic-up along the Wasatch front from Ogden to Nephi and also one in Park City. Check it out!!!!

1 lb. lean ground beef
2 lbs. chicken drumsticks
2 8oz. top sirloin steaks
1 lb. pork spare ribs
1 package mushrooms
4 ears corn (local)
2 cucumbers (local)
1 bag spinach
1 head of broccoli
5 plums
4 peaches
5 bananas
Stone Ground's Artisan Wheat Loaf
16 oz. pinto beans

Balanced

2009-08-13T20:52:00.001-07:00

Today was a good day. My kids were not perfect and I did not win the lottery but, I laughed a lot, I had some quaility time with the kids, Quaility time with the hubby, talked with some friends, I made a good diner that everyone ate without complaint, I had some free time to myself. I worked a little and cleaned a little. All the dishes are out of my sink and the counters are clean. I only remember yelling once when Cayson put his Mac and cheese bowl on his head for a hat but, then I laughed. A near perfect day or should I say very balanced day. Nothing extrodinary nothing but an ordinary day with the ones I love. I almost don't want to go to bed.

Dora the Explorer

2009-08-13T15:28:00.000-07:00

Cayson is in love with Dora. I believe it is his first crush. He watched Dora on and off for the 16 hour drive home from Washington ( I will post pics of our Vacation later) and he was quiet the whole time. He only made a sound when the DVD's were over. I will have to get a recording of him singing the theme song it is pretty funny.

2009-07-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

check out my friends new Photography website. She is currently running a contest for 50$ off a photo session if you add her button to your blog check it out. http://www.jenheremphotography.com/

Day Two

2009-07-22T17:37:00.000-07:00

It is amazing what you can acomplish in one day without a full time job :)

5 stitches

2009-07-05T11:10:00.000-07:00

Cayson bonked his head on something this morning and ended up getting 5 stitches. He was a trooper through the whole thing and I think I probably cried more than he did. I really am done with the ER visits for awhile.

Only two more weeks!

2009-07-03T13:09:00.000-07:00

BrieAnn had a Doctor appoinment today and her leg is healing great! only two more weeks of staying off her leg and we got the okay to go swimming.

Happy Fathers Day

2009-06-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

Coby Qualifies Again!!!

2009-06-21T21:20:00.000-07:00

http://www.uga.org/news/news.cfm?article=3386
June 19, 2009
Aldrich Shoots Lowest SA Qualifying Score of 65Chris Aldrich shot the lowest score of the year at any Utah State Am qualifying round when he shot a 65 at the difficult Overlake course in Tooele today. While the course gave up the lowest medalist score of the year it also provided the highest qualifying score, a 75.

Coby Duffin finished two shots higher than Aldrich at 67, and Greg Dixon, the golf course superintendent, was the only other player to break par with a 70.There were 11 players who shot 75 or better to advance to the Utah State Am finals at Valley View in July. Only two qualifying sessions remain, at Glenmoor on Saturday, and Gladstan on Monday.

The results:
65- Chris Aldrich
67- Coby Duffin
70- Greg Dixon
74- Clark Hill

BrieAnn's Preschool Graduation

2009-05-28T21:55:00.000-07:00

BrieAnn had her pre-school graduation tonight (even though she will be going again next year) she did really good and said her part "Don't talk to stangers" very well. It was fun to watch all the kids on stage. None of the pictures from the ceremony turned out they were all blury partly due to moving kids and partly due to Cayson trying to run around. Oh well we took a couple cute ones before. I can't believe how big my baby girl is getting. Days like this make me want to pause time for a little while.

End of the year Ice Cream Party

2009-05-28T07:16:00.000-07:00

Three cute girls at the ICE CREAM PARTY. Taylor Aliyah and BrieAnn

IF YOU Can't Beat them join them!

2009-05-23T13:33:00.000-07:00

Everyone knows how much i just love golf Season. It turns my otherwise perfect husband into a golfer. Enough said :) Well we decided to join daddy one evening and take along the camera and it was really fun.

BrieAnn's Dance recital

2009-01-25T10:38:00.001-08:00

Showing Grandma and Grandpa some moves before the recital.

Cayson's Dance shoes

Showing Cayson some Dane Moves

Taylor and BrieAnn

waiting backstage.On stage performing!

We had a great evening with the whole Family thank you every one for comming.

REWIND BRIEANN'S BIRTHDAY

2008-12-15T19:21:00.001-08:00

We have a 4yr old!!

REWIND HALLOWEEN

2008-12-15T19:13:00.000-08:00

okay so it is almost Christmas and Here are some Halloween pics.

Cute PICS !

2008-11-24T09:24:00.001-08:00

So I got pictures of the kids taken this weekend by a great photographer Jen Herem -check out her blog to see the pictures http://jenheremphotography.blogspot.com/

Apple PIe

2008-11-05T07:17:00.000-08:00

So I have been craving Apple pie for a couple days. I was tempted the other night to get one from Mcdonalds. you know the little turnover ones. Well yesterday I came home from work and Coby and BrieAnn had made one for me. I was so excited and it was very yummy. What a sweet husband I have and he doesnt even like apple pie.

Its been a good morning the kids slept in and I got up early I had almost a whole hour to myself ahhhhhh. So I checked out everyons blogs and I even got to make a little note in my own. I can not believe how fast time flies. Maybe by Christmas I will post the pictures of Halloween.

Happy Birthday CAYSON

2008-09-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe it has been a year. My baby has grown so much. We celebrated last Sunday with family. We blew up a bunch of balloons for a balloon room and the kids had a good time.

It has been a while

2008-09-21T14:07:00.000-07:00

A trip to Texas and a vist with my Dad in September

4th of July Parade

Florida Vacation

Cayson Laughing

Ooops

2008-06-23T15:15:00.000-07:00

So the last post was from 2007 so here is the article from this year- http://www.uga.org/news/news.cfm?article=2752

June 14, 2008
Three 70s Share Medalist Honors at OverlakeThree players, Coby Duffin, Denny Job, and Corey Creger, shot two under par 70 to share medalist honors at the Utah State Amateur Qualifying held Saturday at Overlake Golf Course in Tooele. Joseph Kelsey also broke par with a 71, and Jason Struck, Joseph Wight, Nic Booth, and Jeff McDonald shot even par 72s.The cut came at 77 with 25 players advancing to the finals at Soldier Hollow July 9-13.The weather was nearly ideal for golf. There was very little wind throughout the day.Overlake is an outstanding test of golf and is one of Utah’s best kept secrets.Overlake Results:70- Coby Duffin, Denny Job, Corey Creger 71- Joseph Kelsey 72- Jason Struck, Joseph Wight, Nic Booth, Jeff McDonald 73- Chris Conklin, Brock Griffith, Stephen Pughe 74- Kingsley Sullivan, Jason Bracken, Clark Barton, Dan West, Jon Linnett 75- Dan Wolfe, Greg Snyder 76- Jacob Holt, Victor Emmel 77- Gary Whited, Jeremy Tye, Adam Ostler, Mark Geiselmayr, Jeff Arrington

Coby Quailifies again

2008-06-16T08:10:00.001-07:00

June 16, 2007Only One Player Breaks Par in Murray PM QualifyingJohn Nicholson was the only player to break par in the Saturday afternoon qualifying session for the Utah State Amateur and he accomplished the task by just one shot, a 71. There were seven players who shot even par 72.Like the morning session those who shot 74 qualified for the Big Dance.The scores for the morning and afternoon sessions were comparable and the weather conditions were similar, a pretty steady wind for most of the day.The slowest round of the afternoon session was four and a half hours.The results: 71- John Nicholson 72- Tyson Lund, Nick Carter, Joseph Kelsey, Neal Courtney, Clark Jones, Coby Duffin, Jeff McDonald73- Justin Miller, Nolan Husband74- Adam Oettli, Brian Dalsoglio, Ted Parkin, Brady BomanDid not qualify: 75- Jason Yeats, Chris Torgersen, Peter Stuhr, Josh Meyer, James Smith, Brian Young, Kevin Engle 76- Skyler Distefano, Merrill Griffin, Brian Allred77- Dennis Shaffer, Brad Bills, Steven Marrett, Thomas Weaver, Jeff Berg, Scott Vincent78- Joseph Gish, Brian Pointelin, Kevin Wall, Tony Bernardo79- Nicholas Erickson, Benjamin Angilau, Farley Hayden, Billy Tupou, Scott Gilbert, Ryan McDermott, Neil Allen, Mike Collett80- Nate Greene, Shane Nelson, Clayton Berg, Tracy Conti, Danny Cornia, David Anderson, Walker Jensen, David Keith, Colby Bingham81- Morris Jacob, Sterling Jack, Gary Whited, Olisi Lui, Justin Higgins, Tim Anderson82- Bill Maxwell83- Jeffrey Judd, Gerry Lefavor, John Hattaway84- Bob Maggard, John Savas, Aaron Call85- Sean Olson, Bob Potts, Todd Clark86- Kendall Youngblood, Jeff Cornick, Brandon Nielson87- Kelly Astill88- David Harrison, Peter Jacobson89- Mark Arroyo90- Jason Gates, Allen Swain91- Bradley Jeppson92- J.R. Turner95- Eric Watson96- J. Roetker98- Brad Manuel99- Doug Kelly

Lets catch up!

2008-05-11T18:30:00.000-07:00

Here is what has happened in the past month !

cayson turned 6 months

-a field trip to a Farm with BrieAnn and her Preschool and she got a cute hair cut .

-Cayson rolled over

Went on another field trip a Teddy Bear Picnic

I turned 32 and Coby turned 33

we are getting so old...........

Spiders

2008-04-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

I love blogging but, I never have time :) BrieAnn and I had a funny conversation this morning so I thought I would share real quick. It still makes me giggle.

So we were getting ready for preschool and I asked BrieAnn if she wanted some yogurt and she said yes so I grabbed it and looked at the top the expiration was 3/26/08 a little old :) so I said sorry it is expired and I threw it in the garbage. not thinking anything of it.

BrieAnn opened the garbage and said I want to see the spiders. I just started to laugh and said no it expired it is bad. So she still didnt quite get it and thought the yogurt had spiders so we opened a few and to see the spiders and we talked about the expiration date and calendar and grocery shopping and eating things before they go bad. so I thought she got it.

then in the car driving to preschool she told me she wouldnt eat spiders because they would make her sick. :) I just said yup don't eat spiders.

So don't eat stuff that has expired (spiders)!

Easter FUN

2008-04-07T20:24:00.000-07:00

Lissel made a cute page of our girls and I thought I would share it on our blog :)

2008-03-24T06:36:00.000-07:00

Spring

2008-03-23T21:36:00.000-07:00

new post finally....... Nothing really exciting going on. Kids, hubby, work and life the usual things.

IT IS SPRING!!!!!!!!!!

I love spring and Easter is my very favorite favorite holiday. We had a great day. Nice weather and a Family Easter egg hunt in the Morning and then another Egg hunt and BBQ with some neighbors later in the Day. BrieAnn had a Blast finding all the eggs, eating candy, blowing bubbles and running around with all the kids and Cayson was in a great mood all day even though he missed quite a bit of nap time. Having little kids makes all the holidays so much fun. We enjoyed ourselves visting with family and friends playing hula -hoop, guitar hero and basketball and I ate way too many jelly beans.

Cayson rolled over!

2008-02-19T07:30:00.000-08:00

My sweet Cayson woke me up this morning screaming at 6am this is actually very unusual. Cayson normally is such a happy baby he wakes up takling and squealing happily at aroung 8am. I jumped out of bed and raced down the hall thinking something had to be wrong and there he was on his tummy screamming. I had to laugh. It is amazing to me how anyone can turn one way and not the other and get so mad and frustrated about it. Isnt is fun to watch kids grow. A new adventure everyday.

Happy Valentines Day

2008-02-14T08:27:00.000-08:00

THE ZOO IN THE WINTER !

2008-02-11T07:04:00.000-08:00

Coby woke up yesterday and wanted to go to the zoo! It was kind of random you never think about the zoo in the winter but, we had a great time all the animals were out playing. I have never actually seen some of the animals moving in the summertime zoo trips but, in the winter some of them were more active. It was not very crowded really wasnt that cold it got to about 40 degrees. Sadly the train was closed I don't know if it was due to all the snow we have had lately or if they always close it in the winter. The kids had a great time and so did Coby, Grandma and I. We had to get Cayson some sunglasses because it was so bright and all they had were these funny looking frog ones. Everyone thought they were funny and kept making comments at how cute Cayson looked.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2008-02-07T09:58:00.001-08:00

Some of my Favorite people were born in February
Happy Birthday Tara 6th - I hope you like your flat iron.
Melanie 9th - My Favorite Sister
Happy Birthday Gardner 13th- I miss you
Happy Birthday Kevin 14th,Taylor 12th, Trace 20th hope you are all doing well
Happy Birthday Susan 19th!

BrieAnn's Show and Tell

2008-02-06T08:41:00.000-08:00

My new Favorite things

2008-02-03T13:05:00.000-08:00

So If you dont know already I have been trying to lose weight and eat better and here are a couple of my yummy finds.

Fiber one oats and carmel bars - chewy and carmel with 9 grams of fiber

Amy's Organic Chunky Tomato Bisque - better than some resturants. I found it in the regular soup isle at Albertsons.

Homemade Pita chips- Take a whole wheat pita cut it in triangles and then seperate them into one thickness I just tear them but you can cut them. Spray with some spray butter and them sprinkle with sea salt. Broil until they are crispy. Yum yum yummy!

Sweet Cayson

2008-02-01T22:20:00.000-08:00

Cayson fell asleep in his swing today. He looked so sweet I had to snap a picture. He sleeps with one eye open you can kind of see it in this picture. It is something he inherited from his Daddy. It is kind of creepy. BrieAnn does it also. I guees geeting thier beautiful eyes from thier daddy has its draw backs as well.

BrieAnn's First Day of School

2008-01-29T09:31:00.001-08:00

these are the actual scrapbook pages. go digital !!!

Yesterday

2008-01-29T07:41:00.000-08:00

So yesterday- I went into work and it was a very busy hectic day as most Mondays are. I got home around 7ish. I was greeted at the door by BrieAnn telling me she was glad I was home and I sat down to a diner Coby prepared it was so nice. We all played tag and hide and go seek and then BrieAnn read me her books and tucked me into her bed and told me good night. It was a pefect evening to a very long day. I have the best husband and kids. I am so greatful for the joy they bring me.

Cayson Laughing ~

2008-01-18T23:21:00.000-08:00

I finally figured out how to add video. Cayson's little laugh is so fun to hear.
Coby can make him laugh the best . I can get a few squeals but
Daddy can really get him laughing. Must be because I am not
as funny looking.

2008

2008-01-13T14:00:00.000-08:00

I am going to try and keep up with a blog this year. I love looking at every one's pictures and reading about what is going on in their families. Here is the latest for our Family.
BrieAnn - 3yrs old. Just started preschool and learning about letters. She loves to make lots of noise and dance. She is always in motion. Curious and into everything. She likes to play just about anything. Lately her favorites include ponies, dress-up and tag. Her current favorite movie is "The Land Before Time" we have watched it about 100 times in the last few weeks.
Cayson - is almost 4 months old not much to tell yet. He laughs he smiles he sleeps through the night Woohoo! He is trying to figure out how to roll over and keep his head up. He has a sweet easygoing personality unless he is hungry.

Coby- Just mastered Guitar Hero III medium and is now working on completing the hard level. He also likes to race and play tennis on the Wii. It keeps him busy during the winter while the golf courses are frozen. He is working for Satellite USA and don't ask me exactly what he does because he doesn't even know how to explain it.

Jeanie- can play two songs all the way through on guitar hero EASY level. What can I say I have other things to do ha ha and Coby is always hogging the game. This year I started scrap booking digitally and I love it. I am trying to convert all my friends. I am currently working for one company Green River Capital instead of 5 different ones. I go in to the office one day a week and the rest I work from home. It is so nice to have a steady paycheck again and get the flexibility of working from home. As of Jan 1st I started running again and so far I have ran/walked everyday for 13 days. It is getting a little easier and I hope to be ready to do some races later this year.

BrieAnn is a big Sister!

2008-01-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome Cayson

2008-01-13T13:37:00.000-08:00

2007 brought on many new things but the biggest and best change of all was the addition of Cayson Gardner Duffin 9/26/07.

2007-11-18T21:51:00.000-08:00

Day one just figuring this all out trying to upload some photos i hope you will all enjoy :)