Let's Get Together, ya ya ya

Christmas Gift Exchange

2011-11-02T12:35:00.000-07:00

Does everyone still want to continue doing Christmas like we have in years past? Or are we ready for a new idea? Also, I'm unsure of the guidelines...what is the max limit to spend? Do we get something for the person or for the whole family (if they have one)? Let me know what y'all think.Assuming we want to continue, this would be the list for this year:
Jaci-->Adam
Angie-->AJ
Josh-->Jaci
Jake-->Angie
Adam-->Josh
AJ-->Jake

silly mug

2011-06-02T12:29:00.000-07:00

silly mug
(click for picture)

mean mug

2011-04-24T16:15:00.000-07:00

2010-11-05T16:13:00.001-07:00

the boys worked together and made this bloody dead guy coming out of the ground it was pretty cool but i never got a picture of the final results :(

Tait as Frank

Garrett is a donut : he made the costume himself-pretty clever
Sarah and Tanner were camera shy this year.

treeker treeker

2010-11-05T16:07:00.000-07:00

"treeker treeker" is what Halle said at every door... no matter how many times i told her it was "trick or treat"

halle the lion

Tess as Maggie

Marge & Homer ( this photo really doesnt do it justice, I'm sure it was much cuter in the dark)

birthday highlights

2010-11-05T15:57:00.001-07:00

Tanner turns 13!

Sarah turns 16! (notice the crown: she wore it all day)

Jaci turns the awesome age of 36!

This is the gift that garrett made me: It's me made out of clay...I think I am nude.

3 cuties

soccer!!

2010-11-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

This fall Tait and Garrett played soccer they had a blast and it was so nice that they were on the same team so didn't have to choose whose game to watch.
Tess is enjoying her breakfast and the soccer game.

Tait (white shirt) look how long and gangely his legs are!

Garrett (far right). coach couldn't believe Garrett hadn't ever played before and said he should play competition soccer!

Tait and Garrett made a great team (that's them in the front)

it's been a while!!

2010-11-05T15:34:00.000-07:00

we haven't posted in a lonnnnggg time so here are a few posts with photos so you can all see what you have been missing!! we had a sweet 24th of july neighborhood parade (halle was the princess and we won best float), went to the zoo and bingham copper mine.

garrett

tait

large hole in the ground

hogle zoo

the dude abides

2010-09-09T21:46:00.000-07:00

first bath

Blogger keeps turning this picture sideways. Annoying.

Halle asked me to take this one of her

mustache bash VI

2010-06-21T21:07:00.000-07:00

mustache bash V

2010-06-21T20:52:00.001-07:00

more pics

mustache bash IV

2010-06-21T20:46:00.000-07:00

Even More pics!

Tye's Birthday telegram from Nachoooooooooh

2010-06-20T15:41:00.000-07:00

I sent a dancing telegram to Tye's office on his birthday. I didn't get the camera turned on fast enough and missed most of it. But I'm posting this here just in case AJ is able to log on and check out Vaughn in action:

Pictures from Dad's Mustache Bash III

2010-06-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

Pictures from Dad's Mustache Bash II

2010-06-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

Pictures from Dad's Mustache Bash

2010-06-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

If anyone has pictures from the party, please post them! Here are the shots from the Photo Booth.

Say Chheeeeezzzee

2010-05-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

Family Campout

2010-05-28T23:36:00.000-07:00

Oh give me a
home, with a
pop up dome,
where the dog
and the
grandchildren
play....
where big rocks
in the dirt
make your
feet really
hurt, and
the wind
nearly blows
you away.

supermodel
Berlyn

This was
NOT musical
chairs. It's a
CARS chair!

Spash Park

2010-05-26T16:31:00.000-07:00

The kids had so much fun at the splash park today. I wish we could do this everyday!

Taylor wasn't very happy to take pictures though.

Funny Faces

2010-05-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

Halle and Whit were both a little tired and shy at first but after they got over it they had fun chasing the kitty.
I love all their funny faces.

Tess

2010-05-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

Tess is getting so big!

Rob wanted to see her and I couldn't get the email program to upload the video so I am posting it here for him to see....
So, for you other people who don't care just close your eyes.

noisey girl!

rolley poley

Grandma's FHE

2010-05-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

Here are the photo's from Monday night, if anyone is interested...

Easter Outing

2010-05-01T15:33:00.002-07:00

No one got hurt,
we didn't get stuck
and we couldn't
even manage to
loose the dog.

It was a great sunny day for a picnic.

2010-05-01T15:33:00.001-07:00

2010-05-01T14:49:00.000-07:00

The boys all went exploring, . . . .

maybe Ad was just
looking
for service.
' A.T. phone Char'

2010-05-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

The eggs weren't
that hard to find,
but some were just
too obvious for the
big boys.

Check the crevices!
hummmm, I see a
green one and a
blue one.

2010-05-01T14:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some cute little girls, Halle & Tess

Egg wars

the R word

2010-03-17T09:17:00.001-07:00

I thought that this could just be the place where I post all of the hilarious pictures of my kids since no one ever puts anything on here... besides, I think they are super funny and if I post them then I feel like I am not the only one laughing. :)

WHAT THE...???!!!!

2010-03-03T13:17:00.001-08:00

hey look at me... I'm three!!

2010-02-06T11:09:00.001-08:00

Halle is now three... and even though you probably know that, I just wanted to post this cutie picture. She is so silly... at least we know she is mine! During her cake and ice cream party she sang a hilarious version of happy birthday to herself... I wish I had it on film.

Tess Hattie

2010-01-14T23:29:00.000-08:00

I've been waiting to put these pictures on, because
I figured Jaci would probably want
to be the one to do it. But obviously
she's got her hands full and
Grammy gets to be the one.
Halle blue eyes loves her little sis,
as do all the other siblings. Grammy and Grandpa are pretty smitten too. We're
excited to go up for Taits' baptism and Tess' blessing the end of the month.

End of the year fun . . .

2010-01-14T22:52:00.001-08:00

These are some of the cuties we found under our tree . . .

Berlyn & Dresden were trying extra hard to be good for Santa, hoping to find what's on their lists.

I suspect that Adam was trying too.
I w o n der what was on his list? Could it be . . . Char ?

Then we have our dancing Queen, Halle Kate the great. She didn't want to let Whit out do her.

While we were up north, we went to Temple Square with Jacis' family.
It was c c cold.

introducing...

2009-12-21T11:16:00.000-08:00

Hello, it's me!!

Anyone got any unsolicited advice for Jaci?

2009-12-02T12:06:00.000-08:00

Since Jaci and Rob have been busy the past several months with buying, selling and re-finishing homes, they haven't had a lot of time to consider names for the little girl coming in TWO WEEKS!!...so I thought we could all pitch in and help with some suggestions.

I put the names Sarah, Elizabeth, Halle, Kate and Jacilyn into nameberry and here are some of the suggestions it gave:

Abigail

Addison (for a girl? wierd.)

Adelaide

Aubrey

Audrey

Avery

Charlotte

Claire

Claudia

Evangeline

Eve

Felicity

Gabriella

Gwenyth

Hannah

Hadley

Juliet

Layla

Lily

Maeve

Matilda

Olivia

Paige

Priscilla

Savannah

Skye

Tabitha

Zoey

I guess these are a little better than the ones mom found on the family tree: Phylora, Arseneth, Ursula, Medora and Seythia.
Anyone else have any helpful suggestions?

Here is another fun website for baby name searching: BabyNameWizard

Jubilee of Trees

2009-11-24T22:51:00.001-08:00

Our little tree was called Jingle Bell Junction and turned out pretty cute. Ang had pretty much everything done so all I had to do was wire the stuff on. nothing too tuff. Dustin made the cute little houses, and not one of them was in foreclosure. . . . so the sale went through pretty easily. I heard it went for about $2800, some crazy person in Stone Cliff. But hey, if you have to pay that much- it was good that it was ours. I noticed some of the trees only actioned for $600 -800, and others didn't even sell. not sure what they do with those. I was glad for the break from all the stress, and it was good to visit with Ang, Whitnee and Holly. I won't send you a picture of our tree, I'm pretty sure it will be just a normal everyday tree. But feel free to post pictures of your cute trees so I can see what I'm missing. Oh, and make sure there are some cute little kids next to them.

2009-09-30T22:54:00.000-07:00

okay, so obviously I have no idea HOW to put a video from youtube on here . . . so just go to the link and watch these fantastic quints, ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIoSTbPt_PI ) it's amazing how much they look and act alike!

PS22

2009-09-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

When Josh and Lauren and I had a Glee marathon last weekend I was telling them about this group of 5th graders in New York. They have a talented and dedicated teacher that has taught them to sing and MAN! Can they sing. There are a hundreds of videos of them on YouTube but these some of my favorites:

or go here.

Growing up too fast!

2009-09-17T23:55:00.001-07:00

GQ Tanner sporting his new stylin hat and ultra cool
pocket watch. It's hard to believe he's now 12,
a newly ordained Deacon and going to Jr. High.

And then there's Sarah, who at 15 is our adventuresome
and beautiful style setter,eclectic though it may be.

The girls, Halle & Sarah
and the whole gang: Tait
(totally put out about having
to put his Sunday clothes back on),
Garrett, Tanner,
Sar Bear and Halle Kate.

2009-09-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

Hereeeeee's Halle! Dancing her way into our hearts. She's so cute, I know Jaci didn't mind getting the grass stains out of her new tights . . . . I hope. whispered 'I love you Jaci.'

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

2009-09-01T16:36:00.000-07:00

happy anniversary to the fabulous couple that spawned a generation of goofballs.

We, the goofballs, love you.
love,
Your Geek Squad

P.S. Josh, you need to add a picture. for posterity.

finally!

2009-09-01T10:12:00.000-07:00

Unless something really lame happens, I guess we will be getting out of here in 29 days. Please send good thoughts, big muscles and cardboard boxes. Hopefully we can find a house for us now or a really big cardboard box to stay in until then. YEAH!

Just me and my mom . . .

2009-08-16T23:25:00.000-07:00

y Mom and I went to see her brother Ronald
in Washington the 13th - 19th of July.
oi vey (?), what a long drive! We stopped in
Idaho and stayed the 1st night with my old
roomie, Peggy, then arrived at uncle Rons
Tues. evening.
While there, we went to see Moms Aunt Sue
and her son Lewie Maudsley.

This lovely 2 hr. drive did me in and by screeching to an abrupt stop, I was able to take a much closer look at the beautiful flora and fauna and even left the critters a surprise! I am now my uncles favorite niece
because I DIDN'T decorate his car.
We had a great visit and I got to see my cousins that I haven't seen since they were probably 10 and 6. The country is absolutely beautiful - if you don't mind being totally lost all the time. Which I was, being directionally dysfunctional, but with the help of hand drawn maps and lots of phone calls ( thank heavens for cell phones) we were able to return home with only a few minor snafus!
When Adam was little, he heard my uncle do his duck talk, so with any luck, the video will work and you will see the 'original' but uncooperative talking duck.
hummm, guess not! maybe tomorrow.

Washington Trip with Mom

2009-08-16T22:05:00.001-07:00

hummmm, obviously I don't seem to know how to load these in the order I had intended . . . . so I'll try to identify this scrambled mess.
Grandma Adams ( me mama) and I headed to Washington State to visit her favorite brother. oppps, did I say that? Maybe I meant MY favorite uncle.

This is Ronald and Georgia and 2 of their 4 daughters. Jennifer & hubby Jason, and Carrie with darling baby ( whose name I have completely spaced). Oh yea, and me - just to prove I really was there.

Just In Case You Haven't Heard

2009-08-09T18:40:00.000-07:00

lets all laugh at doggie

2009-08-02T21:26:00.000-07:00

poor doggie, when AJ isn't home to protect him we make him wear funny things so we can laugh at him. We took West with us when we went swimming at Sand Hollow the other day. My camera doesn't take the best video so you can't tell how hilarious it looked when he tried to walk while wearing a lifejacket. He had to do this wierd side-to-side hop waddle thing.

Then we got him in the water...

Dinner Theatre

2009-07-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

This is what happens at dinner when Rob isn't home. (y'all know what happens when he IS home) Halle was thrilling us with her interpretation of choking to death.. where she learned it, I have no idea. And of course, as soon as I turned on the camera she wouldn't do it with out coaching.... so it looks planned but reallly this was taken after she had been doing it non stop for 1o minutes. I try to be firm and tell the kids to stop acting wierd at the table, but really...I cant help but laugh and then my kids dont take me seriously. I cant win.

NOT-SO-MASSIVE HEADWOUND HALLE

2009-06-09T18:09:00.000-07:00

So I am not really sure what this says about my rad parenting skills or about Halle.... does this mean that she is just proving to be a 'Schramm' or is it more that I suck and dont pay attention? hmmmm not sure. One thing is for sure: we are the winners for most random/freak reasons to need urgent care and staples in the head. Here are some that I can remember right now... Garrett ran into a doorknob and gashed his head open. Tait tipped backwards on his bigwheel into the grass and hit the only pointy rock for miles around...big hole. Garrett climbing a tree hit his head on what was trying to be a new branch... big hole. Garrett and tait fighting-taits head hit dresser corner. Garrett slipped on a toy and hit his head on the stair railing. I know there are many more because one year ( when tait and garrett were 2 & 3) we visited the ER 15 times! AWESOME! And we have been many times since. I am on DFAS's watch list. So anyway, yesterday halle got into the car and I turned to get bags out of the cart and the next thing I knew she was screaming on the ground next to the grocery cart. *sigh* I think she hit the cart somehow. Heads sure bleed alot. I couldnt really tell how big the cut was because the entire back of her hair was red and gross... notice the dribble down the shirt. So since we were on the way to a dr. appt anyway... we just drove a little faster. After they cleaned her up she only needed one staple, but the hole was pretty deep. I for one am grateful for staples.... less pain than stitches and no need to shave the head around the wound. yeah!

May...the recap.

2009-06-09T17:32:00.000-07:00

I am not very good about posting often so I thought I'd give you a quick review of the busy May that we had: Halle learned to make this beautiful new face. She calls it "rude".
Sarah went to her end of year 9th grade "black & white" dance. It was all very official and fancy except for the fact that she and her bff "kennys" (kennedy) ruined the look by wearing converse.

We always love going to the LeBaron's house... who wouldn't? they have a bowling ally in their basement, a full size tennis court, two huge pirate ships in the backyard that you can have water cannon fights on, not to mention the trampoline surrounded by 5 or 6 gym/wrestling mats. The newest attraction is sumo wrestling. It was pretty funny to watch and the boys had a blast... chad hasnt finished the adult suits so it was just the kids... for now. The Buhler's were there too so there was total of 18 kids running around... very loud and crazy.

Tanner graduated from 6th grade. Can you believe he will be going to jr. high? yikes. He wants everyone to know that he still hates girls. so no need to worry there, I guess.

That' about it. Maybe I will post more often.... but probably not.

zoo

2009-06-09T17:13:00.000-07:00

This week the weather has been sooo nice (between 65 and 75) so today we took advantage of the nice cool air and went to the zoo! We usually end up going in July when it is 99 degrees and it is miserable and smelly. But today it was great... only 71 and overcast. Also, instead of panting and sweating and looking half dead, most of the animals were out and about. This was Halle's first time at the zoo and she thought it was pretty cool. The best was when she called the zebras "Marty"!

happy birfday stupot

2009-06-01T17:43:00.001-07:00

papa-san we love yoooooou!

Hey! Hey! Dats my birfday!

schramm 6th edition...

2009-05-11T08:33:00.001-07:00

mid December.... just in time for another tax deduction....*sigh*

I dreamed a dream...

2009-04-16T07:36:00.000-07:00

this is too sweet not to share!

HAPPPY....SPRING?!

2009-04-16T06:48:00.000-07:00

Around 2 this morning I could swear that I heard the snowplow..... I thought I must be having a bad dream.....

This is what we woke up to today..... about 8+ inches of snow!!! My poor kids thought this was spring break. Yesterday and Tuesday we had alot of rain that turned into snow and a blizzard at about noon, but late yesterday evening it looked to be mostly melting, so this is rather disappointing. I guess we will have to pack up and move south!

Easter Happenings

2009-04-12T22:42:00.001-07:00

This was a rather slow Easter . . . . hardly anyone was here! Adam took off to Moab with an old mish buddy, AJ of course, ran off to Alaska so he could make a genuine beaver hat, Ang & Tye went to a wedding with Tyes family, Josh & Lauren had company . . . . and it wasn't the greatest weather. So because of the weather, the picnic was scheduled at grandmas. Dad & I were loners, there was Linda & Gert, Louise & Bill + Britta & Kasey and his brother and family were there. Britta did an egg hunt and fish pond for the kids, but other than that . . . we were pretty boring. Dad and I walked through the Arts Fair with Berlyn and then the singing brother and sisters plus spouses andGrandma went to 'upchuckarama' courtesy of Janice Rogers. But we missed the 'outing' and all our kids and grandkiddles.

YO YO YO! SHOUT OUT TO MY PEEPS!

2009-04-09T08:03:00.000-07:00

We finally got our pictures from the Schramm Christmas party! (whoa, its april)
I will get some others posted soon but this is to funny to pass up. Garrett is always posing rappper style or doing air guitar... And these are perfect examples!

Elder Spendloves 1st Baptism

2009-04-03T22:37:00.000-07:00

This is the Stewart family that Aaron and Pres. Wilkinson have been teaching. They decided to get baptized the night before AJ left and asked him to do the baptism. The little guy is Nathan and the older boy is (Stephen) Junior, and he does a great job looking after his little brother while their dad works.

Their dads name is Stephen, and he's just waiting to lick his cig problem.
*Please note AJ's sexy white jumpsuit, and when writing to him, express how great he looks in it. I know he'll appreciate it.

2009-04-03T22:29:00.000-07:00

Both grandmas, and Aunt Louise and Connie were with us, but they made a hasty get a way. We sure wish the rest of you could have been here.

2009-04-03T22:21:00.001-07:00

Tanner and Halle are pretty determind not to smile, but Tait & Garrett are always willing! But what about that elusive Sarah? Not as willing as when she was 3.

2009-04-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

Tanner is certainly getting tall, and in 2 yrs. a revised version of this picture will put Garrett and Tait about where Tan is now. And Uncle Aaron wont find it so easy to lift them over his head.

This is what you've all been waiting for!!...

2009-04-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

a photo of something I peed on...

Baby #1 due on my birthday!! Nov 29, 2009!

For Jaci

2009-02-26T16:20:00.000-08:00

Taylor's Hair

2009-02-02T20:15:00.001-08:00

So you were wondering about the "cowlick"? Well I'm not sure what happened. She has a mix of Jake's sweet cowlick and my little wispies, but you can't really see mine because my hair covers them and her hair sticks straight up. But I love it, hair is so much fun!
When I get her out of the bath and try to comb her hair it just goes "Poof ".....

She had these Chubby cheeks when she was first born and after about two weeks they started to get smaller but now they're back. She just had her 1 month apt. today and she already weighs 9.4 lbs.

2009-01-24T23:30:00.000-08:00

HEY, I have a question. How come pictures keep disappearing off this site? I know Angelina took the arch picture off and added her own bit of art work, but what about the one of everyone under the building block arch in the museum? not fair, and not nice. I say, 'leave them alone'.

Washington county whimps

2009-01-08T13:27:00.000-08:00

I was laughing when I read that Washington county closed school because of the snow storm. My yard currently has about 2 feet of snow- the last foot came just this week the other had been here a while. The only rule our school has is that if the temp is below 20 degrees then the kids can stay in from recess. So this week they got to miss recess on Monday but since Tuesday was a balmy 22 they had to go out and play! hahaha that is pretty damn cold... Anyway the roads are gross and slushy during the day and slippery and frozen at night and early morning. We are all tired of shoveling the walks. Our neighbor has a little tractor with a snow blade on the front so that helps with the driveway. Me..I am ready for the spring....how much longer?
2 weeks ago after a big snow we took the kids sledding at a park near Grandpa Schramm's house. It was really cold but really fun. I even caught Rob smiling, but Halle No-Likey the sledding. Here are some Pictures...

sled or die, punks!

2009-01-08T13:19:00.000-08:00

Here is a sampling of sledding dos and don'ts:
First Garrett demonstrates the RIGHT way, then Tait doesn't.

Ever played "Chubby Bunny"?

2009-01-03T19:46:00.001-08:00

I guess we wont need any karo syrup to put pink bows on her

Finally going home!

Whit just had to play in the cool hospital bed.

He also decided to help himself to mommy's cup of ice

On Nephi, and Lehi, and Enos and Omni . . .

2008-11-21T23:56:00.000-08:00

Okay everybody, it's official. Aaron received his mission call yesterday, Thursday. Angie texted him to let him know that the 'big white envelope' had arrived. I think he was pretty wired or wigged out by the time he got home from work. He decided to torture himself further by waiting until 8 pm to open it so that everyone could be here. We called Jaci and Jake so they could hear along with the rest of us. His call is to Anchorage Alaska - English speaking, and he leaves on Feb. 25th 2009. We had everyone write down their guesses on where he was going; 'officially' there was no winner, no one was even close. But the unofficial winner was Dad, he said he was going to Twoboobs, Alaska. Lucky guess! About the only comment A.J. made was "I'm going to freeze to death!" We are really excited for him, what a exciting place to go. And we are extra proud of his decision to serve a mission. He's a great example for his friends here and I know those friends who are already serving will be excited to know he is joining them in the field. hummmm, this puts a new twist on 'the field is WHITE, already to harvest.' We love you A.J.

Step. Bomp! Step. BompBomp!

2008-11-19T11:25:00.000-08:00

Here is the Christmas Line-up
for Two Thousand and Eight in the year of our Lord.
Jaci-->Angie
Angie-->Josh
Josh-->Jake
Jake-->Adam
Adam-->AJ
AJ-->Jaci

2008-11-05T12:48:00.000-08:00

A few more pics...I've been having some fun with PhotoShop.

2008-11-03T21:22:00.000-08:00

Hey Gacki, here are the pictures I took of Halle for your 'private collection.'
mwah.

Happity Halloweenie

2008-11-03T09:06:00.000-08:00

All of the not-so-spooky-spooks from the Schramm house of horrors.
pretty much the scariest thing was Tanner (not pictured, of course, because cameras steal your soul) he was "guy who got stabbed by pencil" which consisted of a pencil sticking out of his shirt and blood (ketchup) dripping down the front and back of the wounds. Just use your imagination.
Sarah was????? just make up a weird name and that was her. The rest are pretty obvious. Hope you all had a fun Hallllllooooooweeeeennnnnn. This year we let the kids choose, draw and cut theirown pumpkins so we had a few "cyclops" pumpkins and a very cool one covered in warts.

STUCK!!

2008-10-31T23:51:00.000-07:00

But still Awesome!

halle the fairy

2008-10-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

halle loves to bounce around in this tutu and her wings

random pictures to clear the last post from the front page because let's face it, we've all seen enough of my boobs.

2008-10-24T17:18:00.000-07:00

these are random samplers from this summer

Happy Butt-day Jaci...or boob-day!

2008-10-09T11:04:00.003-07:00

Ah yes, another birthday for Jaci- but lets all hope that even though she's a year older, she never grows up! You rock sis!

just in case anyone forgot about the magnitude of Jake's awesomeness

2008-10-09T10:23:00.000-07:00

Jake was coated by Dr Sachno one of the attendings over his clinic group practice.

Jake was then hugged by his booty-liscious wifey.

2008-10-02T20:56:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun when Ang and Tye came to visit. This is the maymont mansion and park. It is so pretty. Sorry they had the waterfall turned off, here is a picture of what it normally looks like.

Happy Birthday Lauren!

2008-09-25T01:03:00.001-07:00

Sunday was Laurens birthday, so we had Aunt Bessie Cake and homemade peach ice cream. All those candles nearly melted the ice cream, and it took both kids to help put out the fire. Dresden is in the back saying, 'hot, hot'. Now, if you're wondering why these 3 are all posted separately- it's because they refused to up load together, so . . . . what ever.

2008-09-25T00:52:00.001-07:00

This is Emmie (Mary Elizabeth) Bentson, Adams friend from Orem. She's a really nice girl and doesn't get disgusted when Adam acts like . . . well like Adam. And yes, she's tall (5'10) , and pretty and slim and very nice. We hope she hangs around lots more! Sorry Ad, I can't help myself! I did get an O.K. to put this picture on here.

2008-09-25T00:46:00.001-07:00

This is Dresden putting the moves on Emmie and trying to steal her affections from Adam. So now she has passed the Halle AND the Dresden test.

2008-09-15T17:31:00.000-07:00

hey Ang! I was just checking out your P&HV blog and have a great name for Sarahs' newest boy, especially if she's following the patriotic theme . . . how about Paul Revere Riding!? Or how about Loneranger Riding? okay, just thought I'd post it here cuz I'm not nervy enough to post to the other one.

Big Girl Haircut

2008-09-08T12:16:00.000-07:00

I decided it was time for to cut off all of Halle's long thin baby hair.
She looks all grown up now!

Jakes new occupation!

2008-08-30T00:05:00.000-07:00

so, how come I can't figure out how to put a video on here? Okay, you'll just have to go to this youtube site. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg I have no idea how I got to this vid but it made me laugh and something about it made me think of Jake . Jake, I think you could do this , you know - at a school or ward party or come home and you can be a hit at Thanksgiving. If the address doesn't get you anything, try evolution of dance, a guy in jean and a red t-shirt.

2008-08-25T00:57:00.001-07:00

This is when Sarah & I went to Zion to check out a job with Michael Fatali. It sounded good enough to make the trip but he said he wanted someone with 'gallery experience'. hey! I can point and pose like Vanna. oh well. The scenery didn't excite Sarah too much, but she was good company and make the scenery even better.

shizzle my dizzle

2008-08-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

Have you ever tried to get through scripture time when the children won't stop laughing? This is very hard and just when you get them calmed down it starts up again.
this is the chapter and verse that caused the uproar....
Ether 14:18
Finally we just gave up and sent them to bed.
Little shizes.

We're getting CLOSE!

2008-08-12T10:04:00.000-07:00

More Shoes

2008-08-11T15:45:00.000-07:00

Halle was tired of regular shoes, plus they just don't look as nice with a dress...

What's a girl to do?

2008-08-09T17:40:00.000-07:00

Aaron was ordained an Elder on July 20th.

Here he is with Adam and Josh . Then Grandma Spendlove. Then with Dad and Bill Nield.
Adan had to leave to do the electronics for a fireside so I didn't get him in on the pic with Dad. Mighty fine lookin' boys. Too bad Jake wasn't in the picture too. Or the girls . . . or their mother.

2008-08-09T17:38:00.001-07:00

Here's cute Taiter on AJ's old bike. He's a good rider and a good sport to go with me on bike rides.

2008-08-09T17:09:00.000-07:00

While Tait was visiting Grammy, we rode bikes, played with the kittens and dog, played in the water with cousins at the new Main Street Square, visited the Library and played with Dresden and Berlyn. But I wasn't camera conscious for some reason . . . so we don't have as many pictures to show. Sorry Tait.
In the 1st pic., the little girl in red is Trista- Judis' step daughter, then Connies Emily & Kaden.
Pic. 2 is another day with Kaden, Tait and Berlyn.
The last is Tait (center -blue & white shorts).

"oh what do you do in the summer time . . . ?"

2008-08-09T16:21:00.001-07:00

Here's Halle checking out Grammys shoes. hey, she even walks like me!

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

2008-07-30T11:14:00.000-07:00

Very informative even if you're just a regular person, and not an engineer. Watch the whole thing. I challenge anyone of you to a Cat Yodeling Showdown. I bet Ninja could out-yodel Mooshi, Stripe, Milkshake, LillaWinks, or any of the rest of y'alls sorry excuse for cats.

SO, I haven't been online for like 6 weeks so I was all excited to get all caught up on everyone's news. BUT apparently you have all been as busy this summer as I have since this place is a barren wasteland. Good to know I'm not missing anything!

Swimming Lessons

2008-06-12T15:14:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Berlyn for a successful completion of her first swimming lessons. Today was her last session for the past 3 weeks and she did great. She was actually the most advanced of all the little kids in the class. When she turns 3 she can move up to level 1 and have private lessons with just the instructor vs have Josh or I there to accompany. Although, she usually preferred the instructor over Josh or I and would actually 'listen' to her....ummmmm surprise surprise!! :) As her reward, she was given a certificate and a fruit snack for a treat. wooohooo don't over do it huh?! :)Berlyn is still a little hesitant to jump in. She will pull your arms up closer and closer so that she basically just gets carried in vs jumping.

Today Dresden got to have his own little private lesson from his dad. He is a little fish and loves to jump in (completely opposite from his sister), go under water, kick his feet, and float on his back ....and be tossed high in the air by his dad.

ANIMAL HOUSE

2008-06-07T14:54:00.000-07:00

The neighbors should all thank me for getting Moshi fixed! At least he's not the cause of this cat explosion. So let me try and explain our feline genealogy. 1st we have Milkshake - who had 4 kittens; 2 of which we didn't get around to getting rid of. bad move. Their names are Lillyand Winks. (actually the black was lil'la winks, but I couldn't come up with a name for the white one , thus they share a name) Here you see them draining my plant dry again. They are now about 9 months of age.
Then that slut Milkshake popped out with these little darlings. Judi snagged the white one , Jaci said Garrett could have the black one (thank YOU Rob, you are not as hard hearted as you would like us to think). The orange one is going in the paper. anyone? anyone?

Now back to the 1st litter. Winks (black) bestowed on us 3 ugly little gray rodents, but 1 died. Darn! Then a week later, Lilly snuck in one little white one; who also died. sniff sniff. I tried switching mothers and then kittens to get the little white one to live, but it just wasn't meant to be.
If you look carefully you will notice Lilly tending Winks 2 little rats, and her own. Some times they actually all share the box. Now that Lilly is childless, she still nurtures the rats. It's a healing process I think. If all goes well, Ryan Robisons wife Josie is going to take the 2 rats when they are old enough. By that time, hopefully Lilly will also have a new home, Milkshake will be barren, and winks . . . . considering how much she use to like to sleep in the wheel of a car, there is a possibility that they might still attract each other. right? Okay, so she can either go home with Whit or go to the pound.

If that isn't enough critters for one family, AJ proudly produced West, a darling puppy. He can out poop and out chew all the cats together. So to save myself a small dram of sanity, I came up with a little pollution control. It didn't work quite as well as I had hoped. Next time you are wondering how it's going at moms house, you'll know: it's the s... pitts!

Horsin' around

2008-06-07T13:32:00.000-07:00

Garrett, West and Grammy went to one of the new water parks to play. West was pretty lazy and just wanted to hide under the benches, in fact he didn't take it very well when he was forced into the water to cool off. tooo bad! He liked Garretts lap better than the towel on the ride home. Garrett helped me water and weed and then we picked some onions and peas. yummmie. Hopefully the squash will be big enough by Sunday for dinner.
Saturday Uncle Josh took us to ride horses. We even got to feed them, but they acted like they really wanted to taste our fingers . . . so we decided to just fill up their trough. Dresden and Berlyn weren't real excited about the idea at 1st, but soon Dres didn't want to get off. Berlyn . . . guess she'll have to wait a while to become a real cowgirl.

Coming to visit you!

2008-06-06T05:42:00.000-07:00

Hi I am coming to see you! Sorry my dad is not coming though. Just me and Mom! I can't wait.

We are flying into SLC on the 19th and I was thinking to come down to St. George maybe the next week. Is that okay?

Pillow Fight

2008-05-19T19:38:00.000-07:00

Whit thought this was the funniest game. Jake just kept throwing the pillow on him and each time he laughed more. Whit is so excited to have daddy home more now that school is not so busy.

My own little Adrian

2008-05-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

There are countless ways that I can compare Tanner to Mr. Monk here....
He REALLY hates germs... well not all germs, just other people's germs.
Don't touch his stuff, his food, his hair, his clothes. Don't even dare to drink out of his cup.
He collects the most bizarre things... the tops of pencils, bits of string, broken army guys, rubberbands, scraps of paper and candy wrappers... remember this?
He gets upset when I throw anything away. Things have to be "just-so" or he may just have a spaz.
He also seems to have some unspoken rules about what we can talk to him about & what we can tease him about (I still dont know exactly what the rules are)
If we tease him about the wrong thing he gets pretty vicious with his paybacks.
I guess that my whole point is that we have taken to calling him "Adrian" whenever he is acting obsessive. Phrases like "calm down Adrian" or "okay, Adrian..." are often heard at my house.
And really this is just a really long back story to this latest entry for one-liner academy considerations........
Jaci talking to Rob about some random happening of which I cant recall: "I can't believe that because Tanner is so anal."
Tanner (who was obviously eaves dropping) screams: "There is NOTHING wrong with my butt!"
Another priceless Tanner moment was on Friday when poor Tanner had to go to the Maturation class at school. He was adamant that he WOULD NOT be attending this stupid thing. Its gross. He already knows all that stuff. No one else is going. Its dumb. And oh yeah, did I mention that it is stupid?
Why is it so stupid tanner? What are they going to talk about?
Stuff I already know about.
Okay well, what's a wiener for?
Peeing
What else?
Something really disgusting!
He really only had one option for this class... do you want to take mom or dad? For two days he wailed and gnashed his teeth about going and 20 minutes before the class we were still arguing about it. Finally I informed him that he could either go and listen to a doctor tell him about his body or I would sit down and draw him some pictures or strip him down and use a laser pointer to tell him about his body. Needless to say he went. With Rob. But he wasn't happy about it. The doc said that he would only be using the "proper" terms for things...so the P word was said quite a lot... and rob said that every time there was a lot of giggling. During the slide show with the cross section of the P-word, Tanner was slumped down in his chair, staring at the floor. And the only time Tanner spoke was when the doctor told them that they would be growing some hair and asked for someone to tell him where.... Tanner piped up with " Arm pits, chest..." and after giving Rob a sly look "And back!" Rob took this as a personal attack....just a little pay back from Tan for making him go.
Things are never dull around here and funny stuff is always going on, I just forget to write them down so I can share them with you.
Here are a few conversations I've overheard recently at schrammland.

Alex: Lets go to my house
Tait: no. I dont like playing at your house!
Alex: why?
Tait: Its too messy
Alex: no, we cleaned it.
Tait: Are you moving?

in my car on the way home from school there were two girls crossing the street in front of us one was a midget....
Tayler: Hey look!!! a midget!!!
(all the kids in my car stand up and stare out the window... oohing and aaahing)
then, Nick: Whoa! how'd she get friends?

Yesterday after cutting Tanner's hair:
Me: hey Tan, before you get in the shower ask dad if he wants a haircut too.
Tanner: Hey DAD... mom wants to know if you want your minuscule hairs cut!
then he ran away and slammed the bathroom door...
a few minutes later I here Tanner yell : Hey turn the light back on!
Rob: why?can't you wash your teeny teeny weeny in the dark?

Go Garrett!!

2008-05-13T10:06:00.000-07:00

The library at school had a poetry contest and Garrett won for his grade. He got to read it in front of the school, his music teacher is making it into a song and he won a book... pretty cool.

Because you cant hear properly this is his poem:

Deep Dark Space

Is a Dangerous Place

In Space

There's a Place

Where Aliens Are

To get there, take a Rocket,

Not a Car

Go

2008-05-13T10:04:00.000-07:00