I don’t really have much to say – but I’m trying not to leave the blog idle! I have been trying to do some christmas preparations – i finally decided what I was doing for my siblings, but I’m still thinking about tom’s siblings – although I think I might have made a decision. I’ve been trying to make lists […]
So, Spencer convinced us that we needed to move to a new host where we could use WordPress and where we had “lots” more storage space. I have to say that the tools for blog making are much better with WordPress and I’m kindof excited about all the things I can add to my site (I say “my” because I […]
I don’t even know where to start – and my sister, Erin, has already done a terrific job documenting all the significant events in our extended family – so… I’ll try and talk about some of the things our family has done lately. I took Andrew and Haley out to Utah a few weeks ago to help my mom with […]
It’s been awhile since I blogged. We had a great time camping in Utah with Tom’s family. But then it was back to school. Spencer started high school (!) last week. He isn’t really enjoying himself yet – too much to do. He’s playing freshman football which takes all kinds of time. Plus he just started seminary this week and […]
Well, we’re in Monroe, Utah for a quick visit with family. We left Denver on Friday afternoon and pulled into town about 1am Saturday morning. Mom had a nice room set up for Andrew & Haley to sleep in – but did they sleep? Oh no — they stayed up all night long, dragging enough toys into the room to […]
First off, do you like our new look? I had to browbeat Spencer to get him to do something new. He’s not impressed because it only took him a few minutes to design it – if it doesn’t take four hours, it’s not worth it!! We had a surprise visit from Mom & Dad Cottle this past weekend. It was […]
We (well, really I, since Tom never does post) haven’t said much lately, so I guess it’s time to update again! Yesterday (after sleeping in – yea!) Tom and I got busy getting ready to host a BBQ for Alex, Andrew & families. Tom made a HUGE batch of his famous salsa. I did a quick run-through of the house […]
So, we spent our Saturday doing yard work. We got the chain saw working and took down one of the dead limbs in our cottonwood – then borrowed our neighbors tree trimmer to take down all the smaller stuff. It looks a lot better, but we spent most of the day working and I could hardly move by the time […]
So, we’ve been home a week and what a week it has been. Last Saturday we gathered together to see Andy get baptized. I’m not sure what, if anything, he got out of the event – but we are hopeful!! The younger kids are still punishing Tom & I for being gone a week. They are all over the place […]
So, I’m officially 40 years old now! It was a crazy day. I spent the whole morning like so: 7-9am – clean up the kids rooms and the upstairs bathroom (with help from the kids) 9:30am – take Andy to piano lessons 10:30am – take Haley to her soccer game and co-coach the game (we won! and Haley made a […]