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lazy blogger

2010-01-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

Hi.. it's been a long time. If blogs could collect dust, mine would have a nice thick coating.

What has happened since July

BIRTHDAYS. la la la la LA la

Weston turned 6. For the second year in a row we have had a skull cake. It's what the BOY WANTED what am I supposed to do?

Aunt Julie and cousin Kortney came to visit us this past summer( which was totally awesome)

Miss Maria turned 3

First day of PWESCHOOL.

We asked Maria what she learned on her first day of school and she exclaim's "MY NAME'S MARIA!!

Weston's first day of kindergarten.

the first couple of weeks were rough for Weston. He even hid under the boat outside to keep from going. Then one night Weston was asking me what he was doing the next day. I said, "Your going to school" and he say's "YAY" and then my heart went "YAY !"

I'll post some other pics soon. Byron raced his rad truck in Denver. and what else...... UH.....I learned to knit? VERY EXCITING stuff. One of my friends goes "OH your one of those kinds of moms."

RIGHT. Seriously if some people knew I learned to knit, they would be laughing their heads off.

But hey, I can knit my own dish rags now.

Ka- BOOM (fizzle,fizzle,fizzle)

2009-07-27T16:10:00.000-07:00

We went to the Farm for 4th of July. Fish Fry, fireworks,family = Fun time.

Hmmmmm...why isn't this thang goin' off Anna? I don't know Drayton. Put your face down farther and get a closer look. :)

Well I clearly could have zoomed in a little closer. It's a chicken with fire coming out of his....ahem....rear end. I had one of these when I was a kid. The chicken squealed and then fire and then pop. still enjoyed it. even at age 31.

"Wow Byron, were those some awesome fireworks or what?" "You bet Jeff. Never seen anything like it. " oohh I crack myself up.

Jeff our chef. Frying us some fish. YUM!

Our next business endeavor? ;)

BA-GAWK

This turtle swam over to Byron while he was in the boat. Went under and clunked up under his boat. Lovely turtle indeed. yuck. mossy mess.

Jumping. Did I really need to write that?

Some photos that I especially liked.

Take a Hike....OKAY!!!!

2009-07-11T14:35:00.000-07:00

I like the gold flecks.

I decided to take a picture of the flower from the back.

So I went

on my prairie promenade.

Mustache Mayhem

2009-07-11T13:54:00.000-07:00

When I look at this picture I want to say, "Just twist yer stache" so I did. :)

and when I look at this picture of Henry it just makes me want to smile!!

2009-07-11T10:23:00.000-07:00

Convention Preparation. I went there to help. I did. :) I followed kids around and took pictures.

Ugly Baby bird exposed.

hidden bird

Having fun

Clearing the way for us tent dwellers.

5,6, Brent's pickin' up sticks.

Me trying to be artsy with the trees.

and the wagon wheel.

Looking at the scenery on the way home. LOVE CANYONS.

Drive, stop, drive stop all the waaay to convention. Merrily, merrily, annoyingly
all the way there.

OKAY SO, Grampa's truck was OVERHEATING. I was steaming(not really) so what's a person to do but take pictures.

sit a little bit...drive a little bit..take a picture out my window.

Okay so fence posts, barbwire and cows are getting old. Let's take a picture of...............

GRANDMA!!!!!!

MOM, I need more snacks. okay thanks.

SNORING!!

SNORTING.

And we are going to conclude this post with a nice pic of Sally

Poppy Glamour

2009-07-01T13:01:00.000-07:00

Some poppies I took pictures of about a month ago. These haven't even been in the photoshop. Turned out PERFECT!

2009-06-30T15:56:00.000-07:00

2009-06-30T15:53:00.000-07:00

pretty poppies

Rayton's Rirthday! (scooby talks in r's.)

2009-05-31T20:36:00.000-07:00

Jinkies!!! It's the mystery machine!

My favorite gift that Payton got was the crazy spraying porcupine. Now who doesn't want one of those??
The birthday girl.

Doing a bit of Ropin'
whoosh whoosh whoosh

WHACK

Hooray! pulled his dern head right off. :)

My Turn.
woosh woosh woosh. thump, clunk. My head got in the way of the rope a couple of times. Whapped my head. It was lovely. My husband thought it was very funny.

more wooshing. okay..I just like swinging the rope above my head. Can I just keep doing that?

This actually did happen. After several tries, I roped him. YEE-HAW

Awesome rainbow on the way home.

Jack Rabbit enjoying the rainbow too.
:)

and that concludes this post.

Old, dirty birks and cloudy skies

2009-05-27T18:16:00.000-07:00

Big Rock Candy Canyon

On Sunday, I took a hike. Perfect weather too. As most of you know, Uncle Morris and Aunt Jeanie live on a fantastic piece of land. We were out there for dinner, I decided to take advantage of my perfect situation.

Me and my fence crossing skills. Can you take a picture and cross a barbwire fence,

at the same time of course? :)

rain all around me. I was even hoping for a down pour. didn't happen.

Don't lay your nappy head..I mean napsack, bed roll here. owie now.

I came across some cattle(imagine that) and they must have thought I had some special treat.

They kept FOLLOWING ME! Finally they gave up and passed me.

Sorry I have no food for you!!

Came across some deer.

AND...did you know I have gray hair? The blue, gray sky accents it so nicely.

AND that concludes this post. :)

I'll come up with something creative later.

2009-05-23T23:07:00.000-07:00

Out at Uncle Yeff's house. Lots of bad cats peeping around.

I LOVE this picture of Maria and this kitty.
The Lego people in my house do have a way about them.

Just an old shed on Jeff's place. My creativity is coming back. Thank goodness. I've been in some zombie like state for weeks now. I love taking my camera and tromping all over someone's property.

Tulip Pantry

2009-05-14T12:15:00.000-07:00

"Maria, how do you feel about tulips?" Nevermind it was just a question.

Tulips from my Mother's yard. I will always be amazed at what comes from a seed or a bulb.

Rummikub and Hugs

2009-05-10T17:52:00.001-07:00

So people ask me, "how was your trip?" Well this picture of good ol' Uncle Larry pretty much sums it up! Thanks Uncle Larry for the great shot. I also want to add that he was our referee for rummikub.

Aunt Julie horsin' around.
Buckin' bronc. I'm totally laughing out loud as I'm typing this stuff. If you could have heard her "whinny". I was practically wetting myself in the driveway while I was taking their pictures.
easy killer..don't hurt yourself!! I just named the horse killer for those who are confused.

good times.

so.. how many of you are good at finding fork leaf.. I mean four leaf clovers? Well my sister is a crazy four leaf finder giver. I can remember seeing her in the back yard when we were little and she'd be diggin' in the grass finding clovers like no other.. I'm not sure what I was doing. Probably watching her and picking my nose. and annoying her if you can imagine that.

see told you....in just that time we were outside..BAM GOOD LUCK madness.

during all this horsing around, clover picking time, Kortney, Maria and I are laying on the nice warm concrete driveway.

Kortney and Maria chillin' When I was in highschool, I pretty much spent my summer's laying out in my backyard. Kortney would have been Maria's age at the time. She would come outside in her swimsuit and her blanket and want to lay out next to me. Then she would want ice tea and start drinking mine, or tip it over. Then she would lay down for 2 seconds and then say,

"I'm Hot" Anyway..my neice is now 16. It was sweet to see her interact with Maria. I'd love to have a day back with Kortney at that age!!

Bubbles, bubbles,bubbles, my bubbles.

Did you know if you put the bubble wand in front of a fan on high, a million bubbles will come out? It's pretty awesome actually. The kids were running around trying to get them all. bubbles popping all over them. I considered it a bath. I'm such a good mom.

Huge 48 pack of chalk. It was awesome. I was a chalkin' fool. This big box of chalk actually reminds me of what my husband said to me once. "I bet you were the kid in class who had the big box of crayons." Yeah so. don't be a hater. Just cause you didn't have that nifty little sharpener on the side, doesn't mean you have to be angry for the rest of your life!

My son loves weapons, so he was having me draw him a double axe and swords. He also woke up one morning and wanted a red cape. Mom just happened to have some red fabric so..hence the red cape.

Rummikub. Rummikub is fun, fun, fun.
Kortney getting all excited about what she drew.

all of us playing. Plus some crazy game of sesame chicken street Dominoes going on below.

Corey, Aunt June, Uncle Larry Beary. Tony and Laura

Aunt Julie with her kids!! and where my pictures went of Aunt Pauline and Uncle Bob I have no idea and am totally bummed. I did not forget to put you on here. I lost the pics!! :(

and this concludes this post.

One ton of Mayo.

2009-02-23T09:19:00.000-08:00

This is us. Becky, Heidi and I.

We are having a splendid time at half moon cay.

this is us in Miami. We spotted a Kerry snargletooth shark.

A Becky Sea Buck.

AND and Pus-e zit Heidi Crustacean

And just so you know....YOU CAN DRESS THESE LADIES UP AND TAKE THEM OUT!!

Us on formal night!!! Photo taken by Jose. :)

christmas and such

2008-12-28T20:37:00.001-08:00

My domesticated cat. Funny I know. You probably think I have way too much time on my hands, which really I don't. I was so overwhelmed with whatever was going on that day and I went a little mental and decided to put the apron I made for Sally on my cat.

Okay so this actually has a story. Christmas party at Preschool. I helped take pictures of the kids with Santa, Missy was there too and got to make christmas crafts as well. So they both made these wreaths with dyed green bowtie Pasta. I put them up on the wall. Missy's wreath stayed up one whole day and then I noticed all the bowtie pasta's were off her wreath and she had green around her mouth. Whatever, I'll thank the preschool for sending home a snack.

I made Stocking for the kids on x-mas eve and stuffed them with fun things. This one is Missy's

This stocking is Bubba's. I had fun watching them pull out all the stuff. They liked it too of course. The stocking are more Western than christmas-e I enjoyed making them.

We spent Christmas Day out at the Cronk Ranch. We had a nice relaxing time. The kids played, Byron and Morris went coyote hunting.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-28T19:56:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving at the Cronk House. This is actually after we ate. Playing Rummy here. You will have to check out Jane's post for the lovely Thanksgiving table full of food.

Weston and Papa putting a Pirate Puzzle 2gather!!

My gorgeous pecan pie I made. Yeah I made the pie crust too.

All Byron wanted to do was play Farkle. He wouldn't let Jane play Rummy with us.

A pooped papa zzzzzzzzzzzz

Great Gma and Missy looking outside at the woodpecker.

Thanksgiving man of the month. Byron Nesvog

Some nice pics Jane took with my new used Camera.

This picture is actually sideways(duh) and probably the candle that set my napkin on fire.

And that was lovely. My napkin catching on fire. It was right after we gave thanks

and I'm passing a million dishes and Byron Cronk (who was sitting right across from me) calmly says, "Kerry your napkin is catching on fire." Of course I don't react calmly, and yes I look down and my pretty yellow napkin is igniting. "Why didn't you just move it?" I ask my husband hysterically, after I had already pulled it's scorched remains from the flame. Byron says, " It hadn't caught on fire very much yet." ?????????????????????????????????????????

and we will leave it at that, or I'll start hyperventilating again.

And pretty Miss April. She is really not as angelic as you might think! Don't let that sweet smile woo you. :) The next picture I took she stuck her tongue out at me. So I ate her dessert. I bet she won't stick her tongue out at me again!!

And this concludes my Thanksgiving post.

Still in Ohio........

2008-12-08T21:58:00.001-08:00

This place, "Animal Safari" is in Port Clinton I do believe. You drive your own vehicle through and get to feed the animals this big plastic cup of food that looks like dry gerbil...........food. Dry crustly looking pellets. I think it is the same thing in all animal parks, where you put the quarter in and out comes your handful of crunchy goodness??

Would you like some of our dry pellets? Nope. This nice, quaint chap walks up to the window and asks, "Excuse me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?" I felt sorry for the poor hairy bloke. I had to tell him no, for I had none. He wasn't so gentleman like after all, when he turned to go

I heard him muttering, bloody something.

This guy below, just took the whole entire cup. Took the cup from the hand in the suv in front of us and did a shot of dry gerbil food all in 1 second.

How would you like to see him coming to your window? I'm driving(1 mile an hour), my Mom is saying rather loudly, "PUT THE WINDOW UP, PUT THE WINDOW UP!" (and is moving Weston into her lap.) But of course I have to prove to myself that I am not scared and can come face to face with a living, domesticated elk. Inside my head I'm like,
"OH MY GOSH , OH MY GOODNESS, here he comes, here he comes, HERE HE COMES" and there he is. He sticks his big ol' snout into the car about 2 inches in front of my face. My bravery disappears into my colon(Thank goodness my colon stayed brave) and he's trying to take the food cup and all. Then that makes me mad(why would I get made at an elk?) and my bravery(stupidity)comes back and I yank the cup from his mouth and start rolling up my window.(actually, pressing really hard on the automatic window button. Like the harder I pushed would make the window go up faster.) The SUV in front of me is CLICKING AWAY WITH THEIR CAMERA AT US. Of course Mom and I are laughing hysterically because we both about pee'd our pants over the whole thing.

This gal needs...well she could at least sit more lady like for one thing. If you ask me, I think she just got dumped for a younger primate and obviously she's not to happy about it. Lookin' a little...droopy about it if you ask me. :) hee hee

GIRAFFE SNOUT!!

Thanks for looking. I also apologize for run on sentences and grammatical errors.

glimpse in the past...of special times.

2008-12-07T20:07:00.001-08:00

This seems like a long time ago, and yet not. Weston isn't even 2 years old in this pic.

This was the last place we lived in our 5th wheel, when life was really simple. Except I didn't know it then. We were in Ohio, near Cedar Point. I can't remember the name of the town.

What you can see in the background is our 5th wheel. I look back and those were some of the best times ever. We met so many of the friends. It was hard to leave them, even if we had only been around them 3-4 mos.

Little Weston with Papa and Grandma Elliott

My Dad would blow bubbles for Weston and Weston thought it was the greatest thing ever!

I made Papa an owl cake for his birthday.

You can't tell I'm getting sentimental can you? I think I just need some sunshine or something.

Plus I miss my Mommy and Daddy. That might have something to do with it :)

Bad Bad Kitty Cats

2008-12-01T10:46:00.000-08:00

This is Fugis bad cat. Actually his real name is Huey. Missy called him Phooey, trying to say Huey and then Phooey went to Fujis...??????

Huey was upset with us when we brought Rocky home. Huey growled. Usually he would purr really loud when I would pet him while he ate, instead it was, "crunrooowwwrrch, crunch, crunch, rowwwwrrrrr" But he's okay now.
This is little cat. His name is Rocky, cause he has paws like boxing gloves. He's showing you his big thumb. Rocky's nice. He was trying to nurse my nose this morning while I was still in bed. It was lovely.

Rocky's cute little pigs.... :)

If anyone would like to adlib this pic...like the cheezburger site of all those cats pics. My brain isn't feeling very creative right now.

AAAA--HOOOOOO coyotes of Goshen

2008-11-20T16:49:00.000-08:00

The most recent coyote hunting excursion. My husband went by himself came back with a big Daddy Coyote. Byron said his howl was deep.
This is what happens at our house when you are bad. You get hung on the drain pipe. Not fun..trust me. :)

I love this coyote picture. The one above. Me down below well yes, they are super soft I couldn't resist playing with his ears.
I thought maybe I could get Byron to make me a keychain out of an ear.
But would I then be in the "Redneck" category???

aaaaaROOOO--OOOOHHHHHHH KER-BLAM!!!!

2008-11-20T10:12:00.000-08:00

This is just the beginning of Coyote Hunting season. These are coyotes from 2 different hunts. Some of the credit goes to Grandpa and Will. Yeah... disgusting..I know.. of course that's just my girly point of view. But Coyotes are bad. period... Gross story..coyote was eating calf while it was still being born, to all of you that love every living thing. After I heard that story it make me want to Coyote hunt too, except you have to get up long before the sun shines and it's way to cold. So I'll let my husband blast em'. As long as he's home at a decent hour. :)

Pumpkin Patch

2008-11-14T14:21:00.000-08:00

We went to the Pumpkin Patch the other day with Weston's Preschool class. They had these big corn bins that these kids could play in. Then we went through the corn maze and then we got to pick out a pumpkin and take it home.

missy found her pumpkin.

Just a chewin' some kern.

this is my son having fun in the corn bins.(he's actually outside of it) While every other kid is inside jumping around, laughing, throwing corn, digging, Weston is standing on the outside of it and eating the.... hard..... dry...... corn. Everything must have came out okay, he never said anything. Except when I put cooked corn on the supper table that evening he ran out screaming and holding his behind. I wasn't really sure what that was all about! hee hee.... I'm really over doing this blogging thing aren't I? It's fun....fun...fun time.

Missy had fun in the corn.

And I would post some of the other kids pictures, but I don't have parental permission. This one boy Connor what just grabbing fistfuls of corn and throwing them up in the air. My pic has kernels in the air by him. These kids have so much energy and herding them all in the same direction is insane. It is hilarious really, but I don't really know any of the parents well enough to say "OH my gosh that kid is crazy!" My luck it would end up being their kid. The mother would end up in tears, "I know we are doing everything we can with him, nothings working!"

"Oh I"m sorry go have him eat some of that hard dry corn."

Give me something good to eat, if you don't I DO care and will stick it in your underwear!!!

2008-11-02T02:52:00.000-08:00

Everyone is probably a little worried about the raising of Missy and Weston(given the headline) I just want everyone to know that like a GOOD parent I never let them see when I stuck that icky candy back in the givers pants. (my mother is having an extreme proud parent moment. I can feel the glow from here......)

This is where I got the idea for Missy's costume

Julie and Anna at Ewc with the masks they made.

Miss Princess, 80's chicks

No they are not singing. Grandma had them say "VAMPIRE BLOOD"
and the picture got taken on the Blood !

Weston skeleton Mummy at Preschool

Lil' bo peep, and we found her sheep. Gorging itself in Lil bo peeps halloween bucket.

Isn't my little bo peep the sweetest one you've ever saw???

And that's all for now!! Hope you all had a great Halloween!

Out Riding.

2008-10-27T01:31:00.000-07:00

Missy thinks bubba is pretty funny.

Well I am kinda speechless actually. My son in his cowboy dress up outfit he

got for his birthday. He is on the PINK tractor his sister got for her birthday that says

MISS FARMER on the side. No need for alarm right??? I'll blow these pics

up on graduation day(highschool) .

ch-ch-ch-CHILLIN Wit some family and Chili

2008-10-27T01:15:00.000-07:00

Out at the C Ranch

Snuggling with Aunt Jeanie

I was a hunting widow for a few days. April fixed this delicious meal out at her parentals house.

Chili the main course, put in these bread bowls. Funny I don't have a pic of the chili actually in the bread bowl. I believe I was too busy feeding my face. (imagine that)

the Chili

The Cook

Nice Plump b-b-b bread rolls. What did you think I was going to say???!!?!?!?

Playdough WaterMelon Goodness

2008-10-27T01:03:00.000-07:00

Yes. This is a mini watermelon. Perfect little bite

size sweetie.

cutting into this MW(short for mini watermelon :) )....my children are watching. I'm saying

"are you ready to see what's inside?"

TA DA!!!!!! Yeah..it isn't seedless so you'd have to pick
them out.
Weston doesn't seem to care about the seeds.

Go Ahead!! try a piece!! It's a little salty/bland for a watermelon
I was surprised.

Yes. I'm in my own little world. They know me there!! :)

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater had a wife and couldn't keep her. He put her in a Pumpkin shell and there he kept Pumpkin very well.

2008-10-13T06:59:00.000-07:00

The cutest baby on the planet!!

Birthday's Birthday's Birthday's

2008-10-13T06:38:00.000-07:00

ANNA!!

The new law enforcement in town

I love my Birthday Boy!!!

Weston wanted a skeleton birthday. I kept asking him for like 2 months. He kept

telling me a skeleton cake, so skeleton it is!!

Grandma's Birthday dinner

Here we have is a delicious plate of sesame chicken.

We had Grandpa, Grandma and Miss Anna over for supper.

Happy Birthday Grandma!! We love you!

(I'm still going to get you something for your b-day. :)

This will get your Goat....

2008-10-09T11:35:00.000-07:00

Will's Billy goat. His goat seemed pretty

happy about the situation. See, he is even

smiling.(see picture below) What a good sport!

hee hee

Byron's goat below.

And I don't think Byron's goat was very happy about his situation. he's saying, fiddles and flutes!...this isn't good...

AND THE WINNER IS........SALLY JANE!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-06T03:29:00.000-07:00

I won the Babies r' Us shopping spree??!!!

"AAAAAAA--HUHHHHH" (That's the sound Sally makes

when she's really excited.)

This is one of my favorite pics of Sally Jane. I have

lots of favorites. :)

TATER DIGGIN'

2008-09-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

Grandma, Missy and Me went to see Papa at the Farm show in Scottsbluff on

Saturday(SEPT 20). Papa had his steam engine there. Very cool. Did you know that steam engines make absolutely no noise????? a coffee Pot makes more noise and steam engines are just, well HUGE!! We had lunch with Papa and then went and dug upsome potatoes. And I am gonna go ahead and say it, "Digging up potatoes was fun!!" I mean it really. It was like treasure hunting, only we were finding potatoes!

Weston starts Preschool

2008-09-23T23:04:00.000-07:00

Okay so this is the picture I took on Weston's first day

of Preschool. (I'm such a good mom)

I was rushing around Tuesday morning so

we could get there on time. And I actually took this picture

when I picked him up. He wasn't interested in pictures.

So When we get to Preschool(this is every time we go)

Weston's unbuckles himself, gets down on the floor and scoots

clear back behind the drivers seat. So by the time I get to his

side of the truck Weston is no where to be found.

Yes I really think Weston is enjoying Preschool.

Missy always wants to stay and play with play dough

and Weston always wants to leave.

So far I haven't had to drag him out of the truck!

More Camping

2008-09-23T22:47:00.000-07:00

I am enjoying Jane's cake

.............yum..............

Jill and Kelly!!!

Cowgirl Missy

Uncle Jeff and Missy digging
a big hole for a foundation.

Missy would sit and dig for forever.
................it was awesome.

I'm considering hauling a big load of
dirt to my basement. But according to my husband..........I already have.

Um...tryouts for Kiss??

Nope it's just Byron.

Sally's Bath

2008-09-23T22:33:00.000-07:00

Cute BABY gIrL
Alert!!

OOpps!!
those bubbles are from my bath
soap! honest!!

Camping, Jane's B-day

2008-09-23T22:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Jane!!

The cake is a little hot so Jane

is wearing safety goggles.

I was afraid that the goggles might

melt to her face. hee hee

Welcome To My Blob, my bloob, MY BLOG!!!

2008-09-23T21:41:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. I am going to attempt maintaining a blog. There are some pretty good ones
out there (my sister n laws, Jocelyn's). So I am feeling some pressure. I'll try to keep this as entertaining as possible.