Ok, So I Lied

I thought I would have time to post more, but it just isn't happenin. Jeremy just got back from a week long trip to AK. Of course he got to do cool things... He went on a harbor tour through Kodiak, AK where he saw these sea lions. He went to conferences and networked around the area. I don't know why, but I would still love to live in AK. I think I just need a change! Jeremy told me moving isn't the solution, but atleast he goes on trips!! Anyways, we are doing great. I hope to go to a haunted house soon, or a cream farm festival. I love October!!

Where has our blog gone?

I think I might blog again. No, really. I just got a new lab top from work, and I love watching T.V. and browsing at the same time. I think I can do this!! Right now Jeremy is watching the manly-man show Ultimate Fighter which I'm forced to watch on occasion. But now I can look at everyone's blogs! There are a few of you that need to catch up by the way. For now I'm just happy to be able to connect again.. and I will write in the future... This is suspenseful isn't it?

Jared and I gave Elliott a new room for his birthday. Yes that is right Elliott. Although Alice is pictured above this is not her room although she would like it to be. We went down to Salt Lake and picked out bunkbeds and a dresser. There is a staircase with drawers in it as well. Then Erica helped us pick out some paint at Lowes. Thanks Erica it looks great. We picked up some cool jungle leaves at Ikea. Then back to Jerome where the work began. I spent all week painting, I barley got it done before the furniture came today. All I have left is the wall hangings and curtains. Here are some pictures. We can't wait to see you all next month!

Punta Cana

I promised mom I'd post a picture of me and Jeremy... We went to the Dominican Republic on a free vacation paid for by Fidelity. We spent our money doing fun stuff like horse back riding and paraglyding. (?) It was so so so so so beautiful. We have to plan a trip to the beach again some time as a family. But not in another country. I got food poisoning and was out sick for 2 days. mmmm... the memories...

by the way, the girl at the top had the horse that Jeremy's loved to ride along with. I got the small horse that was trying to outrun another small horse... so Jer and I have no galloping pictures together.. :o( But we had a blast!

Super Bowl

For the Super Bowl the last couple of years, John and I have had a little party. John barbecues ribs, chicken, and steak with rice and beans and other yummy treats and we all just hang out and have a good time. This year was not any different. Word has gotten out about John's barbecue so a few more people showed up this year, but it was fun because we had plenty of food. We completely missed the first half because we were busy cooking, etc. but it was a great game and we ate plenty of good food.

I know this family revolves around food, but it's always good food right? The kitchen was so out of control. I couldn't find anything that I was looking for towards the end of the night. The leftovers, by the way, are almost entirely gone. Hope you guys had a great day yesterday even if you didn't watch the super bowl.

CARRIBEAN

This is the "place" we ate our lunch on the U.S. Virgin Islands. I had the best beans and rice and Jer had Jerk chicken. (note: I neglected to get the pot smokers in the shot)

We also went snorkeling here and fed some fishies!! They swarmed Jer and I. We were overwhelmed by them. All in all, it was awesome.

Next we went to St. Maarten where I saw way too many nude men. But, Jeremy seemed to like it. We rented beach chairs at this mexican restaurant/beach front?? I wanted to look like a biker chick for once.... What do you think??? And yes, we do not tan well.

The next pic is of me enjoying the warm water at St. Maarten. There is one think I loved about this beach. The water had a sweet smell to it. I remember the beaches in California smelt like strong salty funk. I couldn't believe how wonderful the breeze was. You couldn't even tell you were at the beach.

Jeremy's favorite part of the cruise ship was the big screen T.V. that showed all the football games. The view was always amazing from the ship. The water was often still, but on other days it was a'ragin. The rocking of the boat caught me off guard the first day and I didn't think I would make it. Jeremy had to guide me down the halls for some time. After the first night, sleeping felt like the big mamma carnival was slowly rocking me to sleep.... until she hit the gas at 2 a.m.!!!!

Lying to your children

I think that we have all been there at one point in our lives. We want someone to do something immediately and not try to explain it to them in detail why it is sooo important that they do the task that we ask of them now. Alice sometimes just loves to take off her seat belt, or for that matter not even put it on. So me, the neglectful dad, will be driving down the road and notice that my 3 year old hasn't put on her seat belt yet or is doing it really slowly. Expaining why the seat belt is so important is not an option, so i tell her that if she doesn't do it right now the police will come get her.
There are other things I tell my children that are not exactly true but they do curve behavior that I do not appreciate. for instance over Christmas I told my alice, when she was not acting nicely, that santa was comming to take her back. I would pretend to call santa and have a conversation with him. to accomplish this task I would pretend that my hand was a phone.

So setting that as a background the other day when i wasn't acting the way that alice wanted me too she pretended to call the police and have them take me back! She said, "hello police, my daddy is bad! You want to come take him back? Ok bye" then she turned to me and said, "Daddy you bad the police are comming to take you back."


being a dad is great!