Check out this GORGEOUS quilt that is being given away!!! I would LOVE to win this!
http://web.mac.com/cjroskelley/Camille_Roskelley/Simplify/Entries/2008/4/24_Quilt_Giveaway_continued.html#
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
PLAY BALL!!!
YAY! It's finally baseball season! I love watching the kids play. We've played in everything from snow to 70 degree weather so far - where Luke was complaining he was HOT for a change!! This is Luke's first year of T-Ball and Michael has advanced to the farm team where the coaches pitch. They both still get a little bored when not up to bat. Luke usually digs in the dirt (see photo below of him placing HANDFULLS of dirt on his shirt!).
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
It's Official!!!
Well, It's finally official. Steven can now practice Law in both Idaho and Oregon. We went to Boise on thursday for his "Swearing in" ceremony. The photo below is with his buddy and soon-to-be partner, Joe Miller. We took some photos for the new website. If you are ever in need of legal services within Oregon or Idaho, give them a call! They are working on their website, so it's not complete, but the address is http://www.millerandfisher.com/ We are so proud of Steven and all the hard work and time that has gone into taking another bar. We can't wait to get to Boise and start a new phase of life!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Duck... Goose... Duck.... RUN!!!
Brynley's interpretation of Duck Duck Goose is a little different! She likes to say, Duck... Goose... Duck... RUN! Then she will tell whoever is chasing her to "sit a minute" so they can start all over again! It's so funny to watch! Her and Luke were playing on the trampoline tonight and she also thought it was pretty funny to "push" him over and watch him fall! It's so cute to watch her actually JUMP and get both legs up off the ground at the same time, AND keep her balance most of the time! (the second video isn't as great of resolution, but it was so long I had to change it to get it to load quicker!) I'm still trying to figure all this stuff out!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
BUTTONS!
After seeing this idea on a friends blog I thought I had to give it a try. I found these canisters on ebay - they are actually magnetic spice containers, but the slit in the top is perfect for slipping buttons through! We have our house rules and button redemption sheet right on the fridge so they can be reminded all the time of what is expected and what they can get in return. I also put their daily job sheets on the fridge as well, with button values attached to everything. When they do something that is expected of them they earn a certain number of buttons. If they want to do anything extra (TV, video games, extra play dates, movie nights etc) they get to "pay" for it with buttons. So far Luke wants to spend them as fast as he earns them, but Michael is catching onto the concept of saving up for something bigger! If they do something on their list without even being asked I reward them with an extra button. But, if they break a house rule it's off to time-out and buttons lost (depending on the offense) For example, yesterday Michael slapped Luke because he wanted to sit in a certain spot in the car - so he automatically lost 5. No warnings for stuff like that! But, Luke was very nice with his sister yesterday and played so well with her that he earned some extra buttons. This has been helping to keep them nice more often because they never know when mom will whip out some more buttons! Michael also has been having some attention and focusing issues at school, so we have been sending a progress sheet everyday. If he can do well in school and get all his assignments in and done on time, he will be rewarded at home too. I'm hoping this system is here to stay! So far it's going ok - they are having a hard time not getting to watch TV when they want, and they aren't really that happy about having to "Earn" the time for TV or video games, but I think they will get the hang of it and the behavior will be a lot better and I"ll get more help around the house!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Warm weekend fun!
This weekend was SO warm! We had 69 degrees on Saturday and Luke has been begging to jump on the trampoline with the sprinkler, so at 69 degrees - WHY NOT?! They all had a blast! Too bad it snowed a little bit again today! ARGH! I wish the weather would get warm, and STAY warm! One day snow, the next day 70 degrees! IT'S MADNESS! The photos I took just weren't that great, so you only get to see one. The trampoline is half shaded, half in the sun - and the sun was SOO bright! Luke's poor white skin looks even whiter with this light! Not the greatest photography conditions!
We definatly enjoyed the little "tease" we got with the warm weather. We're ready for more!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Idaho Bar
All the hard work has paid off! Steven passed the Idaho Bar!! He will be "sworn in" on the 24th, and then he can officially practice in Idaho (in addition to his Oregon Bar Membership!) Now the move to Boise is really official! HOORAY!
Sunday, April 06, 2008
HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY BRYNLEY!!
Today is Brynley's 2nd Birthday! We had strawberry shortcake and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. (YUM! she loves "strawberry shortcake" both the doll and the dessert!)
She loved opening presents too. I think her favorite present was her Pink Vaccuum from mom and dad. once she opened that, it was all she could think about! She also really likes her new pink/purple trike from grandma and grandpa though too.
(She got lots of really fun girly things! She got a cute cupcake outfit from grandma and right off had to put the sweater on!) We had the party at my mom and dad's house. All my siblings were there, my dad's sister brought over my grandparents and then Steven's mom and 2 sisters came as well. It was a full house for sure! And... of course I took a million photos and here a few.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Conference Weekend
I love being able to stay home and watch conference in my PJ's. It's so nice to be able to send the kids off to play, and actually get to listen to a little bit of what's being said. We found this cool conference packet to print out. It worked for about 5 minutes on my kids (Well, Michael worked on it for quite a while - but the other two scribbled for a couple minutes and were totally done!). I love our new Prophet - Thomas S. Monson and his stories. Hopefully tomorrow the kids will behave so we can get in a little more of conference - Thank goodness for our DVR!! Tomorrow is also Brynley's 2nd birthday so we'll head over to La Grande to mom and dad's for a party! She's finally learned how to do "2" on her fingers and has proudly been showing everyone. SO CUTE! I'll post pics of the festivities tomorrow eve.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
More about me
Alright Maria... here it goes!
1. What time did you get up this morning? I think it was around 7:30 - basically we woke up late!
2. Diamonds or pearls? Well, I wear 3 diamonds on my wedding ring - but I'm not a fancy jewelry person!.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Probably Alvin & The Chipmunks
4. What is your favorite TV show? Greys Anatomy, ER, Anything on Discovery health
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? whatever I scrounge up for my kids.. I try to vary because they get sick of the same things.
6.What is your middle name? Michelle
7. What food do you dislike? Fresh Tomatoes
8. What is your favorite CD at moment? Hmmm... I don't know. I just downloaded some daughtry for my zune - he's not too bad!
9. What kind of car do you drive? Kia Sedona - and I hate it!
10. Favorite Sandwich ? Grilled turkey from Helaman Halls at BYU.. probably will never have one of those again, but I was totally hooked!
11. What characteristic do you despise? Tattling - there's been a lot of that lately and I can't stand it!
12. Favorite item of clothing? I also love my American Eagle Jeans.. but I'm hoping to LOVE my new modbe swimsuit. Is that ok to say you LOVE a swimsuit? We'll see when it arrives!
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? We want to take the kids to disneyland. Or just somewhere that doesn't have snow right now.
14. Favorite place to shop? I've been having fun at American Eagle lately, and I've actually found some pretty cute stuff at Maurices. YES.. Baker has a maurices (and that's all we have!)
15. Where would you retire to? Who knows! We are getting ready to move to Boise, so maybe if we like it there - we'll stay?!!
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Well, last year we were in Portland and I went to the Body World Exhibit at Omsi. Nothing like looking at a bunch of dead plastinated bodies to kick off my 27th birthday! (Actually I was totally fascinated! Very cool exhibit!)
17. Favorite sport to watch? Well, i don't just sit down to watch sports on TV - but anything is real life is fun to go too. I just watch the kids' sports right now.
18. Did you graduate from college? Not yet.. still working on that!
19. Where did you meet your hubby? La Grande 5th Branch on FHE night.
20. Favorite hobby? Taking Pictures and Scrapbooking them (or displaying them) I love playing with Adobe. I wish I had more time to 'play' though!
21. When is your birthday? Sept. 21st
22. Are you a morning person or a night person? night - although I find it increasingly difficult to make it much past 10 or 10:30!
23. What is your shoe size? 7
24. Pets? No - I have 3 kids and a husband! Who needs a pet!
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? We're moving to Boise the first weekend of june.. not super exciting, but it will open some new doors.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? An OB or NICU nurse - and I still do!
27. How are you today? Pretty good actually - a little tired, but not stressed out like usual!
28. What is your favorite candy? Do Choc. covered strawberries count?
29. What is your favorite flower? Any flowers will do - I'd just like to be suprised with some! I would love a huge batch of gerber daisies in BRIGHT colors! I like tulips too.
30. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? April 6th - Brynley's 2nd birthday
31. What is the latest book you have read? I only read my texts for school.. not very exciting!
32. What is your full name? Brandy Michelle Fisher
33. What are you listening to right now? We recorded LOST on the DVR, so I'm listening and typing as Steven watches in the other room.
34. What was the last thing you ate? Banana Nilla Wafer Pudding. Today was my dad's 58th birthday.. mom put 58 candles and almosted melted the cool whip!
35. Do you wish on stars? I think I used too - that might be fun to start again!
36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Blue or Pink
37. How is the weather right now? Well, it was nice and sunny, now it's dark.
38. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My sister - she couldn't figure out how to get her wireless to work on her laptop at Mom's house. I wasn't much help.
39. Favorite soft drink? Root Beer or Sierra Mist
40. Favorite restaurant? Anything Italian - Macaroni Grill, Olive Garden, Spaghetti Factory (just discovered there's a new one in downtown Boise! Whoo hoo!)
41. Hair color? brown, with lots of blonde highlights. I was really wishing for Summer last week! It did perk me up a little to go light!
42. What was your favorite toy as a child? I really don't remember
43. Summer or winter? SUMMER! We've been through so much snow I don't care if I ever see it again! (Ok.. maybe I would like to ski next winter.. so maybe a little snow is ok)
44. Hugs or kisses? hugs
45. Chocolate or Vanilla? vanilla
46. Coffee or tea? GROSS
47. How many sibling do you have? 3. 1 Sis, 2 Brothers
48. When was the last time you cried? I'm not much of a crier - maybe after Brynley was born. But that was the hormones crying - not me!
49. What is under your bed? some shoes, Brynley's birthday presents and hopefully that's it!
50. What did you do last night? microbiology homework
51. What are you afraid of? Losing one of my kids while they are young.. I hope I never have to go through that
52. Salty or sweet? salty - I'm a popcorn with "extra salt" addict
53. How many keys on your key ring? a lot
54. How many years at your current job? Mom: 7 years, student: forever!
55. Favorite day of the week? Monday, Wednesday & Friday (Luke has preschool)
56. How many towns have you lived in? 6
57. Do you make friends easily? I seem to be a little on the shy side when meeting new people and it takes me a while to warm up.
58. Who is most likely to post these on their blog? Lindsy and Lindsey (you know who you are!)
1. What time did you get up this morning? I think it was around 7:30 - basically we woke up late!
2. Diamonds or pearls? Well, I wear 3 diamonds on my wedding ring - but I'm not a fancy jewelry person!.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Probably Alvin & The Chipmunks
4. What is your favorite TV show? Greys Anatomy, ER, Anything on Discovery health
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? whatever I scrounge up for my kids.. I try to vary because they get sick of the same things.
6.What is your middle name? Michelle
7. What food do you dislike? Fresh Tomatoes
8. What is your favorite CD at moment? Hmmm... I don't know. I just downloaded some daughtry for my zune - he's not too bad!
9. What kind of car do you drive? Kia Sedona - and I hate it!
10. Favorite Sandwich ? Grilled turkey from Helaman Halls at BYU.. probably will never have one of those again, but I was totally hooked!
11. What characteristic do you despise? Tattling - there's been a lot of that lately and I can't stand it!
12. Favorite item of clothing? I also love my American Eagle Jeans.. but I'm hoping to LOVE my new modbe swimsuit. Is that ok to say you LOVE a swimsuit? We'll see when it arrives!
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? We want to take the kids to disneyland. Or just somewhere that doesn't have snow right now.
14. Favorite place to shop? I've been having fun at American Eagle lately, and I've actually found some pretty cute stuff at Maurices. YES.. Baker has a maurices (and that's all we have!)
15. Where would you retire to? Who knows! We are getting ready to move to Boise, so maybe if we like it there - we'll stay?!!
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Well, last year we were in Portland and I went to the Body World Exhibit at Omsi. Nothing like looking at a bunch of dead plastinated bodies to kick off my 27th birthday! (Actually I was totally fascinated! Very cool exhibit!)
17. Favorite sport to watch? Well, i don't just sit down to watch sports on TV - but anything is real life is fun to go too. I just watch the kids' sports right now.
18. Did you graduate from college? Not yet.. still working on that!
19. Where did you meet your hubby? La Grande 5th Branch on FHE night.
20. Favorite hobby? Taking Pictures and Scrapbooking them (or displaying them) I love playing with Adobe. I wish I had more time to 'play' though!
21. When is your birthday? Sept. 21st
22. Are you a morning person or a night person? night - although I find it increasingly difficult to make it much past 10 or 10:30!
23. What is your shoe size? 7
24. Pets? No - I have 3 kids and a husband! Who needs a pet!
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? We're moving to Boise the first weekend of june.. not super exciting, but it will open some new doors.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? An OB or NICU nurse - and I still do!
27. How are you today? Pretty good actually - a little tired, but not stressed out like usual!
28. What is your favorite candy? Do Choc. covered strawberries count?
29. What is your favorite flower? Any flowers will do - I'd just like to be suprised with some! I would love a huge batch of gerber daisies in BRIGHT colors! I like tulips too.
30. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? April 6th - Brynley's 2nd birthday
31. What is the latest book you have read? I only read my texts for school.. not very exciting!
32. What is your full name? Brandy Michelle Fisher
33. What are you listening to right now? We recorded LOST on the DVR, so I'm listening and typing as Steven watches in the other room.
34. What was the last thing you ate? Banana Nilla Wafer Pudding. Today was my dad's 58th birthday.. mom put 58 candles and almosted melted the cool whip!
35. Do you wish on stars? I think I used too - that might be fun to start again!
36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Blue or Pink
37. How is the weather right now? Well, it was nice and sunny, now it's dark.
38. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My sister - she couldn't figure out how to get her wireless to work on her laptop at Mom's house. I wasn't much help.
39. Favorite soft drink? Root Beer or Sierra Mist
40. Favorite restaurant? Anything Italian - Macaroni Grill, Olive Garden, Spaghetti Factory (just discovered there's a new one in downtown Boise! Whoo hoo!)
41. Hair color? brown, with lots of blonde highlights. I was really wishing for Summer last week! It did perk me up a little to go light!
42. What was your favorite toy as a child? I really don't remember
43. Summer or winter? SUMMER! We've been through so much snow I don't care if I ever see it again! (Ok.. maybe I would like to ski next winter.. so maybe a little snow is ok)
44. Hugs or kisses? hugs
45. Chocolate or Vanilla? vanilla
46. Coffee or tea? GROSS
47. How many sibling do you have? 3. 1 Sis, 2 Brothers
48. When was the last time you cried? I'm not much of a crier - maybe after Brynley was born. But that was the hormones crying - not me!
49. What is under your bed? some shoes, Brynley's birthday presents and hopefully that's it!
50. What did you do last night? microbiology homework
51. What are you afraid of? Losing one of my kids while they are young.. I hope I never have to go through that
52. Salty or sweet? salty - I'm a popcorn with "extra salt" addict
53. How many keys on your key ring? a lot
54. How many years at your current job? Mom: 7 years, student: forever!
55. Favorite day of the week? Monday, Wednesday & Friday (Luke has preschool)
56. How many towns have you lived in? 6
57. Do you make friends easily? I seem to be a little on the shy side when meeting new people and it takes me a while to warm up.
58. Who is most likely to post these on their blog? Lindsy and Lindsey (you know who you are!)
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
What is that?
luke: Look mom! Look what I made!
mom: What is that Luke?
luke: I dont' know. Just a thing with tape.
mom: What is it for?
luke: I don't know. I just made it.
mom: What can it do?
luke: It can do all kinds of things!
end of conversation.... (I wasn't really getting anywhere with this!) And if you can see in the photo (kind of hard to see) he wrapped up some paper clips in all that tape! What a goof!
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Boise Weekend
This weekend we went to Boise and stayed with our friends the MILLER's. They are a fun family to hang out with! They have 5 girls and our kids love playing with them. We ran some of our errands, including a trip to kiddie kandids. (See new kid photos at right) We went mainly because it is Brynley's birthday on Sunday and I wanted to get new photos of her. Here are a couple cute ones from the sitting. (Besides the one at right). SHe LOVED posing for the camera and smiling. She thought it was great! I'm glad because last time she was scared of the photographer and didn't want anything to do with sitting for photos! We also spent some time looking around at places to live. I have to start class at Boise State on June 9th, so moving time will be coming quick!
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