Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas with all of our family in shifts. The Sat. before Christmas, my sister Candi and her family came down and my Aunt Joyce and cousin Katie and her family came by. Christmas Eve Emilee and Gary came over. Christmas morning Blaine, Grannie, Jazmine, Quinn and I opened presents then Devonn, Carla, Andrew and James came and opened gifts. Next Amanda, Kaydance, Daniel, Danni and family came by to open gifts and visit. Then we had a welcomed nap. Next Garrett, Jessie and Lance, Cheryl, Micah Catie and Dylan came over for dinner. Blaine BBQed Ribs, they were delicious. We had a nice Christmas! I forget they post in reverse order and I'm too tired to rearrange all the pictures so in no particular order...

Getting our Christmas Tree

Quinn, Jazmine, Grannie, Devonn, Carla, James, Andrew, Blaine and I went to Home Depot to pick out our trees....




The trailer came in handy




Decorating...

Aventures at Knotts

We had fun going on our annual Law Enforcement Days at Knotts. We were a little concerned when we were escorted over the grapevine in a snow storm...

Everyone else must have thought the weather was going to be bad because there was hardly anyone there, short or no lines is great! The line to one of our favorite rides The Jaguar

Happy Thanksgiving

I enjoyed time with family, they mean everything to me!

No luck finding the septic tank

Well Blaine and I went back to the cabin on Sat. We tried using a metal detector to find the septic tank but never could find it? We did however get the hot tub and old couch bed (that we couldn't fit last trip) loaded in the trailer, so no more junk pile outside the cabin. Now just to haul off all the junk under the cabin, one trip at a time. It's nice to have a trailer now. I did get to vacuum the cabin put more poison out and make all the beds. It was only 36 degrees and very foggy up there. I want to get the toilet fixed, it's no fun having to go behind a bush. We do have running water and hot water so that is good. We'll try again to find the septic tank. It's so quiet and peaceful up in the mountains and the air is so fresh. If anyone knows a plumber?

Boy I'm sore, and a rat story

Well I rented a u-haul trailer for 22.00 and picked up Garrett and Jessie at 7:00 am and went to the cabin to haul off some junk. 4 wheel drive is great!! I went down and up to the spot where the junk pile lays and we were able to get almost all of it in that pile. We got 2 couch beds the old spa cover, some old BBQ's and other trash. It was hardest to get that couch bed crammed in there but once it was full we shoved the door shut. Then we put some garbage bags full in the back of the FJ. We went inside and ate some sandwiches that we brought up. It was in the 40's up there. We saw 4 dear by the cabin on our way in and a coyote on our way out. All that is left of the pile is the hot tub hull and part of the other couch bed that we could not fit, those can go in Blaine's trailer next time we go up with a metal detector to find the septic tank for sure then dig down and see if it is full. If not that we'll rent an electric snake to see if one of the leach lines is plugged. Hopefully we'll have toilets soon. We do have running water. Once at the dump, how many Holsonbake's does it take to back up a trailer in a small area that is coned off? I tried but got frustrated, I know to turn the wheel the opposite way you want it to go and got close but I didn't want to hit the big dump truck right next to where we were supposed to go, so I got out and directed Garrett, "turn this way a little no the other way no back the other way, lol, finally the dump worker came over and moved the cone down giving us more room. We packed it so full we couldn't get anything to budge pulling out, so all three of us grabbing the couch bed, heave, it moves an inch, heave an inch more, finally it came out and then we could pull the rest out. Garrett pulling out a bed box spring, yelled A RAT, Jessie and I screamed and jump back. I thought it would be dead. He dropped the box spring and the cutest BIG gray rat was sitting inside wiggling his nose looking at us, he was so cute. Garrett felt bad that we took him from his mountain home and little rat family and left him at the desolate dump. We thought maybe he could make a run for it and make to the foothills, lol. What a day, I'm exhausted. I do want to go back and clean the inside of the cabin and vacuum and make all the beds etc. Maybe in a couple of Saturdays? The ground needs some rain soaking so we can dig up the septic tank when we find it.

Jazmine's party and carving pumpkins

Jazmine had her party last night, only 2 girls came but they had fun singing with her Karaoke machine. Quinn had to work today so he gave his Pumpkin to Tiffny to carve

Thorner Halloween Party

The boys are spending the night so we got to take them to the Thorner Halloween party, they had a huge turnout, we literally were shoulder to shoulder, we pushed our way to the front of the cafeteria for the costume contest and luckily a family just got up from eating so we sat down the second table from the front. Papa went to go get the boys some cupcakes. Of course he came back with cupcakes with mounds of colored frosting on top. Andrew had orange and his wings kept hitting people so we took them off while he ate, he of course got it all over his white buzz lightening costume, (don't worry Carla, a little Folex and it all came out) James was the only Bumble Bee but Mega Tron came up up him excited to see another transformer. Andrew was the only Buzz and what a cute Buzz he was. There were sooo many cute costumes and the real Judge Bush was the costume judge, what a tough job. This year instead of having the kids just stand on the stairs they opening the curtains and each grade level came on stage and all walked around in a circle to songs like Beat It, Thriller, Monster Mash and so on. Andrew was in the Pre K category. I walked with Andrew and Papa walked with James. James was a little bummed he didn't win (as you will see in the picture) but that only lasted a few minutes. Andrew was just thrilled to get his bag of candy for participating and before I could say anything he had chocolate stuffed in his mouth. We came home and the boys took a bath and we had popcorn and we're watching Rattatoulie, imagine that lol, the last picture is the end of a long day.