The Zygmont's 2 Cents Worth

Finish catching up....

2010-09-08T23:16:00.000-07:00

So now that I covered summer, it is time to move onto the new school year. This year I have all 3 of my children enrolled in Tartan Elementary school. Peter is in Mr. Games 5th grade class, John is in Kindergarten with Mrs. Curth and Emmalee is in the Mrs. Shelley's Pre-K class again. We are in the second week of school and the children are still excited about school so I will take that as a good sign. I helped out in John's class today and Emmalee was mad that I wasn't in her class so she told her teacher that I was helping in her class tomorrow. I was planning on doing John's class one week then Emmi the next so I can get stuff done around the house but I don't know if Emmi will let me get away with that. I enjoy walking to school with the kids and friends from the neighborhood. This is the first year I have gone without a stroller, and it is a little wierd but I think I like it.

So here are my kids on the first day, aren't they just so cute....

Look at my handsome little Kindergartner....

He is in the same class as most of his friends from church, so he has fun.

Now I just have to work on getting a good routine so I can actually get stuff done around here on a regular basis.

And for other news, David was called into the Bishopric in our new ward this past weekend. He is the 2nd Counselor and working with some great men. It was quite a shock because he asked to be a Seminary teacher, but I guess they had other plans. It will take a while for me and the kids to get used to him being gone for so many nights during the week, but it will be an exciting new path.

Well that should get you all caught up, and once again... I will try to blog more... We will see...

Our summer at a glance....

2010-09-07T13:06:00.000-07:00

We did a lot of traveling this summer, and we had way too much fun. Here is a glimpse into our great times....

We went to the Manti Pageant in June,

Then hit Cove Fort .... And the St George Temple on the way home.

In July we went camping at Malibu Creek State ParkAnd of course hit Malibu Beach as much as we could...

Then we went to San Diego and got to meet my new nephew Miles.

Then we went to the San Diego Zoo

Then we went to Sea WorldAnd yes, we sat that close to Shamu.... and yes we got SOAKED!Our final day in San Diego we spent at the Wild Animal Park.And we finally got to see some gorillas

We drove home from California Thursday night, did all the laundry Friday morning, Packed our bags again, Then headed up to Utah.

We spent Pioneer Day in Cedar City with some friends then went up to Eagle Mountain that evening. John and Emmalee got to stay the whole week with their cousin Ashlee, and we took Pete to spend the night in Provo with his Uncle David. Peter spent the week at BYU Baseball Camp. He had so much fun!

David and I had to go back up there the following weekend to pick up the kids and we took a little trip up to Logan and were able to see the Logan Temple.

Summer Tally....

8 cousins

7 weeks

7 temples

6 tanks of gas

5 family members that were so happy to just be home for all of August

4 states
3 amusement parks

2 beaches

1 gorgeous brand new baby

= the best summer ever!

And we also realized that from now on we will do whatever it takes to not me in Las Vegas for the month of July.... the power bill didn't kill us because we were only here half the month...

Morning adventures...

2010-02-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

So yesterday morning I get the kids all ready for school, we are actually on time.... until I grab my purse and keys. I had my key ring, but I could not find my car key. We took the car in Monday to get serviced and I drove it home after we picked it up. Well the brilliant person I am did not imediately put the key back on the key ring. I think I put it in my pocket... but then I change and put them in the llaundry to wash that night. So I spent at least an hour going through everything on the floor in my closet and all of my laundry in the laundry room, as well as searching in any random spot I could have possibly laid it down. The 2 little ones had to miss preschool and I sent Pete off to school on his scooter and hopefully he still made it on time.
I still didn't find it but I did make a trip to Lowes with David's keys to make myself a new one and I made a whole set of spare keys to keep in my cupboard for just such an occation if it were to happen again in the future.
Moral of the story.... Be sure to always put your key back on the key ring immediately after you get it back from getting your car serviced!

Painting....

2010-02-15T09:49:00.000-08:00

Slowly, but surely, we have been painting the house. The weekend we tackled the stairway. We were able to get it all done yesterday and now we can hang the pictures of the temples we got. David made some picture frames for his sister for Christmas and now he is doing some for our house. He really likes working on the frames and they turn out beautiful. My brother came over to help yesterday, and we let the kids paint a little too.

We had a good Valentines Day. We had the family over for Sunday dinner. Emmalee, Marky and I went to John's Party at his school. Everyone had a fun time. David sent me flowers earlier in the week, he did a good Job.

One more thing...

2010-02-08T20:32:00.000-08:00

So in an effort to try and remember the funny things our kids say, I will try to record them more often. Thanks to Melanie and others who always keep me laughing with hilarious kids, hopefully mine will keep up with their standards and earn a couple chuckles.
As I mentioned earlier, we were heading out to pick up dinner. I was checking my wallet to make sure I had enough cash. Pete walks up to me and says, "I have a 5 in my wallet, I will give it to you for a 10." I sure have a smart kid...
Earlier today I went to the mall with Emmalee and John (they were actually really good considering I had them there for 3 hours). I was looking through stuff while John and Emm were in the stroller talking back and forth, maybe arguing a little when I hear him tell her, "Stop being a hater!"
So there are a couple I chuckled about.

Now that everyone has probably given up on me....

2010-02-08T17:25:00.000-08:00

I decided it was time to just sit down and blog again. It has been 9 months since my last post so you can imagine a few things have happened....
I now have all 3 children in school. Peter is in the 4th grade, John goes to preschool at Candil Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Emmalee go to the preschool class at our elementary school Monday thru Thursday. Each of them have a completely different schedule so you can imagine how crazy it can get around here.
I started working at a scrapbook store in Summerlin in August and just recently cut my schedule down to just Saturdays. I do love it there and have so much fun. I teach a couple classes here and there.
David is loving his job at Bank of America and is actually in LA right now for work stuff. He took on a second job working for Google and doesn't love that one so much, but he makes $15 an hour so it accomplishes what we need it to.
We had a great Holiday season, as always. The kids got too many toys, they are way too spoiled, and we had a ton of fun with all the family. David and I were lucky enough to have a dinner the Saturday after Christmas with every single person in both of our families. That was the first and probably the last time we will ever be able to get everyone together all at the exact same time. It was a special thing for both of us. We both love our families so much that is just such a special thing to have everyone together.
To add even more to our crazy schedules, we just signed up Pete for Baseball again and John for Teeball for the first time. They are both very excited for the season to start in March. They want us to take them to the park all the time to go practice.
Well that is the last 9 months at a glance and I pledge now to be better at it this year. Maybe I will add some picture soon too.

Summer break....

2009-05-15T00:16:00.000-07:00

So I had my last final tonight for this semester. I still have 3 years left... but completing this semester feels good. Of course I didn't do as much studying earlier this week, so I spent a lot of today studying for my hardest and last final. Now that I am done, I think I did pretty well... feels good too.
Also more good news, David was just offered a new position, told actually that he needed to post for it tomorrow. This is a very good step up and he is quite excited. He went to a dinner with the bosses and a big boss too, so he had a great night. We are excited for the new possibilities.
Here is a funny story about the kids today... Since I have been taking some early childhood classes, I have been trying to do more with the kids. I actually let them paint sometimes, we go to the library more, and I let them use my make-shift water table, aka my sink. So Emmalee and John were at the sink while I studied and Pete did his homework. John took his shirt off because it was wet already, or he was trying to prevent it, I don't know, and of course Emmalee had to take her shirt off too. A little later, John did something mean to Emmalee so she ran over crying. I told her to go check and see if Marky was awake yet. Another minute later they both come running downstairs and Marky's shirt is off too. They went upstairs to play for a while and I was making dinner. John comes into the kitchen to tell me something, and he is completely naked now, I don't know why. Marky runs in after John and he is butt-naked too. I think to myself, "Oh, no!" I run upstairs, and sure enough, Emmalee is stuck on Pete's bed, absolutely naked too. When one of them does something, they all do something. I thought it was pretty funny. so that is our latest updates...

North Las Vegas Police Department.....

2009-05-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

So we had some very interesting visitors this evening... North Las Vegas Marshall Sergeant Bunch came ringing my door bell at 9:30 this evening with a warrant for my arrest for failing to show up at court. Now here is the back story (I know it is long but everyone knows I am incapable of telling a short story)… A couple months ago I got stopped on Azure for speeding, he said I was going 45 in a 25 but I don’t think so with all those start and stops down that road. So my brother-in-law Paul is a police officer for Metro and I called him to see if there was anything to be done. He has a buddy in the North Las Vegas Department and called him to see if he could take care of the ticket. I checked in with Paul a couple times to make sure everything was taken care of and that there was nothing else I needed to do. He said his buddy called the officer that wrote the ticket and they were going to void it so I didn’t have to worry about anything, plus if figured if it still went through I would get one of those post cards in the mail. No post card came so I figured everything was fine, that is until this evening…
The doorbell rang and they said they were here for Jessica Zygmont. I already had my pajamas on (of course one of the few nights I actually got into my PJs early) but I came to the door to see what was going on. The Police Officer said he had a warrant for my arrest for failing to show up at court. We explained that my brother-in-law works for Metro and he said he took care of it. So we called Paul to see what happened and the Officer called to see if it was taken care of. Paul came over and they made some more calls and it turns out that the first Officer didn’t end up voiding the ticket after all when Paul’s buddy asked him to. Needless to say I did not have to take a late night trip down to the jail and sit down there for however long it would have taken to get me out. The Sergeant said he was going to go to the Judge’s secretary tomorrow and see if they can put it down to a parking ticket and I would have to pay only $67 instead of the $480 that he was talking about at first. He said I still needed to be careful because if I cot pulled over for any reason they would take me straight to JAIL.... I don't think I will be doing much driving for a while until I know that it is all taken care of.
Moral of the story: DON’T SPEED DOWN AZURE!
And make sure everything is really taken care of because I wouldn’t wish that almost heart attack on anyone.

Maybe some day I will be able to laugh at it, but for right now it is still a little scary...

Disneyland...

2009-05-04T23:04:00.000-07:00

So I am a horrible blogger! We went to Disneyland last month with most of David's family. Everyone but David's dad and brother were there, so it was a pretty neat trip. Our family goes with Grandma Zygmont every other year, so we are almost pros when it comes to Disneyland, but this time was pretty fun because we had quite a few first timers. Well I will get on to the good part now...

For the last few years I have wanted a picture of our family in front of the castle and everyone with Mickey ears, and I finally got it this year!

This was the first time I actually got to do the princess thing, and I probably enjoyed it more than Emmalee...

Isn't she so adorable! She loved the parades and shows because she loves to dance... and boy can this little girl dance!

All the grandkids.

John wanted to go on most of the rides with Uncle Alan.

And Pete and Ashlee had to go on all the rides with each other.

Pete was chosen to be in the Jedi Training Academy. I don't know who was more excited about it, Pete or his Dad...

This was in front of our room the first day. The kids were so excited to get to the park.

David's Favorite ride is Pirate's of the Carribean, so he snuck away to ride on it every chance he got. A couple of the times he went on it with just John. At first John didn't like the ride so much, but then David had him name some of the Skeleton Pirates in the begining. Well David would just talk John through the ride to help him feel comfortable, he joked about the pirate lying with the pigs. So the next time John is on the ride, he yells out (to the pirate with the pig) "Take a bath you dirty Pirate!" He said it every time after that and it was hilarious.

So that was our wonderful trip. Hopefully we will be able to make it to Disney World next time...

Also, while I'm on here...

2009-02-18T20:55:00.001-08:00

My scrapbook class this past Saturday was so much fun. The studio I taught is completely awesome. They sell great products hand made by special people here in town. They sell hand made papers and cards, lotions and soap, some really neat stuff. They are a non-profit organization that helps some really special people make all these products to sell. I am so happy Angela asked me to do these classes, and I expect everyone to come to the class next month. It will be March 14 and the title of the layout is, "Thank you luck stars" or something like that. I will post a picture as soon as I finish it... Anyway, go visit the shop sometime! It is Studio 8 ten located on 810 South Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89101 (702) 644-9418

One down... four to go...

2009-02-18T20:39:00.000-08:00

So I completed my short 5 week class yesterday. I turned in my big project and hopefuly aced my exam. I am sad to see the end of that class because it was so fun. It was literacy in the young child, and I definately recommend it to anyone with small children, or that teaches. She said it was the hardest anyone would work for a 1 credit class, and she was right. Well the ideas I had to come up with for the project are too good to just keep to myself, so I thought I would puth them on here to share...

I. Activities to extend and support literature for children
1. A. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? By Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle
B. This is a colorful book full of repetition. The children will be introduced to different colors and animals. They will become familiar with the pattern and eventually predict what comes next.
C. Activities:
1. Make puppets for the children to hold and play with. Some can be found on this website: http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/brownbear/index.htm
2. Do some animal role playing. The children can pretend to be each animal in the book; growl like a bear or flap like a bird.
3. Show some pictures of real animals in the book so the children can make a real life connection.
2. A. Chika Chika Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
B. This book has a fun way of introducing both the lowercase and uppercase alphabet with rhyming and a cute storyline the children will love.
C. Activities
1. Have the children make their own coconut trees full of letters. A pattern can be found at: http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/chicka/chickapapercraft.htm
2. Bring a real coconut to class. Let the children handle it, roll it around, shake it. Then poke holes in it to drain the milk out. Now, break it open and let each child have a piece to taste real coconut. Most of them probably won’t like it, but the experience will be great.
3. Get alphabet cookie cutters and make ABC cookies. The children can help measure out the ingredients, or you can have premade dough. Give each child a small piece of dough and a few cookie cutters. They can roll out the dough then cut out their ABC cookies. Bake and let the children enjoy.
3. A. Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss
B. This book features Dr. Seuss’ classic rhyming and repetition. It also teaches that everyone can have fun together if everyone can participate.
C. Activities
1. Make 10 cardstock apples with the numbers 1-10 printed on them (in number and word form). Cut them out and laminate them. Let the children stack them like in the book. They can take one in each hand and pretend to stack them on their head. They can take all ten and stack them on top of each other on the floor.
2. Hide the ten apples throughout the classroom and have the children find them. After they have found them all, let the children take turns hiding and finding the apples.
3. Bring apples to class for snack time. Bring as much of a variety of colors as you can to show how many different types of apples there are. Bring a few different things made from apples to show all the different ways to use apples; such as apple pie, apple chips, dried apples, apple sauce, or apple cider.
4. A. No, David! By David Shannon
B. This book illustrates many things that children get in trouble for doing. It also shows at the end that moms still love their children after all the naughty things they can do.
C. Activities
1. Read this book during the first week of school (maybe along with David Goes to School). Have the children talk about things that are and are not allowed in the classroom. Have the children help set up the rules for your classroom.
2. Make 2 big signs on cardstock, one that says NO and another that says YES. Hold up the sign that says NO and have the children tell you some things they do and always get told NO for. Talk about how they feel when it happens and why they are not allowed to do them. Then hold up the sign that says yes and have them tell you some things they ARE allowed to do. Ask them how they feel then they do good things instead of bad.
3. Have the children draw a picture of something they have done at their house when mom or dad told them NO.
5. A. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? By Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
B. The Dinosaurs in this book give a great example for children to see the things they should, or should not, do at bedtime.
C. Activities
1. Give each child a chance to tell you what they do at bedtime. Tell them something special your mom and dad did for you before you went to bed when you were a kid. Ask them what special things their mom or dad does for them before they go to bed.
2. Have the children bring in their favorite stuffed animal, blanket and bedtime story to show the whole class.
3. Have a Pajama Day, and read a bunch of “good night” stories.

II. Activities to facilitate and support prewriting skills
1. Make some work sheets with different types of lines on them; straight, zigzag, curvy, swirly. Then give the children safety scissor and have them practice cutting on the lines.
2. Make some cards with pictures of easy words (such as cat, dog, tree, cup) and have the word in large print at the bottom. Let the children pick a few cards. Give them paper and coloring supplies. Have them draw the picture them try to copy the word also.
3. Using different stencils, let the children pick out one and give them each some play dough. Have them roll the dough into small “snakes” and trace the stencils.
4. Give the children pieces of paper with different shapes on them. Have the children tear the shapes out and glue them on a piece of construction paper.

III. Activities to facilitate and encourage perceptual development
1. Find a play tea set with place settings that are different colors, or a few tea sets with different designs. Take 2-4 place settings containing a plate, cup and spoon and place them on the floor or table, all separated. Then have the child match up the settings that go together.
2. Find pictures of seeds, small plants, plants with flower or fruit buds, and flowers or fruits. Have the children cut them out, if you did not pre-cut, and glue them on a piece of paper in the right order, illustrating beginning to end.
3. Have the bring in a picture of themselves, their family or friends. Attach the picture to a larger piece of poster board. Cover with contact paper. Now cut the pictures apart to make a fun puzzle for the children to play with.

IV. Activities to enhance the child’s literacy awareness
1. When I purchase sets of alphabet stickers, I usually have quite a few leftovers. Give the children each a sheet of the alphabet stickers to decorate a piece of paper.
2. Gather a few decks of regular playing cards (1-10,J,Q,K,A). Let the children make up their own games to play with the cards. If they are having a hard time thinking of ones on their own, have them find a set number of the same color, number or shape, or have them sort them in a pattern of their choosing.
3. Bring in some old grocery store ads and have the children cut out some of their favorite foods, reminding them to cut out the words and price along with the picture.
4. Give the children stencils of different styles of letter. Give them paint, pencils, crayons, and markers. Let them trace or paint the letters all over a piece of paper. Maybe have some cards out so they can copy words if they would like.

V. Individual learning materials
1. Find or make some different geometric shapes. Make some cards with the different shapes on them. Start easy with one or two shapes, then start to make patterns or larger pictures out of the shapes. Give the child the cards and shapes and have them go through the cards doing each puzzle.
2. Print different shapes (square, triangle, circle, rectangle) on cardstock, to make large cards. Laminate the cards. Punch holes on the lines of the shapes. Attach a shoe lace to each card so the children can trace the shapes with the shoe laces.
3. Make two sets of 10 cardstock apples with the numbers 1-10 printed on them (in number and word form). Cut them out and laminate them. A younger child can find the 2 cards that have the same number on it and an older child can flip them over and play a memory game.
4. Make a file folder matching game by making two copies of 2 pages of clipart. You can do an ABC theme, or any other. Be sure to label all the pictures. Laminate one set of pictures and attach one page to each side of the inside of the folder. Cut out all the pictures of the other set and laminate. Put the cut out pictures on top of the ones in the file folder. Now the child can take them off them put them back on the matching picture.
5. Make a card with a straight, dotted line with arrows showing which direction to trace on it. Do the same on the other side going the opposite direction. Make more, similar cards with slanted, zigzag, and curved lines. Laminate them, punch a hole in the top, and hook together with a binder ring. Give the child the set of cards, a washable crayon and a Kleenex so they can trace all the lines.

Life... enough said.

2009-01-15T11:08:00.000-08:00

So it has been a while since I blogged, and I probably shouldn't be doing this right now because I have so much to do today. It is still early so I'm doing it! Well the holidays were great. The kids got way to much stuff again and my husband spoiled me again too. The whole family got a WII from Santa, and of course Pete was so excited and we play it constantly if we let him. Here's some pics.

Emmalee, cousin Ashlee, Cousin Marky, John, and Peter

All the kids got Bikes from Santa.

David built this table from scratch, he had so much fun.

I kept Christmas up till mid-Januray because my brother came home from his mission in Taiwan. It has been so great having him home now, even though he will be leaving us again in April for school in Idaho.

I started school in January. I love all my classes. Next week I have 3 exams and 1 big project due, so I will going out of my mind. I have 5 classes, but one ends this next Tuesday, leaving me with 4, every evening Monday-Thursday. I think I decided what I want to do now to. I think I will get an Associate degree in Early Childhood education then a Bachelors in Business Management. Then maybe I will open a preschool down the road a few years.

I have taken on a few extra kids during the week too. It hasn't been too bad at all, and having a little extra money is nice too.

I have been asked to teach scrapbook classes at a studio downtown. My first one is tomorrow, we will see how it goes. We are going to keep it a monthly thing and hopefully it will get big. It is called Sudio 8 ten and they are a pretty neat organization. I will have to get flyers and tell ya more about it later.

Well that is a quick catch up, so here are a few more cute pics of the kids.

Christmas...

2008-11-13T09:22:00.000-08:00

So I go straight from Halloween to Christmas, forget about Thanksgiving. Well I have been in the Christmas mood lately, almost tempted to break out the boxes, but I won't do it yet. One of my friends said they are decorating this weekend, but I can't bring myself to do it yet. My brother, David, will be coming home from his mission January 8th, so I want to leave all my decorations up for him. Last night David got me a new Bing Crosby 3 disc set. I love Bing Crosby, his voice makes Christmas for me. Surprisingly, I have not gotten much shopping done yet, but I plan to do a lot the day after Thanksgiving, anyone want to join me?? David took the day off this year so I am leaving the kids and starting early! Well now off to Scrapbook, I am going to finish the pages for this months workshop then I will post some, since I haven't for a while.

Trick or Treat...

2008-10-17T22:09:00.001-07:00

This last weekend was Halloween, and it was nice. David took the day off so we went to the mall to take family pictures then visited some family on that side. We went home for naps and got the chili ready then we both took the kids out, which I don't know if we have ever done that. David usually stays home to pass out candy but it was so nice going around with him. The neighborhood was kind of a bummer though. There were so many dark houses and there didn’t seem to be a lot of kids out. They got enough candy, its not like they will run out of candy any time soon. Peter was Indiana Jones, John was Optimus Prime (Transformer) and Emmalee was Pebbles. They were adorable. We had some pretty good luck finding costumes this year. Pete wanted to be a Storm Trooper at first, but then we were able to find his whole Indiana Jones costume at DI (we already had the hat from the last Disneyland trip) and convinced him it would be more fun. The new movie came out before Halloween too, so that helped to seal the deal. We were able to find a little dress at DI that I was able to make into a Pebbles costume, so Emmalee's was all of $3.00. We saved so much with the other two, so it didn't hurt so much when I spent $30 on John's costume. Everything turned out just fine.

We had our Trunk or Treat a couple weeks ago, and we had a lot of fun. Pete's friend Cody came so I had a handful, especially when David left at 8.

I was able to convince David that family pictures were actually needed again, it seems to be a huge battle every year, but we got it done early this year. I love Sears! They did such a good job once again, and I was very pleased. I love how they take the time to do a good amount of pictures with plenty of poses. I used to only go to JCPenneys (mostly because I used to work there) but I was never very happy with the way they treated us or how the pictures turned out. I started with Sears 2 years ago and LOVE them. And they let you buy the CD, which I also love, so now I can share them all with YOU. We were able to get 9 sheets and the CD and it only cost $120. Personally, I think that is a pretty good deal, what do you think? Well enough words, here's what you really want...

A couple of thoughts...

2008-10-17T13:36:00.001-07:00

The other day Emmalee was hanging out with me in my computer room while I was goofin on the comp when I started thinking how fun it is to have a little girl. I absolutely LOVE my boys, and we have so much fun together, but there is just a special place in my heart for my little girl, I had to stop right then and take a couple of pictures of her...

I love to do her hair. There is really only a couple things that I switch off on, but it is fun.

This was last night when she was mad at me for not letting her pull the stool out to climb up to the counter and get into stuff, again. She is still too cute though.

So I love my baby girl, girls are so much fun.

Our mini Vacation...

2008-10-08T14:44:00.000-07:00

We went up to Utah last weekend to spend time with the Miltons. Pete did not have school that Friday, Staff Development day, so we decided to head north to be with Ashlee on her birthday. Well Grandma Zygmont and Aunt Tina thought it was a good idea too, so they came along too. It was lots of fun. Ashlee had her birthday party Friday evening, Pete was the only boy among about 12 girls. Ashlee's next door neighbor was crushing on him big time, but I am sure Pete told her all about his girlfriend here in Vegas. He is such a chick magnet, and knows it. It was fun having all 5 cousins together for the weekend. Pete and Ashlee were very good together, I don't think they had 1 fight. John, Marky and Emmalee did everything together, and were so cute. On Saturday we went on a train ride. CD has been wanting to go on the Heber Creeper forever and decided that is what she wanted to do for her birthday. It was raining all day Saturday, but we made it to the train, and the rain almost stopped just for our ride. John absolutely loved it! He told everyone he talked to for the next couple days all about it. We got one of those wooden train whistles and they have so much fun each time they find it around the house. On the way home, we stopped at Cracker Barrel for dinner, we timed it that way on purpose. We found it just by chance 3 years ago on the way home from Wyoming, and stop there every time we go through Utah. Well we made it home safe and sound, and I am still trying to catch up on all the laundry. So now here are the pics...
We went to Thanksgiving point and the kids loved all the animals.

Peter and Ashlee helped get breakfast ready for the younger ones...Marky and Emmalee had so much fun playing outside, they love the scooters.This was or ride on the Heber Creeper.

He looks so excited, doesn't he...

Wasting time...

2008-09-20T08:51:00.000-07:00

I have been wasting time online for a little bit, just looking through stuff, so I figured I should waste time on here instead. So today is actually a pretty busy day, so I should be doing something, but am happy right here for now. It's probably a good thing David doesn't check this thing out, or he would really know what I am doing with my time.... wasting IT.... hehe. Only sometimes, but today is one of them. I stayed up really late preparing for a party I am doing this afternoon, and I still have some stuff to do, but I want to do this first. Danielle and Max are in town this weekend, on their way back to Chicago. I t sure is noce to visit with them whenever we get the chance. This morning David is doing a Habiat for Humanity project with work. I was going to go wwith him, but there is another one in a month that he needs me at more than this one, so oh well.

Now for a little catch-up with the kids. I helped out in Pete's class yeasterday and got to talk to his teacher for a little bit, it was fun. He is really doing so much better with his reading. He teacher even mention how much of an improvement he had in the last 3 weeks. He still fights us about it constantly, but I think he might actually enjoy it. He has a book called The Ghost at Windy Hill that he reads to me, and he is into it.

Well my poor baby John broke his collar bone this week. He was trying to climb out of the stroller when we dropped Pete off at school and he fell out onto the concrete. I felt so bad for my little boy, but he is actually doing pretty well now. He only whimpers a little in the morning before his medicine has a chance to kick in, then it is pretty much business as usual during the day. He has to wear this figure 8 harness thing and we go back to the doc in 4 weeks.

Emmalee is actually making some effort to talk, a little bit. I am definately going to talk to the pediatrician when I see her next, but maybe Emmalee just doesn't feel like talking yet. She is starting to say more sounds that mean different words, I think. I have been working with her more trying to make her say things. She is still as adorable as ever and I have been having fun lately doing her hair in different ways. My new favorite is a ponytail, she is so cute that way.

And of course, here are some pics...

Back to school...

2008-08-30T12:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it has been a while again. School started this week so things are starting to get back to normal. Pete is in 3rd grade and has a nice teacher, even though he did get a big homework pack on the very first week... So I have been trying to get back to my regular schedule where I get to bed by 11 and wake up early (6am). It has kind of worked. During the summer we just drove the kids to school, so I slept in a little, did my workout then shower after we dropped the kids off. Now we are back to walking so I have to wake up a lot earlier to get my workout in and a shower before we have to be out the door at 8:05. The first couple days I did get up early, workout and even shower, but this week is still pretty hot so we got home pretty sweaty. By Wednesday, I had a harder time getting out of bed and didn't want to shower just to get all sweaty agin, so I solved that problem by getting my workout done, walk to school, then just shower when I got home. Works alright, but Monday sure was nice getting everything done so early. A few of my friends' oldest started kindergarten this week too, so I spent a little time thinking aout that. First of all, I still can't believe my little boy is in THIRD GRADE. Then I thought about when he started, it doesn't even seem that long ago. David and i both walked Pete to school, took a bunch of pictures and was so excited. It was so cute to see my friends the same way with their kidergarteners. This brings me back to the present, I didn't bring a camera, haven't for a couple years, and have only a handful of pictures since Kindergaten. Once again just shows the difference between the first, then every subsequent time after that. Well that brings an end to my back to school ramblings, I will leave you with a pic of my little boy starting kindergarten (since that is all I have, hehe).

I did have a pictuure I took of him and his 2nd grade teacher a month ago.

And here is some projects I have done recently.

High school....

2008-08-10T00:12:00.001-07:00

How funny is it that I am kind of excited for my high school reunion? I really liked High School, and guess I wouldn't be so mad if I had to do it again. Maybe I wouldn't have made all the same stupid choices I did back then, but I had fun. So if anyone is interested (went to my school) here is the link: http://bonanza98reunion.blogspot.com/
My husband was actually the one who found the site, which is kind of funny to me. Because of this, I have been thinking of high school a little bit. Isn't it funny how it was everything when we were there but now everything from back then seems so silly. I have probably 2 people from my high school days that I still talk to, but other than that I don't really keep in touch with any of the people I hung out with back then, and I thought of them as my BEST friends. So now I guess I want to go back and reminisce, and see some of the people that I would have liked to keep in touch with more.
These are just my silly thoughts, now I need to go to bed!
But first here is the only pic that I could find...

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2008-08-06T09:53:00.001-07:00

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Busy times....

2008-08-03T13:20:00.000-07:00

We have had a busy couple of weeks. We went camping with my whole Family in Pine Valley for an extended weekend. It rained on us a little but not too bad. The kids had a lot of fun. Peter loved to go exploring with his cousins, and had a little too much fun around the stream. He fell in a couple times and refused to just let it dry, so he was out of clean clothes a couple days before the end of the trip (and I always pack plenty of extras). John always loves to play with Amy and was always saying "I love camping!" He didn't want to go home. We took Marky with us, and it wasn't that bad. I was afraid that we would start missing his mom too much, and freak out, but he did very good. Emmalee was so good. She was a good camper and had lots of fun. David spent most of his time helping me with Emmalee and Marky, so he didn't have as much time with the boys as he would have liked. He also got pretty sick near the end of the trip, that was not fun. I had fun relaxing and visiting with everyone. I even broke out my stamping stuff and had fun with that. We stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way home, I loved it! It was a vey nice trip. Of course here are some pics:

Emmalee and Marky with their "blocks"

Also, Peter was baptized this weekend. Can you believe it? It is still hard for me to grasp, my little boy just got baptized. We had a little dinner afterward at the house, and it was a great day. Emmalee was sick that night though, so David had to stay home with her Sunday. Pete had a birthday party with his friends Friday night. Ashlee, his cousin, was in town so she was able to be at his party for the first time in a long time. Michael, Laura, and Amy were there too, along with a couple neighbor friends. A couple months ago I took Ashlee with me to the family dinner. Well Michael had a little crush on Ashlee and kept chasing after her, trying to kiss her, and I think he actually kissed her once. Well it was kind of a big thing so we were a little worried this time. His dad had a talk with him, so he behaved pretty good at the party, at least towards Ashlee. That little boy sure can be a snot, he just doesn't listen. This is Pete's last week of school too. He only has 2 weeks off then he starts 3rd grade. Emmalee is still as cute as ever. She has an ear infection and a sore throat again, but she started antibiotics yesterday. She loves to go places with her dad, and hates taking off her shoes. Earlier today, she was walking around with her shoes on and only a diaper, she must have put them on herself cause I didn't do it. She always wants to go somewhere. Her and John both just love to go to stores and do errands. John always says "go to 2 stores mom". Yesterday he wanted to go to 5 stores, and we almost did, only 3 but then we hit the doctor and Andy & CD's. I feel more relaxed this week, nothing major to do.
My business is starting to pick up a little too. Last Thursday, actually on Pete's birthday, I taught a scrapbook and card workshop for a friend's mom's ward. I learned a lot from that night, how to handle big crowds cause I did it wrong that night, and have a couple new contacts. One lady actually placed a $100+ order over the weekend and wants to do a party. One of my friends has a friend that wanted to have a party too, so things are looking up a little. I just love doing it.
Sorry it is such a long post, but I had a lot to say... I don't have any pics of the baptism yet, my dad has them all, but here are a couple cute ones.
Emmalee of course with her shoes on, at least dressed...

John sleeping on the stairs, he was supposed to be in bed. This is 1 of 32 pictures we have taken of him asleep somewhere other than his bed...

Ah, memories...

2008-07-21T22:24:00.000-07:00

My sister got me with this one, so now I have completed my part and it is now on you!

You can say anything about me, or nothing if I am not very memorable. :)

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

One more thing...

2008-07-06T14:48:00.000-07:00

I forgot about today. I decided I was going to drop Emmalee in the nursery and leave today, see how she does. Last week I helped in the big nursery, brought her too, and she did pretty good. So David was nervous but I was going to be strong. I had her walk in there all by herself and got her interested with the toys. I left and she didn't cry, it gave me hope. So Dave came over there after dropping off John and plopped on the couch, he had to make sure she was going to be ok. We hung around for 5-10 minutes and she was just fine. I had to drag him to class, but we did it. She stayed the whole time and didn't have to come get me at all. I thought she was going to freak out, but she didn't. Maybe something finally clicked and she will be ok. We will see how it goes next week.

Time for an update...

2008-07-06T14:17:00.000-07:00

So I was reading through all my friends' blogs, getting all caught up on their news, when I realized it has been a while since I updated, so here I go. We had a great holiday weekend full of fun stuff and got absolutely nothing done around the house, but at least we had fun. So Friday morning David has to go help his dad move some furniture and I stayed home with the kids. I got on the treadmill and told Pete and John they needed to start cleaning the playroom. Well I finish my worksout and they still haven't cleaned a thing. I told Pete that they had to get upstairs and downstairs clean before we could go to grandma's to swim. I said I was going to shower, he needed to get the playroom done and I would help downstairs. So I shower, holler at them a couple times reminding them to geet to work, and still nothing. I don't know what it is with those kids, but they refuse to listen. Finally after I scream, yell and threaten they finally finish upstairs. Now he starts to whine saying, "do we have to do it all now, can't we just go?" I wanted to leave by 1:00 and it is well after 1 by this time. So there is more screaming and threatening and downstairs finally gets clean. I started reminding them to clean at 10 and we didn't leave till 2:30. Emmalee was taking a big, long nap in that timeframe too, but still the boys were driving me nuts! So we finally get to Andy and CD's house, David just stayed there rather than coming home, we thought I would be there sooner. We get all lubed up and ready to swim, the pool was the perfect temperature, Grandpa and Grandma Zygmont actually got in the pool and swam with the kids, we had a great time. We were going to rotiserie chicken on the grill, but greandpa decided to just buy some from Sam's club to make it easier. I did a little research to find out what they ate in 1776, and we wanted to do kind of the same, but it didnt turn out exactly the same. They had lots of corn and we had corn on the cob, so that kinda works, right. We went out front to do the fireworks when it got dark. Emmalee wasn't sure what to think of those loud things, but she was ok with it. The neighbors across the street had a bunch of the illegal fireworks that go up in the air, it got very iritating, real fast. Finally they set one off that didn't even go up in the aair, it shot over to us, hit CD in the leg and went under the truck. CD started yelling at them, and they stopped. They actually picked everything up and left, it was nice. The neighborhood was real bad this year, fireworks up in the air everywhere. Then we went back inside, had Strawberry Shortcake, with blueberries of course, and watched the end of 1776. We had a late evening, and the kids were exhaused, but it was fun.
Then yesterday we had a birthday party to go to, a guy from David's work has twins that just turned 2. We went swimming again and they kids had fun playing with all the kids. We stopped at the store on the way home to grab a few things, then went home and plopped on the couch.
Today we are doing nothing. Not going anywhere and no one is coming over. Today will truely be a day of rest. The kids are watching a movie and I am going to go scrapbook. Well I didn't take any pictures of the 4th to show you, but here is the layout I made for the 4th that I will just have to put old pictures on.

Sorry it is so long, but hey, it was an eventful weekend. Now I am going to go pretty up that page a little more.

Dare I say it....

2008-06-21T08:59:00.001-07:00

Can John really be potty trained this time??? He has not had an accident for at least 2 weeks now and has been so good. I have seen him running to "hide" a couple times to take care of "business", but luckily caught him in the act and made him "hide" in the bathroom instead.
This was Pete's last week of track break, and I am kind of sad he is going back to school, but it is only for 6 weeks then he has 2 more weeks before he starts 3rd grade. My kid is getting too big, he is getting baptized in August, I just can't belive it.
Emmalee actually did ok in Nursery today. I was subbing again so of coursse we were there the whole time but she actually stayed off our laps for most of the time. I had to run to primary to make an anouncement and when I got back David said she was being ornery. I guess while I was gone she was the ring leader, mind you she is the youngest in there too. They were at the table having snacks and she started banging her fists on the table, so everyone else had to, too. Then she got out of her chair and started walking around, which lead to the other kids following her lead. That is when I walked in. We will get this girl used to nursery some how or another.
I have another party on Wednesday (at Natalie Day's house if anyone waants to come) so I am pretty stoked. Here is the card we are doing...
And here is another one I did...

forgot something.....

2008-06-05T21:03:00.000-07:00

So I went and did a post without pics, I don't like to do that. It just so happens that I have pics of my latest Scrapbook layouts..... They aren't quite finished yet, still trying to jazz them up a bit.

Great enrichment!

2008-06-05T20:47:00.000-07:00

So I actually went to enrichment tonight and had a great time. My friend, Tanya, was supposed to go with me but she bailed, something about going out of town first thing tomorrow and she hadn't packed a single thing or been to the store yet and it was 4pm, but whatever.... hehe. So of course the thought of just staying home crossed my mind, but I wanted to go and told the enrichment leader on Sunday that I would go and wouldn't stay home just because I felt like, which I have been known to do. This one was about Family Home Evening and sharing different ideas. I had a great time, got some great ideas, and a good little kick in the pants to be better with FHE. I was even early and won a FHE lesson manual in the On-Time Drawing. So thanks all you great gals in my ward for all the great ideas!

I was Mistaken....

2008-05-30T19:16:00.000-07:00

So remember a couple weeks ago when I said John was doing pretty good with potty training, not so much anymore. For about 2 weeks he did so good, no accidents either way, but this week he has been so bad. He peed in his underwear at least 3 times and hasn't pooped in the potty all week. I am so frustrated! I just don't know what to do with that kid. When he goes in his underwear, we ask him why he didn't tell us and go in the potty. You know what he says? "Me like it." I can't help but laugh cause he is so dang cute, but I just want to scream at the same time. We started potty training him last April, it has been over a year! Pete was completely trained in 2 weeks, it was pretty easy, but John won't have it. I will continue to endure, continue washing poopy underwear, but I would like to be done already.

Well on a different note, I had a Close to my Heart Party last night, the first one since October. It was fun, and she wants to sign up as a consultant too. She lives on the complete opposite side of town, but that is ok.

A funny thing... So Paul and Krystal went to Wisconsin this past weekend and David kept telling them to get him so Wisconsin cheese while they were there (if you don't know David that well, he has this freakish love of cheese). So they came over Tuesday with a few blocks of chease for David. At the store they asked for the stinkiest cheese they had and got some. Let me tell you, that stuff stinks! David even says it smells like stinky butt, but did he eat it? Of course he did. He even ate some more tonight. I refuse to try it, I don't even like eating swiss all by itself. So tonight he is eating some and I can just smell it as I walk by. How many cheeses do you know of that you have to wash your hands, then chew gum after eating it. It is kinda gross.

And you can't do a post without a picture so here are the boys making forts in the family room corner the other day.

Guess what...

2008-05-29T08:39:00.000-07:00

Emmalee is finally walking! So she has been taking steps for a while now but nevver just kept going, and now she finally is. Here is the vieo...

Well I have a stamp party tonight and have a bunch to do, so more updates later.

Oh yeah...

2008-05-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

The kids are doing much better. No one is sick currently and hopefully it stays that way. It is officially summertime now, seeing as we got to over 100 a few times this past weekend and we went swimming at grandma and grandpa's for the first time too. Hopefully the heat will keep all those bugs away and the kids will continue to stay healthy.

blah......

2008-05-21T11:24:00.000-07:00

So I have been having a very blah day. I stayed up way too late last night, I did have fun though, making 10 cards in about an 1 ½ hours and working on a layout I am trying to finish. I did not want to wake up this morning. I didn’t get out of bed till 8, which isn’t a good thing seeing as we have to leave for school at 8:15. It is 11:30 and I still haven’t showered yet. I should get on my treadmill but just don’t want to. I did a lot of cleaning yesterday so I am not very motivated today. I thought I would waste some time on the comp, I have fun with that. Well I was reading through some of my friends blogs, (by the way I have google reader and it is so awesome so get it if you don’t already have it) and there was some of the cutest things on there. I love to read all the funny things kids do, that is what makes all the poop and mess worth it, and much more of course. Well that improved my day by just making me laugh out loud, so thanks to Melanie and Traci for having such cute kids, and keeping your blog up. So now I am a little more motivated to actually go do something. I think I will make more cards and do some scrapbooking. Maybe I will fold some laundry but don’t count on it.

Potty training....

2008-05-15T13:30:00.000-07:00

That's all I have to say, huh? Well today was actually a very good day in that department. It seems that John may have finally hit a very good milestone. He pooped in the potty all by himself. He has been very good with #1, almost no accidents anymore, but he never did #2 in the potty. We have just been waiting for the day it just clicks, and that finally happened, I hope. He had diarrhea all last week, so he actually made it in the potty a couple time when he was already there to pee. So I started to give him a whole handful of candy when he pooped and he really liked that. Last night David took him to the store and let him pick out his very own special candy. He got his first piece today. I am so proud of him, and getting very excited for myself. Am I finally done having to clean his poopy underwear?! We will keep you posted on his progress.

I have finished a little more scrapbooking so here are the pics...

It's been a while...

2008-05-05T21:05:00.001-07:00

I have been meaning to sit down and update for some time now... but I didn't. So I wrote my emailto my brother, who is on a mission, and it seems like all I have to say lately is that I had to take my kids to the doctor AGAIN and they are sick AGAIN. I would like to get over this, and quickly please.
So 2 Fridays ago I took my 3 plus Marky to the doc because Pete had a really bad sore throat and I was pretty sure Emmalee did too. They both had strep throat and an ear infection. She said John had a 40% chance of getting it too, so I asked if she would go ahead and look at him too. Sure enough he had strep and an ear infection too. Then Chrissy calls me Saturday and Marky had it too. So they have to take antibiotics again and I have to go see the doc again Friday. Well last Tuesday Emmalee got a really bad rash, and the doc has told me that sometimes girls get a yeast infection when taking antibiotics. So this was when I was watching the Prohaskas (2 kids during the day and 2 more after school), so I had to take 4 kids to the doc again, and it is like having 2 sets of twins. That was tough and that day only got worse. Then Saturday night I was up till 2am with Emmalee throwing up. I stayed home from church with her and made a couple birthday cards, which I had fun doing. She didn’t throw up much yesterday or today but still whiny and just wanting to be held. This morning John started puking so you can imagine how much fun I am having today. He threw up all day long and I just felt so bad for him because there is nothing I can do about it but sit next to him. I gave them both a bath and they were feeling a little better when I put them to bed. My like since Januray just feels like sick kids all the time.

On a lighter note, here are some cute things the kids said...

So last Sunday I pulled out a couple cards that I made before and asked Pete which one he liked best for Krystal. He pointed to one (it was just stamped with a cute flower, simple and pretty) and said, "not that one, it is kinda lame." I thought that was funny.
This last Saturday David was taking John with him to Pete's baseball game. As they were leaving, Emmalee started crawling to them, she wanted to go too. So I put her shoes on her and David took all three by himself. Well half way through the game they were getting a little antsy so David brought them home. When he was almost home John said to him, "Me not love you, you take us home!"
So there is my cute kids.
And here is something stupid I did... I dropped my cell phone in the toilet. Yep, the really nice $600 one that David gave to me and it is dead. I still might try to take it somewhere to get fixed, but I bet it is beyond repair. So I have been without a phone for over 2 weeks now, it SUCKS!

So there is a little update for you, and no post is complete without pics, so here are a couple cute ones.

The kids like to climb in this truck, but Emmalee is really the only one that fits, so Pete pushed her around for a bit.

John helped mom make dessert one night, and was just so cute doing it.

2008-03-13T21:36:00.000-07:00

So, Yeah, I got another page none this week. I had my scrapbook workshop this week so I had to get the pages for next month done to show. I LOVE this paper pack and just been waiting to use it, and I love red too. So what do you think? For all of you in town, we will be completing this stunning layout April 15,16 and 17, so come join us.

My poor baby boy

2008-03-04T13:48:00.000-08:00

So on top of the "head ouchy", he has an ear infection and pink eye. When we were at the park on Friday, he fell on the slide and bumped his eye. When he woke up Saturday morning his eye was sealed up with goop. When I cleaned it off, it was all pink. So then I was afraid it was pink eye but it was only the one eye and we figured it was just from him bumping his eye on the slide. I took him to the doctor yesterday to check everything out and she said it was pink eye then said sometimes they get an ear infection with this kind of thing. And sure enough, he had an ear infection too. I figured, while we were there, might as well check out Emmalee too since she has been sick too. And of course she has an ear infection too. Luckily none of the other kids show any signs of pink eye, but she said she would give me a refill on on the eye drops just in case. So my whole house is full of sickies, David was sick all weekend but feeling a little better, and I started my period too. Yuck! Well thats enough complaining from me, I will stop now.
Well I figure I should do something to better the on-going disaster that we call my house, then I am going to go make some cards for my Mother-in-Law. She "commissioned" me to make some cards for her to donate to their ward spaghetti dinner.

We went to the zoo then ended up at the emergency room...

2008-02-14T10:11:00.000-08:00

Ok, its not that bad, but made you look! Everyone is just fine so don't freak out and here is the story.... The other day we went to the zoo, Pete is on track break for 4 weeks. Well John was playing on one of the stone animal statue things, slips off, and bumped the back of his head. I was holding him and trying to comfort him when I feel something wet on my cheek, he was bleeding. So I try to clean it off and we head to the car. I'm not freaking out, its not what I do, but I do worry. So I called Dave then I call the doctor while I am driving home, and I am on Craig getting close to Losee, it is decided that I should just take him to the hospital just in case. So now I have to go full circle back to almost where I started with 5 kids to go to the hospital (if you are wondering, I had my 3 plus Marky and Pete's friend Megan). David meets me there and takes John in while I stay in the waiting room with the other 4. For an emergency visit, it was not too bad at all. We got there at 12:30 and were out by 1:20, its hard to beat that even at the doc's office. So he is just fine, no need to freak out. It was just a scratch and he will be perfectly fine. Before all that, they really had a good time, mostly. The babies did not like all the birds while we were eating lunch. Pete wanted to pack a lunch and eat there, so we did. Well while everyone was trying to eat their sandwiches, the peacocks, pigeons and chickens thought it looked good too. The birds were lurking closer and closer, and the kids were starting to freak out. Somehow Marky dropped his sandwich on the floor and the birds started picking at his sandwich. He started to cry and kept crying more and louder each time a bird took more of his sandwich. Finally a big bird took the rest of it and Marky really started to cry. I had them all sit on the table hoping it would calm them all down. They started eating their chips and all was right again, until... So Emmalee was sitting in her stroller eating her sandwich and doing really good. She would take a bite then rest her arm of the side of the stroller. The birds finally noticed this and started to come closer. I tried shooing them away and tried blocking her from them, but then I had to turn to one of the other kids for a sec and I hear her start to cry. The big peacock jumped up and stole her sandwich from her. She was not happy now, so I give her chips to try to calm her sown. She is fine for a bit, then starts to cry again, another bird stole her chip now. I try to get her to keep her arm in but she kept holding it out and the birds kept stealing her stuff. It was pretty funny watching all the kids try to deal with all those birds. Luck for you I have pictures. Needless to say, we will not be bringing lunch to the zoo again.

While I am at it, I might as well post my latest LO...

I love pink!

2008-02-13T13:37:00.000-08:00

So I finally added pictures to this page, so now it is postable. I am doing this one for my workshop next week, that is how I get my stuff done... pressure. The last 2 days have been a little on the hectic side. Last night I had activity days and we were making valentines. I put a bunch of papers and stamps out and let them create. Not the bast idea for 8, 9, 10, and 11 year old girls. They had fun so it is all ok. I made a card for my honey, nice and simple, but cute. This afternoon I have to help Pete finish his valentine for school. So I better go get started on something.

I'm scrappin' like crazy...

2008-01-26T20:11:00.000-08:00

Look at me, I am a regular blogger now. 2 in 1 week, who would have thought... So I have been Scrappin and thought I would add my latest pics. I have 2 more whole layouts mostly ready, just need to add journaling and some embellies and I will be happy. So I have been really gun ho with scrappin lately and I am even going to make a couple cards tonight. My brother's birthday is Tuesday and since it is the first of the year, I will get cards out to all the family. I figure I will start small and go from there. Another thing I thought about, why make only once card when I can make 2 at a time, and it doesnt take much more time. I will get my stuff going if it kills me! well here are the pics...

This one is older, but thought I would add it while I am at it...

So......

2008-01-21T21:28:00.000-08:00

So I don't have anything important to say today but thought I would beat you guys to the punch and throw an update in there on a whim. We spent all of this morning and afternoon cleaning the house. It was a lot of work but feels real good now. David organized a "Pecos Reunion" and for those of you who are unaware of what that could possibly mean, it was a bunch of people from the banking center where David was the manager a while ago. It was a nice evening, we had 13 adults and 8 kids. David cooked lots of food and we have a bunch of leftovers, which David loves. You may think that is a whole ton of people but it really wasn't too bad, almost half the kids were babies and the older kids were upstairs playing so it was great.
Since my house is pretty much all clean already, that leaves me with time to scrapbook tomorrow, YEAH! I have decided to set a goal for myself of completing 100 pages for my scrapbooks this year. I have finished 2 and have 2 more almost ready, just a few finishing touches then I have to find pictures. I'd say I am off to a good start but I do have a little catching up to do. I figure if I do at least 2 pages per week I should accomplish my goal. Well there is my little spur of the moment update. Until next time.....

How could I forget Christmas....

2008-01-12T21:53:00.000-08:00

So I got the one scrap page in but did I give the goodies, of course not. Well it was great, how can it not be??? David absolutely spoilled me once again. I don't know how he can get me every year, but he always finds a way to surprise me, EVERY TIME. This time he got me good, real good. Not ONE, not TWO, but THREE times. So I knew he took the boys out shopping for me, and they got me a waffle maker (I have been wanting one for a while) and a food processor (which I have been wanting also). So I open the big box from Emmalee and it is a cute pic of me and her and it says a day of shopping with the cutest little girl ever. In an envelope there is $50 to Banana Republic and $150 cash, can you believe it?! But wait thats not all. So there was a present from Santa for mom too so I open that and it is a new Video Camera and a ton of fun accessories. But wait, thats not all. So then David says that I didn't open anything from him. I am thinking to myself, I have so much how can there be anything else, but there was and as good as everything else was, I liked this one the best. So it was another envelope and the paper said "Admit one to the Close to my Heart Las Vegas Regional Celebration"! I wanted to go to this so bad but I went and spent all my Bussiness money on Product so I didnt have enough to do this. My Sweet Husband went on the coroprate website and figured out how to get me a ticket to it, since it sold out in November. Well enough about me. The kids had a great Christmas too. Pete got a bunch of Transformers and a 2-wheeler scooter, John got a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and a train set, and Emmalee got a my first purse and clothes. Here are a couple pics to tide you over...

For Mindy this time....

2008-01-12T20:54:00.000-08:00

Its a good thing I have good friends to keep me on my toes, or else who knows if i would every keep this thing updated. Well John had his first friends party and it turned out just fine. I made sure to keep it low key, only 4 friends, and Marky of course, and it was just enough. For all of Pete's parties we can never wittle the lists down so his always tend to be 13-16 which is a lot of kids. It was cute watching the 3 year olds playing around, they are adorable. It was Diego, everything is Diego now, and John had a blast, he likes the party thing. He is a pro now, since he had TWO, one for family last Sunday and the friends today. Well enough with the typing, here is what you really want....

PS. Look at me getting Christmas on a page already...

Just for you, Jaime...

2007-12-10T20:04:00.000-08:00

So I guess the pestering worked, huh Jaime? Well I just happen to have some new Family pics that we took a month ago to show off.

Christmas is coming and it is my favorite time of year. This year I vow to get all presents wrapped before Christmas Eve, meaning all projects must be done before that. I am almost done wrapping presents and only have a few more gifts to buy so I am on my way. David goes on vacation till the new year starting next Monday so that should be fun. We have a big list of things to do, keep us from doing nothing everyday. And he did start his new job a couple weeks ago in case you hadn't heard. He loves it and doesn't have to do as much driving anymore. He is in an office setting, which is new to him. He also came home for lunch today, which he used to do 5 years ago, and surpised me cause I forgot he said he was going to do that. Well there is a little update for you and I promise to do better from now on...

Keeping Busy

2007-07-20T10:29:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while since I posted last, so I better catch up a bit. Well Pete is done with the first grade now and just had his 7th birthday. His party is is on Friday, he wanted a sleep-over, but we talked him into a "late-over" instead, that's all I'm prepared to do for 14 kids. John is as cute as ever, always doing something hilarious. That kid is cute but he has a temper, and his favorite thing to day is "Meany!". Emmalee is growing but still a tiny thing. She is 8 months old but still smaller than some 5 month olds we know. I was at a friends house a little bit ago and there were 2 other babies there, one 4 months and one 6 months, and Emmalee was the smallest. Well I am finally going strong with my Close To My Heart business. I closed a party on a week ago and it was a very good one. I am having so much fun and everyone is loving the fun projects we get to do, especially me. David is still with the Bank and looking for new opportunities. There might be one that is still in Las Vegas so we will see how it goes. We just got back from our annual Twitchell Family camp, and it was a lot of fun. We got rained on, A LOT, but it was great. Here are some pics...

Emmalee

2007-02-25T09:42:00.000-08:00

Here are some recent pictures of Emmalee...

Sears is awesome...

2006-12-18T14:24:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pictures....

Perfect Emmalee

2006-11-24T22:03:00.000-08:00

Isn't she perfect? She is a really good baby, but hasn't quite figured out that night is when she is supposed to sleep really well. She might be starting to figure it out so we will see how it goes tonight because she stayed awake more today. The boys absolutely love her and David has been so good to me, doing everything around the house, including making the entire Thanksgiving dinner for me. We were going to go to Henderson with the family but decided to stay home, I don't think I would have made it. Recovery is a little difficult but I am doing better and she is just so cute. Here's another pic...

The top pic was at home 3 days old and the bottom was at the hospital 1 day old.

Baby Marky Pics!

2006-10-12T22:59:00.000-07:00

Who could get sick of looking at this cute face??

Slow start

2006-09-02T11:29:00.000-07:00

Well this is having a slow start but we almost have everyone on now. I finally got Chrissy's correct email address (I missed a "l" the first time) and Paul should hopefully get his computer up soon. I thought I would put up some pictures that I have from Canada, if you want any of them let me know.

Just testing :)

2006-07-30T11:19:00.000-07:00

Family
Just making sure I know how to use this. I'm excited to have updates on you all. Love you and see you in a few weeks. Also, don't forget to email me your Mary Kay orders so I can get the items you need before I come down. Love Angela

Hello All!

2006-06-23T19:53:00.000-07:00

Well I hope everyone was able to figure this thing out, it really isn't that tough... My sister started on of these and it is really neat. I thought it would be a nice way for all of us to keep each other up to date on stuff and it is nice cause you get to do it on your own schedule. It is super easy to add pictures too so Chrissy can put a lot of Baby Marky on here. Well that is all for now, hope to see everyone posting soon.

The Zygmont's 2 Cents Worth

Finish catching up....

Our summer at a glance....

Morning adventures...

Painting....

One more thing...

Now that everyone has probably given up on me....

Summer break....

North Las Vegas Police Department.....

Disneyland...

Also, while I'm on here...

One down... four to go...

Life... enough said.

Christmas...

Trick or Treat...

A couple of thoughts...

Our mini Vacation...

Wasting time...

Back to school...

High school....

Zygmont Look-alike Meter

Busy times....

Ah, memories...

One more thing...

Time for an update...

Dare I say it....

forgot something.....

Great enrichment!

I was Mistaken....

Guess what...

Oh yeah...

blah......

Potty training....

It's been a while...

More pages

My poor baby boy

We went to the zoo then ended up at the emergency room...

I love pink!

I'm scrappin' like crazy...

So......

How could I forget Christmas....

For Mindy this time....

Just for you, Jaime...

Keeping Busy

Emmalee

Sears is awesome...

Perfect Emmalee

Baby Marky Pics!

Slow start

Just testing :)

Hello All!