Monday, October 11, 2010

our weekend

We went RV camping/hunting with Dan’s parents and brother. We had a nice time. It was SO gorgeous with all the aspen trees! What was so cool was that there wasn’t underbrush, but just soft grass so we could play all day in the trees.

The boys didn’t get an elk, but we just found out that on the way home, Lon (Dan’s father) stopped the motorhome to take a break and decided to go out and look around. While there in the parking lot, he got his elk… in the dark, all alone, with only Bev (Dan’s petite mom) to help him drag the elk (lots of pounds) back to the motor home. They didn’t have any cell service to get Dan’s brother with the pickup, so they had to shove the elk in the bottom of the motorhome :P yuck! I am SO glad I missed this adventure! But it does go to show that adventure is directly related to the Thomas name.

Well, you know what we will be serving in our menu for weeks and months to come! PLUS, we have the deer hunt in two more weeks. I don’t know if I can handle all this meat.

Abi did pretty well and even took naps (in random places). However, she serenaded everyone to sleep so loud that none of us could sleep! It was kind of a nightmare :)

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These are the faces many of Abi

Caught in action

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Happy normal

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Happy forced

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Surprised

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Sad

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Scared

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I didn’t know it would be so cold, so I whipped up Abi a cute earband. She chose the colors.

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The dirt roads we LINED with beer cans so we spent LOTS of time picking up cans along the side. It felt so good even though we didn’t get far because we kept running out of room in the bags.

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Abi posed for these photos all by herself “by the tree” is what she said.IMG_4033 IMG_4034 IMG_4037 IMG_4038 IMG_4039 IMG_4042 IMG_4059 IMG_4067 IMG_4068 IMG_4071 IMG_4074

And then comes the watermelon adventure--- spitting seeds.

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Friday, October 8, 2010

enjoy your weekend

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It cold and beautiful here! We are up to the Uintahs to spend some time with the in-laws.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

conference weekend

we had such a wonderful conference weekend. Dan wasn’t home on Saturday, so Abi and I colored and sat on the couch and watched the first session. She took a nap the second – so nice!

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During the Sunday break we went out in the rain and played at our little park. Abi is getting so big and just so much fun! We called her Tipo all day (from the Emperor's New Groove) due to her crazy hair.

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Dessert was yogurt – given to her by Dan – in the container. Left to her own devices with food- you can see the results. I try and let her play with her food because it is a development and someday she will realize that yogurt lotion doesn’t work so well. I do have to draw the line sometimes when it ends up on the floor.

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In this photo Abi was saying how cute a dress was that I made. “It’s just so cute mom!” were her words.

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She also helped Dan on his motorcycle this past week. She LOVES to help dad! I like it because my kitchen window looks out into this spot so I can talk and watch them… but Abi can’t demand from me… heaven:)

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on other Abi subjects-

The other day she said, “Mom, your hair looks crazy” I replied, “Oh thank you for noticing.” She then says, “Well, it’s all crazy like Abi’s hair,” and then proceeds to head bang to get it crazy.

She LOVES to sing! At the TOP of her lungs her own arrangement of I am a Child of God and I Love to See the Temple. That has been interesting in the grocery store and the fabric store.

As you can see above, Abi insists on dining without clothes for fear that she will get them dirty. She also insists on sleeping in her PJ’s too. It kind of gets old.

 

We have a fun little bit coming up for October-

- The Scarlet Pimpernel play with Dan’s parents

- The Elk and Deer hunt (I REFUSE to go)

- Colorado for Abi and I – Linds, I am finally doing it and going by myself with Abi!

Friday, October 1, 2010

tomorrow

This is what we will be watching tomorrow!

I found the cutest packets for Abi on http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/. I am so excited to do these with Abi. What kinds of projects do you have planned for tomorrow?

new happenings

So I have had a lot of people desire me to share my talents so here it is!!! I have started a business/blog. This has been in my mind for years now, but I have always been in school. Now, I can proceed and I am so excited to share it with you all!

My blog is rissdesigns.blogspot.com. It isn’t packed with things yet, but over time it will be LOADED! We all have to start somewhere eh?

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PLEASE take one of my buttons on the sidebar of my blog and put it on your blog to help me get my name out there! Just copy the HTML code and paste it in an HTML gadget (found in your dashboard).

Then I have also opened an etsy shop. Check it out here--- http://www.etsy.com/shop/rissdesignct