General Conf. 2013
12 years ago
Friday, April 24, 2009
Climbing trees and planting a garden
One thing there is a lot of in nanny and pa's back yard is land!! The kids had fun planting pretend gardens in the cotton fields....
Some pics from Arkansas
Chris taught the kids how to "shoot" (kinda) while we were in AR, they did a little target practice, poor juice bottle!!
Chris showing the kids how its done....
Tanner was only allowed to pull the trigger but Hailey got to hold the gun, after of course they were told how dangerous guns are and that they are not toys.
Chris showing the kids how its done....
Tanner was only allowed to pull the trigger but Hailey got to hold the gun, after of course they were told how dangerous guns are and that they are not toys.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
A great lunch idea for kids!!
I don't know why I have been a mother for almost 8 yrs and never thought of this!! It is so hard for me to come up with things that are quick and easy to make my kids for lunch. They love PBJ but I think a change from sandwiches is good once in awhile. So my neighbor told me what she was making for lunch and I thought it was genius, everyone else probably already has it on their menu. You take a tortilla spread some left over pizza or spaghetti sauce on it put on a little cheese and pepperoni melt it in the microwave roll it up and there you go, Pizza roll ups!! You can make them super healthy too, depending on what you put in them. Just add some cut up apples and yogurt and you've got a yummy lunch. My kids love them and eat them up. They are also good after school snacks. Give them a try!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A little update
Well the last couple of months have been super crazy around this house. We had a great holiday season!! And the new year seams to be treating us good as well. We are all moved into our new house. It has been great being in here and it really feels like home. We moved the weekend of Thanksgiving, it was so crazy!!! I think it is almost harder to move down the street than from out of state!!! A few weeks after we moved I thought it would be a brilliant idea if we got a puppy, yes a puppy!! Mind you we have boxes everywhere and are still trying to pull off the whole Christmas season. So we have a new addition in our house a little (well not so little now!) boxer puppy named Jhett. Yes he is very cute and already house trained but he likes to chew on my kids which is rather annoying. He has been very sick ever since we got him and we almost lost him one week ( a rather expensive week I must say) but he pulled through and seems to be on the mend. Chris pretty much hates him on most days and if anyone knows our history with pets than we shall he how much longer he lasts!! The one animal we did have luck with now lives with the Jeffords!! My parents came to stay for Christmas and it was so fun to have them here and to be able to spend my moms birthday with her. The kids are doing good! Chris is all signed off on his positions at work, he did it super fast and I am so proud of him, as most of you know he is such an a amazing controller one of the best in his field. You can feel safe when flying in or out of Las Vegas and Chris is at work!!! (I like to brag about my honey) Well that is all I can think of for now, pictures are to follow soon now that you are all a little caught up!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Hello World!
I am so excited to update the blog. I have missed posting, putting up memories and all that good stuff. So hopefully I will get caught up in the next couple of days!!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Change........
Change.......
This is a week late, but better late than never. My name is Chris Thomas a lifetime Republican. I’ve served my country honorably for 9 years in the United States Marine Corps. I’ve spent time in more impoverished countries than I can count. I’ve been to war. I’ve seen bad things happen. I wouldn’t change a single thing that has happened to me because I know that because of what I’ve been through is the reason I am the person I am today. All that said I have to take offence to some things I’ve read and seen lately about our new President. Barrack Hussein Obama. You may not agree with what Mr. Obama stands for but you must believe that things can get better. I’ve read and watched on TV that Mr. Obama is a socialist. He’s gonna take money from the rich a give to the not-so-rich. That’s B.S. For my hardcore republicans that are still preaching this please explain to me how my party wasn’t doing this for the last year every time I went to fill up my mini van with $4.50 cheap gas and EXXON Mobile was allowed to report 4th quarter PROFITS of $400 Billion and not one single eyebrow was raised in D.C. during the republican regime. That seems a little like reverse socialism to me, but I digress…….. Please explain to me why we are still spending $40 Billion a month fighting a war in a country where there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction and they will never be free. Is it because we are afraid of Al Qaeda. I’m sorry but Al Qaeda didn’t live in Iraq until we started turning their backyards into glass. I’ve been there. I know how those people live. I do agree that Sadam was evil, but there are 20 more just like him all over the world . Should we go there next? Nope! Because Dick Cheany and Haliburton don’t have an interest in places like Darfur. For those who don’t know about Darfur it’s an area of Sudan. Sudan is in the country…I mean continent of Africa (sorry Gov Palin I was tired and all this typing made me confused) where almost a half a Million people have been exterminated for no reason. Probably twice that many have starved to death as well. There’s no business in places like that, but Iraq has Black Gold, Texas Tea whatever you’d like to call it and Haliburton has just the thing for that! Oh yea....2025 days since President Bush declared Mission Accomplished in Iraq. I’ll get off my soap box now because I could go on for a week and still not cover everything. Like our economy…..It’s funny how people can freak out about how the Democrats and Obama are gonna tax us and we’re all gonna be poor. Oh I’m sorry but under Clinton we had a surplus almost to the tune of $100 Billion a year. 8 years later we have an economy in the tank and a deficit of something around $700 Billion. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather pay an extra hundred dollars or two a year on my income taxes and know I’ve got a job tomorrow as to have what we have today. I’m sure the men and women at GM, Ford, Joe's Gas Station, Wonder Bread, ect., ect., feel the same.
If you watched the election on November 4th you should be proud of this country. Don’t be angry. We proved to the world that night that we’re back. Ready, once again, to lead the world. Did you see the celebrations the next morning from places like Cairo, Egypt, London, England, Tokyo, Japan. The world watched as the United States lifted one of it’s black clouds and elected a Black man President of the United States of America. Obama may not have been your choice, but don’t let his name or color scare you. We need to heal the black eye we have in the world and I believe he will do that.
Pray for our troops and our country……….
Chris Thomas
Proud Conservative Independent
p.s I don’t think President Obama will be aborting any babies with the guns he steals from us either. And if gays wanna get married they should have to suffer just like the rest of us.
That last one was a joke honey……I Love You Very Much!
This is a week late, but better late than never. My name is Chris Thomas a lifetime Republican. I’ve served my country honorably for 9 years in the United States Marine Corps. I’ve spent time in more impoverished countries than I can count. I’ve been to war. I’ve seen bad things happen. I wouldn’t change a single thing that has happened to me because I know that because of what I’ve been through is the reason I am the person I am today. All that said I have to take offence to some things I’ve read and seen lately about our new President. Barrack Hussein Obama. You may not agree with what Mr. Obama stands for but you must believe that things can get better. I’ve read and watched on TV that Mr. Obama is a socialist. He’s gonna take money from the rich a give to the not-so-rich. That’s B.S. For my hardcore republicans that are still preaching this please explain to me how my party wasn’t doing this for the last year every time I went to fill up my mini van with $4.50 cheap gas and EXXON Mobile was allowed to report 4th quarter PROFITS of $400 Billion and not one single eyebrow was raised in D.C. during the republican regime. That seems a little like reverse socialism to me, but I digress…….. Please explain to me why we are still spending $40 Billion a month fighting a war in a country where there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction and they will never be free. Is it because we are afraid of Al Qaeda. I’m sorry but Al Qaeda didn’t live in Iraq until we started turning their backyards into glass. I’ve been there. I know how those people live. I do agree that Sadam was evil, but there are 20 more just like him all over the world . Should we go there next? Nope! Because Dick Cheany and Haliburton don’t have an interest in places like Darfur. For those who don’t know about Darfur it’s an area of Sudan. Sudan is in the country…I mean continent of Africa (sorry Gov Palin I was tired and all this typing made me confused) where almost a half a Million people have been exterminated for no reason. Probably twice that many have starved to death as well. There’s no business in places like that, but Iraq has Black Gold, Texas Tea whatever you’d like to call it and Haliburton has just the thing for that! Oh yea....2025 days since President Bush declared Mission Accomplished in Iraq. I’ll get off my soap box now because I could go on for a week and still not cover everything. Like our economy…..It’s funny how people can freak out about how the Democrats and Obama are gonna tax us and we’re all gonna be poor. Oh I’m sorry but under Clinton we had a surplus almost to the tune of $100 Billion a year. 8 years later we have an economy in the tank and a deficit of something around $700 Billion. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather pay an extra hundred dollars or two a year on my income taxes and know I’ve got a job tomorrow as to have what we have today. I’m sure the men and women at GM, Ford, Joe's Gas Station, Wonder Bread, ect., ect., feel the same.
If you watched the election on November 4th you should be proud of this country. Don’t be angry. We proved to the world that night that we’re back. Ready, once again, to lead the world. Did you see the celebrations the next morning from places like Cairo, Egypt, London, England, Tokyo, Japan. The world watched as the United States lifted one of it’s black clouds and elected a Black man President of the United States of America. Obama may not have been your choice, but don’t let his name or color scare you. We need to heal the black eye we have in the world and I believe he will do that.
Pray for our troops and our country……….
Chris Thomas
Proud Conservative Independent
p.s I don’t think President Obama will be aborting any babies with the guns he steals from us either. And if gays wanna get married they should have to suffer just like the rest of us.
That last one was a joke honey……I Love You Very Much!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fun night with Tanner
Tanner and I had a mommy/son date tonight. It was so much fun and he felt like such a big boy!! We went to see Madagascar 2, it was pretty cute. I am so glad that I took the opportunity to spend some "quality" time with him. He truly is such a special boy. He loves his brother and sister so much and is always look out for them. He is getting big enough now that we can actually have a conversation, he says the cutest things! Today in the car while we were running errands he had some peppermints, he handed me one and said..."here mom, this one is for you"
I said " oh thanks Tanner, how did you get so sweet?!", Tanner replied, " oh I don't know, probably because you give me hugs all the time". I feel so blessed for my big boy!! I am so glad he had so much fun at the movie. Being in the middle I feel like he gets looked over a lot, and I really want him know how special he is. While we were walking into the theater he was carefully caring his drink, sipping as he went. He looked up at me and said, "oohhh this is gonna be so much fun!!!!." And it truly was, I love you so much Tanner!
I said " oh thanks Tanner, how did you get so sweet?!", Tanner replied, " oh I don't know, probably because you give me hugs all the time". I feel so blessed for my big boy!! I am so glad he had so much fun at the movie. Being in the middle I feel like he gets looked over a lot, and I really want him know how special he is. While we were walking into the theater he was carefully caring his drink, sipping as he went. He looked up at me and said, "oohhh this is gonna be so much fun!!!!." And it truly was, I love you so much Tanner!
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