Changes

So i decided to follow the fad of updating blogs that i've noticed was happening today. Let's see the biggest change in my life right now is i no longer have a job. It's still a little hard for me to think about, but i think it's probably for the best. I've been feeling for a while that it was getting close to being time for me to move on, so now i can. Just thinking about never seeing Micah again makes me want to cry so i've decided the best thing for me to do is just treasure the few days i have left with him.

Moving options:

Oregon- Everyone know just how much i love Oregon. My family is there, my best friends are there, it's home.

Idaho- Place to live, cousins, great freinds, lots of young kids and game nights.

California- Grandparents, place to live, place to work.

Montana- the most beautiful state i have ever seen. Cousins, friends, fun.

Something totally random and new- meet new people, experience new things

On a super fun and positive note I just got back from a trip to Montana! It was amazingly fun, i love the quiet simpleness of that state. I love that we had so much fun without spending hardly any money. I love that everyone is so polite to everyone. I loved that i could walk outside and feel peace. I love that i could look at the sky and it went on and on and on. Pretty much it was amazing. The post before this has pictures!

memories!

I was looking at old pictures and scrapbooks and found some pictures that i just loved and when i looked at them all i could remember was fun time after fun time so i though i'd share a few of them.

This is a happy summer last year picture. My family and friends came to visit, and it was just one fun time after another. This picture was supposed to be just me and Kirstyn, but just as mom snapped the picture everyone else popped out from behind the tree!
Me and my bestest Trixie...what more need i say
Halloween last year....SO much fun Where's Wilma, Raggedy Ann and Jessie
When i first knew i would love working with Micah i woke up to him playing the guitar and singing. He is so cute sometimes!
The girls...so lovely...New Meadows trip, skiing, games, laughter
Shooting! One of my favorite things to do...this picture was with kyle and tyler and i won the competition we had. It also reminds me of the time i went with the Fileners and while they were shooting i played BINGO over the phone!
Barbie, Mary Poppins, and Joe Boxer...visiting Montana, coffee, books, Buffy, sitting outside all day = happiness
Me, Kyla, Melody our not often seen serious side...but still such fun times
Rook(kyla and allyson version), the rafting trip, being pushed into the water, sleeping outside, bible studies, fun.
The Ramsdal Cabin trip!!!!!!!!! What more can i say but pure good happy fun times!
Me and T-Rex...my favorite San Luis girl, never a serious moment
This is how i will always remember Grams...surrounded by Bingo gifts ready to play with her grandkids who will never be too old!
The perfect shot of me and kristin working at the DQ never a serious moment with her, always laughter and fun, friends since kindergarten when we lived in North Carolina, the Dairy Queen pair that were finally banned from working together unless 100% necessary!
Kyla...me so much fun!
Roomies...convention stew, beach trips, musical stairs, 3 second crashes, parking spots, laughter

Meeting up unplanned in the middle of Nevada at the one and only food place for miles kirstyn moving to Montana kyla and i on our way home from Parma
Lobster sock parties....blew it....sparkling cider and reeses!
The perfect shot of Melody, Kyla, and I. Laughter all the time...and of course Marshmellow, melodious, mellow melody!

sierra's visit

Sierra came to visit me for just one day short of a week, and we managed to blow just about every penny we had shopping, eating, and other fun stuff! haha Ok it wasn't that bad, i still have a few dollars left, maybe enough to get a Starbucks tomorrow! :) Anyways we had a blast while she was here we mostly spent our time watching Micah, and taking pictures, and driving to places we thought we could get some fun pictures at. If we happened to pass a store or two that looked worthwhile while talking pictures we may have dropped in! So here are some of the pictures that we took. Again who knows if these will load onto the page or not, it's kinda a hit and miss deal for me! So we start out with funny picts then at the end is a few of sierra's senior pictures.

this guy was so cut just running around and eating! :)

Sierra thought she'd put her toes in the water! hahaha

The hollow tree that ate us

she was a bit more dramatic than me

we walked across that bridge, and considering how much i hate heights it was pretty scary

beautiful!

hehe

that sign in the background says, falling can be deadly, please stay on trail

Stealing from the donation bucket

bill grogans goat was doomed to die

ugly dirty pond but such a pretty waterfall!

feeding the fish

Long story with this one! we went to red robbin and the waiter was hitting on both of us and it was driving us crazy, he'd be trying to flirt with one while looking at the other and so sierra made herself a "wedding ring" out of a candy wrapper she found in her purse! can anyone guess what kind of candy it was?

My personal favorite!

so these are some of my favorites, but they're not edited too much yet! i just put them up so that those people wanting to see them could.

And there you have it my week with sierra!

The adventures of being a nanny

Sierra told me the other day that i had to write this story in my blog so everyone could read it, so here it goes. Micah lately has discovered all those things that most guys find funny, but just about every girl thinks is disgusting, he now loves to burp, fart, spit and just about anything he can think of that will bug me! The story I'm supposed to tell though is the one where he decided to try and pee on one of the dogs. He was supposed to be taking a "rest" and Becky let him rest in the living room, i was in my bedroom, Becky was taking a nap in her bedroom, and i heard some suspicious noises so i went to check on Micah. When these sounds are heard (giggling, dogs barking, running, or doors slamming) I know it's time to sneak up on him and try and catch him in the act of whatever trouble he's causing. So I tiptoed to my door and opened it as quietly as Icould to find him just walking out of his room with a very, very guilty grin on his face. When he saw me he said "I changed my pants because I went potty in them"

Trying not to roll my eyes I asked him "Oh great Micah where did you do this, and why?"

So he takes me to the living room and shows me one spot and says "right there, and I was trying to pee on Ophelia."

"YOU WERE WHAT? GO TO YOUR ROOM RIGHT NOW!" while I was saying this to him Iwalked across the floor which was a little wet in spots, and then I discovered that pretty much every place there was a pillow on the floor or on an couch it was hiding a wet spot, so not only were the couches and floor wet but so were a million pillows. I didn't even know where to start or what to do, thankfully at this point Becky wakes up and asked what was happening so i told her and then walked back out of my room and let her take care of things, it was my day off! Just kidding she took care of Micah and I helped clean up.

Micah was sent to his room for the rest of the day, with no dinner and he was given a spanking! Now I shouldn't be as excited about that as I am, but the kid has been needing a spanking for SO long so I was kinda glad he finally got one.

Becky and i ate Ben and Jerry's ice cream and had a nice quiet evening, only interrupted by Micah every once in a while coming out trying to get something and being told to go back to his room. One time he came out with his dramatic little act mastered and said "I really need food please so I can grow and be healthy." It was awfully cute but he got sent back to his room. Then he decided he was mad, so to punish us he came marching out of his room and said "I'm trying to break this" and showed us his pinkie finger and started bending it backwards. He was sent back to his room again and every so often we could hear him say "ow, ow, ow." Becky did end up giving him some crackers to eat because she felt a little bad for him.

So that's the story of the day, well not today it happened a few days ago. Today we went to the beach and it was lovely.