Can You Fit a Cow, a Chicken, and a Pig in YOUR Freezer?

Today Tim's work gave them a little "thanks for reaching your goals" bonus. It wasn't money, but it worked just as well. They did what they called a "Dash for Groceries" at the Macey's across the road from their building. According to what department you were in you were allotted so much money to spend on groceries that you grabbed from around the store in 2 minutes flat. ONLY if your team met their goals. Cool huh? Well Tim's team met all their goals and then some so each person their team got 250$ to spend on groceries. Nice! I'm used to a 100-150$ a month budget for groceries, so this was a big deal for me. Tim and I decided it would be best if the majority of the money went to big ticket items that we like to eat. AKA Animals. Meat. Ground Beef, chicken, pork chops, pork roast, beef roast, steak. Ah yeah I said STEAK and lots of it. Anyways, we had gone to Macey's beforehand and got a feel for what their prices were like and found out that we could pre-order dollar amounts of meat and they would have it precut and packaged and in a cart waiting for us by the meat counter. Well duh. Who wouldn't do that? Unless of course, you're a vegetarian, then, well, ...yeah anyways, the big day comes and Tim is all psyched about running through a grocery store like it's his wildest dream come true. (Little did he know that not only would he be able to do it, but he'd be able to do it 3 times.) Our meat is ordered and we have a plan on where we're going and what we're grabbing. Our buzzer sounds and we book it to the meat counter. Tim, obviously leaving me in the dust because, let's face it, short legs are not meant for runnin'. We grab our meat cart and it has a HUGE box in it already. We grabbed a bunch of frozen things to finish off our 250$ and we made it to the front with 5 seconds to spare. I learned that two minutes is actually a LONG time and you really don't have to run especially if you know what you're shopping for. So we got to the front and we were only 12$ over our 250$ so yeah I'll the difference. We get it all home and start re packing the HUGE box of animal product to be frozen. Keep in mind I live in an apartment. With APARTMENT sized appliances including the fridge and freezer. So as we're re-packing all this meat, Tim is telling me we can definitely fit it all. "All you need is a little organization" he keeps telling me. So this is all the meat repacked and in the freezer.

And another angle just to illustrate how far "organizing" was going to get us.

Oh did I mention there was all this left to be put into the freezer as well? Yeah. Organize THAT.


Needless to say we had to enlist the services of Tim's parents freezer for a while at least until we start getting low on frozen stuff. It'll be good and it'll be used once I start going to school in March cause Tim will be in charge of getting Riley and himself fed without the convenience of having a car. All I can say is that it's a good thing animals taste so good otherwise those pictures might be considered gross. Hello PETA!

So long everyone! Off to bed! Stay Large!(A little inside joke for you:))

Three Posts in One Day?! It's Worth it.

I know I've done three posts in one day, this one is just so funny I couldn't help it. This is the main event over at cakewrecks.com
and honestly I've never laughed so hard in my life. (Except when I'm reading other posts on Cake Wrecks.)


Wait for it.

Keep looking.

Did you see it? Yeah.... If anyone knows me, they know that I would eat that cookie after I peed my pants from laughing so hard.

Happy Birthday Mom!

My mom turned 49 on the 5th of this month and my dad got her a special something. A few months ago she looked at her wedding ring one day and the diamond had fallen out after 30 years and a lot of abuse, it was gone! So my dad wanted to look at how much it would be to get it recrowned and get a new bigger diamond. Needless to say, it was WAY too expensive. Us kids had bought my dad a new wedding band after her lost his down at the farm last year off of Overstock so I started looking there and sent a few to him to look at. He didn't like the ones I sent, so I just waited for him to decide what he wanted. He called me one day and had me look at this ring that he found

It's very similar to my mom's old one except hers was a round diamond and didn't have the little accent diamonds and the wedding band was welded to the engagement ring. So I ordered it for him and it finally came the Monday before the big day. I can't imagine how hard it was for Dad to keep that secret. He is a big softie and pretty sentimental about things like that, don't let his gruff exterior fool you, so I'm sure he was itching to give it to her that day, but he waited until Saturday when we all came over for cake and ice cream. Luckily we got to see my Grandma and Grandpa before they went back down to farm for the night. It was cute to see the little set up Dad had put the ring in. He bought a little Valentine bear and wrapped the box and put it in the little basket the bear was holding. After much effort mom finally got all the wrapping paper from around the little ring box. Before she opened it he said, "You said yes thirty years ago, would you say it again?"
AWWWWWWWWWWWW! Isn't that precious?! Who knew my dad was such a romantic? Anyways, it was cute and I'm glad she likes it. Hopefully this one lasts a little longer and then they can save up for a BIGGER diamond;)Mom will tell you she doesn't really want one, but who doesn't appreciate a big sparkle on their finger? ;)

Happy Birthday Mom! We Love You!

Christmas From Pompa Schmidt

I know it's February but I finally got Riley's gifts from her Grandpa Schmidt painted and finally got some pictures of them. Riley loves her Pompa so anything from him she adores.
He made her a little hutch and a pair of chairs so she can sit and read, one of her favorite things to do. When we took the hutch home we were trying to figure out what we were going to use it for, and Riley brought her books in and started to load it up immediately.

Sarah painted this one. Look out Sarah you're getting talented.


I painted the animals on this one. And you can tell cause it doesn't look as nice as Sarah's






As you can see it's a good place to sit and have a snack

Or watch a Zhu Zhu Pet cage match.


I know my dad worked really hard on these for her and we appreciate them. They perfect for her and if she would slow down long enough, I know she would give him a big hug and a snotty kiss, just cause she knows how much he loves that.:) Thanks Pompa!

And here's a picture of Bridget just because.

So BORED! If you don't like whining, then don't read this post.

I am so ready to start school in March. I'm driving myself crazy at home with my two little munchkins. They haven't done anything different, I'm just getting restless, (which is why I end up at my parents pretty much every night)and I am HATING January. I walk through the stores and they already have Valentine's and St Patrick's Day stuff up making me want it to be Spring SOOOOOO bad. I suppose I could just enjoy the months as they come, but really who likes it when it's so cold it's hurts your ears and your skin and then it's just warm enough to tease you into thinking that maybe spring isn't too far away, then it's bitter cold again. I can handle cold, but January cold, is not something I handle gracefully. I guess I can be grateful I haven't been too sick this winter and I haven't had one of those nasty colds. Even though I haven't been sick, my house definitely looks like I've been out of commission for a month, and laundry is quickly piling, but I have no desire to do it. How many times can you do it and NOT go crazy? I guess when I run out of underwear then my protest can be over. I think my main problem is my lack of transportation, cause Tim takes the car to work in the winter months, leaving me at home with the kids and no other adult to talk to(hence the reason I'm always begging people to come over). Naptimes and nighttime just aren't long enough, my kids wouldn't sleep long enough even if they were, and I never have the go gettum to make a decent meal for my poor husband to eat when he gets home. Some days I think I'm ahead of the game and then i turn around and it's all undone. There's always something I could be doing, always something I should be doing, but it's never anything I WANT to be doing. My kids really aren't big enough to be entertained by television and the show Riley does enjoy is really mind numbing, and it doesn't really hold her attention for longer than a few minutes, then it's out with the DVDs again. I guess everyone has good days and bads days I just seem to have all of mine in one month. I'm the only one who can change that, but it would be nice to have something to do, somewhere to be, once in a while. My school will help with that. Hopefully.:)

Double Dream Hands

I think everyone should learn this dance this year. It would make the world a better place.

2010 A Year in Review

As the old year passes and a new year is rung in, it's time to look back at all the fun we've had over the past year and look forward to even more fun in the year to come. As I go through what big things happened to me this last year I invite you to look back at the milestones in your last year and pat yourself on the back for making through another one, because in all reality it's not easy. So let's get going. LAST January...

We started the year out like this:



In February:
We got to see Charles come home from his mission:



We moved into our own apartment for the first time:


As you can see we were excited to be there.

In March and April we didn't really do much, but have a good time, and get bigger:



We found out Riley would be getting a little sister,

Boy was she excited

All I can imagine here is a caption saying "WTF?!?!"

In May Tim and I celebrated being married for two years, not only did we celebrate we were in awe we made it that long.

June wasn't a huge deal, except in was HOT HOT HOT


But it didn't dampen our ability to cheese for pictures.


Well... maybe a little

In July our Roo turned one! and even now she looks so different from July it's hard to believe she was small at one point.



the rest of the summer flew by in a flash with the normal festivities.
Dustin and Mercedes made their family eternal in the Salt Lake Temple in August.


And yes I do have better pictures of them rather than this one, but I'm still working on them, deal with it.
We sent Justin to Washington on his mission:



Summer ended and fall started without telling anyone, Riley didn't seem to mind



We had a blast at Halloween:



and with that, the holiday season got rolling and went off without a hitch. Thanksgiving came and went:



and finally the big day came when we got to meet our new little sweetheart, Bridget



and we still can't get enough of her.

Christmas was lovely, but since I just posted pictures of that like three days ago, I'm not going to post them again.
Yesterday we blessed Bridget in our sacrament meeting and it was very nice to be able to have our families there. And we learned a good lesson


Smile

Smile

And KEEP smiling even though it may not seem possible

Before I get; "Well WE weren't invited." Let me explain.
Mindy was in town for Christmas and to be honest I wasn't too keen on blessing Bridget so soon after she was born in the middle of cold and flu season, but since I don't really have a choice being married to Tim and all, we went ahead with it kind of last minute so it was just our families. As it would have been nice to have our huge extended families all there, I'm afraid our ward wouldn't know what to do when the size of the ward quadrupled for one Sunday. (Srsly, our ward is small enough it might become a branch some day.) It's been a wonderful year and this coming year Tim and I are looking forward to raising our family, going to work and school, that's right we're starting up going to school again, and hopefully getting somewhere with it. JOY! Anyways, That's all for this year! Hope your new year is everything you hope it would be, cause if it's not then you only have yourself to blame for it!:) Happy New Year (3 days late)