Some Photo catch-up

Headed out to my work's Christmas Party

Don't laugh. You know you're jealous of my awesome tree! hahaha

Shyler said, "Mom that was the real Santa cause he had a REAL beard!"

Aargh... My cute little pirate.

Blessings in disguise? No, probably not...

People always think old homes are so charming and how they'd love to have one to fix up.... Well, to those, I say, "You can have mine!!" Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful for the things we have, the roof over our heads, and the area in which we live...but sometimes even blessings can make your nightmares become reality. Let me paint the picture... two days ago this is what I saw as I drove to work..

-6 degrees!!

Seriously!!? So ya...it's been cold around here...I think yesterday was maybe 0 degrees? 10 maybe...so anyway, it's freakin' cold.

Ok, back to my story...so we live in an "older" home, built in the 60's with not many upgrades. Our laundry room is out through the garage, and although it gets a little heat from a small vent, it's still pretty cold, which normally is ok...but last night I walked out with a basketfull of clothes to find the back door from the laundry room to the backyard, WIDE OPEN!! It was freezing in there! Literally!! I dreaded telling Cole, but it had to be done...After running two space heaters and a big propane heater...the water began to thaw, and began pouring out of the pipes...ya for us...indoor sprinklers!

So needless to say, we spent half the night tearing the cinder block wall apart to get better access and the better part of the morning running around looking for parts. Ugh. Luckily my man is Mr. Handy and thinks he can take care of it all...If not, we know some great plumbers....

Our next prayer is that there wasn't enough water left in the washers hoses to freeze and bust them....I guess we'll see...
Aren't you jealous? haha

Let it Snow....

Woke up to a bit 'o snow this morning...

The only way I could convince Easton to get up and get dressed was to get him to the backdoor to see for himself. "Mom it snowed!"...Indeed... So he got his boots on, his hat, and his little brown mittens...and out he went at 8am....

Later on the way to daycare, Shyler said, "Mom the snow on the mountains, there might be some really big snow and we can't see it..." Easton chimed in, "Yea, cause Jesus dropped it!"

Now I love to see my children excited about the snow...but I am NOT! Once this begins, I know I'm in for a good 6 months of CRAPPY weather....How will I survive!?

Mighty Hunter

I put in for my very first deer hunt this year and drew a tag. On Wednesday, Cole took me out to his "Special Hunting Hole" and within 20 minutes, I had shot my very first deer! Cole is an amazing guide!

So what happened was, just after it got light, we walked down about 400 yards from the truck. We perched ourselves on a little lookout, and were watching some elk in the distance. Something spooked the elk and they took off running down the hill. At first we had thought there were only 30-40 elk, but as they ran, more kept coming! There were at least a hundred! Cows and Bulls. It was pretty cool to watch, and it sounded like a roaring river as they ran. After that we thought, well any deer around probably got spooked with them, but we'll just sit and watch for a bit. Maybe 10 minutes after they ran, Cole whisper-yells to me, "Shoot that Buck!". I pull off my gloves and grab the rifle, trying to see where he is pointing, as I was unaware that we were watching any deer. haha. Anyways I find the deer in the scope about 240 yds down the hill from us and I keep asking Cole, the front one, right? (There were three bucks together). He said yes, and confirmed I had a clear shot. I responded that I did, and I squeezed that trigger and BOOM!!! That rifle packs quite a punch and I was knocked back a little, therefore not watching the deer to see if I hit it. Cole was watching them though and I hit it! It ran maybe 10 feet and went down. I've never seen Cole more excited...SERIOUSLY! haha. Anyway then we had to go clean it (gut it) and yes, I did most of it. And then we had to drag it up an steep incline the whole way to the truck! Luckily for us, Cole's uncle Lance was up there hunting and we were able to track him down and have him help. It was quite an experience. :) Now Cole is trying to talk me into putting in for an Elk tag next year....we'll see....

My handsome Hubby (this was actually taken on Day #1 of the hunt in a total different area, we just rode the wheelers all day)

Here I am!

Me and my Proud Husband

Cole's uncle Lance and I

I don't think I'll make it very far...

Spooky

Annual Mecham Halloween Party 2009

Each year we put on a family Halloween Party and this year we had some great costumes. I was not able to capture everyone in pics (my camera didn't focus very well for some reason) But here is what I did get!

Cinderella (Taysia) and Her Fairy Godmother (Aubrie) and her two mice, Gus Gus (Shauna) and Another mouse (Chelsea)

Cat or Mouse? (Briley)

Witch (Jadee)

Vampire (Shyler) and Tahitian Dancer (Me, that's my costume from dancing with the Tahitian Club while I attended BYU-H)

Dracula (Grandpa Vittoria), Romeo (Ron), Juliet (Vickie), Clown (Grandma Vittoria)

Duck Hunter (Dawn), Clown (Grandma V), Juliet (Vickie)

Aladdin (Nate)

Fairy (Keshia)

Cowgirl (Nena), Caterpillar (Timotayo), Me, Cinderella (Taysia), Monkey (Tomasi)

Bumblebee (Easton)

Vampire (Shyler)

Hula Dancer (JoJo)

Miss Piggy (Jenny)

THe things they say

Last night Easton wanted to eat some of Shyler's gum, but I had told them that it was too late, and they needed to brush their teeth and go to bed.
Easton kept asking Shyler for some, and she said,"TOmorrow we can eat some, Buddy"...
He quickly replies with, "That's not nice!"
He thought she said, "Tomorrow we can eat SOMEBODY".

Funny kids...

Oh, and the other day Easton was in the car and Cole got out for some thing, well Easton locked the doors and when Cole kept telling him to unlock the doors, he wouldn't. Well later Easton is telling me the story, and he said, "Daddy got out and I not let him in...and he say I'm gonna kick your butt!"...I died laughing, it was just too cute coming from his mouth.

The last couple weeks...

Hmmm...Maybe it's time to blog? How about just some pics instead?

Shyler and I had a girl's night out. We went to dinner, and then I took Shyler for her very first pedicure. She loved it...Then we shopped a bit.

Starting at the left and moving clockwise: Lili, Mary, Tayla, Grace, Shyler and Easton. We had some cousins over one night for dinner and to play.

Went to San Francisco for a training. Lucky for me, my friend Lisa lives there and she took me out one night for a quick tour of the city. The above pic is about as much of the Golden Gate Bridge as I could see with all the fog...

This picture and the one below, I took from the plane when flying out...

Lisa and I down on Fisherman's Wharf.

MMMM... Kara's cupcakes. I was ordered by a friend to bring one home for her. So being the good friend that I am, I bought some and carried them on the plane. I thought I was careful, but when I opened the box...they were quite a site! But, they were still delicious...

Me, surrounded by delicious, sinful candy.

Lisa, endulging her sweet tooth.

Lambert Street (i think that's right)...Windiest street in the U.S. Yea, we drove down it. I'm so special, you want to touch me, don't you? LOL

Lisa and I sitting in front of the Golden Gate Bridge...darn fog!

Here is my mommy and I. I had a work event in Park City, Cole couldn't come, so i invited my mommy. We shopped, went to the spa, had dinner and saw a movie. Fun Times.

Here I am about to drive a really fast mustang. Can you see the terror in my eyes? No? Well it's there! But all went well. i lived, and I had fuN!

And saving the best for last...

Shyler and her good friend, Zoie.