Think Spring

Thought that if I posted some flowers from my iphoto album and thought hard enough about spring I could make it happen. Everyone join me and THINK SPRING.

Viva Las Vegas

We left for Vegas Tuesday morning. Crammed everyone in the car and took off. Our first stop was at the Saturn dealership. We are looking at buying a new car and since we don't have a Saturn dealership here in IF, I wanted to stop and check one out. Then we drove down to Ceder City. We drove up the canyon thinking we would head up to Bryce Canyon. Little did we know it was about 2 1/2 hours away. When we figured that out we decided we would hit it on the way back. We found our hotel and settled in for the night. The next morning we got up early so that we could get to Vegas before ten and hit the cheap tickets place and get seats for the Tournament of Kings. As we were hitting Vegas we realized that they were an hour behind us and we were happy because we were getting close to the time the tickets went on sale. Luckily we were able to get seats for the 8:30 show. We hung out the rest of the day and saw some of the sights, had lunch, and bought souvenirs. Then we checked into our hotel at the Stratosphere.
We had given the boys strict instructions not to look up at the billboards, at any buses or trucks driving by, don't look at the ground, and definitely do NOT take any flyers from the guys standing on the streets. So basically we should have just blindfolded them. They were pretty taken back by all the skin shown.
We had a blast at the show that night, and we were definitely the best country (although we were France:( )....we really cheered for our HOT King. The girls loved the show and I think the boys did too. Later that night we walked down the strip so that we could check out more of the casinos and all the cool attractions. We made it down to Caesars Palace. Then we sat there until Drew walked back and got the car. The boys crashed while we waited.
We got up early the next morning so we could see more. We went up to the top of the Stratosphere...that was really cool....the kids (except Brady...he was to small) went on the Roller Coaster at NY, NY. We bought some more souvenirs and from there we headed up to Hoover Dam. What an amazing structure.....I just stood in awe over the vastness of the whole thing.
We made it to Bryce Canyon pretty late in the day and unfortunately the light was almost gone.
We pulled into our driveway about 3:30 A.M. If I overlook all the fighting in the back seat it was a good trip. We saw a lot and nobody got lost. They may be a little less innocent, but . . . .

Facebook

It's been a really long time since I have added anything to my blog. I have to admit, I have become a Facebook Junkie. Yes.....My name is Terri and I am a Facebook addict.
I can't help myself...I am on several times a day just to see if any of my friends are on. I have come across people I haven't talked to in 20+ years. I have talked to cousins, long lost friends and yes....old boyfriends. Weird. It's totally fun just to see what is going on with people in their daily lives.
I know I need to keep up with my blog, but frankly things don't change a lot in my life in order to keep a constant running dialogue.
My kids are on there so I get to see what their thoughts are for the day. What a better way to keep up on all the goings on in their lives?
So, I guess if any of you feel I need an Intervention you can feel free to get a hold of Ken Seeley, and I will meet you at the hotel. I will look forward to hearing all the wonderful things all of you have to say to me about my life before Facebook.
Oh Yeah! Did I mention I have a bit of an addiction to the show Intervention?

Dominika

Here is our new exchange student. Sweet girl. I am so glad to have her here. I think she will be a great asset to our family.

Christmas and New Years

We had a really great Christmas this year. Tyler came home (not that he wasn't home last year) it always makes us feel a little more complete when he is here. I think the boys are really going to have a hard time with him leaving this time. He is going to be gone until July before we see him again.
Our Christmas was a little low key this year. Of course they got their usual pj's on Christmas Eve. But over all we just really downsized this year. Here are a few pictures of them hamming it up for the camera.


New Years

I had my good friends here for New Years Eve. We had a blast. we played some games (Skittles game, and the chocolate bar game. You have to put on gloves, hat and scarf before the person in front of you rolls doubles. The goal is get all the stuff on and open the bar of chocolate with a knife and fork and eat it. It was a lot of fun. We also made some really yummy Chinese food and totally pigged out on junk food.
A good time was had by all.

Prom Night

Today was Sydney's first date. She was so nervous. Her friends came over to help her get ready and I could see it in her eyes that she was just petrified. Luckily it was with a good friend of hers. Her and Jace have known each other for 5 years and are two peas in a pod. They are both really genius but are a little socially backwards. They are forgetful and scatterbrained but they "get" each other.
It was really cute how excited she was that his tie matched her dress. She was just giddy. I hope she has a great time and this experience is good for her.
I still remember my first date, and believe me that was a LONG time ago.