Blogger Tag

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

#1
What was I doing 10 years ago?I was 15 years old, sneaking out of the Jr High parking lot to go to lunch driving the white Fiat with my friend Amy Bowers. (It was closed campus for lunch)

#2
Things on my To-Do List Today: (Tonight) 1. Make Beck's Valentine box, fix his Thomas the train bag that I made yesterday that he tore today, get his Valentine's ready, call my sister, fold about 3 loads of laundry, and buy a crib bedding set on-line.

#3
What would I do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire: 1. Buy my sister a building for her gym and preschool, buy a 12X12 printer, go on a shopping spree and not check price tags or the sale rack, buy Beck a side building for his train set, buy Stephen a cool car, send some money to every family member and some to Guatemala to "mi familia" down there, and then give the rest to Stephen.

#4
3 Bad Habits: Sugar, Mountain Dew, keeping track of money people owe me (in the end does it really matter?) and cleaning up dinner before I eat it.

#5
3 places I have lived: 1. Burley, Idaho 2. Guatemala 3. Othello, Washington

#6
5 Jobs I have had...1. slowest handline mover in the world 2. Perkins 3. Subway 4. Schlotzky's Deli 5. Millhollow in Rexburg

#7
5 Things people don't know about me: 1. I count the stairs as I climb them 2. I apply chapstick at least 3 times in the middle of the night 3. Black is one of my new favorite colors 4. it bugs me when people ask a favor that begins with, "you are so good at, so will you......" 5. I like to pluck my husband's eyebrows

I would like to tag the following ladies: Beka Mardis, Joann Piper, and Bethany Jenks

Jacksen Ashton Video

I'm not as eloquent as my wife, but this is how i will remember Jacksen. Always tapping out the beat of a song and wanting to be with is younger cousins. I love him and will miss him. Stephen

My Baby is no longer a baby anymore...

We almost went right by Beck's birthday this year. A lot has happened in our lives lately and our minds have been occupied with other things. But we decided to take Beck bowling for his birthday today after a quick trip to the Spokane hospital to see Jacksen's friend, Kris, who was involved in the accident with him. We invited my sister and her girls and my friend Bethany and her family with little Roman bowling with us. Actually I think that it was all Kortni's idea. Anyways it was fun and nice to get out and get our minds occupied with our little Beck. Well, I guess he's not little anymore, he's 2 years old! He got a bunch of presents that he loves. His friend, Roman, gave him a really cool hoodie and some Lego fruit snacks which he couldn't get enough of! Kortni and her family gave him McQueen underwear, which hopefully will come in use soon, a really soft Queen blanket, and a Queen hat, which he wore all the way home and was tempted to sleep in. Not to mention he got Car cards from both Roman and his Nelson girls. We gave him a dump truck, big legos, a magna doodle, and cars from the movie Cars, and a Thomas train. He ripped right through his presents with cousin Piper's help, and was obsessed with his Lightning McQueen candle. He got bored of bowling pretty fast and it took us all about an hour and a half to bowl just one game! He was pretty much running around everywhere, and at one point ran straight down the lane and slipped, no tears though. One more time he ran across the bowling alley right in front of a girl that was letting go of her ball and it missed him by about 6 inches. (Picture an almost 8 month pregnant lady running after him and slipping and falling to her knees right as she was about to nab him) yeah pretty embarrassing.....
Right nowhe loves Lightning McQueen (calls him Queen) and trains. He also is in love his cousin "Wizah" and his "mama" (aunt Kortni) and always asks about them. He likes to carry his Cars and trains around with him everywhere. and as you can tell from the end picture, he has decided that they must sleep with him too! (My friend Kellee gave him McQueen pijamas that he's wearing) All in all I'd say it was a pretty successful party with Beck entering his year #2 on this earth with a bang! Man, I sure do love my little tornado. It's weird how in a month or so, my Baby Beck is going to seem so big and he's going to be a big brother. He is such a mommy's boy and I am such a son's mom, but we're going to have another girl in the house, I hope he learns that he can only wrestle with people bigger than him....

Pay It Forward Winners!!!

I promise that I didn't cheat Jenica! Stephen did the picking of the names out of a hat! And the Winners of the Pay It Forward Drawing are....

Jakobi Conley crazyconleys.blogspot.com

Britni Widmier widmierboys.blogspot.com

Jenica Heslop jenicaheslopfamily.blogspot.com

I will get to work on your prizes as soon as things calm down for my family, but now it is your turn to

Jacksen Oscar Ashton

Saturday February 2, 2008 my nephew Jacksen was in a car accident and we lost him. He was 16 years old, 17 in April. He is the oldest grandchild and carried lots of responsibility setting a good example and just being a great kid. He loves chips and salsa, movies, music, and carrying around his baby nephews and neices. He was always asking, "is Beck was in a good mood and can I hold him?" Right now it's still not real. Even as we all hang out in silence trying to figure out what happened. It seems like he's just away at a camp or hanging out with friends and at any moment he will walk in followed by a few teenage boys digging around in the pantry for chips and salsa and asking me if I've seen the lastest Spiderman and what I thought of it. I remember when he and I went to see Star Wars III at the midnight showing with his little brother Taryn and some other friends of his. He was so patient with me and my silly questions about that movie and so understanding even if I didn't like a movie that he thought was great, but he would try to convince me otherwise. So here's to my nephew Jacksen; I'm gonna miss you as much as you would miss chips and salsa. Love you buddy.