For the first time since we got married, Adam and I joined my fam for camping over Memorial Day weekend. We didn't get to go up until after church on Sunday because I had my first Sharing Time responsibilities but we still got to go! It was raining all morning long here and Adam, I must admit, was not incredibly excited about the prospect of a night in a tent. We camped at Jellison Place, which is about 26 miles north of Harlowton via some gravel roads. It was actually a very nice place with a very nice road for gravel! It was basically inhabited with ATVers, which was fitting since that's what the rest of my family was there for. It was cold there when we first got there and then started to rain. I put Sarah in a snowsuit. It was blue and said all-star but at least she was warm! My kids were very excited about sleeping in a tent. We got it all set up before the rain really hit but spent the evening socializing in my sister's camp trailer. It's so fun because the oldest four kids in my family are now married so it's like hanging out with a bunch of friends. Sleeping that night was not so much my favorite. Apparently after having 3 babies my hips do not appreciate sleeping on the ground anymore! I could feel and hear the snap, crackle and pop every time I moved! Paige and Porter woke up once each because they were cold but we got them tucked and snuggled in and they were fine. That was so much better than I expected! Monday morning the sun came out and warmed up the whole place. It was such a beautiful day! We ate breakfast with my mom, although I wish I had the hook-up like Ryan and Tove! Everyone invited them to eat with them so they took their plates from trailer to trailer and ate! It was so cute to watch the herd of cousins running around together! All the grandkids from Haleigh (5) down to Jordyn and McKayla (1.5) ran around, played in the dirt, threw the frisbee, took turns getting 4 wheeler rides, and just generally had a great time together, so much so that when we finally left that afternoon, Paige pouted for the first 30 miles and wouldn't even look at me! Adam left that morning to go black bear hunting down the road in the Crazy Mountains for a while. He came back early afternoon to report that he had seen two bears: one that he dubbed the meth bear because it was just a juvenile, super skinny, and had rubbed most of it's fur off and another that he saw the tracks (which were huge) but only caught flashes of through the trees. I am glad to know that my husband has some sense because he wouldn't pursue that big bear up into the timber because he was scared. We all ended up mildly sunburned but nothing major, just enough to prove we were outdoors having a good time! =o)
Tuesday Adam worked during the day but we branded that afternoong/evening at his mom's house. It was such a great time. Crystal requested earlier in the day that I bring my pasta salad because she was "having a powerful craving." Adam and Jerob roped, our friend Mark and Skinny wrestled calves for one set and they used the handy north fork for the other. I vaccinated for a while but then Miss Sarah got super fussy so I turned into a specatator the rest of the time. Our niece and nephew, Cydnee and Ty, eventually took all the kids but Kaylie back to the house to watch a movie. It was so amazingly helpful. Miss Kaylie just sat inside the fence for the well by herself playing in the grass and watching until we were almost done. At that point she told me she wanted out so I let her out. I asked her if she could go back to the house by herself but she told me no and took my hand, so Sarah and I walked back to the house with her. I stopped in the driveway and asked if she could do the rest by herself but she just looked up at me and said "Come on!" It was so cute. We ate a fabulous dinner and visited. Adam took me out for a four wheeler ride and actually taught me how to drive it. I can't believe I waited til 30 to try something so simple! It's not at all like the motorcycle my dad tried to teach me to drive! I think it also helps that my husband is such a patient teacher. I don't get nearly so stressed when learning new things because he stays so calm. Adam took everyone downstairs to watch the DVD he made his mom for Mother's Day afterward. It is so fun to see something he worked so hard on have such a powerful effect. His sisters laughed and cried through the whole thing. I have to admit that I still cry at least once or twice during it even though I've seen it 15-20 times now! It was such a great day.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
World's Worst Blogger part 2 =o)
Wow! Time is really flying by! We have been so unbelievably busy. I knew this was going to be a crazy spring and it has been! We started the kitchen remodel the Sunday before Easter and finished the Wednesday after. We're no extreme makeover: home edition but I think 10 days for a kitchen remodel is pretty darn good! The kitchen is beautiful and HUGE! I knew there was more room hiding there but I had no idea until we got the walls, kitchen, and old master bedroom closet demoed! (I cant find the pictures on the computer but I'll post them asap!)
The two days after we finished the kitchen, I ended up at my grandma's house helping my sister Nicole go through my grandma's house in an effort to help her downsize to be ready for her move to Billings. I had no idea one woman could cram so much stuff into one house without it looking like it was crammed full of stuff!!! Cole and I had fun doing it and honestly just started chucking stuff when Grandma wasn't looking!! She (grandma) wanted to keep just about everything. At one point Nicole found a cut glass basket behind the tv with fake fruit in it. When asked if it could go or stay, Grandma said she'd better keep it because it had been a wedding present for her and Jim (marriage number 5). Nicole told her she could keep it if she could tell us who gave it to her. Grandma replied "Some friends of Jim's". Nicole said "EH. Wrong answer!" and put it in the garage sale pile. It was so funny!
Paige has been playing t-ball this spring. It is so cute! She is so very Paige about it. They were practicing last week and after about half an hour she came out to the van and told me she was done because she was too mad in there. When I asked her why she was mad, she told me "Because all those people in there want to play with me!!"
We went to Billing the first weekend in May so I could go to Time Out for Women. I worked in the mini Deseret Bookstore they bring with. It was fun, mostly because I got paid $100 for working the weekend but it is also a tremendous workout! (AND holy cow can Mormon women spend money!!) We also visited the Little Bighorn Battlefield, which was sort of interesting for me (I think I'd rather watch a documentary - it was just hard for me to visualize I guess!) but Adam and my dad had a great time. (By the way, don't stop at the convenience store/KFC down the hill from the battlefield. It was super sketchy! We piled back in the car and headed to Hardin which is off the reservation!) We got a hotel room that night at our favorite Billings spot (Best Western Kelly Inn and Suites - they seriously have the best pool I've seen!). We got the kids all ready and Adam took them down to the pool while I fed Sarah and waited for my fam to show up. When they got down to the pool, it was closed because some little kid had pooped in it! Talk about crappy timing! (he he) They gave us our money back and we moved down the road to the Ramada because they at least have a water slide and we all had a blast anyway!
On Tuesday, May 5th I got the most shocking text message of my life. My brother Ryan and his adorable girlfriend Tove (pronounced toe-vuh) eloped to the Yellowstone County courthouse. We still aren't exactly sure why they eloped but we're super happy to have Tove join the fam!
Adam and the kids got me a new DVD player, flowers, cards, and chocolate (YUM!) for Mother's Day. Adam made his mom and super-sweet photo DVD set to music. It has all kinds of pictures of his mom and dad through the years, each of the kids from baby pics to now, and pictures of the grandkids. My mom-in-law is not an emotional person but she bawled through the whole thing and said it was the nicest thing anyone had ever given her. I made dinner and cheesecake for dessert, then she and I played Dr Mario on the Wii. We had a great time!
I turned 30 on May13th. It really came and went without much fanfare. I spent the day with my kiddos because Adam had to work but we did go out to dinner and that was really nice.
I headed back to Billings on Friday (the 15th) while Adam was up bear hunting by Holter Lake. Nicole and I threw Tove a bridal shower that night. I made most of the food: mini cupcakes, mini brownies, and mini cream puffs. We also had Lime and Lemonade (1/2 c. lime juice, 1/2 c. lemon juice, 3/4 c. sugar and 4 cups water - I used seltzer.) We had a lot of fun except that we had it at Tove's mom dance studio and brought all the kids and I was pretty worried about the mess they were making. We did get it cleaned back up so hopefully there's no irreparable damage!! On Saturday, most of us girls went garage saleing, a favorite Oblander family pasttime. How I love a good deal! That night there was a big family barbecue at Tove's brother Bjorn's house. There were tons of people from both sides there. Everyone really seemed to have a good time, especially when Bjorn made Tove and Ryan sit in the middle and have a Q & A session from the families. The house was absolutely beautiful and decorated to a T. (I think I'm just too simple and cheap to ever have a house like that!!) Sunday we did a big family dinner to celebrate my birthday. I ended up cooking because I wanted German food but mom did make me carrot cake for dessert - YUM! Monday night everyone but Tove and Chad, who were working, headed to Cooney dam for the evening. It was really too cold to play in the water but Mom & Dad and Brian & Nicole have recently purchase new (to them) boats, so it was fun to be there for the maiden voyages! Sarah hated wearing a life jacket so I only rode along once. Paige only went once with Mom and Dad because she had a very Paigey melt-down about having to have her muddy feet rinsed off with cold lake water in order to be allowed in the boat. Porter went in both boats as much as he could and even got to drive! He wanted nothing to do with going into the "wiber" but really enjoyed the "wide (ride) a boat!" We finally came home yesterday. Paige was excited to come home and see Daddy until I actually made her get in the van to come home, then she was angry because she wanted more sleep overs at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
I am glad to be home and know that my husband is safe. (Like most people, I'd rather stay away from bears, not purposely try to find them!) He had a great time though and has tons of stories, as usual. Honestly though, the rattlesnake hunting he did yesterday at his mom's house makes me more nervous than the bears. I am just SO not an adrenaline junkie!!
The two days after we finished the kitchen, I ended up at my grandma's house helping my sister Nicole go through my grandma's house in an effort to help her downsize to be ready for her move to Billings. I had no idea one woman could cram so much stuff into one house without it looking like it was crammed full of stuff!!! Cole and I had fun doing it and honestly just started chucking stuff when Grandma wasn't looking!! She (grandma) wanted to keep just about everything. At one point Nicole found a cut glass basket behind the tv with fake fruit in it. When asked if it could go or stay, Grandma said she'd better keep it because it had been a wedding present for her and Jim (marriage number 5). Nicole told her she could keep it if she could tell us who gave it to her. Grandma replied "Some friends of Jim's". Nicole said "EH. Wrong answer!" and put it in the garage sale pile. It was so funny!
Paige has been playing t-ball this spring. It is so cute! She is so very Paige about it. They were practicing last week and after about half an hour she came out to the van and told me she was done because she was too mad in there. When I asked her why she was mad, she told me "Because all those people in there want to play with me!!"
We went to Billing the first weekend in May so I could go to Time Out for Women. I worked in the mini Deseret Bookstore they bring with. It was fun, mostly because I got paid $100 for working the weekend but it is also a tremendous workout! (AND holy cow can Mormon women spend money!!) We also visited the Little Bighorn Battlefield, which was sort of interesting for me (I think I'd rather watch a documentary - it was just hard for me to visualize I guess!) but Adam and my dad had a great time. (By the way, don't stop at the convenience store/KFC down the hill from the battlefield. It was super sketchy! We piled back in the car and headed to Hardin which is off the reservation!) We got a hotel room that night at our favorite Billings spot (Best Western Kelly Inn and Suites - they seriously have the best pool I've seen!). We got the kids all ready and Adam took them down to the pool while I fed Sarah and waited for my fam to show up. When they got down to the pool, it was closed because some little kid had pooped in it! Talk about crappy timing! (he he) They gave us our money back and we moved down the road to the Ramada because they at least have a water slide and we all had a blast anyway!
On Tuesday, May 5th I got the most shocking text message of my life. My brother Ryan and his adorable girlfriend Tove (pronounced toe-vuh) eloped to the Yellowstone County courthouse. We still aren't exactly sure why they eloped but we're super happy to have Tove join the fam!
Adam and the kids got me a new DVD player, flowers, cards, and chocolate (YUM!) for Mother's Day. Adam made his mom and super-sweet photo DVD set to music. It has all kinds of pictures of his mom and dad through the years, each of the kids from baby pics to now, and pictures of the grandkids. My mom-in-law is not an emotional person but she bawled through the whole thing and said it was the nicest thing anyone had ever given her. I made dinner and cheesecake for dessert, then she and I played Dr Mario on the Wii. We had a great time!
I turned 30 on May13th. It really came and went without much fanfare. I spent the day with my kiddos because Adam had to work but we did go out to dinner and that was really nice.
I headed back to Billings on Friday (the 15th) while Adam was up bear hunting by Holter Lake. Nicole and I threw Tove a bridal shower that night. I made most of the food: mini cupcakes, mini brownies, and mini cream puffs. We also had Lime and Lemonade (1/2 c. lime juice, 1/2 c. lemon juice, 3/4 c. sugar and 4 cups water - I used seltzer.) We had a lot of fun except that we had it at Tove's mom dance studio and brought all the kids and I was pretty worried about the mess they were making. We did get it cleaned back up so hopefully there's no irreparable damage!! On Saturday, most of us girls went garage saleing, a favorite Oblander family pasttime. How I love a good deal! That night there was a big family barbecue at Tove's brother Bjorn's house. There were tons of people from both sides there. Everyone really seemed to have a good time, especially when Bjorn made Tove and Ryan sit in the middle and have a Q & A session from the families. The house was absolutely beautiful and decorated to a T. (I think I'm just too simple and cheap to ever have a house like that!!) Sunday we did a big family dinner to celebrate my birthday. I ended up cooking because I wanted German food but mom did make me carrot cake for dessert - YUM! Monday night everyone but Tove and Chad, who were working, headed to Cooney dam for the evening. It was really too cold to play in the water but Mom & Dad and Brian & Nicole have recently purchase new (to them) boats, so it was fun to be there for the maiden voyages! Sarah hated wearing a life jacket so I only rode along once. Paige only went once with Mom and Dad because she had a very Paigey melt-down about having to have her muddy feet rinsed off with cold lake water in order to be allowed in the boat. Porter went in both boats as much as he could and even got to drive! He wanted nothing to do with going into the "wiber" but really enjoyed the "wide (ride) a boat!" We finally came home yesterday. Paige was excited to come home and see Daddy until I actually made her get in the van to come home, then she was angry because she wanted more sleep overs at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
I am glad to be home and know that my husband is safe. (Like most people, I'd rather stay away from bears, not purposely try to find them!) He had a great time though and has tons of stories, as usual. Honestly though, the rattlesnake hunting he did yesterday at his mom's house makes me more nervous than the bears. I am just SO not an adrenaline junkie!!
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