So Kobe has taken on the sport of wrestling..... I have mixed emotion about the whole idea of my baby being "beat up" by another little boy but Jeff thinks it is a good idea and Kobe enjoys it so far. He won third place in his second tournament that he was in. We are off to Pocatello for another tournament this weekend!

Maybe spring is here????

Yesterday we had a sort of nice day here in the great land of Idaho! Don't get me wrong I love the fact that we live back here, it is just that I miss the beautiful spring in Texas! I know that we would have the pool out on the driveway already and I would be working in the yard. I am trying to convince my mother in law to let me plant a garden at her house but she knows that I am moving soon so she doesn't want to take the responsibility of a garden on, dang! Maybe we will be in our house soon so that I can plant a garden in my own yard! I will just need my brothers help, both of my brothers have inherited the "Long" green thumb and have been able to grow anything like my great grandpa Long. Here are some pictures of the kids playing outside. My father in law has enjoyed having his grandkids around, the house got really quite yesterday while I was folding laundry so I got worried and went looking for the three boys. I looked out the window and saw them with Grandpa outside swinging, jumping on the tramp and feeding the horses, so after Chloe's nap we went outside with them to enjoy the rest of the afternoon!

Happy Easter 2008

Oops, I know that I am a little late to get this posted, things just have been crazy around here! I hope that you all had a great Easter Sunday. Ours was very nice and relaxing! We went to the Menan Easter egg hunt with Stacy, Sonny and Kids and Shay and Heather and kids, it was really nice and COLD! The kids got tons and tons of candy! On Sunday we went to my sister Stacy's house and went to church with them and enjoyed a very yummy dinner! It has been so nice to be back around family.

HOw cute can she be?

I rolled her hair in curlers for church! Doesn't she look so freak'n cute!

This is one of her favorite things to do is wear Jeff's hat after he got home from work!

I love that Chloe's little personality is developing! She still is super naughty but at the same time she is just so stinking cute!

This is what happens when I take a nap!

It is never good when you hear "go show mommy what you did!" And that is how I was awoken from my nap one fine Sunday afternoon!

This little "angel" got into my make up and not only did she get it all over herself, she gave the inside of the toilet a make over! Jeff thought it was very funny, me not so much.

We made it!

As I sit here to type I get so emotional and I don't know where to begin! The past five and half years of our lives together have just flown by, I remember the first day I pulled up to our house in Texas, I thought to myself that I will never make it here. After I gave up that thought and stopped fighting the fact that I was there to stay I really started to enjoy it and I had a real hard time to leave all the people behind that had became my family. I have already got phone calls from some of you and I really appericate that you are still thinking about us, I can tell you I haven't stopped thinking of you guys! Things have been crazy since we pulled into Idaho! The drive was okay, I had the stomach flu, not fun! The kids did great, the boys loved it when they got to drive in the "big truck " with grandpa. Chloe did okay in the car, thank heavens for portable dvd players! Our window broke again, so we had to redneck it and duct tape it ( I thought afterall we are going to live in Idaho, we will fit in!) Jeff has hit the ground running looking for a job, please keep saying your prayers for him! Kobe and Cooper started school on tuesday and they are loving it! Kobe informed us that he has already found a girlfriend! Cooper only goes half days so he catches the bus with Kobe at 8:00 am and is dropped back off to us at 11:30 the one nice thing is that the bus comes right to the house so we just have to stand at the end of the driveway, it is just still real cold in the morning ( this morning it was -1) The kids love the snow, we went and got them some boots and it just brought back childhood memories having to wear big ol boots to school so when go outside to play your feet won't get cold! There is not a preschool program here for Carter so he is home with me, lets just say once I kick this cold I caught we will be going to the Teacher Development store to find things to keep him busy! So all in all we are doing great and getting settled in. After Jeff gets a job we are going to make the next big step and buy a house! I can't wait! I will keep you posted and get pictures up soon!

Who slapped you..?

Carter recently had 5ths disease -notice the pink cheeks!

(Fifth disease is a very common childhood illness. Adults can get it too. It is sometimes called "slapped cheek disease" because of the rash that some people get on the face. You spread the disease by coughing and sneezing.

As a rule, people can spread fifth disease only while they have flu-like symptoms and before they get a rash.)

So anyways when Jeff took Carter to the doctor she called it slapped cheek, and I am guessing that Carter understood it as if someone had slapped him because when he got home he asked me after Jeff had gone back to work who had slapped him on the cheeks? Ohhh, I laughed pretty good at that one!

Chloe's Hair

When we had Chloe I kept bragging that she will have tons of hair and it will be thick just like the boys...yeah I spoke too soon! Chloe has very thin and fine hair and it just started to grow long enough to do stuff with. Everyday Jeff makes fun of me for trying new things out on her hair.

Good Deal

Last night my friend stopped by to see me and before she left she told me that Target had marked there clearance to 75% off! I thought well, it never hurts to go look right? Luckily I only found a few things for her but I held back and only bought one. These overall's are the cutest thing and Chloe looks so freak'n cute in them and you can't beat $3.75. If she would of been wearing nine months I would of spent a whole lot more! Thanks for the tip Danielle!

Chloe and La La

For the past year I have taken care of a little girl named Tyla that is six months younger than Chloe. Chloe and I have enjoyed the time with her and have became attached to her. Chloe calls her La la so now the whole family calls her that. They are very cute together and play very well with one another.

Goofing off!

Pictures with Santa

Taite, Ty and Teagan

Kobe, Chloe, Carter and Cooper

Kobe, Taite, Carter, Ty, Teagan and Cooper
What a group of good look'n kids!

How much is this picture worth?

So you tell me, how much is this picture worth? I will tell you what I think. Just as we were heading into Price Canyon on the way home I rolled down the window to take this picture for our friend back here in Texas, and I thought to myself ohh it is very cold I better get this window rolled up. I click the little button and slowly the window started to roll up, I mean if someone had a hand crank window they would beat this electric window hands down thats how slow it was moving. I looked over at Jeff and he said "Crap hurry it up [the window] it is going to get stuck. I am thinking oh yeah like I can just push the button harder and it will roll up faster, or maybe I should ask it please to hurry, because you know that always works for me when I ask the kids, ha ha. Then it happens, the window comes to a dead stop, I mean nothing is going to work on this window to get it up, so I start to panic thinking great I have to ride 1500 more miles with the window rolled down and right now the temperature outside is -3 degrees. Chloe is getting an Arctic blast in her face and the other kids are already complaining that they are cold and they can't hear the movie. I smile and say it is going to be okay daddy will fix it as soon as we can pull over ( I am thinking buck up little campers when I was growing up I didn't get movies and warm air and many other choice words that I really shouldn't be thinking) Jeff pulled over and tried to get the window up, no such luck. We sat there thinking what do we do..? Jeff came up with the plan to wrap a blanket around it and shut it in the door and I had to hold on to it so that it would get sucked out the window. Finally, 50 miles later we made it to Price where we drove to the first repair shop that was open at 8:00 am on the day after Christmas. Jeff went in to see of someone could help and luckily they could pull the window up ( I guess that it is broken by now) after twenty minutes of playing around with it the window came up. To add to the adventure we had to stop about every two hundred miles to pull up the window so that it would stop whistle noise, because heaven forbid the kids couldn't hear the movie!

On the Road

Merry Christmas eve

Christmas came so fast this year! I had so much fun in Idaho I really did not want to leave, oh well! We will be moving back soon enough! The day couldn't of been better, we started off at my sisters house with a day filled with yummy food, great company and lots and lots of snow! The kids bundled up(I can't put my arms down is what Carter was thinking, I know it!) and went outside to play, I thought for sure that they would all be inside in just a few minutes but they stuck it out and had a great time! After we ate and goofed off we took off and went to Jeff's dad house where there was more yummy food and great people to visit with. The kids got to spend time with family that has not seen them in almost six years so it was very nice. Later that night we went back to the Burgie's where the kids opened pj's with the cousins and Sonny read to them the birth of Christ. I don't think that we could of asked for a better day all together. Christmas morning we said our goodbyes to family and headed to Spanish Fork, Utah so that I could see my Grandma Johnson and enjoy yet again another yummy meal!

Out to Dinner with the Felde Family

I think that this is the first time that we all have been out to dinner as a family! We had a great time, it was what the family needed!

The official date

SO you have all been asking me when we will be departing San Antonio and I answer with a
" hopefully very soon.." Well, it here... our official departing date from the Air Force with be January 31st! Jeff and I cannot wait to make it back to Idaho to be with family and friends that we have missed so bad. The kids can't wait either, all they keep talking about is seeing family. I will be sad to leave here, don't get me wrong I have enjoyed living here, it is just not where I feel that I can raise a family. We have made so many good friends and we will miss them very much, hopefully they will come and visit us in God's Country! This picture was taken at Jeff's unit Christmas party. The party was okay (we have been to better ones, dang Harvey for moving) but we were able to see friends that we haven't for a while and that was great, out last official unit function will be Msgt Smiths retirement. He teases me that he has to retire if Jeff is not going to stick around. Msgt Smith asks Jeff every time he goes into his office if he is here to reenlist! Like I have said we were meant to be here, we will miss so many of you and (some not so much!) So if anyone that reads this in San Antonio or Idaho Falls, I am asking if you would like to help pack and unpack a truck? I know, it is not fun to help someone move! We love you all and can't wait to see you all in IF and we will miss you in SA!

Oh those boys!

Last Sunday Jeff took our friends, family pictures and so Kobe, Joe and Cooper were so very willing to pose and model while Jeff got the lighting and poses worked out! What a bunch of cheese balls!

Here is a sneak peek of what the boys will be wearing in our family photos!
We took this after we got home from taking family photos. Chloe was so horrible during the photo shoot that we got one, yes one photo of the family with her in it. we did however get a great one of Jeff and the boys, Jeff and me and Chloe and I. She did fine if someone would hold her so my hopes of getting all four of them together in clean clothes, with clean faces. oh well.
When we pulled out of the parking lot Cooper said to Jeff, "hey so where is my root beer float for being so good while we took pictures?" So Jeff asked me if I had promised a treat to them and I said "no, did you?" He told me no, but then agreed with the boys that they did really great so sure why not?
Those boys are getting good at getting something they want!