snow day

HI, I watched it snow from 5Am till 9:30 I got a lot out there. I also drove home in it last night,that was not fun. Now I am debating if should go up to the rental and work. I would spend the night so don't have to worry about driving in snow again. But the news says 2 more days of snow, so don't know if want to go. oh well. I had a nice Easter. bye for now.

Happy Easter One Day Late!

Hi Family!

Happy Easter one day late. With everything else going on yesterday I didn't get the chance to post!

Well, the Washington State "branch" (Grandpa, Janie, Karri, Wyatt, Tina, Janie's kids, Jeremy, and me) all got together last night for a great dinner together. I swear I married into the coolest family on the planet. The food was awesome, the company was awesome, it was just awesomeness all around. Jeremy and Wyatt talked computers, and Tina and I talked clothes and shoes. I'm lucky I have Tina around to keep me in style. :-D

And Amy, yes, "Jazzercising" is a word...though I don't know if anyone's really used it as a term since about, oh, 1987. LOL It is a funny name, though, isn't it?

Happy day everyone!
Kim

Now This Will Go To The Right Place???...

Thanks Kim and Jer for moving our blog to the right spot. Somehow we hacked their's instead of this one. We don't have our own blog, because basically, we are boring people. But we will try to add a few thoughts to the family one every now and then. Just to keep you apprised that we are all alive over here. Tina: Those cookies sound awesome. I am going to have to bake some now. Kim: Keep up the great work on the Jazzercising. (is that a word?) Anywho...love you all. Spring Break officially ends tonight. :(

WOOT! This is the most awesome blog on the planet.

Hey everyone! I'm glad to see the new blog is a success so far. Thank you for your posts--let's keep it up! This is so much fun! And I must say, even though it's not a hawk, I totally dig my choice of background.

Chicks, man...

From the Tina of the Face Variety

Sooo, I got myself out of jury duty by saying I need to find a job. (Which is true...) And since it would have been "approximately" seven weeks that would make it hard to find a job in a timely manner.....

The case was a triple homicide and a robbery charge I believe. I am sooo sooo glad I didn't have to see those pictures and hear all about how it happened. I mean I get freaked out enough just watching Law and Order! How much worse would it be if it were real life!!?

Mostly it was just a really boring day. I did make friends with this girl named Siri...we were the only people there under the age of at least 30...everyone else was very fuddy-duddy. We ended up doing a Thomas Kincade puzzle that was only missing 2 pieces!! They can't afford full puzzles in that little room they stuck us for hours apparently...

Anyway, hope you all are doing grand, I won't have anything exciting to write about anymore...oh well!

From Karri

I have nothing to say but enjoyed reading all of your messages. Tina are you bringing cookies Sunday?

So Here I Am

Hey you guys! I am now a contributing member of this family. (haha) Tomorrow I get the wonderful *cough* privilege of going to jury summons in Kent. Hopefully they don't like me and I get thrown out early because the trial that they're picking for is estimated to last 7 weeks. And let me tell you, that is not how I want to spend my next seven weeks! And if I get to leave early I can go shopping which I am sure is way more fun than jury duty any day!

Hmm what else is new...not much really. I made totally "bomb" cookies tonight with my friend Hannah. They were oatmeal with almonds and craisins. And then in some we put chocolate chips, others we put white chocolate chips, then there were the peanutbutter milk chocolate swirled chips, and then some with all three flavors of chips. Man were they yummy. And only slightly over the top.

But now I just realized that the jeans I want to wear tomorrow aren't clean. (go me!) So I am off to do laundry....woohoo!


-Tina

Spring Break in Oklahoma! (From The Milligans)

Hi everyone,

This one is actually from the Milligan family. They're doing very well and I wanted to make sure you all got to see it!

We've been having a great time with our spring break. The college is on the same schedule as the public schools, so we all have spring break together! We started out badly because Amy got Influenza B from Nathan just as the break started. He was just getting over that and strep! When we get sick, we get sick. Anyway, once the tamiflu started working, we started having fun. We got all the kids bedrooms cleaned out (even the scary closet just in case Heather or Josh is wondering!!) and caught up on 2 weeks of laundry. Now that Amy is in school, laundry seems to pile up. For some reason she does her Calculus homework before laundry. Go figure. On Tuesday we rented Enchanted and Nancy Drew from the RedBox. If you haven't discovered RedBox, you have to. They are outside of a lot of McDonald's and inside a couple of our Walmarts. Only $1 a night for a movie! Anyway, we covered up the window in our family room and turned it into a movie theater. We had all sorts of goodies they never have at the movies. Like brownies and icecream! We had a lot of fun. Two cute movies. The kids were able to get out their bikes and ride around on our street for most of yesterday, and we went to a friend's house for a picnic lunch. Today the kids raked up the leaves in the back yard. They filled 20 lawn and leaf bags! There are a lot of trees in and around our back yard. We were hugely entertained by our dog who dug two holes in the dirt part of our back yard. The dirt here is bright red, so it was hilarious seeing her full of red dirt. She is a cream colored dog, or was. We spent the rest of the day riding bikes and playing basketball. Friday we have some old BYU friends coming to visit us from Kansas. Amy and Thomas were recently extended new callings at church. Thomas is the new Scoutmaster, but when the bishop asked him to serve he said "Cubmaster" so when it was announced that he would be SCOUTmaster, Thomas was a little shell shocked. When asked about the discrepancy, the bishop said, "Is there a difference?" He's new. Amy has been asked to be the Primary President! Gasp! She never thought she'd be asked to do something like that. She's starting to get excited, though. She has another week before she starts, so she has time to prepare herself. Our biggest excitement this year has been David turning 12! He was given the Aaronic Priesthood on March 9th. Amazing. He passed the sacrament for the first time this last Sunday. It was really a special experience.

Hey there.. here I am.. eating not so healthy and contemplating what I should write..

Let's keep it simple.. KIM PWNS! I love ya sis!