Adalyn at Mickee's Christmas Dinner

This is Adalyn's show. The Many faces of Adalyn.

I think how cute the picture is. All the guys around her, with only Dad, aware of the camera. Grandpa and Uncle Bud only see Adalyn.

After a while she only looked at the camera.

I don't think that Adalyn is too impressed with the camera all night long

Mickee's turn with Adalyn after dinner.

But when you get her to smile just look at that grin.

Mickee and Grandpa at the dinner table.

You can tell Grandpa is a proud grandpa.

Becky helping out in the kitchen

Can't forget pictures of me and my newest niece.

The food was great. The company was marvelous. It was sad to see it end.

Tim and Becky and Bud.

How adorable is that?

Mickee had a Christmas dinner that was not only delicious but a lot of fun. But as you can see from the pictures. Adalyn stole the show. She is two months old and is quite the little character.

Here dad and daughter are playing. It is so cute.

Bud cleaning up in the kitchen.

Babies, Cheesecake, and Nordstrom

This little bundle of joy is my newest neice Adalyn Hertig. She is a doll, only weighing in at 6 lbs 14 ozs when born. She now weighs one pound heavier then she did at birth. In this picture she is about 2 weeks old. She is darling. I am glad she has joined our family.

As her proud Aunt!!!

This little tyke, is Olive!! Hasn't she just gotten so big. She will be one, on the 24th of November. She now says dada, and she claps if you say yeah and clap as well. She has a very cute smile, this is only half of it. She is a little leary of me with the camera, I rarely see her living in Logan, and then when I do. I always have my camera.

As you can see, the bag says Nordstrom on it. That is because I took this picture in the bathroom there. I had a little mishap with a piece of cheesecake and my purse.

My friend Stephanie (pictured below with me), and I went to the Olive Garden for the Soup, Salad and Breadsticks! As a dessert I got a peice of heaven. pumpkin cheesecake to go.

I not thinking anything of it, since my purse is big, (the black bag with the purple lining), I put the cheesecake into the bag. We went into nordstrom to look at something. Then we needed a pit stop. I reached into my purse, to grab some lipstick, and I my handcame out sticky and wet!!

The whip cream from the cheesecake, had melted out of the container and into my purse. That is why you see everything out of the purse on the couch.


During the mishap, our feet were both aching since we had on nice shoes, as you can see in the background. So yes, we took our shoes off in the restroom, thinking it wasn't the worst place to do it, would you do this in a Walmart? I had a nice lady take our picture with my camera, after I cleaned it from all the whipped cream.

Some people were probably mortified by this. If it hadn't been the fact that everytime Stephanie and I get together, something unusal happens, I would have been mortified at what we were doing. But then again, Stephanie and I, have always had great fun, and things like melted whipped cream in purses, is one of the least of the things that have happened to us.

The problem with relying on the things of the 21st century.....

Not so long ago, cell phones were as big as bricks, we all thought it was funny, a phone you could take with you? Now we text more then call. Not so long ago, no one really had the internet ( I remember the time, you had to pay by the hour, my dad was mad because I was on forever), or home computers, and if you did, you used a floppy disc and not a thumb drive. Not so long ago, there was only atari and ms pacman. no wii fit, or guitar hero. Not so long ago microwaves were really heavy to move and they had dials and only the start button to push. (my family got the microwave when I was a baby, they used it to heat my bottles- they gave classes on how to use them as well)

Not so long ago, my little laptop contracted several virus', a couple of spyware things, and it couldn't do anything. The place I took it to, only could get half of the problem fixed. So I need to reinstall windows on my computer. SCARY!!!! I could lose everything. Of course I will take precautions and copy everything to a thumbdrive. But still.

Most people now have a cell phone, as thier only phone. I am one of those. When service goes down, I have no contact with the world outside of Logan, this is a scary thought what happens if I fall and can't call 911? unliss I buy a phone card, and go into work to use the phone.

Yes, they are all nice to have, but..... when they all come crashing down, do we really survive? I have gone crazy not able to check email and facebook, and other sites I use on a daily basis, yes this does include school stuff as well. I do have wifi on my cell phone, so I can check facebook, and myspace, but I can't check email, or get online to do my internet classes. But what happens if my cell contracts a virus??? What then???

The world is getting scary. We all depend on the things that we used to live without. Cell phones, dishwashers, microwaves, computers, the internet, digital cameras, and the like. Don't get me wrong, I love them as much as the next person, and I can't wait to be in a place that has a dishwasher. That has a laundry room either in the place I live, or at least on the premises. But we seem to all take it for granted, until they break, or worse, go up in smoke.

So we should give thanks, when they are working, not just when we get them back from the shop.

I See the Light

I have really good news. I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, and no I am not talking about me dying! I am graduating in Dec. of 2009!!!!

For those of you that have known me since I have started, can you believe it? Some of you I met along the way. Some of you have cheered me on. I want to thank everyone that has been apart of my support through the long and treacherous journey through school. It has been long, it has been hard. But I know it is worth it.

I do not yet know what I will be doing, or where it will take me, so do not ask. I will let you all know.

I have been tagged!

Thanks Dana! Seven random things about me:

1: I have a stuffed pig, that I named Wilbur, I got the pig from Christmas from my dad. The reason it is a big and not a cat. One day, my dad, came down stairs and told us girls we lived like pigs. Enter pig things in my life.

2: I have been signing (ASL) since I was 10 because I learned one song as a girl scout.

3: I once was stung by over 50 yellowjackets at Jenny Evans house. The hive was on the 2nd floor of her playhouse. Her dad saved my life by risking his (he is deathly allergic) I froze in place and they attacked me. I was stung over 200 times. They don't die when they sting you. They followed us to the back door of their kitchin.

4: I fell four floors from that very same playhouse about 2 months later. It is amazing that I didn't die. The first floor was kitchen, a grown up could stand in it. The second floor where I was stung had two stairs to a third level which had a ladder to the fourth where it was really a platform for a slide. I fell from it landing on my back on rocks.

5: I fell in love with doing ceramics last summer, and in the process ran into someone I had a crush on in grade school. Don't figure, who would guess that I would actually get to know him, and that he actually knew my name! He also majored in ceramics.

6: I have taught jr. high math in ASL. For those who know me well. I really did it, and I finally understood it as well!

7: I don't know how to do the linking thing and I don't know 7 people who blog, so the person who sent this to me is: The Spear Clan

The people I will send it to is: McKinstry Clan

The Bryd Lady

The Brown Family

The Hertigs

Things on my Mind

My Mother

My sister posted a lovely blog about our mother. I really try to block out this week, not think about what happened 7 years ago, when she was taken from us. It still makes me cry. But I want to thank my sister for posting what she did. So to share with you what my sister did, I will just direct you to her blog. http://ryanandanjilleen.blogspot.com/ Thanks sis. I love you.

Mom, I love you. Miss you. Can't wait to see you.

Reactions to the dead rodent in my house......

I have had so many reactions to the squirel picture. I thought I should share them with everyone.

Some people thought it was a rat, or even a kitty cat.
Some people were sad, some were even glad
One thought it was funny and loves the idea of the killer cat that I have
Some people were sick, some people were shocked
Some people want me to stop.

Well I will stop talking about it.

Update: Poor little creatures outside my home.....

Not even five minutes later, when I had posted about the poor grasshopper, I heard Spike, meowing behind me. And this is what I found. I am sorry that it is so blurry. When I heard him come in, I got the camera ready, I have to admit, I let out a little yelp, and a jump at the same time. I didn't even stop to think to see if I had a clear picture. I just took it outside right after I took the picture.

Poor little squirel.

The delayed posting is because of work.

In the Life of a Poor Grasshopper.....

In recent years, this is what we think of when we say grasshoppers. I loved "A Bug's Life". Hopper, is a smart vicious little grasshopper. But this is not the type of grasshopper I am thinking of.......

Let me reintroduce you to my cat Spike, aka Old Man. In all the times I have had cats. I have been amazed at what they are like, their personalities etc... Like I said before, people didnt think Spike would be a good cat. Well they were wrong. But he is getting to be quite a little hunter.

Yes this is what you think it is. A grasshopper in the box. Yes I know, you probably have seen one of these before, so why the picture? In the background of the picture, are movies. That means, this was brought into my house. By Spike. I would have loved to get a picture of him bringing it in, but when he sees me watching he drops it and comes over to me looking very happy and proud of himself. "Look Mom, I can catch a grasshopper!"

So, Spike brings in the grasshopper, and then if the other cats are inside as well, they all sit and watch it. But if it moves to much, it gets bitten, and poked at. I rescue as many as I can. But I can't save every grasshopper out there. I pick them up carefully, and put them outside, and tell them to run or jump away as fast as they can, if they want to survive.

So poor little grasshoppers become either eaten or disabled around my home. Because if they don't die, then they only have one leg, and it is just a sad life.

Frustrations of the night.....

So I have a take home test, no big deal, I thought. I will type it up, send it in email. Since that is allowed, and be done. Well, I answered all the questions. I should have been in bed by 10, at the latest. But obviously if you are reading this, and you see the time it was posted you know that something went wong.

When I went to save it. It said it was saved. So I went to add it to an attachment to be done with it. I was stupid and I closed the word screen. There was no test. I searched high and low. I did finally find it. But alas, there were no answers. So I am totally confused to how this happened. It said it was saved, it went to the temporary file. Which I didn't even know existed. So now it is 12:20 and I am still awake, trying to answer the questions again. I spent at least an hour or more, looking for the test, with the answers.

So the moral of this story is, be sure you don't close down any screens that you think you might need, until you are done with what you are doing. Then you would have been asleep, a little past your bedtime, and not into the wee wee hours of the morning or if you look at it really really late at night.

This years birthday celebration

This year for my birthday, I thought it would be fun to go the "Melting Pot", it is in downtown Salt Lake. It is a fondue resturant and one of my favorite places to go. If you have not been to a fondue resturant, I think you should go try it out. But bring lots of money, it is kind of expensive. But I think well worth it

I invited people from almost every time period of my life. Except from grade school (both live out of state), Colorado, Texas. Of course not all people could come, but I was very happy with the people who showed up. I wish everyone could have made it.

The following pictures were taken that night.

This picture is of Bud (standing up), Brent (yellow shirt), Tim and Becky who is hopeing she is not in the picture.

This picture has Becky and myself, with Erin hugging me from the back. The steam is from the broth cooking for the meat.
This is Tim and Becky.


This is Bud and Stephanie.


Thisis my dad and myself.

This is Melanie and Wes.

This is Becky and myself.


For some reason, there are pictures that didn't get saved in my camera, I remember taking. Sorry to those people.

Next years plan, I want to go to Rodizio's, a brazillian grill, it is delicious as well.

My Life, My World

This is the most recent picture of me, with more to come....... School: That should say it all. But there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. I should be graduating in two years (including this semester!!) I don't know what I will be doing yet. But that is ok. I had an interesting expierence recently taking a test. They left the answer key on mine!!


Health: I have had my fifth surgery in Feb. When after surgery I bought some new pants. The pants I bought then, are now about two sizes too big. I have lost at least 25 lbs. in the last 3 months. So send money so I can get new clothes, it would be greatly appreciated! I need new glasses, the eye doctor thought I had glaucoma. Luckily I have been very blessed. I don't have glaucoma, or macular degeneration of the eyes. That is a huge blessing for me, since I have been 10 years old, I have been using American Sign Language, it is a wonderful and beautiful language.

Work: I am still at Sam's Club, still at the door as well. This next year in April. I will have been with Sam's Club for 8 years. That is a scary thought for me, sorry Brian.


Church: I have two callings at church besides visiting teaching. Though I have had an interesting thing happened to have my first visiting teacher here in Logan get married to one of the best home teachers I have ever had. Then I recieved a new visiting teacher and she got married two months after that. I still have yet to meet my new home teacher.


Random Stuff: I am still single. I am loving life in Logan.


From left to right it goes: Cupcake, Ice, Spike and Brownie

Cupcake: She is a very people oriented cat. She walks up to people on the sidewalk, and thinks everyone is going to pet her. She likes to walk into random peoples houses and make herself comfortable. They are confused by the conduct, she gets mad when they through her out. She is very friendly, I have had people tell me that they wouldn't mind taking her home. She is a tortise shell (like a calico, but more muted colors and very little white).

Ice: He is my new never fail alarm clock. He likes to go outside, early in the morning. But he is confused by this when I don't let him out when I have to go to school early in the morning. He doesn't let me sleep very late. He normally wakes me up at 3. But he is a very smart cat. He can tell time. I tell him to come back in 3 hours and he does it. He is a very rare russian blue.

Spike: The white amongst the dark, he is a flame point. When he first came home, he looked a lot like Ice, then we gave him a bath, and he was white! I found him outside of Sam's Club at seven weeks old, he was so tiny his paws could barely reach the bottom of the cart. He was eating pizza crust and pretzels to stay alive. No one thought he would turn into a cuddly little bugger, that he is. His favorite place to be is over my hands when I am typing or throwing himself over my shoulder. Thankfully, he has stopped kneading my head.

Brownie is a sweetheart. She always stays close when I let them out, she always comes and looks after me.

This is a picture is of my immediate family at Danny's wedding. Unfortunately, Brian, Ryan and their kids couldn't come. Chelsea as the bride is taking other pictures, and Becky took this one for us.

This is my favorite music video at the moment. It is from a Korean Group named K.I.S.S. the song title is "Because I'm A Girl"