Trick or Treat? Circa 1984

Beauty doesn't come easy...

How did I ever do this to myself 20 years ago? Thank goodness Jas, K & K were willing to pitch in! (Jas was also kind enough to point out that the reduced volume in my crimped hair {notice the pink conair crimper circa 1980's} made my face look thinner).
1984--reborn!The hat, the shirt and the jacket are all VINTAGE!! They are what I actually wore to the Jackson Victory Tour Concert in LA when I was 10!

Totally 80's, we ROCK! Friends--Sharlie, Kim and Rock N Roll Glen!

Unreal. People wear this stuff still? or again I guess...Kim's daughter actually wants to wear her leggins--weird. But man it was fun to dress up and go trick or treating--thanks Kim for sharing your "bag boy" for the night! (Z's costume was one of a kind...I don't have a good pic but if I can get one I will post it. He was in a burlap costume that was one of a kind).

Found the good picture...awesome isn't it?

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! K & K dressed up for a dance at Dixie State last night--they looked terrific! They did an awesome job of just coming up with great costumes on the fly..a gangsta and her gal friday they looked terrific....more Halloween pics to come later...be prepared to flashback to 1983, some of my clothes are actually from then : )

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!
ORANGE ORANGE all around, on my shirts and on the ground
I fit in this time of year, cuz I love ORANGE, so my dear
Won't you spread the Halloween cheer and maybe have an Orange beer.

I love my husband. He is a wonderful human being. When I have a bad day he tells me how cute I am. He cooks me dinner. He forgives my bitchiness. He loves me inspite of my many highly annoying habits. He thinks I am beautiful. He makes me think I am beautiful too.
I thought I lost this post when our computer froze the other day, but there it was in the drafts...so now you all can see it too!

We are expecting a new nephew in the next few weeks. I went to the baby shower today and it was really fun, baby clothes and toys are so adorable! His name is going to be Jaxton Jason, after his uncle Jas! Cute huh? Can't wait to meet him! 4 kids seems to be the magic number in our families--both of my brothers have 4 kids and now both of Jason's siblings will have 4 too. We love being aunt/uncle! We love K. T. G. F.; K. N. D.; B. K. K. P.; and K. A. T. K. I never noticed how many of the kids names start with K, hmmm.

We live in a world of miracles...if only we can have eyes to see and hearts to feel. We have friends who recently were in a horrible accident and yet everyone is going to be ok. Tough times ahead but eventually this too shall pass. I am eversograteful they are all alive and doing better every day.
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More New Happenings in brief

So last time I tried to be brief about some of the new news in our lives. This time I might actually achieve brief (I'll try, really).

In September we got new room mates. This time it is girls. We've had lots of people stay with us, and we have loved them all. But oddly they have all been boys (or men if you prefer that terminology). Now we have our niece the Bean and her friend K. Marie. (I'm trying out the "no actual names" deal, we'll see how long it works)... they are 18 and going to Dixie State. This is one of the walls in their room...it is bright pink with the zebra print theme...I actually LOVE it! and I love having girls around. I have never in my life (except for a brief time in high school in West Jordan-love those aunts and cousins) lived with more estrogen than testosterone...I didn't know any different. It is kind of nice. I actually like girls. Love boys too, don't anyone take this personally, but I could get used to having more girls around than boys. I know our girls would agree I am a far cry from a "mother figure" but I think maybe I could actually take care of girls...who'd have thunk it? They do laundry, they cook, they smell nice, they like to talk about stuff....I really like them and I think they like me too! (Weird) Plus they are letting Herc sleep in their room to "protect" them. True Love, right there.

So this is the bean and Jas, boxing it out at our cousin's birthday party at the bounce party place in Vegas--the cousins invite us every time--I LOVE THAT!! (though I did learn this time that there does come a time when you are too old to play on the bouncy toys...my knee did a freak thing in the obstacle course, thankfully it felt worse when it happened than afterward...)

This is the bean and her uncle Jas. She is taller than him (and maybe more mature?), but she is still the bean. We love her.

And certainly no small event B & K got married!

Darling family. The baby had his very own suit, so adorable. It was a great day! We felt priviledged to participate!

These are my dad's two GREAT Grandbabies! That is right, he is a GREAT GRANDPA times 2

They are adorable and so are the grandkids in the background!

Unfortunately I got distracted when they took the 2 Five Generation pictures. R is the 5th generation for both sides of my family...Grandma Jean and Grandma Joy, miraculous.

Can't leave out my baby. Here is Herc's Halloween costume, thanks to the girls he is now BOLT! (see the lightning bolt on his butt?)
I love him, could you tell?

Significant Events in Brief

So, once again it has been a long time since I blogged. I miss it when I don't, though there will be a mix of some sad and some glad in this post I hope it will be tipped in the direction of glad tidings...but the bad news first...

This is my hand, this is my hand post dog fight. Herc and Harli had been starting to argue a little bit, so we were being careful to run them and keep their energy down (easier with Herc than with Harli, that dog has some ENERGY!) we were also not feeding them table scraps because the arguments seemed to center on that. On a Tuesday in August Jason went to LV to pick up the Bean from the airport and as I was getting my shoes on to take the dogs for a walk they got into it...thankfully I was able to break them up, they were pretty stuck together, typically when fighting I could just pull Harli off and that would break it up. I couldn't pull either dog off this night. I stuck my hand between them to pull them apart (which took every ounce of strength I had, they were intent on biting each other) and one of them bit me. I didn't realize it was a good bite until I got them separated and was checking out Herc in the kitchen...then I realized that the blood all over his head was mine, not his. I must say I was a bit relieved by that, but then a little freaked out and completely STRESSED out. Seeing them fight, and so escalated so quickly was a first for me and I hope I never see another dog fight. How people could watch that for fun is inconceivable. The unfortunate result of this night was giving Harli away. Fortunately we were able to give her back to the kid who had given her to us originally, he loves her, she is an only dog, she gets to go to the river and run all the time...he sends pictures to Jas all the time and he even brought her to Mega Pro last week--Jas said she is enormous, like 110lbs! It was tough to adjust to her not being around, but it is better for all involved this way.

In early September Jas and I were able to cross one of the biggies off of our shouldacouldawoulda list! We have pulled permits to hike The Subway in Zion a few times but have always gotten rained out. This time our friend Tawn invited us and we got to go! It was so beautiful. We had a terrific time (once it was over). The water was FREEZING! and in spots its over your head so you have to jump in and swim, it is hard to swim when you can't catch your breath, let me tell you. It was a great day though, it reminded us both that we are not much in hiking shape--8 hours--but worth every painful second. One exciting tidbit, I almost got bit by a rattle snake. I've never seen a real live rattler before and have always wondered if I would know the sound if I heard it...well there is no mistaking it. This snake was behind a rock around a corner and I heard the rattle a split second before I heard a hsssssstttt sound and it struck about a foot in front of me- I turned and ran as fast as I could in the opposite direction, and Jas watched to make sure it wasn't chasing me...he (the snake) was ticked! Close as I ever want to come to that part of nature...talk about adrenaline rush. The pic above and below are both from The Subway.

This little pic is from our back yard. I want to start a garden and have been talking about it quite a bit lately. I guess the yard decided to start without me, right by the patio we have this watermelon plant growing...must be time to do that garden! I love plants and if we can grow a watermelon without even trying then I predict our garden will thrive! PS we didn't plant this, it must be from watermelon seed spitting contests in the back yard last summer. Thanks kids!