Birthday weekend

My birthday was Saturday so we celebrated with dinner at my parents house. My mom barbequed a seasoned roast and Kelly made fettucine alfredo (it was just as good as Olive Garden). It's always fun to have the kids' help blowing out the candles. It's always a sure bet to have one or two sometimes three of the kids crying over something! Never a dull moment that's for sure! Thanks to everyone for the cards, texts and birthday wishes! We went to watch Austin play in a basketball tournament yesterday. Unfortunately they lost both games but it was a great experience for him. He played with kids from Central and of course had to wear a Bulldog shirt! Marc made sure Aidan, Ashby and himself all had purple on too! It's hard to believe January is almost over. We are heading to Whitefish this weekend ~ Mike is being inducted into the Hall of Fame so he's very excited about that. It will be Barkley's first trip ~ hopefully he behaves himself. We will be heading home early on Sunday because we're having a little Super Bowl party. I am just cheering for numbers ~ I want to win money! The Australian Open is going on so I've been staying up very late watching Andy Roddick ~ he's in the Quarter Finals tonight so I'm sure tonight will be another late one. GO ANDY! I never understood how someone could watch tennis, then Kelly always watched it and I got hooked. Have a great week!

I don't know if I told you but

Mike is doing the radio for the Montana Tech basketball games. He started last weekend so we were at Tech both Friday and Saturday night. Austin and Aidan love it because it gives them a chance to run around with all their buddies. Mike was hesitant of doing it at first but seems to be happy with his decision. Friday night, I went to dinner at MacKenzie River (another one of my favorties) with Marc, Ang and the kids and then off to the Tech game.
Saturday Mike, Aidan, Leo and I went to Helena to get the toilet and then a little other shopping and had lunch at Chile's ~ it was fun and nice to get away for the day. The plumber is at our house today finishing up everything in the bathroom ~ I am so excited to be done with it.
And of course on Sunday we just hung out and watched football. My dad (my handy man) came over to hang a few things for me that I bought in Helena. For those of you that don't know, I don't allow Mike to hang things ~ his idea of straight and mine are COMPLETELY opposite so it just makes sense to have my dad do it. No sense in causing a fight right???
We didn't have much else going on this week ~ I've been trying to get home right after work to spend time with Barkley and work on potty training ~ the joys of having a puppy!
I'm going to the Butte High/Butte Central basketball games tonight ~ GO BULLDOGS!!! Beat the crayons (as Aidan would say).
We don't have a lot going on this weekend ~ I think we're going to have a little get together on Sunday for the football games and just get the house back in order after the bathroom remodel.
Have a great rest of the week and weekend!

Meet Barkley.....

Well we finally found a puppy ~ thanks to the help of Krystin. We got him on Sunday and he is a 10 week old Shih Tzu. He's been lots of fun. Aidan was at our house when Barkley arrived so it's pretty cute because Aidan thinks he's his dog too. The cat hates the puppy of course so that's been a little intersting.
New Year's Eve we had my parents, Ang & the kids (Marc was working) & Tocher & Miner over for dinner. Kelly and Krystin went to dinner and a movie so we got to babysit. New Year's Day my mom had dinner and we celebrated Marc's birthday which is Jan. 2nd. Poor Mike ended up with the flu and was sick all weekend so needless to say we didn't do much.
I went to our friends Christmas dinner Sunday night at Lydia's and had a great time ~ the food was excellent. Mike still wasn't feeling up to eating a big meal so he stayed home with Barkley.
They started the tile in our bathroom today so that's very exciting ~ hoping they will be done with it by the end of the week. We are going to take a ride to Helena on Saturday to head to Home Depot to get the toilet and then have lunch at Chili's (one of our favorites).
Hope 2009 is off to a good start for you!

Happy 2009!!!

Hope everyone had as wonderful of a Christmas as we did. Austin, Aidan, Ashby, Tocher and Miner were all spoiled by Santa Claus ~ they all had so much fun opening all their presents. Our holiday was very relaxing which was so nice ~ I even got Mike to watch 3 movies ~ that's a record!!!
Friday night Mike & I and my cousin Neil went to the Vu to have pizza and visit Kelly while he was bartending and Dani, Jory, Kyle, Parker & Karen joined us ~ we had a good time. Saturday night we had dinner at Barclay's for our anniversary and it was delicious.
And Sunday, is a whole other story, all of our NFL teams lost and didn't make it to the playoffs. We have decided to cheer for the Titans for the rest of the season.
Monday, I took Austin & Aidan sleigh riding up at Tech with Marcie, Alyssa, Cade and some of the Thatcher kids ~ they had a blast.
We are going to celebrate New Year's Eve at home watching all the bowl games. Have a wonderful New Year's ~ wishing you all the best in 2009!

The Griz didn't win but.....

we still had a great time in Chattanooga. Unfortunately Boo & Tom were unable to fly out of Spokane (because of all the snow) so they weren't able to join us. We sure missed them ~ it's just not the same at a Griz game without them. The trip was a great experience and hopefully we'll get the chance to do it again. Congrats to the Griz on a GREAT season.
Christmas eve we will go to church and then head to my parents house for dinner and opening presents. Christmas morning we will head to Marc & Ang's to watch the kids open their presents and then meet up with Kelly & Krystin to see Tocher and Miner and all of their presents. All the kids are so excited for Christmas ~ it will be lots of fun.
Our bathroom was delayed a little with our trip to Chattanooga so we need to get it painted by next week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the tile guys can start next week.
Our one year wedding anniversary is Sunday ~ I can't believe it's already been a year. Time flies when you're having fun!!! We're going to dinner on Saturday night at Barclay's in Anaconda to celebrate.
I have all next week off so I'm excited to hang out with the kids and some friends that will be in town for the holidays.
We hope all of you have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope Santa is good to you.

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. ~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

All aboard the Chattanooga choo choo.....

The Griz won Friday night and guess what???? WE are going to Chattanooga!!!! Wednesday afternoon Mike, uncle Mike, Leo and myself are driving to Pocatello and will stay with my cousin Neil and then Thursday morning all of us (including Neil) will get up and drive to Salt Lake and then fly out to Nashville. We will meet up with Boo and Tom in Nashville ~ Tom rented a mini van and we will all drive to Chattanooga together Thursday evening. Mike is looking forward to the mini van adventure ~ just call us the GRIZwalds!!! There is a Griz party Thursday night at our hotel so that should be lots of fun and Friday is GAME DAY. A special thanks to Tom for arranging the flights so the rest of us could go. He and Boo already had their arrangements made because Cole Berquist promised Boo last February that the Griz would be going to Chattanooga.
We can hardly wait to go. The game is Friday night at 6:00 PM (Mountain Time) so be sure to tune in to ESPN2 and cheer the Griz on to a National Championship. Look for us on TV ~ we will have a sign ~ Merry GRIZmas & Happy New Year 2 All FROM BUTTE AMERICA (with a picture of #19 ~ Colt Anderson).
We didn't do too much this past weekend just because the weather was so cold. We had Marc, Ang and the kids and my parents over Friday night for the game and then once the game was over, we headed to Mike's Christmas party and celebrated the Griz victory!!! I didn't leave the house again until this morning when I had to go to work ~ way too cold out for me.
Have a wonderful week.
GO GRIZ!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday T-man!!!

Friday night we went to Tocher's birthday party at Silver Bow Pizza. He got lots of new clothes and lots of trucks (his favorite).
Saturday morning we headed to Missoula for the Griz game. The Griz got revenge and beat Weber. They are in the semi-finals Friday night at James Madison ~ GO GRIZ!!! The game is on ESPN2 at 6:00 ~ so be sure to watch and cheer on the Griz.
Austin and Aidan spent the night Saturday so on Sunday morning they built gingerbread houses and then Aidan helped me deorate our tree. My shopping is almost done ~ just a few more presents to buy.
It's going to be weird for us to not have to travel this weekend for a football game. Our bathroom should be ready to be painted this weekend so that's what we will be doing. Hopefully the tile will be put in next week.
Have a great week!