happy? halloween...

kamryn, siona, hunter, george, ryker, and kendyl

(the only pic i got with all of them together, isn't g cute?)

i guess when you are young and don't have to be the one to worry about costumes, etc, it could be fun or happy or whatever else you could be. anyway, i grew up in arizona and what i remember about halloween was 'trick or treating' around the neighborhoods and getting a ton of candy - i mean like full paper grocery sacks full ! (with 6 kids, that ended up to be a whole grundle of sugar). i don't really remember the costumes, except for one year, i dressed up as a mexican, with a big sombrero hat and a serape (cape) and i had a big mustache painted on my face (not quite like the one my brother 'steve' was sportin' at callie's wedding), but none the less it was a big mexican mustache. other than that, the halloween i remember most, was the year we lived in american fork on halloween. i remember it was dang cold (maybe it wasn't, but to us from the good ol' hot az, it was)! i don't remember what i dressed up as, but i remember that we didn't go 'trick or treating', instead, we went to 'greenwood elementary' school for a halloween fair. the halls and rooms were all decorated. we done our 'trick or treating' at each classroom. they had a cake walk and a fish pond... and i remember a really scary witch that had a big pot of steaming brew.
my kids now, put so much time and effort into the costumes for their kids - princess dresses, frog outfits, chickens, sully (from monsters inc.), etc. it's fun NOW to see the grand kids dressed up and excited that it's halloween.

today, we gathered up all the kids and went to see george at 'the home depot' and then over to the clinic to show off the cutest grand kids in the world, then to papi's, to visit with him (or not!, most of the time he sleeps while we're there) then home to finish the chili. all of the kids came over for chili, soup and stones (as kamryn put it). other than our own grand kids, we had a big ZERO when it came to 'trick or treaters'. but the best thing about any holiday, is that we get to enjoy the whole family!

gramma, ryker, siona, isley, kendyl, kamryn, and hunter

(i totally stole this pic from tiffany's blog - thanks tif! i had to

steal it, because isley was in it, too.)

H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N !

so, so sad....

yep, it's empty!

we pulled the trailers home from the mountain last weekend. that means, weekends at home (working, yuk!).

last friday, don and i went down to the trailer for the last time (we thought) for this year. we spent the night, donnie got up early and went down to manti to meet cheyne. they went deer hunting for a few hours. i was able to sleep in, get up and cut a few quilt blocks out, while watching a few seasons of "everybody loves raymond". when don got back, he took a nap and i went down to visit the godwin clan. after he woke up, we got the trailer ready for travel, turned the log seats at the fire pit over, took the swing down, anyway you get the picture....then all of the sudden it hit don ~ he didn't have the clips he needed for the fifth wheel, so we hooked up to chet and tiff's trailer and pulled it home instead.

then sunday after church, we went and picked up kamryn and hunter and took them back down to fairview with us to pick up our trailer. of course, we had to put the swing back up for a while.

don't ya just love that smile!

the kids love the swing (as long as someone 'big' is down there to push them in it).

so until next year... goodbye fairview :-(

i've been tagged twice!

okay so here is from mels tagging me;

10 things that bug me:-(

1. walking across the floor in bare feet and having to peel grime off your feet that you got from the floor.


2. mom's who have coats on in the middle of winter, carrying a baby with NO coat, blanket, or socks!


3. dirty dishes.
4. getting into an un-made bed at night.
5. whinny grownups! (i have been dealing with them all day today).
   
6. papers on the counter tops! (after 34 years, donnie has still not figured that one out!)


7. being late.


8. having to unpick something that i have been sewing ( i'd rather start over).


9. shoes! (i'd rather not wear them)


10. having unfinished projects.

10 things that make me smile ;-)

1. going anywhere with don (doesn't matter if it's going out to irrigate, i just love being with him!).


2. my grand babies! (i love my kids, too, they're the reason i have grand babies).


3. listening to my kids talk about what naughty things that their kids have done ( what goes around comes around!).


4. finishing a project.


5. having a clean house - even if it's just for a day, until the kids come around again. (but i'd rather have the kids here than have a clean house!)


6. primary sacrament meetings.


7. "everybody loves raymond" (don't you just love marie?, she is such a wench!)


8. when the grandkids "light" up when they see papa and gramma.


9. christmas music


10. a fresh new hair cut when it turns out like i want it to.
    

i tag julie, loni, charma, megan, and callie.

now for julie's tag... this is a long one... thanks julie!

8 things I am passionate about:

1. donnie

2. my kids

3. my grand kids

4. the gospel

5. going to the trailer with donnie

6. going out (anywhere)

7. chips and salsa

8. fishing on the kenai river in alaska

8 words/phrases I often use:

1. "love ya"

2. "yeah... right!"

3. "american fork clinic, this is jacki"

4. "can i throw these papers away?"

5. "sorrrry!"

6. " i love you the best and the most!"

7. "don... shhhh. the baby is trying to sleep"

8. "um... no, i haven't entered that in the check book YET."

8 things I want to do before I die:

1. see 'cheyner' get married!

2. be financially stable

3. retire! retire! retire!

4. watch my grand kids grow up

5. go back to alaska

6. go on another cruise

7. be healthy!

8. finish every room in my house (including decorating the way i want)

8 things I've learned in the past

1. don't say things that you will regret later.

2. families are important

3. you don't have to love what some one is doing, you just have to love them.

4. everyone on this earth is a child of god, therefore they are special!

5. if you've done your very best, then that's good enough.

6. just because you still have checks, does not mean you still have money.

7. if i enter my purchases in the check book, it makes donnie happy!

8. you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!

8 things I currently want/need?

1. money

2. more money

3. no aches and pains!

4. a week off (actually, i would rather just quit!)

5. a happy husband ;-)

6. an organized fruit room

7. all of my kids to be happy

8. kisses and hugs from the grand kids

8 places i want to see/visit:

1. alaska

2. arizona

3. yellowstone

4. montana (i've heard that it is beautiful)

5. nauvoo

6. tour "the church of jesus christ of latter day saints" history sites

7. maybe... my feet!

8. anywhere!!!! i love to travel!

8 favorite restaurants:

1. chin wah

2. pollo loco

3. red lobster

4. parker's (have to stay loyal to the family)

5. winger's

6. brick oven

7. mcgrath's fish house

8. chet's (smoked ribs) (can there be a bigger HINT?)

8 TV shows I like to watch:

1. everybody loves raymond

2. american idol (only the auditions)

3. HGTV - anything!

4. channel 5 news

5. i really hate tv!

6. i really hate tv

7. i really hate tv

8. did i say... that i really hate the tv?

8 people i tag:

1. mel
2. marci
3. haley
4. nikki
5. charma
6. megan
7. callie
8. loni

Have fun!

35 years ago...

donnie and i met just after i turned 17. he likes to tell people that we graduated the same year ~ he from 'high school' and me from 'primary' ~ which happens to be true.

first of all... let me tell you... i was never going to get married! in the family i came from, almost everyone had been married, divorced, married again, and divorced again. (why in the world, would any one want to get married, and live like that ?! :( he would always come in to the 'lehi cafe' where me and some of my friends worked, with his cousin 'fred' or his 'uncle ralph'. one day he happened to come in by himself, flirting (actually with my friend, rhonda southwick), he was saying that his truck was really dirty and really wished someone would help him wash it. well rhonda wasn't giving him much attention, and i reaalllly needed a ride home that day, so i told him that for a ride home, i would help him. so he took me home (he was quite insulted that i sat clear over next to the "other" door.) i helped him wash his truck and what can i say... "he fell in love with ME!"

a couple of days later asked me to go to the 'lehi roundup' with him. my friend, 'nancy raisor' was here from az. we lined her up with 'fred' (who was riding in the 'slack') well... we got tired of waiting for fred to get finished, so nancy went with us on our "first" official date. we spent that summer visiting rodeo's around the state, riding horses up american fork canyon and camping with his friends and family.

more and more as i was around his family, i was amazed at the way his dad treated his mom (they actually liked each other!) i wasn't familiar with that kind of love. then i noticed... that donnie treated me the same way... i liked it! after that, ( he says, that i asked him, but we know better) on october 12, 1973, he proposed. he had taken my high school ring and had it sized and had my ring made, ( i loved it because HE picked it out especially for me!). we were down stairs at his house waiting for his mom to call us up for dinner (immature, i know... i should have been up helping her). anyway he gave me my ring and asked me to marry him, just about the time mom called down that dinner was ready. they happened to be remodeling their kitchen at the time and had no lights yet, so we ate by candlelight ~ how romantic! just me, don and his whole fam damily! we got married march 1, 1974.

and ... we have lived happily ever after! Love ya to pieces 'donnie boy' !

quote for the day

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can
Usually shut her up with cookies. (Unknown)

this is how i feel today! have a great one!

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domestic donnie

so... donnie is the domestic one around our house.

he planted his little salsa garden, picked the produce in the drenching rain. then he bottled 16 pints of spagetti sauce and 21 pints plus 3 quarts of HIS salsa. (HIS because...he started with a recipe, but i know that he added his own special touch to it!) ohhhh, and i forgot to tell you ~ he cleaned up all of his mess, too!

now... if i could just get him to clean the toilets!

introducing...

isley fetineiai sauvao

october 6, 2008

7lbs 9 oz

21 inches

born about 7:30 pm

mom and baby doing great!

proud daddy!

gramma j, siona (big sisiter!) and baby isley

papa don, siona and isley

we are all glad that she's here ~ finally ~

it was a super long day.

thanks dr. hoggard for sticking around all day!

the 6th on the 6th

today is october 6th, and right now i am at the hospital with george and mel in labor and delivery. they are bringing us grandchild #6! how lucky are we? i don't know about this being in the room, with my own daughter going through this. i'd rather be going through it myself! dr hoggard came in about 1:40 p.m. and broke her water... said everything looked great... left to go back to the office... then all of the sudden, the nurse was telling me to push the blue button on the wall, the one that said 'staff assistance'... so i pushed the blue button and then realized that it said 'code blue' (i was really suppose to push the red button). then all h#@^* broke loose! there were nurses flying around here like no buddy's business! they paged the doctor to get back here and prepared mel to go in for a c-section. but by the time he got back, things were going well again. the baby's heart beat had gone down to 50 when it was suppose to be up around 120, and the nurse wasn't for taking any chances ~ we love her! sooo dr hoggard is going to wait around a while and see how things are progressing before he heads back to american fork to the clinic. thank goodness for modern technology!
here he is again, they are going to put in a pressure catheder in. he checked her again and said the baby is posterior "again".
they didn't have any of this stuff back in the olden days. mel has more monitors on her than 'carters' has pills!
more update and hopefully pictures later!

sweet little angels????

look at these faces... sweet, huh?!

let me tell you a little story ~

these two either love each other to death or they are fighting, like cats and dogs ~ i think that's what they call a "love - hate" relationship.

anyway... last week we went muzzle loader deer hunting with chet, tiff and their kids, and jeremy and loni wattleworth and their kids. we took siona with us to give g & m a break (mel's baby is due soon and she was in great need of this break!) we took NO toys ~ so they had nothing to fight over... right? W R O N G ! they fought over the flippin' sticks (we ended up finding sticks that matched so they would both be happy :) well... we had promised g & m a phone call every day, so one night, donnie took both siona and kendyl with him, on the 4 wheeler, to the "phone booth" to make the call. while he was talking to mel, siona let out a blood~curdling scream! donnie asked "what the heck is going on?" (and of course, kendyl was crying, too). after he got kendyl settled down so she could talk, she finally said " i stoled her star". don held out his hand and kindly said, "okay, give it to me" kendyl then points up to the sky and says, "it's that one, way up there!" they were fighting over the stinkin' stars in the sky!

reminds me of back in the good ol' days when we would go camping with dale, brenda and janalee. we didn't have any kids yet, so we always took mls marci, with us. marci and jan fought over everything, so we quit taking any toys, then they fought over the rocks and sticks. we finally got tired of them fighting, and put each one of them up on a different horse and left them there for as long as we could (probably not, but it seemed like hours.).

i wonder if we put kendyl and siona on different 4-wheelers, if they would still find something they could fight over? someday they will look back on this and find humor in it, i'm sure!

but...boy i sure do love 'em!