yard work

here is our orchard/garden i've been working on the past few weeks, planted some more trees and got the garden planted, we've got 5 peach trees, 2 nectarine, 4 pomagranite, 2 almond trees, 2 cherry, 1 fig, 2 pear, 2 plum, and 2 apricot.

and we've got alot of squash planted (the good ones) yellow, zuchinni, spagetti squash, cantaloupe, and acorn squash.

to show you the difference between growing in the greenhouse and outside, this is a squash plant that i bought and planted a couple weeks ago outside, it hasnt grown much.

i planted this one at about the same time in the greenhouse, it allready has little squash on it, that is our spinnach in the background.

here you can see some of our peas, radishes and cucumbers that were planted from seed a few weeks ago,

you see the spot on the left with nothing growing?

thats tyson and loris garden

we put in a wall on the side of our house a few days ago and poured a little sidewalk going to the back yard

What a few weeks. The weather is still beautiful and we are constantly on the go. I have been very busy but I don't know what with. Just life. Kerry and I went to Vegas for our 11 year anniversary.
We went down on a friday afternoon, and the first thing we did was go to the Ducati Dealership. Kerry love it and wanted to test a bike but the dealership wanted him to go for a real ride not just around the block.Unfortunately we did not have time to do that. Kerry was really disappointed.
We then went to the mall were I had an appointment to get my makeup done at Mac. It was so fun I even got fake Eyelashes put on, woohoo.
We then went and checked in at treasure Island and hurried and got dressed to go and see PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I loved it. We had front row balcony seats.If you have never seen I would highly recommend it.
We had an amazing time and loved having some free time together. I have loved being married to Kerry. He is truly the best husband. I Love you Kerry.
I also wanted to tell Mckensi thank you for letting us go. She graciously offered to babysit (when we begged and pleaded)It is so nice to know that my kids were probably taken care of better then when I am home. They watched a movie and had Pizza night. Kensi even took them to the Easter egg hunt here. what an awesome aunt.

Dentist

So I need to take all my kids to the dentist. I have yet to figure out the best way to find a dentist or a doctor that I will trust and like. Does anyone know a good kids dentist in town that they like?And, Or How often are you supposed to take them to the dentist? I still don't have one that I love either any suggestions.

For family night we worked in the garden. We had some neighbors come to use a spot in our green house. Ashley and Megan found that playing with there kids was more fun. So I do not have any pictures of her. We are so excited to see are stuff start to grow. We planted, spinach , tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, Peas, sqaush, and lots of other stuff. I am sure you will all see some at your house.

John Deer adventures

With the weather being so nice Kerry has started the green house and garden. He has also been a big help with keeping the kids entertained. They have been home all week from spring break and all my entertainment ideas are done and gone. As you can see he gets pretty daring by letting the kids drive the lawn mower with all the neighbor kids in tow. Megan and Ashley are becoming quite the drivers and love the power that you get behind the wheel. Lexi, Maddie, Emma and Mason enjoy letting them learn how to drive as long as there in the back. They went down to Breckens and Back

The sleepover

Emma is sleeping over with Madison tonight. They are so excited, that Madi goes to brush her teeth with Emma and had to make sure that her toothpast is the same as Emmas. Emma then tells me " I am so excited, you guys have the best house and the best toys, can we dress up. " I told her we could tomorrow. She replies " I am so excited we are going to have so much fun!"

We have been very busy around here. The weather has been wonderful. How can you complain about the sun shining bright and the tempature being in the 70's. The kids have played alot outside and I have noticed I am getting tanned arms. I should start wearing swim suits out. Here is a picture of our cute family at eatsa pizza for madisons birthday.

And here is a picture of Lexi that Megan took of her

The Brownie Recipe

BROWNIE RECIPE:
A father of some teenage children had the family rule that they could not attend PG-13, R or X rated movies. His three teens wanted to see aparticular popular movie that was playing at local theaters. It was rated PG-13. The teens interviewed friends and even some members of their family's church to find out what was offensive in the movie. The teens made a list of pros and cons about the movie to use to convince their dad that they should be allowed to see it.
The cons were
It contained ONLY 3 swear words!
*The ONLY violence was a building exploding (and you see that on TV all the time they said),
*You actually did not "see" the couple in the movie having sex, it was just implied sex, off camera.
The pros were:
*It was a popular movie, (a blockbuster).
*Everyone was seeing it.
*If the teens saw the movie then they would not feel left out when their friends discussed it.
*The movie contained a good story and plot.
*It had some great adventure and suspense in it.
*There were some fantastic special effects in this movie.
*The movie's stars were some of the most talented actors in Hollywood .
*It probably would be nominated for several awards.
*Many members of their Christian church, including the Bishop, had even seen the movie and said it wasn't really "that bad".
Therefore, since there were more pros than cons the teens asked their father to reconsider his position on just this ONE movie and let them have permission to go see it. The father looked at the list and thought for a few minutes. He said he could tell his children had spent some time and thought on this request. He asked if he could have a day to think about it before making his decision. The teens were thrilled, thinking, "Now we've got him! Our argument is too good! Dad can't turn us down!" So, they happily agreed to let him have a day to think about their request. The next evening the Father called his three teenagers, who were smiling smugly, into the living room. There on the coffee table he had a plate of brownies. The teens were puzzled. The father told his children he had thought about their request and had decided that if they would eat the brownies, then he would let them go to the movie. But, he explained, just like the movie, the brownies had pros and cons.
The pros were :
*They were made with the finest chocolate and other good ingredients.
*They had the added special effect of yummy walnuts in them.
*The brownies were moist and fresh with wonderful chocolate frosting on top.
*He had made these fantastic brownies using an award-winning recipe.
*And best of all, the brownies had been made lovingly by the hand of their own father.

The brownies only had one con :
*He had included a little bit of a special ingredient: The brownies contained just a small amount of dog poop.
But he had mixed the dough welland they probably would not even be able to taste the dog poop and he had baked it at 350 degrees so hopefully any bacteria or germs from the dog poop had probably been destroyed. Therefore, if any of his children could stand to eat the brownies which included just a "little bit of crap" and not be affected by it, then he knew they would also be able to see the movie with "just a little bit of smut" and not be affected. Of course, none of the teens would eat the brownies and the smug smiles had left their faces. Now when his teenagers ask permission to do something he KNOWS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING the father just asks, "Would you like me to whip up a batch of my special brownies?"

My Post

Lori informed me today that I needed to post. I know that I haven't posted much. Kerry has sort of taken over my blog.
Megan has started to be my fashion police. When I am dressed and ready to go somewhere I will get a " you look cute" Or " Are you really going to where that.". On the last comment, how do I respond to that?
My first responce is one I cannot repeat and the other would be
"does it look that bad?"
She has been fun to have around. She really is starting to get a fashion sense.

Ashley on the other hand has become the second Mom. She will tell the little girls. "get in your seat belt and I will get you a treat" Sometimes it is great to have a second mom and the other times it is nothing but a pain.

Maddie and Lexi are just obsessed with Lori, Emma and Mason. And I am pretty sure it goes both ways.
I love the fact that Emma and Mason constantly come to visit ( and my kids do the same) And to top off my fame as an Aunt, Hallie wishes to spend all her time at our house too. I would almost have to bet that I am becoming the favorite around here. I would think that if anyone would like to compete with me we can set a time and date. (just warn me so I can get the treats and dress up's out as a bribe:)
Love,
Janae
AKA the favorite aunt of all

i love yu mckenzie

hey its for you

hi this is for aunt Stacie hacker trail isthis look this up read and post for any questons kernelthread.com

some old pictures

when ashley was small enough to walk on the table to scavange for food

a little down time for kensi, bree, tyler, megan, jessica, mickey and megan, or they could be recharging their batteries

kensi !!!!!!---------?????

madison and hallie, back when you were looking forward to when they could walk and talk, now the things we are looking forward to have switched.

madison, shes still the same on the inside.

early morning visitors

Q. What do you get at 3:45 a.m. mixed with two neighbor kids and knocking on the door
A. A early morning wake up call .
Emma Mason just can't get enough of there wonderful Aunt and Uncle Janae And Kerry, and decided when they woke up 3:45 this morning they would come and visit us when they couldn't find there Parents ( they didn't bother looking in there parents room.)
It all started when I heard a knock at our front door. Megan had a friend sleeping over and Ashley was sleeping at a friends. My first thought was that megans friend had called her mom to come and get her. I was feeling pretty stupid that I didn't know that she was going home so I quickly got a robe out and ran to the door. As i was doing this I heard someone outside crying and I thought it was this girls brother. I opened the door to see mason and emma turning around to go home and emma crying . Kerry who was right behind me picked up emma and I picked up mason and took them inside. Emma was crying to us about how she couldn't find her mom. At this point I thought that it was only 11 or 11:30 I figured Tyson and Lori were probably watching a movie or something. we walked into the kitchen and that is when I realized the clock said 3:56 a.m. I quickly called Loris cell and worried that they might not hear it but she immediatly answered and I told her we had both of the kids. She had heard there front door open and was up looking for Emma. She did not realize they were both gone. She came right over and we got them back to there cozy beds.
When I climbed back into bed I couldn't help but giggle. We sure do love it when they come over and it makes us feel great that they feel comfortable enough to come when they need help. I am sure our kids will do something like that in the future and then Lori and Tyson can laugh about it then. We love you Emma and Mason

hi

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE

WHAT GOES TOGETHER BETTER THAN VALENTINES AND FURRY LITTLE ANIMALS.

another paint project

this was my bike 10 years ago, it was painted by a friend because i didn't like the original color, and we put some simple stickers on it.

this was a couple weeks ago, after a few years of riding, it was pretty dinged up so i decided to paint it (anoather practice job getting ready to do a little painting on the Ducati)

this is a few days ago, i painted it black, made some stickers on our vinyl cutter and clear coated over them, it turned out real nice , i had to put my beat up parts back on it so it doesnt look perfect, but the frame looks brand new. it was fun.

Happy Birthday Madison . Today is Maddies 4th birthday. I made her another silkie blanket to replace her other silkie that has seen better days. Here is a picture of her with her new blanket. As you can see she really likes it.

i'm a kunstrukshun wurker

boy if i could even spell Electroscopeawhaty, heres a little project we just finished, we put a basement wall under a house, this house is in Gunlock, it had gotten hit by floodwaters a few times, so they decided to raise it up a few feet so that the water would not get inside again, the first picture is us getting the footings ready after they jacked up the house.

this picture is under the house after the forms were set up

here it is from the outside with the forms setup and pouring the blue part is the concrete pump reaching over the house to place the concrete on the back side. we poured the walls 10' tall.

• Look at it we got tons of snow. It rained all day on sunday and then around 5:00 p.m. it started to snow. It snowed till around 8:00 ish. The news says we got 1-2 inches but we think it was more like 3. Our snow from a few days ago had not melted yet. I got the girls semi dressed to go out and take pictures. We didn't last long because it was so cold.
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• Lexi is our little copier now. Kerry and I were doing a puzzle yesterday and she was hanging out with us when I messed up the spot I was working on and I said Dangit. She immedietly repeats me. I am sure you can just imagine a little 2 year old saying that. Kerry and I just laughed.
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• Those of you that are interested the new swimsuits they are here. I have a whole bunch at my house to try on. I am also going to have an open house were I will have even more to try on. If you want one let me know and I will tell you when the open house is. Better yet call me and you can come for a private fitting:)
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• As you can tell my Blog is being taken over by my cute family. Megan has loved people leaving comments for her and is ready to take pictures of her school for you. And if you didn't know already my husband is addicted to motorcycles.
• But to his credit I am addicted to Samari 21. We go there for every date night and two weeks ago we went for date night on friday and then I was craving it so bad we took the kids on saturday. (NO I AM NOT PREGNANT)

i love you stacie (this is meant for stacie)

hey i am doing hacker trail right now i have two girls and a boy i am a farmer and of course i have a husband.i know how to type, 20 words a minute .i have very good grade scores (better than mckenzie muahhaahhhhhhha)on my report card and love science.in science we are learning about rocks .we have art by mr.hansen .lots of loves hugs and kisses love megan

megan posting

hey its the first time a girl gets a chance to write and if id never got to do this id be dead(by the way lexie what is your email ?)(who ever knows post!)

1/26/08 there is a better before and after picture now, and you can click on them, im not sure why the others dont work.

this is my little project motorcycle, it was what my dad use to ride, ive started fixing it up a little here is some painting i did on it, mostly as a practice for some painting i want to do on the other bikes
sanded down

primered

side painted black and the area the stripes will go masked off

painted orange


masking for stripes removed and parts clear coated

back on the bike

here's a before and after, its not really that impressive of a bike but the painting turned our real good, i'll be recovering the seat in black and tuning it up a little more, just thougt i'd share it at this stage.

obstical course

two posts in one day AGAIN!!!

my brother brecken and i built this obstical course when i was 17, we had to get creative living in the desert.

kids dancing

heres a little video of the kids dancing skills

2007 in review

1.what did you do in 2007that you'd never done before? went on 2 cruises to mexico. Bought a sewing machine and quilted a quilt
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I never make new yeares resolutions,because I know that I will not keep them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My sister in law and my sister. one boy and one girl
4. Did anyone close to you die? My dear Grandmother Goodwin. I was privledged to be there when she left this world
5. What countries did you visit? Mexico
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? #1 more patience. And More organization. I hate having my house be so disorganized.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory and why? My Grandmother's death.
8. What was your biggest personal achievement of the year? I lost 20 pounds
9. What was your biggest failure? Losing my patience with my girls.I love them alot but I have not been as patient with them as I should
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I had a syst taken out of my wrist.
11. What was the best thing you bought? My sewing machine.I am learning to make awesome things with them
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?Kerry My husband for being such a giving, caring understanding person
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? That one is hard to put on here just in case they look but I would have to say #######. OOPs I am being sensored.J.K.
14. Where did most of your money go? My house, Motorcycles,stuff vacations.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?Going on vacation with my parents and my family . Seeing my little sister get married in the temple,
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? Any from high school musical
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a)happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? Happy as ever! Alot thinner and definatley richer
18. What do you wish you'd done less of? Complain and eat
19. Did you fall in love in 2007? Of course. My husband and kids
20. What was your favorite TV program? Dora my kids watch it all the time. so of course I have to too
21. Do you hate anyhone now that you didn't hate this time last year? There's nobody that I hate.
22. What was the best book you read? topaz by jennie hansen
23. What was your greatest musical discovery? suround sound in our theater, and movie credit songs (Kerry you will understand that)
24. What did you want and not get?A pool
25. What was your favorite film of this year? anything with my husband in our theater
26. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you? went excersing and I turned 30
27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Nothing I had a great year
28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? I learned alot about fashion from being a fashion conusltant for Modbe.
29. What kept you sane? Reading and excercising
30. When you think about 2007 what sticks out in your mind? My kids are growing up!
31. Best moment of 2007? quiet time in the evening when the kids are asleep

Gordon B. Hinckley

I found this on someones blog that I don't know, and thought it was cute and wanted to share it.

Gordon B. Hinckley was returning to Salt Lake City after a church assignment and when his plane arrived there was a limousine there to transport him to his home. As he prepared to get into the limo, he stopped and spoke to the driver.'You know' he said, 'I am 97 years old and I have never driven a limousine. Would you mind if I drove it for a while?'The driver said, 'No problem. Have at it.'President Hinckley gets into the driver's seat, the chauffeur gets in the back and they head off down the highway. A short distance away sat a Rookie State Trooper operating his first speed trap. The long black limo went by him doing 70 in a 55 mph zone. The trooper pulled out and easily caught the limo and he got out of his patrol car to begin the procedure. The young trooper walked up to the driver's door and when the glass was rolled down, he was surprised to see who was driving. He immediately excused himself and went back to his car and called his supervisor. He told the supervisor, 'I know we are supposed to enforce the law... But I also know that important people are given certain courtesies. I need to know what I should do because I have stopped a very important person.'The supervisor asked, 'Is it the governor?'The young trooper said, 'No, he's more important than that.'The supervisor said, 'Oh, so it's the President.'The young trooper said, 'No, he's even more important than that.'The supervisor finally asked, 'Well then, who is it?'The young trooper said, 'I think its Jesus, because he's got Gordon B. Hinckley for a chauffeur!'
Now you know why I had to post that. Hope you have a good day.

trackday 748

this is my first video creation, and my first video on you tube, im the one on the red bike.

Swimsuits

Just a quick update. I am going up to Orem on the 26th to go and see the new swim suits that Modbe is coming out with. I am so excited. I have heard rumor that there will be 20 different swimsuits. (for those of you who have never heard of Modbe, I sell modest swimsuits from modbe. )As Mckensi already stated she is just as excited as me. I am hoping to come home with a bunch for everyone to try on.Woo hoo.

Sleep Walkers

I have a set of sleep walkers in our house. Last night around 9:30 Megan came walking in our room with starry eyes and saying " can I call, can I call, call ,call. " sometimes it takes me a minute to realize there sleep walking ,it took her saying call over and over to realize that she was sleep walking. We told her to go back to bed which she immedietly did. About 15-20 minutes later Ashley came walking in,also with starry eyes, and sat down on our chair in there and just stared at us. We asked her what she was doing and she continued to just stare at us. That is when we realized that she was sleep walking to.We told her to go back to bed and she got up and walked straight to her room and proceded in her sleep.
If any of you have ideas on how to prevent sleep walking. Megan does it about every night and can sometimes do it up to 4 times a night. I am losing sleep because of all the interuptions and she is losing sleep just from sleep walking. Ashley does not do it very often. Kerry and i just laugh when they come in. I am determined to get a video of them next time. I think you would get a kick out them.

ok i'll post too

just a few pictures to get to know me better

this is when i was little

this is at work

this is the car i let the kids run around in

did you say you were just waiting for a sign, here it is!

the house after the addition was finished

a few words of wisdom

my new motorcycle helmet

the new bike to go with the helmet

ok, so they're not ALL mine, ok--so these pictures were just sized small enough that they were easy to upload.

hey at least I'm posting! ( Kerry)

i havnt seen two posts on the warners today!

Challenge

So I think that we got a challenge from Tyler on posting more. I have a really good excuse for not posting but I am no going to write it because it would be way to exciting for everyone.
We finally made it through the Holidays. I think in all we had about 9 parties at our house between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We had so much fun entertaining and having everyone over to visit.
Tyler I am a little nervous to post because you call it boring. I am sorry that I am not the author/writer like everyone else. I was lucky just to pass English.
We had an amazing Christmas. We were very blessed this season. Our kids had a wonderful present experience and were very happy with Santa. Megan and Ashley got American girl dolls and Maddie got a Emma doll , a new bike and a kitchen that she shares with Lexi. Lexi got a Dora car and dishes and the kitchen. Our whole family got a new Wii. We love it and have enjoyed playing it on our 150" movie screen.
We were able to go and get Kerry a new/used Truck yesterday. It is a ford F1-50 4 door truck. I really like it . It is really clean and looks good to.
I have gained 10 pounds back since our cruises and the holiday season and I am planning on working extra hard to work it off again. I have been back to the gym now for 2 weeks and hope to have the extra wait gone in 2 months. Hope it works. I really like being skinny.
Maddi starts sunbeams on Sunday so if you talk to her ask her how it went.