ANDY NIKKI TY HALEY

Pretzels for the Cows?

2012-01-26T14:04:00.000-08:00

Ty loves to help. Whenever we feed, he wants to be in the manger, not just close by, inside! The other day he was trying to feed these little mamas pretzels.

Life: Does it ever slow down?

2012-01-18T22:25:00.000-08:00

So yes, I realize it's been 5 months since my last post but, Where did the time go? Does life ever slow down? I remember thinking during college that I would have less to do once the semester got over and summer came, then when summer was here, I couldn't figure out how I was busy-er (is that even a word?) than I was during the semester.
Five months ago I wrote a great blog post about our next child titled "Pink or Blue?" and I thought I would update just 2 days later after my ultrasound... 5 months down the road... Here goes...

Life is busy!

Since my last post I've been getting ready for baby #2, working part-time, trying to take good care of baby #1, attempting to keep the house clean and the laundry done and getting the dinner cooked and finding time to hang out with the husband.

I haven't been blogging because,
Uploading pictures just seems like it would take sooo long.

But this post just took about 10 minutes TOTAL so I'm hoping to start updating more often.

Right now I'm holding Baby #2 SHE (Surprise. It's a girl!)is so great.

We're all doing great over here.
Life is good.

and, hopefully I'll update again before 5 months have passed.

Pink or Blue?

2011-08-01T22:18:00.000-07:00

Baby number 2 is scheduled to arrive December 17 (but I'm hoping he or she decides to come a little early, the 17th is too close to Christmas).

We have an ultrasound on Wednesday.

Boy or girl?

What do you think?

Maybe I should rip out one of my hairs and hang my wedding ring above my belly with it and... (anyone ever heard that trick? does it work?)

I think it's a boy. But, I thought Ty was a girl, and I don't care at all either way!

Maybe it's twins.

The Happiest Place on Earth

2011-07-05T18:56:00.000-07:00

We went to California a couple weeks ago. Ty loved swimming so much he decided to go swimming in a mud puddle the other day when we weren't watching. We took Ty to Disneyland. We were determined to get our money's worth ($105 per adult, ouch) so we spent 14 hours in the park one day. Ty loved the rides, especially the Dumbo Flyer Ride.

He cried when he had to get off.

He also cried when we took him on the Bugs Life video ride. Spiders were coming out of the ceiling, fog was blowing in our faces, it was dark, and scary. I felt bad. I thought he would be okay because he didn't cry for Pirates of the Caribbean, Snow White, or any of the other scary indoor rides.

Hopefully, we'll be back soon.

Top 10 List

2011-06-12T19:06:00.001-07:00

TOP TEN THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST POST
(in no particular order)

#10- Andy Graduated from USU
#9- We ate Nelson's Frozen Custard in St. George
#8- Andy drew an awesome Elk Tag
#7- Nikki swam the Mighty Colorado River (not on purpose)
#6- A live chicken got inside our house and ran through the kitchen (tramatizing)
#5- Ty got a buzz (Andy, too)
#4- Andy got a TEACHING JOB
#3- We found out we're having another baby in December
#2- We hiked Muley Twist and survived the Burr Trail (not as scary as everyone said)
#1- We ate lunch at the new Cafe Rio in Spanish Fork

Hope you're having a good summer!

Spring Break 2011

2011-04-27T15:10:00.000-07:00

For Spring Break we had a lot of things planned,
#1 Camp in the desert
#2 See Natural Bridges National Monument
#3 See Hovenweep
#4 See Mesa Verde
#5 Hike through a canyon (can't remember the name) near Cedar Mesa
#6 Find a really cool ruin that Andy won't let me name (it's secret)
#7 See the Aztec Ruins in New Mexico
#8 See 4 Corners Monument
#9 Hike to Delicate Arch
#10 Find an arrowhead, full anasazi pot, and spanish gold.

Our friend tagged along and asked us if we were planning on getting all of these done in a week, or a month.
A week of course...

Well, out of our list of 10, we completed about 4.

We camped in the desert, saw natural bridges,

SAW MESA VERDE! It's been on our list for a while now.

Found a secret ruin, but not the one we were looking for.

Hiked to Delicate Arch, Double Arch and the North and South Windows.

And we found some pieces of pottery. No Gold, No Arrowheads. Of course we left the pottery there, I don't want to go to jail for looting an archaelogical site!

Hopefully we'll be back soon to check the rest off our list.

Memories

2011-04-04T19:48:00.000-07:00

Meet Kalee... (pretend there is a current picture here) This is us 23 years ago. We were born in the same hospital on (almost) the same day. We were lucky to grow up together. I remember playing on the trampolene at my Grandma's house for hours on Sunday afternoons. My grandma was "super cool" and let us take her blankets outside so we could play exciting games like "snake in the grass" and "candyland" (a game we invented ourselves). Here is a picture of all of our Crandall cousins (check out Megan). We played city league volleyball together for years. One year, we were champions! She was super good and I was just average. We went skiing all the time in the winter. We had a bus that would take 50 kids to The Canyons Resort every weekend and turn us all loose (one time, I got left at the resort). Every once in a while, we could talk our parents into letting us out of school to go. Here we all are at our annual Lake Powell family reunion. We participated in some extreme "water weenie wars", family games, fishing, and wakeboarding. Sometimes we fought over the same boyfriends, but mostly, we had different tastes (so it all worked out).

In our early years of highschool, she made the volleyball team (I got cut), she made the cheer squad (I got cut) and we didn't hang out as much.

When we were seniors, we hung out at a Leadership retreat in St. George, got to raft the mighty Grand Canyon, coached a little girls volleyball team together, and were even Homecoming Queens.

After highschool, she went to UVU, I went to USU. Before I knew it, she was engaged, and before she knew it, I was.

We both got married to good husbands and have sweet children. She has a degree in Health Education and I have a degree in Home Ec Education.

For 2 years, I have taught Child Development to high school students. I teach a unit on SIDS. I have always taught the unit without really thinking about it.

Just one month ago, Kalee lost her sweet baby to SIDS. And while we're lucky to know that we will see him again, it has been difficult for all members of our family.

I decided to post this so you all would have a chance to read the website she and her husband have created. The amazing things she has written have inspired many. This website had over 6,000 views within the first 3 days it was created.

http://cruebug.weebly.com/

Make sure you read the "updates" section in order, beginning with Our Story written on March 9th.

I think we (our extended family) would all agree that this event has brought us closer together and helped us get our priorities in order.

Thank you Kalee, for letting us into your life and helping us all be better.

We (especially I) love you!

Goodnight Logan

2011-01-17T17:44:00.000-08:00

(Anyone ever read Goodnight Moon?)

Goodbye Logan
Goodbye Student Housing
Goodbye Firehouse
Goodbye Logan High
Goodbye Cheese Factory
Goodbye Scraping my Windshield
Goodbye Friends
Goodbye Cow Jumping over the Moon
Goodbye Lee's Marketplace
Goodbye Collegues
Goodbye Students
Goodbye Finals Week
Goodbye Cafe Rio
Goodbye Budge Pediatrics
Goodbye 96.7
Goodbye Edwards Furniture Commercials
Goodbye Utah State

I cried the whole way home. :(

Our Living Conditions

2011-01-09T22:27:00.000-08:00

Our living conditions are less than ideal. In fact, if you called DCFS they would probably take Ty away... JK.

We decided to move all of our stuff to Payson before Christmas. including our bed, washer and dryer, kitchen equipment, etc...

We were only coming back for 2 weeks... no big deal... right?

No. We happily put up with the sleeping bag, 2 pans and 2 bowls for a couple days until I said, "this is kinda like camping." Then Andy said "no, this is worse than camping."

He was right, it was worse than camping... until... our toilet water holding tank broke and leaked all over the floor... then it was ULTRA worse than camping.

We had to flush with a bucket of water until a kind maintenance man came after hours to fix the deteriorated rubber gasket.

I was really sad to move from Logan, but now, I'm looking forward to a bed, kitchen equipment, a working toilet (and a backup one if needed), couches, a treadmill, millions of toys for Ty, a washer and dryer, and most of all, A GARAGE!

But I'm still sort of sad to leave Logan.

Negative Fifteen

2011-01-06T18:20:00.000-08:00

What were we thinking?

New Years Eve Eve, we packed our bags and warm clothes and decided to snowmobile into my Grandpa's cabin with Ty. We didn't get to the parking lot until dark. We loaded everything and bundled Ty up and we were off. Ty HATED it. He was scared and he kicked and screamed and fought the entire way. It was negative fifteen and we had to keep his face covered so it didn't get frostbite. Half way through, I thought to myself, "What were we thinking?" We were too far to turn back and still a few miles from the cabin.

Ty was fine when we got there but I was a little bit in shock (I hate it when my baby cries). I jumped off the snowmobile to walk into the cabin and the snow went up to my hips!

We stayed for a couple days. It was beautiful.

Cold, but beautiful.

On the way out, we got smarter. I zipped Ty into my snowmobile overalls and wrapped him in a fleece blanket. He looked around and smiled. Within 2 minutes he was asleep.

We got some snowshoes for Christmas. I can't wait to break them out again this weekend. Hopefully, the temperature will rise to at least double digits (my car thermometer this morning said 2*F).

Noodles

2010-12-28T22:08:00.000-08:00

OOOOOOO... What have we been doing? Well, we had a great Christmas. Santa came. Ty got spoiled and we moved to Payson. We live in a GREAT house.

Andy went with his friend to work in Greenriver for the day and my sister got a new noodle machine for Christmas so we have been making noodles all night. Yummy.

After New Years we are going back to Logan to finish up our last 2 weeks. :/

Only a couple more days of relaxation...

Christmas Break!

2010-12-16T18:15:00.001-08:00

Christmas Break is coming soon. I'll be done tomorrow at noon.

Ty has been busy undecorating the Christmas Tree, trying to eat ornaments and walking!

We're moving a bunch of stuff to Payson this weekend. I'm not so sure how I feel about it. I love Logan. I love my students and I love Cache Valley. I love Utah State. I love our friends up here. I love Lee's Marketplace. I love Gossner's Cheese Plant. I love walking around the blockI love Porcupine Reservoir. I love, well, almost everything... The only thing I don't love about this place is my TINY house and of course scraping my windshield every morning.

We're beginning a new adventure. Who knows what we'll encounter.

NFR

2010-12-06T21:32:00.001-08:00

We went to the NFR in Las Vegas. It was a blast!

Go Kaycee Go!

Bountiful Baskets

2010-11-08T15:22:00.001-08:00

So we decided to jump on the bandwagon and buy a Bountiful Basket. We loved it. In fact, we've almost ate the entire thing. Who knew these....umm.... things could be so good? I don't even know what they are!

Ty Turns 1!

2010-11-05T20:12:00.000-07:00

Ty Turned 1! Just tonight he took his first steps. I can't believe my baby is growing up so quickly. We had a costume party for him and he loved his cake.

Ty was an elephant and kept trying to grab the flame on his candle.

Ty loved helping us carve pumpkins this year. He ate pumpkin guts and scattered seeds everywhere.

We have a good friend who dresses up as a mean witch every year for Halloween. In fact, she scared me last year right before I went into labor. I wanted to get Ty's picture with her. He ignored her for the first little while (wouldn't even look at her) and then he started crying. My camera ran out of batteries so I couldn't get a teary picture.

The Cache Valley Pumpkin Walk is a big deal every year here in Logan. Basically there are a bunch of booths made out of pumpkins. We went this year during the first blizzard of the year. We bundled up and braved the storm.

There was a cute Toy Story booth.

Ty was a happy little dude.

Virgil and Sharon (Ty's Grandparents) got Ty a miniature horse for his birthday. His name is Tex and Ty loves him. He pokes him in the eyes, pulls his hair and lays on him. Tex loves Ty too. He doesn't really like big people because he's so small. He loves little kids though.

Ty got to hang out with Cousin Brix. We don't get to see him very much because he lives in California. Hopefully, they'll move here soon. :)

We have swings in our backyard. Ty loves them. He giggles and giggles and cries when I take him back to the house.

We are moving to Spanish Fork in January. I told Logan High that I'm leaving and I'm a little sad about it. Andy will be student teaching at Salem Hills High School and I may be able to get a job somewhere around there. Someday, I will be a stay-at-home-mom. It makes me sad to think that Ty is already one and I've worked his whole first year of life.

Adventures

2010-09-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

Black's Fork 2010

It was a little cold.

2 Teeth and Counting.

We've been on lots of crazy adventures the past couple months. We've also been trying to go to school and work on a regular basis (sometimes it's difficult) and Ty has just been trying to grow teeth, crawl super fast, eat nickles and stand up against things.

I drew a bull elk tag this year and.... I got one! With only one horn :) But I'm still proud.

I got so excited I just shot the first one I saw. :)

Andy recently finished the cutest kid saddle. I wish we could have kept it for Ty.

Ty learned to feed himself.

We rafted a waterfall in Lava Hot Springs. I didn't believe it was possible until we did it.

My Brother and Andy caught a bunch of Crawdads in Strawberry Reservoir. Then, we cooked them up and ate them. They tasted like lobster.

We went fishing and caught a GIANT fish. My sister-in-law, Kellie, actually won 9th place in a contest and got a $50 Sportsman's Warehouse Giftcard for the fish she caught.

This weekend we're going to hike the Wellsville Mountains. Anyone want to come?

Hope you're all having crazy adventures!

9 Months

2010-07-31T15:34:00.000-07:00

Today Ty is 9 months old!

Between this post and the last we...

1. Finished Spring Semester/1st year at Logan High

2. Moved to Sunny St. George (and loved it)

3. Went camping for the 4th of July

4. Swam in Lake Powell for a week

5. Bought a hiking backpack and hiked everywhere

6. Explored Zion National Park

7. Swam in the Virgin River

8. Caught a Humpback Chub (with our hand)

9. Passed Biology with a B+ (well, Andy did)

10. Grew two teeth (well, Ty did)

and...

Now, we're packing our bags for one more trip before we both start school in Logan again. This time, we're headed to the mountains.

Hope you're all doing well.

7 Months

2010-05-30T18:08:00.000-07:00

Ty is 7 months old today. (wow, time flies) He came home the other day with Andy and matching (kinda matching) shirts. He eats everything from green beans to applesauce and he's usually a happy little dude.

Andy is moving to St. George tomorrow and I'm going down Friday. Five more days until summer for me. Yay!

Nothing too exciting has been happening. I made a chocolate cake today (and it's awesome). My cakes from scratch have never been perfected until now. Yum.

We're attempting to clean our house and organize before we go to Sunny St. George but... I've been sick. I've had a sinus infection for 3 months and I'm going on my 3rd course of antibiotics. It better work this time....

Here's a cute picture of our cute little cowboy. I love this kid.

Cute boys!

Dia De Los Ninos

2010-05-04T22:03:00.000-07:00

We decided to celebrate Dia De Los Ninos (Children's Day). Ty is the best. He got a new hat and toy that moves and makes noises. It took a little "conditioning" to get Ty to think it was cool. At first he was terrified.

We have also reached a milestone. Ty sleeps in his own bed! He slept inbetween us until about 2 weeks ago. I'm proud of the little guy. He's growing right up.

BBQ, Camping and Baby Mono

2010-04-17T22:58:00.000-07:00

:)

Ty with Dad- Learning to rope. :)

Today we went to Walmart in search of a high chair and carseat and ended up with a BBQ Grill. It was such a good deal ($94 and we got a $50 gift card back... so $44... kinda). We were so excited we bought some chicken, spices and started unthawing steak. We opened the box and found hundreds of pieces! Screws, nuts, bolts, washers, etc. It took Andy 5 hours to put the dang thing together. I thought the completion of the thing was a Kodak Moment!

We went camping to the coolest place last weekend. We camped in the middle of two cliffs! It was so cool. We hiked, shot guns, hung out, sat by the fire and ate good food. My dad, Ryan, and Kellie all met us out there.

Shooting off a cliff. I was creeped out cause I'm scared of heights!

Ty chilled in the shade because I was super worried about him getting sunburned. He already loves camping (especially watching the fire).

Ty started throwing up after our camping trip, then he quit eating, then he turned yellow. We took him to the Dr. and they had to draw blood. They checked for blood disorders, and thought maybe he had hepatitis. After 3 days of tests and drawing blood twice...

The Dr. called and said TY HAS MONO! Poor thing. I had mono in college and missed 3 weeks of school! He is feeling a little better now. He sleeps a lot, eats a little (well... normal) and smiles a lot. I guess if you have to be sick, you might as well be happy about it.

We felt the Randolf, Utah earthquake! We were sitting in our living room and the room started moving. It was crazy... kinda like the shake when a train goes by but slower and bigger. It creeped me out, but it was kinda cool. I called my friend/neighbor and she said "I did not feel an earthquake... you are crazy...it was probably just your neighbors upstairs." Umm... I didn't think they could shake the entire house! A couple minutes later she called and said... "look at the news!"

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10403157

Ty's First Ride

2010-03-28T17:23:00.000-07:00

We went camping 2 weeks ago by Greenriver... Well we kinda went camping. We slept in a hotel and did everything outside and cooked outside and hiked and I FOUND A REAL LIVE INDIAN ARROWHEAD. I think it was the one that Sitting Bull used to kill Custer (wait, did that really happen?) :)
Anyway... I didn't want to go to jail so I just took a few photographs. I'll post photos later. I also was looking for gold that was hidden by the wild bunch but I didn't find any... I think I found a marker though that pointed to the gold pit. But... I didn't have a shovel. Next time I'll retrieve it.

Ty had his first ride last night and loved it. He has sat on a saddle many times in his dad's shop but never on a saddle AND on a horse!

We spent the night in Tremonton with food, friends and fun.
Check out the saddle that Andy's friend Dan built at our house.
Andy had to try it out.

ALSO...
Ty went to all three hours of church for the first time today. We've been paranoid about Swine Flu and other sicknesses that are going around. He slept through our class and only cried once!

And...
Spring Break at Logan High is next week! Yay. I only have to make it through five more crazy days before I get a week of freedom. We're going camping by Hanksville and I'm taking a shovel this time so I can dig up some loot.

Four Months Old

2010-03-14T15:00:00.000-07:00

Ty is four months old now! He laughs, and recently discovered his tongue. He sticks it out all the time! It's so cute.

Spring is coming! We have 4 baby calves. They are so cute. 2 red and 2 black ones. I named this one Jamal. :)

Ty had to get his 4 month old shots. It was so sad. He was pretty tough. He didn't cry that much but he did get a fever in the night after. Thank goodness for Tylenol.

We started feeding Ty rice cereal. The first time I let Andy feed him and he got SOOOO messy. I was worried he was going to suffocate because he had so much cereal up his nose. He's starting to get better at eating it though... he wasn't as messy in this photo.

Hope you're all doing well.

My Talented Husband

2010-03-07T16:33:00.000-08:00

Because my pictures won't upload... grr... I'll show off some of my husband's talent.
These are some taps Andy made for me. We went with Matt and he had some cool ones so I talked Andy into making me some. If they didn't make my legs so tired I'd use them more often.

Here's a saddle Andy finished right before Baby Ty was born.

This is my favorite! A 13 inch kid saddle! It is so stinkin cute.

I wish my camera would work so I could upload photos of the most recent saddles and recent pictures of my sweet baby.
We're all doing great here in Logan. Ty's growing like a weed. He hangs out with Andy in his shop all morning. He smiles, laughs, grabs things, can roll over one way and we even fed him some rice cereal yesterday. I'll post pictures ASAP. Andy fed him. He had cereal up his nose, in his ears, in his eyes, allover his hands and clothes! It was great. He's growing up so fast I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday he was born. Now, I can't imagine life without him. He is so great.
I just got a jogging stroller. It's my new weight loss plan. :) I love it! Me and Ty have been picking Andy up from class and exploring Campus, North Logan and Aggie Village.
We're taking baby camping in 2 weeks by Greenriver. Do you think we're crazy? We've got a wood stove for our tent so it will probably be warmer than a house! We're excited (and Ty is too)!

Vacation time yet?

2010-03-02T19:06:00.000-08:00

I want to go here...

or here...

Or here...

Or somewhere...

I also want to post new pictures of my cute cute baby but my camera isn't working.

Baby Ty looks like this...

Just 4 months older.

Crazy Student

2010-02-05T19:50:00.000-08:00

Hey all-

Last week I had planned to take my Clothing 1 class to JoAnn's Fabric Store. It's only about two blocks from the school so I figured we could just walk. I told my 2 classes a couple days before to dress warm and wear "your walkin' shoes".

Friday Morning
2nd hour. Red Air Day in Logan. Approx 2 degrees. Highschool students (too cool for coats).
We headed on our journey to the fabric store. Right before we crossed the road to get there someone said... "is it even open?" Oops... I forgot to check.
It was 8:45 and they opened at 9. There I stood with 25 high school students (some didn't have coats). I decided to knock and see if we could get in.
To make a long story short...

THEY WOULDN'T LET US IN! (jerks :) )

So... we trekked back to the school.
I was mad! and cold. And I didn't want to walk over there again so I told my next class... "sorry we're not going to the fabric store, we're going to watch this movie about buying fabric instead".

One crazy little freshman got SO mad. She stormed out of the room and said she was going to the office. I was a little bit in shock so I just said "Okay, see ya, good luck"

She went to the assistant principal and told him then... she didn't stop there... she went to the school police officer and "reported" what I did. Ha!

Crazy Students. The assistant principal told her to come back and apologize and the school cop escorted her back to class.

What was she thinking?... they were going to arrest me for changing my lesson plan.

Crazy Kids.

I love my job!

Ty

2010-01-23T21:59:00.000-08:00

I Can't figure out how to rotate the picture

Ty had to get shots! :(

It's almost midnight and I don't know what to write.

Goodbye!

Recent Events...

2010-01-09T23:01:00.001-08:00

1. We are officially "Drifters." We're leaving this house, and moving to student housing this week. No me gusta moving. We're kinda like Gypsies. Andy trades things (horses, dogs, cattle, cats and occasional donkeys) and I bear his children, make his dinners and wear silk bandanas to show that we're married and he owns me.

2. We went to Cedar Mountain with Matt over Christmas Break. Matt let some horses go and Andy cheated death and chased them miles down an icy road while we (Matt, Ty, Nikki) got the truck stuck "belly deep" in mud snow and ice. It was quite an adventure.

3. We attempted to take family pictures but Ty was not cooperating. He cried, spit up, peed out of his diaper, clawed daddy in the eye and tried to bite mommy.

4. Ryan's ENGAGED! We inducted Kellie to the Hatfield family with the infamous "sit on Santa's lap" tradition. Suprisingly enough, she handled it better than most new members of the family. She wasn't even embarrassed.

5. Ty met Santa for the first time! He was not impressed. He didn't even bother to wake up.

Ty has been learning a lot lately. He can now hold his head up, smile and project vomit 2.5 inches.

Our Little One

2009-11-25T18:34:00.000-08:00

Baby Ty is getting so big. It's so much fun to be a mom. I had my gallbladder out yesterday (ouch) but hopefully things will be looking up from here. Here's some cute photos! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Our New Arrival...

2009-11-01T09:27:00.000-08:00

October 31st 2:00am- Andy's exact quote, "what??? you want a picture... You're not really in labor!!!"

October 31st 8:20am

Everything is great! Better than great!

Visitors can only see through the window because of H1N1 Flu.

Update...

2009-10-01T20:09:00.000-07:00

1. We're having a baby boy in 4 weeks!

2. Nikki's teaching at Logan High.

3. Andy's going to USU

4. Andy went elk hunting today.

5. It's UEA break.

6. That's about it....

7. Pictures coming soon.

It's a...

2009-07-12T20:23:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone-

Hopefully you all are having an eventful summer.

We recently found out we're having a BOY! We had an ultrasound a few weeks ago and it was so awesome! He was moving all around. We couldn't get any pictures that weren't fuzzy.

School starts in a couple of weeks, for both of us. Andy's starting another semester at USU and I'm going to start teaching at Logan High School. We need a place to live... any suggestions?

Have a good day!

Update

2009-05-31T21:37:00.001-07:00

Update:
1. Andy shaved
2. Nikki planted a garden
3. Fuzz is getting dreadlocks
4. We drove 50 miles offroad to Beef Basin
5. We moved from Nibley to Payson until August
6. We branded our cows... and about 4000 others
7. We thought that getting out of school would give us more time but... we have less time
8. Andy looked like Johnny Cash for family pictures in his black shirt
9. We now have a TV and dishwasher
and...
10. We sold our minivan

ANDY PASSED MATH!

2009-04-29T09:07:00.001-07:00

Andy passed math! It's been a long hard road. He said that doing math "physically hurts". Now he'll never have to take another math class again! WOO HOO!

This was his attitude every time he had to do his homework! Not a happy camper.

But anyway... I think I might go get a birthday cake that says "ANDY PASSED MATH 1050" and we'll have a party.

See ya'll later~

Finals and Moving and Busy

2009-04-22T10:35:00.001-07:00

Finals are coming. We're moving. We're busy and we can't wait for school to be out for the summer!!!

Howwwwwllllllll!

2009-04-01T20:20:00.000-07:00

Our CRAZY dog Fuzz recently learned how to howl! He's nuts. I hope he doesn't bother the neighbors.

Spring Break 2009!

2009-03-19T20:59:00.001-07:00

Our spring break was very eventful! We first drove to St. George, then to Colorado City... we drove all through the town... it was kinda scary.

Then we drove to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (but it was closed until next week :( ). We stayed at the Marble Canyon Lodge.
Then we went to Lee's Ferry.

After our road trip, we went to work with Matt! All of the cows were having babies so it was ultra fun! The babies were so cute!

We had so much fun we didn't want to go back to school! :(

Hope you're all having a great day!

Goin' Fishin' in the Dark

2009-03-03T18:56:00.000-08:00

Here's a picture of the saddle Andy just finished.

Here's a cute picture of Andy slaving away at his Math 1050 homework.
He hates math but... he passed his test on Friday! WOO! HOO!

So, our friend Joel invited us ice fishing Saturday. I had never been ice fishing before so I was really excited. We left at 7:00pm.

Drilling the holes was a little scary because I thought it was going to be like it is in cartoons and cause the entire lake to crack and bust open!

We set up a tent, had a heater and roasted hot dogs!

We fished, and fished, and fished and before we knew it.... it was 5 in the morning!!!
We didn't get home till six.
We had to teach a church lesson at noon the next day. We figured we'd wake up in time (so we didn't set our alarm).

WE WOKE UP AT 11:57! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
We went into panic mode. We couldn't do anything but run around frantically and try to get there.

Luckily, sacrament meeting got over late and we made it to our class just in time.

Hope you all are having a good day!

Valentine Suckers

2009-02-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

We decided to make cinnamon suckers for Valentines Day this year. We got all of our equipment (mise en place) and got ready to go... The first batch was too weak and Andy wanted them super strong.

We put 1/8 tsp. cinnamon flavoring in the first batch. Andy decided on an entire tsp. for the second batch! We dumped in the flavor and the entire pan started smokin'. I accidently huffed a huge amount of the cinnamon steam smoke and thought I was going to die. I hurried to hand the pan to Andy and tried to warn him just as he inhaled a "lungfull". We both nearly died. It burned our noses and took about 10 minutes for us to get over it.

We survived and the suckers were delicious!

Handy Andy

2009-02-05T21:09:00.001-08:00

My husband Andy is very handy.
He left with an old rasp and came back with............

SPURS!

An Eventful Weekend...

2009-02-03T22:24:00.000-08:00

FRIDAY!

We had a very eventful weekend...
First off... Ryan (my little brother) came home from an LDS mission in Richmond, Virginia! We met him at the airport along with the rest of the family (including aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas and cousins). It was pretty exciting.
We were supposed to wait at the bottom of the escalator but we couldn't. Me and Lex (my sis) snuck up the stairs and my mom followed shortly. We waited forever and finally...

I saw him far across the distance and screamed "RYYYYAAAAAANNNNN!" so loud that everyone in the entire airport could hear. I just couldn't keep it in. I hadn't seen him for 2 years! It was so exciting! I love my little bro!

SATURDAY!!!

On Saturday we had a much needed adventure.

And it wasn't even that cold!
We took Jose (our cute baby!), Corky, Fuzz, Virg, Sharon, Spike, Carl, Will, Moose, Al, and The Blue Bomber.

We saw a bald eagle at the end of the day!

So... I'm Not the Only Seamstress in the House

2009-01-27T22:22:00.001-08:00

My First Post :)

2009-01-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

Hello.
Nikki Neves here. I decided I better start following the crowd. Welcome to our blog!
Update on us...
Andy is studying Agriculture Education at Utah State University. He builds saddles and does other custom leather work (see our Neves Custom Leather blog).
I am going to start a long term substitute job next Monday. I started my Master's degree this semester (wish me luck).