...Colter, Shantel and Family...

Saturday, May 31, 2008

I wanted to do this post for Mother's Day, but it just seems that I haven't had time. I just want everyone to know how much I love my Mom! She is my best friend. She is the most giving person I know. When I was little I remember following my mom around the house because I wanted to blink my eyes at the same moment she did. I didn't like going to elementary, and I would tell the teacher I was sick so I could go home and be with my mom. When my little sister came along, Kira, my mom would dress us the exact same everyday. My mom would do cute things on every holiday. For example, on St. Patrick's Day she would dye our food green, on Valentine's Day she would cut our toast in heart shapes, on the 4th of July she would make cakes that looked like the American Flag, on Halloween she would make green spaghetti and stew in a pumpkin (in the oven). She is always doing things to let us kids know she cares. I don't know how she does it all! She is the busiest stay-at-home mom I know. She puts everyone before herself. She is the most giving, loving, sweetest person. Her priority has always been her children. Growing up she has always had breakfast and a glass of cold water for when we got out of bed, and to this day when I go home, she still has it waiting for me! My mom waits on us kids (and my dad!) hand and foot. I have a really sick sister right now, and my mom does everything for her. It would take dedication for someone to devote 24 hours per day to someone, along with everything else my mom has to do. And I have never heard my mom complain about doing things for her kids. When my dad had his accident, my mom would not leave his side. I finally talked her into going home for 4 hours one night, but I don't think she slept. When we finally got him home, she would not leave him. We could not get him up the 2nd floor to their bedroom, so he slept on the main floor and my mom slept in a cot by his side. She is so giving and loving. I have never gone without any of the new clothes, new cool toys or anything because of both of my parents! My mom does the books for my dad's farm, and she spends countless hours in the office. She is a perfectionist, she has been audited numerous times and she has never been fined because everything she does is correct! Everytime Colter and I are talking about something and are not sure what to do, he always says "Call your mom, she will know." He thinks she knows everything!! I can not tell you how many times he tells me to call and ask my mom. I am so thankful that my mom is a stay-at-home mom. All through high school, and even earlier, when we would come home from school, my mom would be standing in the family room ironing and wanted to hear every detail about our day. And all of our friends love my mom! She was the favorite mom, and still is. And she loves to tease people, and I think she likes it when we all tease her too. She always makes herself available for her kids. My mom is available at 8:20 every morning for me. I call her every morning on the way to work. She is always waiting by her phone, and if I don't call she is worried and is calling me. Let's just say I am thankful for Verizon-to-Verizon free calling!!! My mom also has a love for Kudda, the famiy dog. She treats him like a baby, and he LOVES my mom!

Some of my moms hobbies are...Shopping!! Especially at Fred Meyer - she is a VIP there, seriously! They send her extra coupons and she gets free turkey's there for the holiday's. All of the employees in there know her by name. She is my favorite person to shop with. She is the best bargain shopper! She also loves cooking, well I don't know if she loves it, but she is a great cook. There is nothing like my moms cooking. She loves spending time with her entire family. When I am home, my dad always teases that my mom doesn't quit smiling when ALL of her kids are home. She also loves her Harley!!! This is a new love of hers, and she is addicted! I love that my parents can go enjoy this together, of course it makes me worry, but I am happy that they like to ride free! She also has a major addiction...Diet Pepsi!!! I better not tell you how many ounces she drinks or I might get in trouble. Let's just say we have more Diet Pepsi stocked in the garage than Fred Meyer has stocked in their Idaho Falls store! And she buys it by the case load almost daily:) My mom also loves to play Phase 10. I think she has over-done it because nobody wants to play it anymore. She tells Jadon and Addie that if they will play Phase 10, she will do the dinner dishes for them...and they still won't play! They would rather do dishes!! My mom also has this crazy obsession with ironing. She loves it. She irons everything!!! She says it relaxes her. Her favorite meal is Chicken and milk gravy, but we will leave that story private...:) She is also really good at telling jokes. We all laugh at her, not the joke because she can't even finish the punch-line because she is laughing SO hard. "Easy Shell"

I could write a whole book on how good my mom is...but these are a few of the reasons I think I have the best mom in the world!!

Mom...I just want you to know how much I love you! I hope one day I can be just like you!!

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Private Blog

So we have only had this blog for a week, but Colter really does not like the idea. So he told me we could keep it if I made it private:) I agree that there are a lot of crazy people out there, so this is a lot safer. I just hope I set it up as private properly...I still can't figure out how to let people leave comments...does anyone know what I am doing wrong??

I love you Colter!

My Man Tag
A-ATV of choice? 4-wheeler or snowmobile
B-Born on? July 22
C-Cookies or Candy? Probably both
D-Date of Choice when you go out? He would rather stay home, but he likes to go to some sort of event, like a concert or sporting event...and of course dinner:)
E-Essential Item? Cell phone and Tafi:)
F-Favorite Foods? Steak or my moms chicken tacos
G-Gas or Diesel vehicle? Diesel
H-Hobbies? 4-wheeling, snowmobiling, camping, hunting...anything outdoors
I-Ice Cream Flavor? Mint chocolate-chip
J-Job? I think it all falls under "construction"
K-Kids? Not yet...
L-Last Vacation as a couple? As a couple, we went to Salt Lake for the weekend last July
M-Morning person or night owl? For sure not a morning person...so a night owl
N-Number of Siblings? 2 brothers - Ryan and Jason
O-OCD or sloppy? Mostly OCD - he is a perfectionist!! But he does leave stuff around the house that drives me crazy (like dirty clothes, change from his pocket, and receipts!)
P-Pet Peeves? His truck has to be clean before he goes to work, and he hates it when I shut the kitchen blinds
Q-Quiet or Loud? Depends on who we are with
R-Restaurant? Texas Roadhouse
S-Sports? Baseball and basketball
Tight wad or spender? for sure tight wad
U-Unknown Fact about him? He's a good singer, he sings really good George Strait songs:)
V-Vegetables? He eats all them all, I just don't like them so he doesn't eat them very often....
W-Worst Habit? I honestly can't think of any...right now:)
X-Xtra Curricular activities in high school? I don't think he was too into school or the activities:)
Y-Your favorite things about him? He is so good to me. He is the hardest worker I know. He is not a man of many words, but he does the cutest things to let me know he cares. I am so thankful for everything he does for me!
Z-Zodiac Sign? I am not sure....