The Albrecht's

Albrecht Family Christmas Party

2010-01-20T12:24:00.001-08:00

Watching O1 playing the drums on Rock Band was the Highlight of our New Years Eve!

Sage loved her Star from Grandma Kasea

Mother Hen Sage and Gus

The Sisters

Weston made us pose in front of the tree...I really hate my picture being taken.

Uncle John and Uncle Brandon were the girls jungle gym.

Weston and O1 being real happy to get their picture taken.

Cute little girls: Aspen, Sage,and Dallee Jo

We were able to make it to the family Christmas party this year. We went from New Mexico to St. George (another LONG drive) and spent a couple of days at Grandma Kasea's new house. It was good to see everyone...it had been quite awhile since we had seen them. Those darn kids just keep growing even when you don't see them!!! We missed having Daren and his family there, but at least we got to spend some time with them in New Mexico.

New Mexico Trip

2010-01-20T12:07:00.000-08:00

Cute Kids Cuddling with baby Kash and Uncle Daren
The kids had so much fun driving Lil Bit.

Chantz trimmed Lil Bits feet and he did a pretty good job too.

We had a really good time visting Daren, Megan, and their new baby Kash in New Mexico during Christmas vacation. It was a REALLY long drive, but I am so glad we went. We enjoyed good food, horse races, and the company. The kids could have stayed there and played with Lil Bit everyday if I would have let them.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-20T11:49:00.001-08:00

Opening Presents

The Kids trying out Sage's new Kareoke Machine

More Presents!

Chantz's gift from Santa...His favorite was his new shotgun.

Sage's presents from Santa she loved her new .22 rifle, but the Kareoke Machine was her favorite of course.

Christmas Eve PJ's

This year we had a pretty quiet Christmas Day. The kids woke us up about 5 am and we opened presents and had breakfast. The kids were super excited about their gifta and we spent most of the moring downloading songs to thier ipods. Then we decided we would start our trip to New Mexico a day early so we headed out of town about 3pm and drove to Beatty Nevada where Weston is working right now.

Chantz's Magazine Cover

2009-12-23T14:46:00.001-08:00

I am the proudest mom in the world. Chantz has been in quite a few magazines including Western Horseman, but this is his first cover. He is such a great little horseman and is so lucky to learn form the best...his gramps!

Sage's Christmas Singing Program

2009-12-23T14:32:00.000-08:00

Sage had her little Christmas program and after I went to her classroom party. They made homemade marshmellow and homemade hot cocoa mix. Wow...those marshmellow were delicous. She is so dang cute with her little poses...she cracks me up.

Making cocoa
Pose for the camera!

Singing her heart out.

Melton the Warm Hearted Snowman

2009-12-16T08:45:00.001-08:00

Chantz was Melton in the Christmas Play this year. He did such a great job. I am so proud of him. The play was really cute...it is only for 4th and 5th graders that want to participate. So they go after school 2 days a week to practice. Chantz really loves it...he was so excited when he got the part of Melton..they had to try out for their parts and you would have thought that it was Christmas in August when he got he part. All of the kids put in alot of work and the music teacher is so great. I am glad that he likes to participate in this kid of stuff. Weston was saying that is it so funny how Chantz can wear so many different hats: he loves sports, and of course roping, and now this. We couldn't be more proud. He is such a great kid.

Chantz is the one with the carrot nose.

We were laughing so hard when he would have to walk, because is whole costume would kind of sway...it was hilarious!

Cute Kylee the doctor checking his heart.

Sage couldn't wait to hug hime in that costume.

Chantz backstage.

Birthday Girl

2009-12-08T17:37:00.000-08:00

Decorating the tree

Sage and Graycee

Sage's cute cake.

On Sunday my baby girl turned 9. We had quite the busy day. I got to spend some quality time with Sage and my little niece Graycee. Sage and I made cupcakes for her to take her class on Monday. Then the festivities began. Dinner, presents, cake, and of course the tradition of decorating the tree and making a gingerbread house on Sage's birthday continued. I was exhausted! All in all I think she had a great day!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-04T14:11:00.000-08:00

Halloween was more like Christmas at our house this year. Grandma Kasea surprised the kids and came to visit for the weekend. They were soooo excited. I don't think that Sage let her out of her sight for the whole weekend. They carved pumpkins, made candy, went trick or treating, played games, and a million other things. It was so good to have her here.

Carving Pumkins...sage hates getting the guts out she says it is so disgusting!

Sage making cupcakes for her class party.

Dead Rodeo Clown and Punk Rocker

Finished Pumkins

Little miss attitude punk rocker

Sage at Cheer Camp

2009-10-12T09:46:00.000-07:00

Sage went to a week long cheer camp that the cheerleaders were putting on. Then she got to cheer at the football game and perform a dance at half time. She had so much fun....and she was adorable!

Here is a video...Sage is the third one in the front row.

Frightmares at Lagoon

2009-10-10T14:11:00.000-07:00

While we were visiting my sisters we also went to Frightmares at Lagoon. We haven't been to Lagoon for years so it was fun. Sage hated the haunted houses and I think Chantz did think to highly of them, but we did have a good time.

Miley Cyrus Concert

2009-10-07T16:54:00.000-07:00

Sage at the Miley Cyrus concert...she had a blast! I was so excited for her!

Pictures

2009-09-29T08:03:00.001-07:00

I love this one!

The boys: Skyler, Chantz, and Kanyon

All of the sisters and kids

My cousin Lacey took these pictures for us while I was visiting my sisters and their kids. She did a fabulous job. Thanks Lacey!

Sage Singing the Star Spangled Banner

2009-09-14T17:05:00.000-07:00

I am so proud of Sage she was asked to sing the Star Spangled Banner in celebration of the writing of the song at her school. So this morning she sang it by the flag in front of the whole school and she did a fabulous job. Now if I could just figure out how to download the video to my computer so you could all hear it that would be great. So here are a few pics. Click on this link to hear her singing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeOXFQbyXE

Sunday Baking

2009-09-07T19:42:00.000-07:00

Sage and I were on a baking/cooking kick yesterday. We made cookies, zucchini bread, zucchini/chocolate chip muffins, & chicken salad for sandwiches this week. Evidently Sage thought that zucchini was cucumbers. Sometimes I wonder about that girl. We had a fun time and our boys were pretty excited when they got home from roping to have some treats!

School's Back in Session

2009-08-24T12:06:00.003-07:00

School started today and the kids were pretty excited.

This is Sage and her 3rd grade teacher Miss Ward. Who is a friend of mine and Sage was so excited to be in her class.

This is as close I got to getting a picture of Chantz at school. I guess it's just not cool to have your mom taking pictures of you in the classroom when your in 5th grade!

Outside of our house on the first day of the 2009-2010 school year. Chantz is starting 5th grade and Sage is starting 3rd grade. Where does the time go???

St. George Visit

2009-08-24T11:30:00.000-07:00

We went to St. George to visit family and friends and we had such a great time. We also had a baby shower for Megan (Daren's wife). So they came up from New Mexico and we were so glad to see them. We also had a BBQ with the other Albrecht's Brandon and Michelle and their girls. The kids had a blast playing in the pool it was a great time.

Albrecht kids! Thanks Brandon, Michelle, and girls for such a fun day!

They LOVED the slide and this rocker lounge!

This is the diaper cake I made for the shower. I told them that since they won't find out they are going to get every thing "duck" from me.

Sage and Gus (Owen and Brooke's little boy)

Sage, Grandma Kasea, Misty, and I went to see the play Annie at Tuachan. Sage has always loved the movie of Annie so this was extra special to her. We had a great time.

Yosemite and Bass Lake

2009-08-24T11:07:00.000-07:00

The end of July we went to Yosemite National Park (that is where Weston is working right now). I told him I wanted to see 3 things: the big sequoia trees, waterfalls, and a bear. He said you know this isn't Yellowstone where you can just go to a spot that bears hangout to see them. I said I know but it would just make my trip to see a bear. So we were on our way down from Half Dome and traffic was stopped in the middle of the road. Weston said there must be a bear because that is usually what will stop traffic. So I jump out of the truck with the camera and go running down the road. Weston is hollering at me to get back in the truck because it was a cub and he said the mother is probably not very far away. I said not til I get a picture. He said your acting like these crazy tourists...I said I am a tourist. It was pretty funny, but I got my picture.

Cute little bear made my trip!

Half Dome with Waterfall in the background.
Sequoia Trees at Mariposa Grove, it was amazing how big around they are.

We rented a boat and tube and spent one day on Bass Lake. The kids had a blast. I don't think Chantz got off of the tube except just long enough to eat.

Yes I even rode the tube!

Weston with the kids hanging on his life jacket to stand up.

My little fish. The love the water!

Crazy busy update

2009-08-12T10:53:00.001-07:00

We have been crazy busy for weeks now and I am running out of fumes! Chantz had the Masten Ramsey Horseshow on the 17th & 18th of July, then we went to Yosemite to visit Weston since he is working down there, got back and was home for 2 days then left for another horse show in Winnemucca Nevada, back home for The Fiesta Ranch Roping that we were helping put on. Now we are off to St. George to visit family and friends, then back for 2 days before the county fair horse show. Just in time for school to start on Monday the 24th of August. Whew!!

I am still trying to get all the pictures downloaded from all of our craziness, so I will post them as I do. Sage sang the national anthem at The Fiesta and did such a great job. I am so proud of both of them. My dad, Chantz, and I won one of the roping classes at The Fiesta which meant the world to me to just be roping with my dad and my son!

Masten Ramsey Horse Show

Chantz won the high point on Friday and the Jr. Bridle Class and my dad won the Open Bridle Class on Saturday. That was pretty special. Chantz was so excited.

Poor Tabu he looks so tired. He is 26 years old now. He takes such good care of Chantz.
Running down for a sliding stop.

Slide Stop. Nice.

Happy Buckle winner!

Chantz & Gramps..Two peas in a pod. They look nothing alike huh!

4th of July

2009-07-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

Daddy's Girl

Parade

We had a great time on the 4th. We went to the BIG parade and the park festivities. Then we went to some friends house for BBQ, water fights (for the kids), and fireworks. Weston surprised the kids and was able to come home and spend the holiday with us. It was great!

Ready for this SUPER long update

2009-06-14T18:28:00.001-07:00

Baseball Season

Baseball season is almost over, only one more game. Chantz has done a great job this year. He played catch quite a bit and loves it.

This is Chantz batting.

Playing Catch.

Catch again.

Memorial Day Camping
Over the holiday weekend we went camping with our friends the MacDonnells. We had a great time playing cards, horseshoes, and had great food. The kids had a blast playing in the creek and I even got to take them snipe hunting, which was the highlight of the weekend.

Weston relaxing by the fire.

Sage and her Jiffy Pop!

Sage was the photographer of the weekend. I must have made a good throw at horseshoes.

Playing Horseshoes

The boys staying entertained! Fun was had until they wore a hole in the sled!

Chantz and Kaden gathering wood.

Sage and Noelle

The Cooks

Mothers Day Tea

Chantz's class hosted a Mother's Day Tea where we had Tea and cookies and listened to poems that each of the kids wrote for their moms. This is the poem Chantz wrote for me:

My Mom and Me

Mom I have fun riding and roping with you.

I can't say thank you enough for all the things you give me.

You are so beautiful that I can't say.

I love you so much.

Happy Mother's Day!

Of course it made me cry.....he is such a sweet boy!

Modoc Idol

2009-05-05T10:34:00.001-07:00

Sage won 3rd place out of 16 contestants in Modoc Idol on Sunday night. She did fantastic! One of the judges comments was "The saying goes those boots were made for walkin, but her boot were made for rockin". It was pretty funny! She won $50 so she was thrilled. She also made over $35 from her Snak Shak that she had at her Gramps clinic this past weekend. She is saving up for a camera so she is pretty excited that she is close to having enough money for the one she wants.

Californios

2009-05-01T08:25:00.000-07:00

Chantz won the Youth Heritage Class at Californios last weekend. He did so good! He threw a beautiful hip shot and caught on his first loop. His horsmanship was wonderful...we are so proud of him. I know alot of you don't know what Californios is, but to Chantz it is like winning the NFR! He loves it. He says it is better than Christmas. He was so excited! This year was the 10th anniversary of Californios and he won a beautiful hand engraved custom Concho for his saddle and some money. I will try and post some pictures of him roping later, but here is a picture of his prize.

Quick Update

2009-05-01T07:36:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Easter and Sages performance at Modoc Idol. She will perform in the finals on Sunday May 3rd. So we will let you know how that goes. She did really good, but she was really nervous. I am trying to figure out how to download the video, but it is not working. I will keep working on it.

Auditions for Modoc Idol

Happy Easter!

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny & Easter Egg Hunt

Miss Sage

2009-04-10T10:43:00.001-07:00

Sage had quite the eventful day yesterday! She FINALLY lost her other front tooth! They were in bed and evidently Chantz didn't want to sleep by himself so he went to get in bed with Sage and when he was pulling up the covers accidentally hit her in the mouth. No tears- no crying she just came down the stairs saying Chantz just knocked my tooth out. There wasn't even any blood...it has been so loose for so long I am surprised she didn't swallow it in her sleep.

Sage was awarded Star Student of the Month for April. Her school just started this program and she was so happy to get the award. She got her picture taken for the newspaper and got to have cupcakes and punch with the principal. Her teacher had great things to say about her.

Yesterday was also her music program. If I can figure out how to get the video off my camera and onto the computer I will post a little bit from the program later. They sang this pirate song and I thought I was going to pee my pants laughing at her actions to the song.

We are so proud of our precious little girl!

She is going to be competing in "Modoc Idol" (Modoc county version of American Idol) next weekend so we will let you know how she does. She is singing Our Song by Taylor Swift.

Busy/Fun Weekend

2009-04-07T08:41:00.000-07:00

We had quite the eventful weekend-
1. Weston and I celebrated our 11th anniversary on Saturday the 4th! Holy Cow I can't believe it has been 11 years! We didn't do anything real exciting we just went to dinner which was nice. I am so grateful to have such a great husband who is so good to me!

2. Sunday the 5th the kids had the their Awana Grand Prix Race. They had a lot of fun racing their cars. Gramps and Grams even made their own cars to race in the open division. Chantz won the award for most unique in his division and Gramps won the award for most unique in the open division. I forgot to take a picture of Gramps and Grams cars so I will have to post that later.

3. I turned the big 33 on Monday. Weston and the kids got me cheesecake on Sunday night since Weston wasn't going to be home on Monday. The kids got me a pink bag of my own tools...so cute! My dad called and took me to lunch on my birthday which was the highlight of my day! I can't remember that last time we did that.

Off & Running

2009-03-22T19:14:00.001-07:00

Well it's that time of year again when it seems that we never have enough time in the day! Here is a few things we have going on right now: Wrestling (practice 2 or 3 times a week plus touraments on the weekends), 4-H (Chantz is showing pigs this year), Awana's(every week), helping gramps with the colts, roping (Californio's is the end of April), baseball starting in April, helping with 2 of Gramps clinics coming up. All of this and Weston is now working out of town again so he is only home on the weekends and I am crazy busy at work! Here are a few pictures of Chantz wrestling the last 2 weekends. He has been doing pretty good...second and third place is his divisions. This last weekend he had to bump up a weight because he gained a pound (which he needs to gain weight he is such a skinny little thing) weighing 66 so he had to be in the 70 and under instead of 65 and under so that put him in a lot tougher group. He wrestled really well and learned alot!

Where did February Go?

2009-02-23T18:23:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that February is almost over.....we have been very busy this month with roping, Chantz birthday, new pigs, Sage's Play, and to top it all off wrestling just started today. Anyway here is a little overview of our month.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANTZ

I can't believe my boy is 10 (double digits...unbelievable). He begged and begged to have a sleepover party. We (mostly Weston) finally gave in. Six 10 year olds.....can you say HEADACHE!!

Opening presents!

Happy Birthday Pard! We love you.

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4H Pigs!

Chantz got his pigs for 4H this year. He is pretty excited about finally being old enough to show something at the stock show. I think pigs are so cute when they are little, but I am sure about the time it starts to warm up and they start stinking I will change my mind. I want him to name them Shrek & Fiona, but he is disagreeing. He has yet to name them....so any suggestions?

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Sage's First Play

Sage wanted to try out for the play Rumpelstiltskin this year. This company called the Missoula's Children's Theatre comes to town every year and puts on a different play. We missed it last year because we were out of town. She got a part as a villager and had a solo singing part. She loved it! She had practice everyday last week from 3:00-8:00 and never once complained.
Her performance was on Saturday and she did a great job. If I ever figure out how to download videos from my video camera onto the computer I will post it on the blog.

Ready to go to the performance!

Flowers from brother!

The little villager!

And The Winner Is.......

2009-02-07T19:48:00.000-08:00

Chantz WON his first Big Loop Roping! Chantz, Weston, and my dad competed in Klamath Falls on Thursday at the Big Loop Roping and won the novice class. Chantz has always done well roping and placed a few times, but this is his first win. Chantz also won the award (custom headstall) for fanciest head shot!!!! He did so good and of course we are so proud of him. He was the only kid competing, so he beat all the adults! He was so excited. When it was over I went to congratulate him and he said, "My legs won't quit shaking." Sure enough his skinny little legs were just a shaking in his stirrups!

My pictures are really bad...but I had to post them anyway. A photographer friend of ours was there and she took tons of pictures so I'll post a link to her website when she gets them posted.

The winners getting their awards -$200 each and a saddle pad!

Chantz taking a heal shot.

Another heal shot.

Chantz doing ground work.

Chantz & Gramps

Kitchen Remodel

2009-02-02T11:36:00.000-08:00

I said I would post pics of the kitchen when we got it finished and I am just now getting around to it. Anyone who seen my kitchen before the remodel will understand why I am so excited about this. When we bought the house 2 years ago the first thing we were going to do is remodel the kitchen and finally it is done. I love it!

Before & During....

Chantz couldn't wait to sledge hammer this "half" wall...or in his works "TEAR DOWN"

I think the kids enjoyed the TEAR DOWN more than anything. They were really good helpers. They packed up the whole kitchen my themselves....I was at work and Weston was so sick sleeping on the couch while they did it.

I wasn't quite fast enough getting the before pictures before they started demo...there were cabinets next to the fridge. The exterior door is right on the other side of the fridge.
1970's Oven that didn't work work a crap!

Most disgusting tile counter tops you have ever seen!

New Kitchen

2009-02-02T11:13:00.000-08:00

After....

Notice the dishwasher!!! I didn't have one before so it is extra exciting!

So FUNNY!

2009-01-30T15:48:00.000-08:00

I have to share this story, because I thought it was just hilarious! And anyone who knows Sage or Weston well enough will find it just as funny as I did.

Last night I was doing a Scentsy party so I was not home. So Weston was left to help the kids with their homework. So I come home and there Weston was sitting on the couch with a calculator by the side of him. I didn't really think much of it but here is how the conversation went.

Me: What was you doing with the calculator?
Weston: Sage came in -handed me the calculator and said dad I need help with my math and you'll probably need this.
Me: She has never handed me a calculator to help her. So you need a calculator to help with 2nd grade math simple addition and subtraction(laughing so hard I could hardly talk)
Weston: Well, Sage seems to think I do!

I could totally hear Sage with her little mother hen voice...as serious as could be.

Here is another Mother Hen Sage story:
She tells me about this little boy that has been sad & crying everyday at after school program so she told him that everyday he doesn't cry she will bring him candy. So for over 2 weeks now she has been taking him a little piece of candy so he won't be sad.

Cruising

2009-01-14T13:23:00.000-08:00

Santa left a present in the cabin for them!

These two pictures are of them doing the macarena dance with the waiters on New Years Eve

Miss Pirate Sage (Camp Carnival activity)

Say Cheese

Just boarded the ship

Happy New Year

Funship Freddy

The Bathing Beauty

We had so much fun on our cruise to Mexico. The weather was absolutely wonderful. The kids had a blast at camp carnival and all the activities they had. I enjoyed relaxing in the sun and reading the most. Chantz got so he knew the ship better than we did so we would just follow him most of the time. The kids spent a lot of time on the water slide and in the pool. Sage just loved getting dressed up for formal night. I will post more pics later, but I wanted to get a few on now.

We Are Off To Mexico

2008-12-28T20:59:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to give you an update on all the craziness that has been happening at our house lately. We are leaving for our cruise to Mexico tomorrow and we are so excited. Especially after all the snow we have gotten the last 2 weeks.

We are remodeling the kitchen and it has turned out to be quite the project. Here is a picture of the little helpers, I will post before and after pictures when we finish.

This was our first sledding trip of the year. We went up to the ski hill with some friends last Sunday (before Christmas). The kids had a blast.

Visiting Santa

Christmas Morning!

Chantz went to a .22 rifle shooting competition on Saturday. He did very well. He won first place and won a cabelas sleeping bag. He loves to shoot.

Happy 8th Birthday!

2008-12-17T10:36:00.000-08:00

That sure is a handsome boy!

The two dorks messing around!

Sage & Noelle

Birthday girls!

What a little poser!

I a little late posting this....Sage's birthday was on December 6th!

NO, NO, NO! I can't believe my little girl is 8 (going on 18). It is amazing to me what a wonderful and smart little girl she is! (I might be a little bias) She definitely keeps us all in line. Her best friend Noelle's birthday in the day after Sage's so this year Heather (Noelle's Mom) and I decided we would have a joint birthday party. We took them and 6 other girls to Klamath Falls (2 hour drive) ice skating. I have to say it was eventful but very fun! Weston was the clown of the ice skating rink of course! We really did have a blast! Happy birthday my sweet girl!

Decorating the Tree

2008-12-17T10:25:00.000-08:00

We have made it tradition to decorate the tree on Sage's Birthday every year...so of course that is what we did. I think I am getting much more relaxed in my old age. It used to be that my tree had to be perfectly decorated with a theme and all, but over the last few years since the kids have been big enough to really get into the whole tree decorating thing that has changed. I really enjoy watching them decorate the tree pulling our all the ornaments that they have made over the years saying "oh I remember this". So it doesn't bother me anymore that the ornaments are usually all in one spot and only as high as they can reach. What is the neatest thing to me is all the ornaments that they have made the decorate the tree (oh I think I feel a tear). Anyway that really have a good time with all the decorating!

Sage got Tagged!

2008-11-22T18:51:00.000-08:00

Questions answered by Sage
1. What is something mom always says to you? "I Love You"
2. what makes mom happy? "when me and Chantz are good"
3. what makes mom sad? "when me and Chantz fight"
4. how does mom make you laugh? "tickles me"
5. what was mom like as a child? "a horse trainer"
6. how old is your mom? "32"
7. how tall is your mom?"I don't know"
8. what is her favorite thing to do? "ride horses and spend time with her children"
9. what does your mom do when you're not around?"miss me"
10. if your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "horse riding"
11. what is your mom really good at? "riding horses"
12. what is your mom not very good at? "keeping her desk clean"
13. what does your mom do for her job? "works at the Modoc Employment Center and be's bored"
14. what is your mom's favorite food? "cheesecake"
15. what makes you proud of your mom? "when she rides horses with me and scrapbooks with me"
16. if your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "Wonder Woman"
17. what do you and your mom do together? "Scrapbook"
18. how are you and your mom the same? "we like to shop"
19. how are you and your mom different? "there's nothing different about us, dad says we are just alike"
20. how do you know your mom loves you? "because she always spends time with me"

We tag Aspen, Lainee, and Hannah.

Starting the Colts!

2008-11-15T23:20:00.001-08:00

Chantz on Blondie, Sage on Uno, and Gramps on Senorita
Well if this picture isn't a tender moment I don't know what !

Sage getting her first lesson from Gramps

Chantz and Gramps doing what they do best!

The only sad thing about me going to Utah was that I missed out on a big proud mom moment! Chantz and his Gramps started the yearling colts! Chantz was the first one to ride Uno (the yearling gelding). My boy is growing up ...he is now starting colts! I am soooo proud....he is the same age as I was the first time I started a colt all by myself. He called me when I was on my way home to give me the big news! Of course I just started bawling (I would say crying tears of joy, but I was bawling). Then my dad called to see if Chantz had given me the big news. He told me how good he did and he asked Chantz what he thought his mom would think. Chantz said, "oh she will just cry." Dad said, "why?" Chantz said, "because she will be so proud of me." Dad said, "well I'm proud of you and I'm not crying." Chantz said, "I know but she is just like that."

Does my son know me or what!

Well this lit a fire in Sage I guess! We went over to gramps today and she was helping with all the horses and told gramps she wanted to ride one of the colts! I have to admit this made me a little nervous. I asked her what she was going to do if she fell off and she said get back on! I said ok then. I asked her if she was nervous and she answered immediately NO, I'm excited! She acted like she was 10 foot tall and bullet proof. Gramps rode Uno first and then he put Sage's saddle on. She was smiling ear to ear and she did fantastic. Gramps moved the horses around the round pen and Uno kicked up a couple of times....didn't even phase her. It was one of the neatest moments in my life seeing both my kids riding colts with their gramps!

Girls Weekend!

2008-11-15T22:45:00.000-08:00

Sage, Kanyon, and Graycee!

Sage and Kyzlee...look at those big brown eyes!

This is Sage on the plane with Nikki...she was so excited that it was Nikki's first airplane ride!

Sage and I decided to run away for a few days! We flew to Salt Lake to visit. We had a great time. It is just amazing how big all the cousins have gotten. We haven't seen them for almost a year. Kanyon is still his goofy funny self and Graycee and Kyzlee have gotten so big. Skyler.... I still can't get used to seeing him without his glasses. Kierra came out to see us this summer so she hasn't changed too much since I last seen her. She does have a really cute new haircut! Kelli got to make the trek from Wyoming to see us.....it was so good to see her. Toree got to come but Cole and Lainee had to stay home for school :-(

Anyway it was great to visit with everyone and we had a really great time!

HALLOWEEN

2008-11-02T11:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Sage won the costume contest at the Carnival and Chantz got second. They had alot of fun.

We dressed up at work this year....so Kelli let me borrow this FABULOUS costume. To make it even better my dad called and asked if I would take his motor home in to get the windshield replaced. So there we went off to school and work....as FABULOUS Granny who lost her dog! I pulled up to the school where the buses usually drop the kids off. We were a little early so there was quite a few kids standing outside the school waiting for them to unlock the doors. As I pulled up all the kids were really looking like they were trying to figure out who this crazy lady was that pulled up to the school. Then Chantz opened the side door of the RV to get out and a bunch of kids yelled "Chantz". Sage is soooo embarrassed she saying "go mom go you can leave now!" I was laughing so hard....you should have seen the looks I got driving down the street.For the first time Sage didn't want me to help with a party in her class. She said she would be too embarrassed! I kept telling her that I was going to come to her class just to give her a BIG kiss from her Granny. She didn't think that was funny at all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WESTON!!!

2008-10-30T11:31:00.001-07:00

It was Weston's birthday yesterday. The kid came downstairs first thing and greeted him with a birthday song and dance! We decided it is just the best when the kids get big enough to remember your birthday without having to be reminded. Anyway Sage made him the sweetest card at school and we made dinner and had ice cream cake. Sage took it upon herself to be his servant for the night! It was fun!

Carving Pumpkins!

2008-10-30T11:19:00.000-07:00

Sunday the kids carved their pumpkins. They did everything all my themselves...no help from us. It was really cute to see them helping each other and having so much fun. I have to say they did a pretty good job. Probably because they didn't have there mom nagging them the whole time. I am really trying to work on the nagging thing. I just gave them the stuff put them out on the porch patio table and said go for it! Chantz's is a scarecrow in case you can't tell from the picture!

Sandwich Anyone?

2008-10-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

I just found this picture from a couple of weeks ago. Sage decided that she was going to make lunch for everyone. She said I know dad likes lots of Miracle Whip......I walk into the kitchen as she is making her dad sandwich and this is what I found! How about some bread with that Miracle Whip? I laughed so hard!

Steel My Heart Promo

2008-10-18T05:48:00.000-07:00

It's time to start thinking about Christmas. Nothing says you care more than a personalized gift from Steel My Heart. Whether you want to use your own creativity to personalize a unique product or use one of our inspirations, your loved one will know you created the gift especially with them in mind. Great idea for those people on your list who have everything.

I just wanted to let you know about a great promotion going on right now at Steel My Heart. This weekend only if you make an order you get FREE SHIPPING (order must be placed by midnight Oct. 19th), plus you could get 5-20% credit towards a future purchase (to get the credit--you need to call me before you place an online order). Visit my website to see all the new products we have to offer, and now you can design your own item right on the website.

Website: http://amee.yoursmh.com/

Mugs, Key Chains, Titanium rings, Water Bottle, Bracelets (Wristhugger), & lots more

Tastefully Simple

2008-10-08T13:38:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am now selling a product called Tastefully Simple. If you have not heard of it you are really missing out. It is food....and who doesn't love food! Anyway it is really good and easy to make. If anyone wants a catalog let me know or you can go to the website http://www.tastefullysimple.com/web/aalbrecht and look or place and order.

Also I am still selling Steel My Heart....I have my own website you can design your products yourself and they will ship right to you. http://amee.yoursmh.com/ is my website.

Soccer Sage

2008-10-08T12:52:00.000-07:00

Sage started playing soccer this year and she LOVES it. She says it is not as boring as baseball. She is really pretty good at it. She caught on real quick. One problem was her first game she had the ball and another little boy came up and was trying to get the ball and she just gave him a dirty look and a big shove!! Of course Weston was really proud of that....I told her she can't be a bad sport and Weston said yes you can, just don't make it so obvious and get caught. Not surprising coming from Weston huh! Anyway tomorrow is her last game so hopefully I will get some better pics.

Why Parents Drink

2008-09-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

I thought this was so funny I had to post it...............

Why Parents Drink

The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not phoned in sick one day. Needing to have an urgent problem with one of the main computers resolved, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper.
"Hello"
''Is your daddy home?" he asked.
"Yes," whispered the small voice.
"May I talk with him?"
The child whispered, "No."
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?"
"Yes"
''May I talk with her?"
Again the small voice whispered, "No"
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, "Is anybody else there?"
"Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman."
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
"No, he's busy," whispered the child.
"Busy doing what?"
'' Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.
Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, "What is that noise?''
"A helicopter" answered the whispering voice.
"What is going on there?" demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered, "The search team just landed a helicopter."
Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, "What are they searching for?"
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle... "ME"

Chantz at Ranch Roping Clinic

2008-09-10T21:08:00.000-07:00

Chantz is on the left and that is Weston on the heifer.

Chantz has been working hard the last couple of months trying to earn $200 for his entry fee for the Ranch Roping Clinic a friend of my dads was having at his house. He has been doing extra chores around here and working extra helping gramps and grams. He was down to the wire earning the last $20 cleaning peoples corrals and horse trailers at my dads clinic the day before. He was so excited that he got to do it. He had a good time. Weston was in the clinic too, and had a blast! Chantz could tell you the name of all the roping shots, but I can't remember them all. I just know that his favorite is the Scoop Loop which is the shot he is throwing in the last picture.

Self Portraits

2008-09-10T20:59:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when Sage gets a hold of the camera. Wow! She must have been really bored!

Hair Update

2008-09-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

I forgot that I was supposed to post a picture of the results of Weston coloring my hair. So I had Chantz take some pictures. First he took a picture outside and I was SHOCKED...my hair looked kind of red. Then I had him take the picture in the house and it looked dark again. So anyway I'm not sure what my hair looks like! Kelli don't be surprised if I just happen to show up on your doorstep someday. Weston thinks he is now a professional and compliments me on my hair way more that he ever has. He says things like "wow your hair looks REALLY good, who did it, they did a GREAT job." This confidence is scaring me just a little.

Fancy...Pig Farmer

2008-08-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

Fancy's new home!

As some of you know last year Chantz caught a pig in the greased pig contest at the fair. Well it has become a main event at our house. So today we headed back to the fair especially for this event. And boy did I get the surprise of my life. Both of them caught pigs...yes SAGE caught a pig. It didn't surprise me that Chantz would, but when I seen Sage dive on that pig I nearly had a heart attack! As you can see from the picture Chantz clearly caught the pig, but the girl sitting behind him has a hold of one of the pigs legs....so there was controversy over whose pig is was. The people that were helping were trying to convince the girl that Chantz clearly had the pig, but she wasn't hearing any of it. Now my son being the gentleman that he is told the girl she could just have it because his sister already caught one. I was proud and disappointed at the same time. Weston was just mad! You can see who the gentleman is in our family! Anyway I was proud of him for being considerate even though I think he was a little disappointed himself. All will be well... he will be getting a pig soon anyway since he is going to raise one and show it at the stock show this year. Oh I almost forgot...Sage named her pig Fancy:-) Never thought we would be pig farmers!!

First Day of School

2008-08-22T21:05:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my son is in 4th grade and my baby girl is in 2nd grade! They are at the age that it is not COOL to have your mom take your picture at school. Never thought I would enjoy being that embarrassing mom so much..ha ha! As you can see they were not happy about the pictures at school. Chantz absolutely refused to have his picture taken in his classroom and as you can see Sage wasn't thrilled about it(which is funny considering she ALWAYS wants her picture taken). I just had to laugh about it so I didn't cry because they are growing up so fast. So here we go with another year of school!

Modoc County Fair

2008-08-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

Today was the horse show at the our fair. Chantz and Sage did SOOO good. I am so proud of them. They both rode Tabu, because gramps was showing Chantz's horse Pedro in Elko. We love Tabu they truely don't get much better than him! It was Sages first time showing and she won 1st in one western pleasure class and 3rd in her other western pleasure class that had about 20 kids in it for ages 13 and under. Chantz won 3rd in western equitation 13 and under and there was about 20 kids in that class too. Chantz also showed in the stock horse class that was for ages 19 and under. He WON 2nd!!! out of about 16 in the class. I am beyond proud of them. For the last month they have been getting up at 5:30 or 6:00 am so they could ride before it gets to hot. It's amazing how well hard work and practice pay off. They are very pleased with themselves ... oh and did I mention their PROUD mom! Today was also the first day of school....needless to say we know where our priorities are...HORSE SHOW. Who starts school on the first day of the fair anyway! The school called Westons cell phone because it was an unexcused absence (why they called him is beyond me) he told them that they were running a fever....FAIR FEVER...I thought I was going to die laughing. I can't believe he told them that. As if they shouldn't have known half the school wasn't there today and there was a bunch of controversy about the fair and first day of school being the same day. Besides I told their teachers they wouldn't be there today.....give me a break!

The Saga Comes to and END!

2008-08-20T19:16:00.000-07:00

Well I am finished....12 days and 4 very long books later. I have to say I am more relieved than I thought I would be. I am glad I finally know the outcome so I can get back to reality. At least I have the movie to look forward too! More than anything I am looking forward to getting so sleep!!!

I CAN'T believe it has come to this...

2008-08-17T14:28:00.000-07:00

I know you are not going to believe this. Lately I have had it with my hair I've been contemplating going to someone here in town, but I have trust issues with my hair. My long lost friend Kelli is in Wyoming now and you don't know how close I have come to just getting in the car and making the 14 hour trek to Wyoming. She has done my hair for soooo long that I just don't trust anyone else. Since I have moved we have still been able to make it work with even if I had to go 3 months before my hair got done. Well I decided that I could teach Weston (I know what your thinking) to at least put color on my hair. He was all game...even excited. I didn't know if that was a good sign or not. So I showed him the basics and coached him through it. He thought he was so cool! I will never hear the end of this one. I will post a picture later of the finished product, but here are some pics of the process. Look at the concentration on his face. Sorry about the flash I was taking the pictures in the mirror. I am going to have to break down and have someone cut it, I am not even going to think about letting Weston try that one!

Eclipse

2008-08-16T17:18:00.000-07:00

So I am finally done with Eclipse....Although it only took me a couple of days it seemed like an eternity. I am starting on Breaking Dawn now. I can't stand the suspense! And yes just for reassurance I AM Crazy! Weston will tell you that! I am just glad I am not the only one!

Another one down

2008-08-13T21:08:00.000-07:00

I finished New Moon and I have started Eclipse now. Despite my eyes burning, exhaustion and FITHLY house nothing has stopped me! This is an OBSESSION...pathetic! I told Kelli I don't think I have ever been addicted to anything besides diet coke.....it is truely sad! But on I go I don't know if I will be happier when I finish all 4 books or sad because it has ended!

Twilight Series

2008-08-12T19:04:00.000-07:00

Oh my Gosh!!! My niece Kierra has been obsessed with this series for sometime...when the 4th book Breaking Dawn came out she happened to be here and you would have thought that it was Christmas! She had me curious...then I find out that practically everyone I knew was reading the series including Kelli. I knew if Kelli was reading them it couldn't be that scary! So I borrowed Twilight from Kierra and started reading and reading and reading. I could not put that book down! I started it on Thursday night and finished at 2:00 am Friday.....I couldn't stop reading...it was the best book I have read in I can't remember how long! So the first thing I did when I got to Reno on Saturday is head straight for Walmart to buy New Moon the 2nd book in the series. Weston forbid me to start reading it, because he knew what would happen( I would forget anyone else was there). We went to the water park on Sunday and I started it, but spent more time in the water than reading...it was HOT! So when I got home last night I started in again.....finally at 1 am I forced myself to put it away and get some sleep. I am half way through and quite frankly I am scared to start reading tonight as I am looking at my MESSY house and piled up laundry and I am getting quite sleep deprived! But I just can't resist. So I thought I would post this so if I am a little delusional for then next few weeks you'll know why.

NAG, NAG, NAG!

2008-08-06T21:58:00.000-07:00

Do you ever feel like a Nag? Lately that's all I think I do....Have you done your homework? Have you brushed you teeth? Have you fed the animals? Have you done ALL your chores? Stop messing around and eat your dinner! Stop teasing your sister! Stop fighting! NO-NO-NO...Wow I am feeling worse by the minute! I really try not to be, but how else do you remind forgetful children about what they are suppose to be doing? Never thought I would admit to being a Nag....but I think I am. Anyone know a cure all!!! And for some reason when ever I think of Nag this is the kind of image that pops in my head(below). Do you see any resemblance?

Love My Lawn

2008-07-27T20:20:00.000-07:00

Whatever it takes to get it started!
What A Handsome Boy

When we bought the house we had no lawn at all. I begged Weston to plant lawn, so we made a deal. I promised to water it and mow it and take care of it if he would plant it. (He was afraid that with him working out of town he would plant it and I would just let it die.) I do hate to mow the lawn, but I wanted lawn worse so I agreed to the deal. I now have lawn all around my house and I LOVE it. I can't believe how well it has come in. We first planted it in April and it has grown so fast and looks so good. We broke down and bought a lawn mower today so we didn't have to keep borrowing the parents. Chantz wanted to mow the lawn (remember those days when you thought this kind of stuff was fun) so despite my worries with all the horror stories you hear about kids and lawn mowers I decided that he was big enough. So I got him started and watched him the entire time. He did a very good job-guess I have to come to the conclusion that he is going to grow up! Plus bonus for me.....I now have a lawn mower!! I don't know what I would do without my little helper. He helps me soooo much.

Puppy Needs A Home

2008-07-27T19:58:00.000-07:00

We are getting REALLY attached to the puppy. He really needs a new home. He is now 7 weeks old and I just finally put an ad in the paper and put flyers up. So if anyone is interested in a really cute puppy let me know.

Lost Tooth

2008-07-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

BEFORE.....................................................................

AFTER............................................................

It took about 2 hours to convince her to just pull it out as it was dangling by a thread, but she finally did it. Or should I say I finally got sick of it and yanked it out myself. This tooth has been so loose for about 2 months. It first started out that she wasn't going to pull it until after Daren and Megan's wedding because she WAS NOT going to be a toothless flower girl and look funny in all the pictures. Then after the wedding she was just being a wimp! She was eating corn on the cob tonight and practically pulled it all the way out. It was seriously hanging by one little corner and she wouldn't pull it out. She went from it hurts to I will look ugly with my front tooth gone. She says now that it was just and excuse so she didn't have to pull it out. DRAMA!!!! Would we expect anything else from little Miss Sage? The tooth is now in the tooth pillow waiting for the tooth fairy and all it good.

Never A Dull Moment

2008-07-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

Chantz is finally home and I am soooo glad. But he gave me a scare today. We spent 3 hours in the emergency room getting an x-ray on his foot. While he was at vacation bible school this morning he decided that he was going to be the one to jump the highest and farthest and doing so landed on his foot wrong. It is the middle of his foot that hurts. The doctor couldn't see any break, but wants the radiologist to look at it (and he won't be in until Tuesday). (Those of you who don't know we don't have the greatest hospital here.) So he got sent home on crutches with his foot wrapped in an ace bandage for now. He was thinking it was pretty cool to have crutches for about the first couple of hours, then when they started hurting his armpits he changed his mind. We are finally home for the night and he isn't feeling so well....hopefully the motrin with kick in soon. He is a tough little feller though!

More Puppy Pics

2008-07-08T21:51:00.000-07:00

Ok did I mention I am getting REALLY attached! Here are some newer pics of Maddies puppy. Do you think Sage is getting attached too? There is also a pic of the proud momma Maddie.

4th of July Fishing Derby

2008-07-05T19:50:00.000-07:00

Our 4th of July started off bright and EARLY. They were having a kids fishing derby and of course Weston had to be there and hour early "so we could get a good spot". So there we were at 7:00 AM ready to fish. Although Sage didn't have any luck catching a fish she did win a tackle box in the drawing which she is very proud of.
Chantz is with his gramps doing horsemanship clinics. I am missing him like CRAZY! He has been gone since the 18th of June since I had to got to Chicago for work him and Sage flew to Utah to visit Kelli and her kids before they moved to Wyoming. They also got to celebrate Dayna's Bday with her. They got to stay with Misty and went on a tour of the Dinosaur tracks. I think they practically lived in their swimsuits at the Veyo Pool and the new water park. Sage came home on the 26th when I came home from Chicago (thank goodness I was having kid withdrawls). Pretty funny when she had to go to Utah to get her California Girl Tan. So anyway Chantz went to work on the ranch and help his Uncle Giggle (Owen) move cows for a week, then his Gramps picked him up to take him to some of his clinics and they are going to visit the cousins and aunts in West Jordan and they will FINALLY be home on the 13th. That day will not come soon enough. Since he has been gone I appreciate him and every thing he does for me more and realize just how much he does for me. Not to mention I don't like doing his chores! Ha Ha! He is the kind of kid that leaves and impression where ever he goes. I am so proud of him, and I don't know what I would do with out him! Ok- now that I am in tears.....I don't think I will ever let him leave his mom again.......yes I do mean EVER! I hear people talk about how they can't wait for their kids to grow up and leave home and have a family of their own. Bull.....not me I don't want my kids to EVER leave. It will be the worst day of my life!

We ended the night with a few fireworks.....the picture below is Weston and Sage being the geeks that they are doing the chicken dance during the fireworks.

Puppies & Kitties

2008-07-05T19:37:00.001-07:00

Maddie had 3 puppies on June 6th. Although we had some bad luck 2 of the puppies didn't make it and so we are left with this cute little feller. I am trying really hard not to get attached.....he is so cute and has such personality. Our cat that Sage calls Wendy had 5 kittens on June 15th. 4 white ones and one tiger striped one. Now what do you suppose I am going to do with them!

Daren & Megans Wedding

2008-07-05T17:39:00.001-07:00

At the end of May we went to Bremerton Washington for Daren and Megans Wedding. The wedding was beautiful! We had a blast. Sage danced and danced and danced. We all had a great time and it was a beautiful day. Welcome to the family Megan. We love you and Daren and are happy to have you in the family.

Vacation in Reno

2008-07-05T17:16:00.000-07:00

So.. here is the story behind this beautiful wig. Toree has this pink blanket that she puts on her head and calls it her pink hair (I think she really thinks it is her hair). She wants long hair so bad. She struts around like a princess and wants everyone to tell her how pretty her hair is. Now -the problem that Kelli has with it is that she wants to wear the blanket on her head ALL the time even to the store. Grandma Colleen lets her of course so that makes it even better. When we were shoppin in Reno I found this Hannah Montana wig on clearance............so being the great friend I am I thought oh Toree will love this and her mom will be sooooo proud of me. Kelli was not impressed she now has to convince Toree she doesn't need to wear her "long hair" every where they go. It was seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen. She was spinning around and tossing her head and flipping it over her shoulder as I was encouraging her and telling her how beautiful her long hair was to make matters even better. Kelli and I laughev sooo hard. Hey what are best friends for right!! I know Kelli wouldn't expect any less from me. Love ya Kel!

We met Kelli and her kids Cole, Lainee, and Toree in Reno over Memorial Day Weekend. We had a blast. Although the weather was not great and spoiled our water park plans we still did lots of other things bowling, movies, circus circus, and much more.

Awana Grand Prix Derby

2008-07-05T17:08:00.000-07:00

This is the Grand Prix Derby that the kids make cars for and participate in. It is put on by thier Awana Club. The have a blast.

Sage...she is just growing up too fast!

2008-05-10T22:06:00.000-07:00

Sage loves to help in the kitchen. I have to amit I am not in the kitchen much and when I am cooking I am not real patient. So she cooks with my mom all the time. She has a little apron she wears when she is over there, and she loves it. I bought her these litttle easy bake dessert and told her she could make them all by herself (you would have thought I told her we were going to Disneyland) she was very excited. She was so cute she let Chantz help her, but he quickly got very bored! Weston snuck in to take a picture of her, but you know her when she discovers there is a camera around......CHEESE! She is so funny. Weston ate one of her desserts and evidently didn't pay attention to which one he was TOLD to eat (didn't know there was a difference). Well he ate the WRONG one! Now you would have thought you took her best friend away. He ate hers because it had more pink! He was suppose to eat the one with the BIG spoon in it, because dad always uses a big spoon. There was tears, hugs, and apologies and everything was all better. Maybe dad will pay more attention to his dessert instructions in the future...Ha Ha! Needless to say there is never a dull moment with children!

Well, what can I say about little Miss Sage. Really not much has to be said about her usually the picture says it all. People are constantly coming up to me at the games and telling me how cute she is.....not something you normally hear at a baseball game, huh! So at least she has cute going for her if she hasn't quite found her athletic side.

Update

2008-04-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

So it has been awhile since I have posted.....so I thought I would let you know what been going on in not so sunny California. The weather has been miserably cold, wet, and windy. Of course this would all be while we are starting baseball and freezing our you know what's off.

We went to the Harlem Crowns (wanna be Harlem Globetrotters) basketball game here at the first of the month. It was ok.

Little League started on the 19th and my co-worker convinced me to be on the Little League Board (I don't know what I was thinking) just what I needed one more thing to do!

This past weekend we spent in Red Bluff at the Californios Ranch Roping. Chantz did pretty good he had a little bad luck in the roping....but won the horsemanship and ended up 4th overall. He had such a great time....he always does. He said he wishes it could be Californios everyday. All the kids are such great friends.....and he has friends that actually like to do what he likes to do there. Sage the poor little thing was sick pretty much the whole time we were there and spent most of her time in the camper.....she never gets sick so I felt so bad that she had to get sick while we were there. The weather there was great 80-85 degrees, then I come home to Alturas and have to turn on the heater. I have been a slacker on the picture taking lately so I will get some pics of baseball and Californios and post them later.

We are looking forward to Memorial Day Weekend, my friend Kelli and her kids are meeting us in Reno for the weekend so we can have some fun before she moves to Wyoming. We are also looking forward to Daren and Megans wedding to see everyone and visit (what I do best as we all know).

Easter

2008-03-29T20:08:00.000-07:00

We had a fun Easter! On the Saturday before Easter Chantz had a wrestling tournament in Tulelake, so Sage decided to stay home with Gramps and Grams and color Easter eggs. She continued to play hide and find the Easter eggs with gramps and grams until she had completely worn them out. So she decided she was going to play by herself. She hid all the eggs and then started playing something else. Grams asked her what she was doing, why she wasn't finding her eggs? She said she was trying to make her brain busy so she could forget where she put the eggs so it would be funner to find them! When I heard the story I laughed so hard I nearly peed my pants....where in the world to kids come up with this stuff!

On Easter morning the kids woke up to a note from the Easter bunny sending them on a scavenger hunt that started here at the house and ended over at gramps and grams house. They had a blast! We spent the day playing the wii and just relaxing at gramps and grams. Grams is quite the boxer on the wii. We had a great day!

Chantz Wrestling

2008-03-29T19:40:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since my last post, but my last 4 weeks have been consumed with wrestling tournaments, Little League Meetings (I got talked into being on the board this year), and work of coarse. Chantz has had Wrestling ever since we got home from Utah. He has been doing really well we are so proud of him. He got a 4th at his first tournament and 2nd at all the others. He loves it and as you can imagine so does Weston. Weston started wrestling with all the high school student to help get them ready for Nationals.....he had a blast. He gets a little excited on the mat when his son is wrestling can you even imagine that.

Now Chantz has started baseball practice and continues fiddle lessons, and roping and riding for Californios the end of April. He is a busy little boy that's for sure.

Kids and Cousins

2008-03-08T17:08:00.000-08:00

We had a great time visiting family in Utah. We can't believe how big all the cousins have gotten. Chantz celebrated his birthday playing Laser Tag....they had a blast. Chantz also had a blast playing golf on the computer at Uncle Brandon and Aunt Dayna's house. We also got to be there for Aspens birthday. Sage of course malled the babies to dealth. Rylan is quite the character. McKinley is already so big! Graycee....what a precious little cuddle bug! She seemed extra tiny after holding McKinley. They just grow too fast. Riata is going to be taller than her mom in no time. Kanyon is still the entertainer of the group. Kyle and Nate aren't even boys anymore they are polite young men. Skyler hasn't changed a bit all he cared about was playing with Chantz....didn't hardly know anyone else was there. Those precious little Albrecht girls I can't believe Aspen is already 5, and Dallee or should I say smiley what some cuties. Kelli, Cole, Lainee, and Toree (our adopted family) we had such a great time with them. Love you Kel, don't know what I would do without you. Weston is now addicted to Guitar Hero thanks to Owen and Skyler. We miss you all.....can't wait to see you all again.

Skiing again! Someones addicted!

2008-02-10T11:33:00.000-08:00

We went skiing again on Saturday. It was the perfect day to ski. The sun was shining all day and we even had to take our coats off it was so warm. We had alot of fun. The kids are pros by now. They even went on the T-bar and the harder ski runs that had me scared to dealth. As many of you know this was only my 4th time skiing (and I am chicken....I don't seem to fall as softly as I used to for some reason HA! HA!) so I pretty much just snowplow down the hills. The T-bar was the scariest for me though, and Chantz he goes up it by himself like a pro. I would have been just as happy staying on the rope tow bunny hill all day, but no...my family has to do the hard stuff. The kids have too much of thier fathers NO fear in them!

Here's proof that I actually did ski not just take pics. Although I am sure feeling every sore muscle in my body today. I can't remember the last time I felt all of these muscles.

Sage was being such a goof ball. It was pure entertainment just to ski down the hill with her to see what the next thing she was going come up with would be.

Chantz going up the T-bar!
Sage and Weston on the T-bar.

So photogenic aren't they! I made them stop to take pictures in the middle of the ski run, Chantz wasn't so enthuised about it. But that's what moms do right!

Skiing

2008-02-02T21:22:00.000-08:00

Today we went skiing at the little ski hill they have on Cedar Pass just about 20 minutes from here. They have a small lodge with a rope tow and and a T-bar. It is all run by volunteers. It is pretty neat. This was Chantz and Sages first time skiing and they caught on so fast, especially Sage (which really surprised us) their instructor was really good and had them skiing in no time. Needless to say the kids are now both addicted to skiing. They didn't want to leave. They ended the day entering the ski races and Sage won 2nd in the girls and Chantz won 3rd in the boys. Not bad for their first time skiing.

It has now snowed for days and days now. They are saying that this is more snow this area has gotten in more than 15 years. Weston is getting snowmobile fever. Especially after skiing today.

(Just noticed that I should update the date on my camera)

Sage and Nikki

2008-01-26T15:20:00.000-08:00

This is Sage's favorite thing her American Girl Doll Nikki! Although if you call her a doll you will be quickly corrected by Sage that she is not a doll she is her little girl. She is so cute with her. She was so surprised when she got her for Christmas, because she had checked the American Girl website everyday for a month and it always said that Nikki was sold out. She came to the conclusion that she must have been a really good girl and another girl that had asked for Nikki before they were sold out was bad so Santa gave her the doll instead. I wonder how her mind works so fast all the time, she never misses anything and she will argue with you until you give in if she thinks she is right (which is most of the time). Unfortunately her dad and brother get great joy out of teasing her about Nikki which usually ends in tears which then make them feel bad.

Caught!

2008-01-26T15:01:00.000-08:00

I came home from work one day and asked the kids where Weston was. They said he is upstair asleep. So I walked up the stairs into Sages room to find him cuddled up with Sages favorite Doll Nikki with Chantz's favorite blanket. Now... I don't know if the kids plotted this scene, but it was pretty funny so I ran back down the stairs to get the camera for proof!

ARTHERITIS

2008-01-26T14:57:00.000-08:00

So-- Sage comes home from school one day with the question--Is ARTHERITIS (this is how she says arthritis) when boys only have one nut! Weston and I looked at each other and just burst out laughing. After we gathered our composure we asked her who told her that. She said that a boy at school told her that is what it was. So we proceeded to tell her the real definition of arthritis.

Here We Go!

2008-01-26T14:48:00.000-08:00

So I have been saying I am going to start a blog for weeks now and I am finally doing it. At least I am trying to figure it all out. The hardest part was the argument between Weston and I on a name for our blog. Anyway we are looking forward to keeping in touch with everyone through the blog. Kids grow up so fast and it is always fun to hear the funny kid stories. I have to say this has been a quite interesting year with all the questions my kids have come home with. Hope everyone enjoys our blogs as much as we enjoy theirs!