The Terry's

Bipolar weather

2012-01-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

Friday we had the most perfect weather... 50's and sunny in JANUARY!!! I'd have that everyday if I could... unfortunately we woke up to DARK, GLOOMY, rainy day till it started snowing out of control. With this kind of yucky weather.... I opted to stay home for this very reason.

This is at Bountiful up on 400 North (I believe that's the same road heading up to Bountiful Temple) Crazy!

yup... that sounds about right.

2012-01-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

How I deal with little Hudson daily.... (me repeating: Its just a phase, its just a phase, its just a phase....)

Grab a chair!

2012-01-04T21:51:00.000-07:00

Hurry grab the chair before you all faint from seeing this VERY FIRST post in what... almost a YEAR ago!

Well I can't promise you that I will keep this updated like you fabulous bloggers... I will do my very best.

There has been a LOT of things happened with us in the last year... I'm sure most of you had a quick glimpse on Facebook posts instead of here. It dawned on me that I really need to do better at keeping my journal or write a brief statement of whats happening with our lives rather than keeping it in memory. I know eventually it will be all forgotten and that's sad.

Now the New Year had already started and sure most of you had already have goals set for this coming year. I don't really have a set goals but I KNOW for sure is that I want to be able to spend lots of time with my children and I have been... hence messy house. ha ha. Also of course to spend some good quality time with my hot husband that I LOVE... you don't need all the details. :o)

This year is going to be a whirlwind of exciting adventures. I'm terrified to blink that 2013 will be here in no time.

Chinese New Year

2011-02-07T17:28:00.002-07:00

Ella's Chinese Immersion Program Class did a small performance at Weber State University to celebrate Chinese New Year - the year of the Rabbit! I did not bring my camera but thankfully someone recorded a video of them. (Thank you!) Ella is is the first group for the dance (the one holding a lantern) and is wearing reddish pink long sleeved shirt (the short one... NOT the tall girl). After the dance they all have short speaking part of all the animals in Chinese. She is the one with a tiger mask... you wont miss her.

She will be performing again on the 10th at her school and hopefully I will be able to get a better picture of her doing her performance.

They did an amazing job and Dave and I are very impressed on how much they know!! Way to go Ella!

Pineview Perch Party 2011

2011-02-07T17:12:00.001-07:00

Pineview Perch Party 2011

Dave and couple of his buddies braved the cold to go ice fishing... they had their annual Perch Party at Pineview couple of weeks ago. They all caught 47 fish total! It was a good day! Watch Dave's 2 minutes of fame on "Roughin it Outdoors"!

TMI

2011-01-17T23:05:00.003-07:00

Mastitis SUCKS!!!!

The end.

Belly laughs

2011-01-14T00:04:00.000-07:00

The other night during dinner, I was being goofy and Hudson thought it was HILARIOUS! Can't get enough of this cute belly laughs from him!!

What has 8 legs and lives in the ocean?

2011-01-13T23:57:00.001-07:00

Ella tried out the OCTOPUS! This is her reaction...

(We went to a Chinese Restaurant so Ella can experience the food and to speak Chinese to the servers)

11 Step Program For Those Thinking of Having Kids

2011-01-10T14:19:00.000-07:00

* This is TOO funny to read... I don't regret having kids. Its ALL worth it!!!* ~Shannon

Lesson 1

1. Go to the grocery store.

2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.

3. Go home.

4. Pick up the paper.

5. Read it for the last time.

Lesson 2

Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...

1. Methods of discipline.

2. Lack of patience.

3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.

4. Allowing their children to run wild.

5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.

Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.

Lesson 3

A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...

1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)

2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.

3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.

4. Set the alarm for 3AM.

5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.

6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.

7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.

8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.

9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)

Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.

Lesson 4

Can you stand the mess children make? T o find out...

1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.

2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.

3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.

4. Then rub them on the clean walls.

5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.

6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?

Lesson 5

Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.

1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.

2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out.

Time allowed for this - all morning.

Lesson 6

Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.

1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment.

Leave it there.

2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.

3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.

4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.

Lesson 7

Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.

Lesson 8

1. Hollow out a melon.

2. Make a small hole in the side.

3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.

4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.

5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.

6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air.

You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby.

Lesson 9

Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.

Lesson 10

Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.

Lesson 11

Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.

This is all very tongue in cheek; anyone who is parent will say 'it's all worth it!' Share it with your friends, both those who do and don't have kids. I guarantee they'll get a chuckle out of it. Remember, a sense of humor is one of the most important things you'll need when you become a parent!

Baby talk...

2011-01-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

Hudson's first word came out of his sweet little mouth....

Da Da.

Dave is all giddy.

:oP

2011-01-10T00:42:00.000-07:00

Playing catch with barf all week is SO much FUN!!!!

Not.

It all started with Ella throwing up so suddenly at school last week while I was there helping her teacher doing some "words" with her students... Then Coleman got it late that night. It has been an ongoing throwing up since. I'm very ready to get this nasty flu bug over with. I want my happy, healthy children back.

(For those who are wondering... Hudson, Dave and I have been feeling super. Please pray that we DON'T get this!)

Happy 2011!!!

2011-01-02T21:07:00.000-07:00

I know a lot of us wondered what our New Year Resolutions is going to be for the year.... I can never, ever keep my resolutions but I came up with a better solution... How about I CHALLENGE myself with something new each month. I'm not sure what I would like to do for this month yet... I will definitely will blog about it. HEY! How about this... I challenge myself to write at least maybe 15 post for the month!

What are your challenges or resolutions for the year?

Happy January!

Well HELLO!!

2010-12-31T15:07:00.001-07:00

Well, well, well... I think... yes... I think I am ready to get back on to the blogging world again. In the last post WAY WAY WAY back in June of 2009... I suddenly lost my blogging groove. Hopefully this coming year of 2011 will be a lot better. This is for my journal purposes to reflect back on so if you're curious where I have been... keep reading.

Year of 2009

* My Parents getting divorce
* Brand new nephew in the Barker's side
* Dave lost his job with Mountain Valley
* Coleman's freak accident with the dishwasher rack
* Found out we are expecting baby #3 (we were thrilled!)
* Celebrated our 7th anniversary
* Dave opened his business as an owner for Spartan Mechanical

Year of 2010

* Coleman turned 3!
* Coleman knocked his 2 front teeth loose while jumping off the metal chair
* Ella graduates Kindergarten!
* Dave ran his first marathon and I ran a block with him to the finish line at 7 months pregnant
* Ella got accepted to the Chinese Immersion Program at school!
* Got really sick and went to pre-term labor... they manage to stop the labor.
* Dave ran the first leg of the Wasatch Back Ragnar - had to leave early due to Shannon's labor pains which was false.
* Ella turned 6!
* Baby Hudson Owen Terry born June 29th 7lbs 3 oz 20 inches!
* Camping (lots of it)
* Ella and I chopped our hair off and donated to the Locks of Love (at least 10 inches off!!)
* Ella starts 1st grade and Coleman starts preschool
* Added a new sister in law in the family YAY for Tom and Megan!
* Dave ran the Saints and Sinners Valley of Fire Ragnar race in Vegas and finish it!
* My sweet Grandma passed away peacefully
* Celebrated 8 year anniversary
* Dave entered in his THIRTIES.
* Ella got her tongue stuck on a pole at school.
* Got hit and run on Christmas night and found the person was DRUNK! (twice in 6 years...)
* Hudson turned 6 months! Holy Cannon! Time flies way too fast!

Im sure there are more exciting and disappointing events happened this year... but I am ready to close 2010 and BRING on the 2011!

BIG FIVE!!

2009-06-23T09:59:00.000-06:00

Ella is FIVE!!!

Happy Birthday Ella Bella!!!

(More to come!!)

Run Dave RUN!!!!!

2009-06-23T09:13:00.000-06:00

Over the weekend, Dave had the opportunity to run at the Ragnar-Wasatch Back Relay Race... BOY!!! That was an ADVENTURE for him!!! Its 188 miles starting from Logan finishing in Park City. There was a team of 12 and each one of them gets 3 legs... by the time they get to their 3rd leg... everyone wants to die. Thankfully they didn't... THEY MADE IT in 31 hours!

This is Dave's team "Vicious and Delicious" in Van 2... before the race.

Here's Dave running on his first leg in Snow Basin... 3.1 miles with 900 feet elevation

RUN Dave RUN!!!

This is our good friend Scott who is in our ward... he is a GREAT motivator for Dave!!

One of those REALLY late night runs... Scott handing over the "baton" which is a slap on bracelet to keep track of the time at the finish line.

Okay... first off... PLEASE excuse my crappy camera skills... this one kinda caught me by surprise that he passed by so quickly without notice... there is a lot of people... ignore the end. Here is Dave and his team running to the finish line!!! YEAH!

Checking out the finished time... 31 hours!!!

Dave is SO glad to see his favorite fans waiting at the finished line! So worth it!

Showing the kids his medal!

All of his 12 teamates... "Vicious and Delicious!"

RAGNAR!!! Can't wait till next year!!!

***Side note: There is no picture of Dave running his 2nd leg unless someone on his team took one... we've talked about compiling some pictures together later on... if it does happen, I'll post it for sure! Here's a quick story to make it all better!

Medicinal Powers of the Taggy - by Dave

So I'm laying on the bed tonight and Shannon is massaging my legs from my rough weekend and having great fun inflicting some serious pain as she tries to "help it feel better" and as I'm laying there yelping in great pain and almost in tears, my son comes running in with his special blanket and says, "Quick dad, take the the taggy" ----- If any of you know Coleman, you know how funny and special that statement was.

She's Natural!

2009-06-17T17:52:00.000-06:00

This is Ella's 2nd fish she caught... Not a bad size!!

Ella and Dave and bunch of other friends and family all went to East Canyon to fish last weekend... I was pretty impressed that Ella was able to catch the fish all by herself with a little help from Dave. It sure does made her daddy proud! They brought the fish home to eat... yes... I was forced to "try" a bite. I ate it. No comments. Way to go Ella!!

ZzZzZz... Hornet's Nest!!!

2009-06-10T00:41:00.000-06:00

My awesome, hard-working husband tends to SLEEP TALK/WALK...almost all the time. Well... he just had a hilarious episode last night that I had to share. This is not this first time he's done this... This has been going as long as we have been married. Yes, I married to an entertaining guy!! Love it! Okay, back to last night... I was sleeping and had woken up feeling a little cold came to find out that the blanket had fallen off the bed. I had found Dave standing up on the side of the bed fiddling around with the blanket that had fallen off... I asked him what he is doing... Looking rather nervous he said, "There is a hornet's nest right there" pointing at the blanket. I was too tired to play along (yes, I play along till he figured it out he he) so I picked up the blanket and Dave looked at me saying that I was CRAZY and ran down the hallway to get away from the "swarm of hornets". I chuckled a little and went back to sleep... after ten minutes or so I think he finally woke up out of his sleep walking mode and got into bed. The next morning, he does not remember any of this...

I should write down all of his "moments"... but this is a start. I'll put down few things that he had done all throughout our marriage till now.

*Nearly bit my finger off thinking I was a fat man chasing him and decides to bite that man's finger off.
*Waking up to find him rearranging our night stand to block the doorway to keep bad people out...
*He had locked himself outside and took him half hour to figure out how to get back in (I sleep with my hearing aids off so all the banging or yelling doesn't do. He had woken up finding himself outside before trying to wake me up... he remembers this one.)
*Hid the baby blanket thinking it was a baby and hid it under his pillow at the hospital... good thing I was nursing the baby when that happened.
*Brought the kids in bed with us thinking they had been crying... which they aren't.
*Telling me that I shouldn't let the baby sleep on my chest because the chemicals off of my chest is harmful for the baby.
*A LOT of work MECHANICAL terms on how things should work or shouldn't work.
*I get saved by him thinking I was falling off the cliff when I move to the next side.
*Our bedroom gets flooded and tells me not to get out of bed or I'll drown.

There are MANY more to go... See? He's pretty entertaining while sleeping!

Ahh CRAP! (literally!)

2009-05-29T22:41:00.000-06:00

I thought I'd write this because it was pretty funny looking back after what had happened... (sorry no pictures but try to visualize it if you like)

**WARNING** For those who have weak stomach... don't read this...

Okay... I KNOW every moms always have a hilarious poo story to share and if you think that it will never happened to you... well YOU'RE WRONG! This is my 2nd WORST poo explosion experience in PUBLIC... yes, one with Ella and one with Coleman... when will it ever stop?

First off... lets rewind WAAAAY back when Ella was a little wee one... maybe just barely turned 2. I was at Target. Ella, of course, sat in the seat of the shopping cart... as I was browsing around at the END of the store came to find out that Ella was making those "ew" face and I observed to see what was the matter was... to my horror... Ella had the WORST runny poo that literally flooded her seat and is dripping all over the floor. I panicked got the wipes out and cleaned her up and the cart as best I could... I hurried to the front and asked politely for a target bag so that I can dispose her soiled clothes. Well, this clueless young chap wanted to know why... I lost my patience with him and said, "Well, my daughter just crapped all over her pants and I need it to put her soiled clothes in it!!" I swear... I want to slap that kid. It was pretty bad. Luckily, I had an extra pair of clothes for her to change into.

Okay... now lets flash forward to our present time... Coleman who is now 2 years old. We are at Macey's grocery store. Right in the middle of shopping getting the food we need... Ella, who was in the cart basket and Coleman sat in the seat. Ella was doing the "potty dance" so I asked her if she needed to go now or will she be able to hold it... she had to go. So, on the way to the bathroom... I took Ella out and told her that I would wait for her outside of the bathroom so that I don't have to leave the groceries behind and taking Coleman out. While waiting for Ella, Coleman said something about "Go Potty" thinking he was asking about Ella... so I said "Yah Ella's in potty" Finally, Ella was done and I went on to finish my shopping... as I just barely got to the aisle I needed to go... Coleman pointed his finger that has "stuff" on it and I looked closely trying to figure out what the heck it was and where it came from... then I looked at Coleman tilting to the side with his leg making his "ew" face... I closed my eyes and pleaded that this is NOT happening... LOVELY! It did.. Coleman has RUNNY poo all the way down his leg. As I held his poo covered finger hoping that he had not smeared on anything... I opened up my bag and to my HORROR that there was NO WIPES!!!! AHHHH!!! I panicked. I panicked till I pulled myself together holding Coleman's poo covered finger and pushed the shopping cart and got to the baby aisle (thank goodness it was only 2 aisle down but still it seems like a long way to get there!) I grabbed the wipes and wiped Coleman's finger off and hurried back to the bathroom... I parked the cart outside of the hallway (yes they have a HALLWAY to get to the bathroom) and I knew I shouldn't carry Coleman because I'd get poo all over... well, I set Coleman down and as he walked to the bathroom... MORE poo clumps kept falling out of his shorts making a TRAIL to the bathroom... AHHH HORROR!!! As I got to the bathroom... the stall with the changing table in there was OCCUPIED!!! AHHHH! Oh heavens... Im sure my blood pressure went up to the roof with all the stress and literally freaked out. Thankfully I was able to hold it in without bawling or anything like any mother would do. So I hurried cleaned Coleman up and as I was walking out of the bathroom... I swear, a CROWD of people had to go to the bathroom and they were dodging away the poo trail that Coleman left behind... I put the kids back in the cart (of course I cleaned of the seat) and hurried wipe up the "trail" without anyone seeing. Ahhh. It was mortifying and I ended my shopping right then. (Of course I paid for the wipes.)

Yes... this is going to be one of the kid's embarrassing story to tell when they get older. :o) Can't wait.

Sleeping Beauty

2009-05-29T22:37:00.000-06:00

As I was getting myself ready for bed... I always check up on the kids before I turn out the lights for the night... This is what I found... Gotta love her!

Catching up... April and May...

2009-05-27T23:06:00.000-06:00

Just a quick catch up here... I won't let ya fall asleep... it'll be brief. PROMISE.

APRIL:

COLORING the Eggs

Touching up...
Coleman's Masterpiece
Ella's Artistic Egg Family
And of course... Kiddos in their Easter Sunday Best. Aren't they CUTE!?

MAY:

Ella GRADUATED from PRESCHOOL!!

Ella getting ready to go say her part... (before she we moved to different spot for the rest of the program)

Ella's Part: "Learning has made us so incredible,

Our Teachers are so proud,

Our Folks thinks there is no one smarter,

Why! We stand out in a CROWD!!"

**bummer part about this is that is the only time we can see Ella from where we are sitting... she sat in the far end by where the parents are sitting in the upper stage. Wish we would have known where she was sitting before the show starts. Oh well. **

Mrs. Noker giving Ella her diploma and a last HUG... She is the most AWESOME teacher there... She taught preschool for 16 years!!

I'm really impressed with Ella's teacher and the preschool program... Ella has LEARNED so much that its amazing to see how much she has learned. I can't wait to put Coleman in!!! KINDERGARTEN here we COME!

Giddy up!

2009-05-27T13:58:00.000-06:00

Well... LONG TIME NO BLOG! Sorry about that... I just wasn't in the blogging mood for a while. Hopefully this time it'll get better. Alright... In the last few days, I have tried to upload a bunch of pictures of Disneyland onto the slide show... with the retarded internet services I have, it will NOT complete it for me without freezing up and lose connection that claimed "NOT RUNNING"... Well I've decided to give it one more try... NO SUCH LUCK. All you're gonna see is 3 pictures of Disneyland... (I have more pictures than that but I'm too irritated to upload some more right now... if you like to see more, feel free to come by and I'd be thrilled to show them to ya!) by the way... thanks for holding your horses.

Traditional Front Entrance picture taken at Disneyland!

(Mickey is wearing a party hat since there is a special going on there... If its your birthday, you get in for FREE!)

MICKEY and MINNIE Mouse!!

Disneyland was a BLAST!! We're glad to have the opportunity to go to have fun with our good friends and family... The drive down and back was a breeze. Although Ella did developed a fever most of our trip but took it like a champ and had a lot of fun. (came to find out that she had bad ear infection after we got home)

INTRODUCING....

2009-03-31T22:32:00.000-06:00

Alexander Joseph Terry

Born: March 31st 2009

12:04 P.M.

8 pounds 20 inches long

Congratulations Daniel, Katie and Addi on your newest arrival!!!

{Isn't he SO dang CUTE?!}

Testing...

2009-03-29T22:52:00.000-06:00

This is a test to see if I got this whole Slide show thing figured out... Finally got it to work. GREAT! Disneyland pictures will be coming soon so hold your horses!

We're Back!!

2009-03-24T14:41:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! We are back from SUNNY California!! We had a BLAST! Keep your eye out for the next post on this trip... I'm waiting to see more pictures before I can blog it... Now, I just need to figure out how to use the slide show... its going to be a LOT of pictures to see! Keep watchin'...

We're off to....

2009-03-12T18:10:00.000-06:00

The Draper Temple Open House on Saturday!

Then we're heading off to Disneyland!!!

See ya in a week and watch for pictures!!!

{I can't figure out why the pictures are so small... might want to bring out your magnifying glass to see.}

Interview with a 4 1/2 years old

2009-03-11T11:11:00.001-06:00

My interview with Ella 4 1/2... Coleman 24 months is too young to understand the questions so all the answer will most likely will be Yes or no... so this is what Ella has to say about me... (This was a tag from Facebook and I had to post it on my blog so that I can have something to look back on... When Coleman is old enough... he will be interviewed...)

1. What is something mom always says to you?

Pick up your room

2. What makes mom happy?

Organizing her stamps

3. What makes mom sad?

That Scottie peed in the house

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

Doing silly things

5. What was your mom like as a child?

Like me

6. How old is your mom right now?

26

7. How tall is your mom?

Like this tall (holding her hands out about 15 inches)

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

Sew

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

Do stuff with Coleman

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Putting milk in the sippy cups

11. What is your mom really good at?

Really good at cleaning her Craft room

12. What is your mom not very good at?

Putting the rocks in (referring to the rock work on the house)

13. What does your mom do for her job?

Cleaning the house

14. What is your mom's favorite food?

All kinds of foods

15. What makes you proud of your mom?

Taking care of me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

Snow White

17. What do you and your mom do together?

Do crafty things

18. How are you and your mom the same?

Both of us have Blonde hair

19. How are you and your mom different?

I don't have glasses and my mom has glasses

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

When she gives me hug and kiss

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?

Going on a honeymoon (I don't know where she get this)

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

Target

Swimming, swimming, swimming...

2009-03-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

Last night, Dave came up with a fun idea of taking us all out to the Ogden Athletic Club to go swimming... We called them to see what time they are opened till (called at 8 pm) and they said they closed at 9... and figured/hoping they will just let us in for the last hour for free... nope... they want 20 smackaroos just to get ME, ELLA, and COLEMAN in for an hour... so not worth it. So after telling Ella the disappointing news that we were not going... she bawled. I knew this was coming. She was all ready to go in her swimsuit... I felt bad too... so I came up with a brilliant idea that she and Coleman can pretend that the bathtub is the pool and that they can wear their swimsuits in it! They liked that idea. Nice, warm bath to play in and they played and played till they are ready to get out. I can't wait for summer to come... so that they can go play in the Splash Pad for FREE!Sorry for the crappy picture quality... it was off of my phone... can't ditch the kids in the tub just to get the camera right?? Everytime they sees the camera... both of them will say "Cheese... Cheese... Cheese..." and not look at the camera... this is the best shot out of 3. Ah kids...

One Hundred...

2009-02-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

I've seen this around on other people's blog and thought it was a piece of cake to do this... BOY, I was wrong!! Its a lot harder to come up with something else as you come to the half way point... Well now that I've done it and YOU should do it too!!!

1. My name is Shannon
2. Nice to meet you..
3. I am profoundly deaf
4. I was born that way
5. I'm the oldest... my two younger brothers are cool.
6. I do wish to have a sister though.
7. Tomatoes is not my favorite
8. I LOVE Salsa!
9. Green is my favorite color
10. Mornings are not my thing
11. LOVES night!
12. I love to try out new things
13. Someday I like to go Skydiving...
14. I think my family has a Daredevil genes.
15. I'm one of them
16. Grasshoppers scares me
17. I blame it on my next door neighbor who loves them
18. Food is my best friend
19. I LOVE to eat
20. Okay this is getting hard...
21. I love surprises
22. I want to go on many LDS missions with my husband
23. I miss playing sports
24. I wonder if my ward ever going to set up women's sports
25. I LOVE to travel
26. I hate to pack...
27. I always worry if I forget something so I bring everything with.
28. There is not one day I lived without hearing aid batteries.
29. I wonder how much in my lifetime that we've spend on hearing aid batteries...
30. I think it should be free for life when purchasing new hearing aids.
31. This hearing aids is 8 years old and is still working
32. That's the longest I've own without falling apart.
33. Its time to start saving it for new ones soon.
34. I have 2 awesome kids
35. One girl
36. One boy
37. I have the world BESTEST husband EVER!
38. No, you can't have him
39. Sorry.
40. I hope to grow old with my one and only husband
41. I want to be mentally sharp and active as long as my body can take it even when I'm 90
42. I hope to live to see my great-great grandchild
43. I discover the love of sewing
44. Only when I don't mess up
45. I have the shortest toes in my family
46. I don't know who or where that came from...
47. Yes my hair naturally curly
48. Wanna trade?
49. I despise Winter
50. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Summer!
51. Yes! I made it pass 50!
52. I love shopping
53. I only buy stuff on clearance
54. I feel guilty for buying things on normal price
55. No wonder my house is bare...
56. I don't have the heart to buy something expensive.
57. I need help.
58. If I start on project, I have to FINISH it
59. Or it will never get done.
60. I have a LONG list of things to do to get done...
61. Can't wait to get started on it
62. But have to wait till its warmer outside first.
63. I LOVE juice
64. Too bad they don't get along with me.
65. Thank goodness Imodium is invented.
66. I must have very sensitive digestive system.
67. Okay that was a little TMI.
68. I absolutely CANNOT live without Q-tips...
69. Its the best ear stratcher ever.
70. Too bad you don't like it.
71. I think its a blessing to be deaf.
72. You know why.
73. I never ever had a cavity... not even with baby teeth too.
74. I hope to break the world record for not having one.
75. Okay 25 more to go...
76. I LOVE doing art
77. I enjoy taking pictures
78. Someday our house is going to be as colorful and happy
79. I don't like to be bored
80. I need to be doing something.
81. or I'll go crazy!
82. We don't have television
83. Never have for almost 4 years.
84. I absolutely LOVE it!
85. We do have 1 TV
86. Its so old and it only works for watching movies.
87. We get free movie every Monday night
88. Thanks to the Redbox code.
89. We go to my parents house EVERY Sunday for Sunday meal
90. My dad is the world best cook ever!
91. I always look forward to it!
92. I'd like to learn to be like him.
93. I'm excited to take my kids to 2 of the Temple open house this year
94. Hopefully it will inspire them to go there someday
95. I am also so excited to take them to Disneyland in couple of weeks!
96. Can't wait to be a kid again
97. My entire
98. FAMILY
99. IS freakin'
100. AWESOME!!!

Whoo... now its your turn :o)

random shots...

2009-02-25T12:20:00.000-07:00

Ella loves to dress up everyday if I let her... She is wearing the "baby legs" that I made for her a while back... I promised that I would post it for everyone to see... so there ya go!

The other day, Coleman was being very quiet and I had to check on him to make sure hes not into in mischief like he usually is... I found him playing with his trucks and cars behind the couch cushion where he had taken the back cushion off and he'll have a dip in between... he LOVES it! He thinks its like a little fort and would play in it for hours!

Valentines, President's Day, Birthday... OH MY!!!

2009-02-17T10:35:00.001-07:00

Well, Valentine's Day came and went!! Dave and I ditched our kids to our friends house on friday night and had the night to ourselves... it was heavenly! We went to dinner at Timbermine... it was FANTASTIC and the best thing ever is that our bill was only .96 cents!!! Thanks to our gift card that covered the whole bill! We were going to go to the Temple that evening but due to the nasty cold I had... I wasn't feeling too great to go. After dinner we just went home and curl up in our bed and went to sleep... it was beautiful!! The next morning, we picked up our kids and our friend's kids to keep overnight (it was a trade that we did and it worked out great!) and the girls was darling and so much fun! We went to Dave's folks house for a family gathering/dinner... it was a great little Valentine to get together!

President's Day always falls on a Monday so that means everyone (well mostly everyone) got a day off from work!! Dave and his folks and some friends went ICE FISHING up at East Canyon... (I did not go... I wasn't up for it... maybe another time.) They all caught a fish... Dave out fished everyone as usual.

Matt waiting for his fish...

Ginny waiting for her fish...

Drew waiting for his fish...

Drew's friend waiting for his fish too...

Matt got one!! Had to kiss it...

Ginny got one too... proud to show it off...

Yes! Drew got one!!!

Drew's friend had to bite it... he too got one!

Finally Dave got 4! Way to go!

At last, on Tuesday it was COLEMAN'S Birthday!!! He is TWO years old!! Yikes, where did the time go?! We had a small party just us family on his birthday and we had all of our families over on Saturday to celebrate his day! I made a Lightning McQueen cake all from scratch... boy that kid sure LOVES cars, trucks, tractors, anything with wheels! He also sure LOVES balls too!!! Coleman has started showing his true personality that cracks us up... He has started talking in sentences... so clear that you can easily understand what he was saying. He is such a joy in our family and we love him so much!! Happy 2nd Birthday COLEMAN!!!

Coleman had a great birthday! He was spoiled with all kinds of wheeled vehicles from our families!!

Daniel, Katie and Addi gave Coleman a BIG bag full of BALLS!!! Boy, that kid was in LOVE! Thanks everyone for coming and Coleman sure loves his gifts!!

Lightening McQueen cake I made from stratch... Coleman loves it!

He knows what to do with the candle on the cake! He blew it out so soon before we could even finish the song! Good Job!!

Gooo JAZZ!

2009-02-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, one of our friends called us and asked us if we wanted to go to the Jazz game with them... Of course we said YES! We dropped our kids off to their Grandma to have some Grandma Time (Thanks GINNY!!) and we were off to the game. The poopy part is that our seats were not together with our friends... they were a couple of rows down from us as we were on the VERY TOP as you can tell from this picture... its like watching miniature people running back and forth on the court. During the 2nd quarter, we ditched our seats and met down with our friends that has 2 extra empty seats next to them...

Starting of the game where they introduced the players on the court.
Dave and I (I look like crap... I still have that blastin cold but it didn't stop me from going to the game!) We are at the VERY top as you cant see other fans behind us.

Not sure who is taking the shot... I know for sure its our team... We played with the L.A. Lakers... and yes, Kobe Bryant played that night. Our fans does NOT like him...

At last... Our winning score!! It was a very intense last few minutes of the game! SO happy that we won!!

** On our way back to the parking lot and as we were pulling out, we saw L. Tom Perry and his wife walking back to their car! He must have been to the game too! It was a fun night! Thanks Jason and Melissa for the tickets!!!

6th Picture

2009-02-08T22:47:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by my friend Jess... I'm suppose to get into my 6th folder and get into 6th picture and explain about it...
We have been renovating our home since Fall of 2005 (WOW its been 3 1/2 years!!) We are SO super excited that we (well lets just say Dave that did most of the work) finally FINISHED laying out all the ROCK onto the house! We still have many more to work on at least for now that all the hard and time consuming part is all over!! So this is what we have done so far!

I TAGGED: Holli, Vanessa, Mom, Marrian, Staci, Janika...

Bad Case of the Yuckiness

2009-02-08T22:40:00.000-07:00

Aahhh... I'm getting sick of this!! (no pun intended) For the last week and still is... EVERYONE is getting sick... All of the combination of cough, running nose, sore throat, headaches, belly-ache, vomiting (sorry too much info.), fevers, goopy-eyes and many more to name! We're pretty much lived on over the counter drugs till we finally get around to be back to our normal self. I CANNOT wait for warmer weather to come so we all can enjoy some FRESH air!!

By the way....

2009-01-31T13:07:00.000-07:00

Happy BLOGSVARY!!! Yup that's right! Its been ONE year today since I've joined the blogging bandwagon... Here's many more to come!!!

goofy kids

2009-01-31T10:27:00.001-07:00

I was making dinner for the kids and all I hear both of them laughing at each other... This is what I find them doing... They dumped out the cookie cutters out of the clear plastic bucket and put their face in it and squished it. It was a funny sight to see!

I love it when the kids are able to entertain each other and come up with funny, yet creative way to keep them busy. They make me laugh.

Ready... Get set... GOOO!!!

2009-01-24T11:41:00.000-07:00

I finally got Coleman on video playing with his cars... Boy... that kid loves it!!

He's not even 2 yet... he sure knows what to do!

Time Out for Women

2009-01-24T08:58:00.000-07:00

Lets rewind back a little bit here... Okay in Christmas time... its a tradition for Dave's family to have the holiday poppers on our dinner plate and we would cross our arms and hold one to each other's poppers and PULL at the same time where all the poppers can pop at the same time and we would get a fun surprises inside the poppers... My awesome mother-in-law with many talents hand made them and filled in surprises for each person. Well, all the men got tickets to go see the MONSTER TRUCKS show and the ladies got to go to TIME OUT FOR WOMEN!!! Wahoo! I love fun surprises!!

Okay now lets move on forward... Time Out for Women finally came and went! It was so much fun and it was a much needed spiritual boost for us. The event started Thursday night and again Friday morning till about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. On Thursday, my mother in law came up and we went to the evening section (Katie came up the following day) and we had some AWESOME singers and speakers... Michael McLean and Kenneth Cope both sang that night and Brad and Debi Wilcox and Chris Stewart spoke to us... during the break... I came up to Brad and told him to read my lips and mouth out the words "YOU DID GREAT!!" and gave me the BIGGEST hug ever! During his talk (he was the first to speak and the break was after) he used to teach 6th grade at an elementary school back in the day and he had a deaf little girl in his class and she came up to him and asked him in her broken deaf English language... "WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS HAPPY?! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM??" He told her to read his lips and said "Yes, we all have problems but don't let our problems take our positive attitude away." Basically his talk really inspired me and I had to come up to him to tell him that. He was SO excited and was so enthralled that I was able to catch everything he said during his presentation. He and his wife are the far the most hilarious couple ever! Love it! After the show... we talked with Michael McLean and Kenneth Cope very briefly and had a quick photo shoot :) The best thing of all is that we got to sit in the front row and sit with all the well known LDS authors and couple of General Authorities and their wives... Sister Oaks sat by us that night! Ahh the benefits of being deaf. LOVE it!

Ginny and I with Micheal McLean!!

Kenneth Cope!!!

(Pictures doesn't do justice... its from my phone, I didn't think we're allow to have cameras but we can! The light from my camera is pretty blinding...)

On Friday, Katie (my sister in law) made it up with us and so GLAD she made it. We all got a cute FREE bag!!! We had Emily Watts, Wendy Ulrich, Michael Wilcox, and Emily Freeman to talk with us and Kenneth Cope sang a lot of songs to us... It was such a fun, fun, fun day! Thanks GINNY!!!

Already?!

2009-01-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

I just got some paperwork for Ella to fill out for KINDERGARTEN!!!! Ack!!!

Coleman my man...

2009-01-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

This little man LOVES Hot wheels... or any other "wheeled" cars. He plays with it DAILY. He'll go to his spot and play and play for hours by himself. Whenever hes done with it he'll sing to himself "Clean-up, Clean-up..." and would line his cars up in a straight line. (I did NOT teach him that) It just cracks me up every time I see it. I love my little guy.

Coleman playing with cars on a bucket

See how he likes to line them up after when hes done playing with them. There's more in many different location in the house. Silly boy.

Boy... I'm Quirky!

2009-01-12T14:19:00.000-07:00

Alright... This has been one of my "tag" forever ago so I'm doing it now. I have to reveal 6 of my quirkiness... so here ya go.

1.) I ALWAYS eat around my sandwiches, hamburgers, etc. The middle part is the best and I had to save it till the end.

2.) I unload everything out of the dishwasher onto the counter before I put them away... it drives my dad crazy sometimes.

3.) If I'm eating Lucky Charms cereal... I would eat all the cereal part first and save the marshmallows for last... I love how the marshmallows tasted just by itself.

4.) When handeling raw meats... I wash my hands like 5 times before, during, and after handling it. The idea of getting Samonella or E coli freaks me out.

5.) If I start on a project... I absolutely HAVE to finish it... or else it will never get done.

6.) I hate tomatos but I LOVE salsa! Even fresh ones!

I tag anyone who has never done this before.

Still dumbfounded...

2009-01-11T12:38:00.000-07:00

Yes... I MADE this dress. I could never thought I could do this kind of big sewing project... Last Friday night I got together with one of my good friends and her friends for a girl night out. We sewed our daughter's a dress. If it wasn't for Meredith (my friend's friend) we would not get this whole dress right. We sewed and sewed and sewed till about 4 in the morning and decided to call it a night. It was a fun, learning experience and would definitely do it again.
The amazing thing is that I did NOT mess up and that I actually COMPLETED a project and Ella got to wear it to church today!

There once was a snow man...

2009-01-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

Ella has always wanted to make a snowman... so we dressed up in our snow clothes and head out to the park (I dont have a back yard for us to play in). Thank goodness it was so nice today and the kids played for a good half hour till their fingers froze.

Ella sporting out her new snow clothes that Santa brought over to her.

Coleman checking out the snow... this is his first time out playing in the snow and surprisingly he really enjoyed it!
Ella trying to make a snow angel out of the hard snow.
Coleman wants to try it out too.
The snow was pretty pathetic to play in but we found a big hill of snow that the snow plows made and decided to climb on it and slide all the way down was a lot of fun! Ella going down!!
Coleman's turn! He thought this was fun and keeps saying again and again!

Snow Buddies

Ella has been dying to go out and make a snowman... I thought we would be getting fresh snow this morning and will be able to make a good snowman... unfortunately the weather changes its mind (which I have NO problem with having a SUNNY, BLUE skies!!) so the snow was too hard and it was not packing well to make a ball so we improvised by making a snowman by drawing it in the snow and put carrot for nose, rocks for eyes, pine cones for buttons, pumpkin seeds for the mouth and at last Christmas tree branches for the arms. Ella was happy with the finished work... eventually we will have to make a REAL snowman.We had a great time playing in the snow... Ella was happy and Coleman was all pooped from playing.

Gotta love her

2009-01-04T19:53:00.000-07:00

Today was the first Sunday of the year where our Church starts at 9 in the morning (I LOVE 9 o'clock church!) and I woke up not feeling so super... I told Dave that he needs to get the kids ready for Church. Ella wanted to dress herself... without any help. I was not feeling so great to argue with her so I let her go at it... this is what she wore to church today.
Yah. I should be awarded for being the coolest mom for letting my 4 1/2 year old to wear this. She wore green flower short sleeved shirt along with colorful stripe dress along with brown tights with pink and white polka dots and red flower shoes. Her hair was left like this. She was so proud. Gotta love my Ella Bella.

HaPpY nEw YeAr!!!

2009-01-01T12:05:00.000-07:00

First blog post for the year of 2009!! We had a great time celebrating New Year with our good friends, Scott and Cindi, last night... we played all sorts of games, eating all kinds of yummy foods and talked while the kids went off playing and having a grand time! Then the men decided to make this fun by making "homemade" bombs to create some noise! (no worries... nothing was harmed or damaged...) There are a lot of things that I would like to do to accomplish my goals for the year of 2009...

Keep in budget
Make/keep family happy
Experience all sorts of new things IE:) new recipes, sewing, anything relates with homemaking skills
Make my life in order by being organized
Keep on top of my blogging
And having the best year ever with a positive attitude!

I wonder how long it will take me to get used to writing the year of 2009... Hope everyone will have a fabulous year to come!

We must be on the NICE list...

2008-12-30T09:20:00.000-07:00

First off lets start by Ella's Preschool program... She had it on the 18th of December... like I promised... I would post something about it. It was very well put together program and I was extremely impressed!!! All of the kids are so cute... I was going to take a video through the whole thing but I was worried that if I got to Ella's part, my camera would die. Instead of doing that... I saved it till she comes on... good thing I did because her part was very close to the end. Sorry about my camera shooting skills... its pretty shaky. So... go pop some corn and watch maybe 2 minutes of her fame! (she is on the far left dancing with a boy...)

She is in the middle row (she sitting above the brown hair girl in the front row.) She is finishing up the last song and this is Mrs. Farr, she is the Head of this school explaining us that Ella's Tuesday and Thursday classes have been practicing since Halloween and was very, very impressed with all the students for working really hard at a short practicing time since MWF classes has more time to practice. We sure love this school and we are so proud of Ella doing so well with her performances!! Now Ella is out of school for Christmas break and will resume again on the 5th of January.

Second... Christmas Bakin'...The kids and I have decided to do something nice for the neighbors and friends by baking some yummy Christmas treats... as you can tell... I don't look very attractive in the pictures because I have been working NON-STOP in the kitchen hurrying to get this ready to go before the snowstorm comes... I made some yummy Pretzels-Hugs with Christmas M&M's on top. I should have taken a picture of it but you might can see a little bit in the background of Ella. The one I am doing in this picture is the Chocolate Carmel cookies... its chocolate cookie dough covered in Rolos and rolled in powder sugar. Pretty tasty! The kids had a taste test before delivering.
Third... THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS! That day it finally STOPPED snowing for the first time in 24+ hours... The roads was hideous. It looks like the snow plow must be on strike or something. It was a freakin ice skating rink. Later that afternoon, we were invited to go to my dad's side of the family Christmas Eve potluck... its been a tradition as long as I could remember. My mom's side just had the "Sunday before Christmas" party... where we gather together to have potluck (its so much easier when you have a large quantities of families) and a fun game of White Elephant gift. Sorry no pictures for both... lame I know. Okay back to Christmas Eve, we ALWAYS take a short drive to look at the Christmas lights in downtown and the neighborhoods. After arriving home... all of us has a surprise from the Christmas Fairy... NEW PAJAMAS!! Then we would read a story "The Night Before Christmas" and leave a plate of carrots out on the porch for the Reindeers and of course milk and cookies for Santa. The kids were off to bed and went to sleep very quick.

Coleman and Ella getting ready for their story with their new jammies on.Ella getting ready to put carrots out for the ReindeersSanta's treats

Finally... THE CHRISTMAS MORNING! Was by far the best morning! Dave and I have been awake around 7:00 o'clock and we have been waiting patiently for our kids to wake up and listen for their reaction after seeing what Santa had left behind. It was priceless. We are proud to announce that we have a new addition to the family, SCOTTIE, our miniature schnauzer.

The kids digging through their stockings.

Every Christmas we always have a small family photo shoot after opening our gifts. Dave is holding Scottie. Its hard to see... look down below and you'll see a better picture of him.

Dave and I are happy to see the kids happy.Scottie!!

All in all we had a wonderful Christmas holiday and we are looking forward for the New Year to come.

Because I felt like it...

2008-12-17T19:43:00.000-07:00

I'm IT!

I figure I blog the "8 Things" tag here... since I don't have anything exciting happening in the last few days... Tomorrow is Ella's school program so watch for that upcoming blog on that... Here it goes...

8 Things I'm thankful for:
* My awesome husband
* My family
* The Gospel
* Wonderful friends
* For the ability to hear what I can out of my hearing aids... its so great to be able to hear my children's voice!
* The opportunity to spend time with my awesome friend while she and her
family are here from Germany.
* Chocolate... what can a woman do without it?
* The knowledge I have

8 Things I love:
* Taking pictures
* Home cooked meals
* Sleep
* My children
* The Temple
* Have girls night out
* Traveling
* Clean house

8 Things I want to learn:
* Grow a garden
* How to take awesome pictures
* To sew
* To build a house with my husband
* How to change oil out of the car
* How to hear out of the phone
* Swim without dog paddling
* To use the snow blower without being dragged.

8 Things I look forward to:
* Sunny weather.
* Christmas (who doesn't?)
* Healthy kids
* Putting kids to bed at 7:30 and spend the rest of the evening in peace
* Meeting my newest nephew in April
* Potty training Coleman (when he's ready)
* Dave coming home from work
* Ella's preschool program tomorrow

8 Things on my wish list:
* Becoming a professional photographer
* To see what it is like to hear
* My kids grow up righteously
* Getting out of debt
* Taking Dave back to the Philippines
* Clean house daily
* To on as many LDS missions as possible with Dave
* Travel all over and see whats out there

8 Things that I did yesterday:
* Shoveled the snow off the driveway
* Drop/Picked Ella up from school
* Shopping for toilet paper
* Did laundry
* Made dinner
* Made Christmas gifts
* Took a hot bath
* Read my Parent magazine and when to bed.

I tag anyone interested in doing this :).

Do You Think You Can Dance???

2008-12-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

Check out our HOT moves!! Merry Christmas everybody!!!

"http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/ttnXm26zGTEhz7vLQvTw"

...and I have one sick, sick, sick little boy.

2008-12-14T01:49:00.000-07:00

That makes it TWO kids with PNEUMONIA!!! Ack! Coleman is a little worst than Ella... not terribly worst that he does not need to be admitted to the hospital... (thank goodness.) Coleman has a little respiratory distress along with a pneumonia... poor kid... he was traumatized for life at the Wee Care where we took him in at this late hour.

So the doctor wanted to check his oxygen level by putting the monitor on his toe... Coleman had a major freak out... I guess the red light on it scares him.

Then he wanted us to give Coleman some breathing treatment by using the Nebulizer hoping to help him to expand his lungs before going for his chest x-ray... This is him also freaking out. (That was after the treatment was over)

This is what the nebulizer looks like...

NOW... This is pretty sad sight... we took him to the X-ray room... I didn't bring my camera with so this is what they EXACTLY did to him in order to get him a good x-ray picture... I found this through google so this is NOT my son... imagine him in it screaming bloody murder... and it'll probably scarred him for life.

Now... he pretty much hates doctors or nurses... every time they would come in the room he'll scream... "No! NO! no!" over and over again till they leave the room.

After all the screaming and freaking out... he conked out in my arms while we were waiting for the doctor with the results... so ya... hes got it too. My poor baby! **On the side note... Ella is doing a little bit better... she is showing a little improvements but still gets the nasty sounding cough. Hopefully these two will be back to normal self again in time for Christmas!

Christmas is here at the Terry's!

2008-12-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

Ella, Coleman and I decorated our Christmas tree(s) the first week of December and put up our other Christmas decorations while listening to Christmas music... The little ones couldn't keep their hands off of the pretty ornaments. Every day we would add another day on our Christmas countdown calendar... Ella would keep asking if its Christmas yet... I can see that she is getting really excited for Christmas to come. Coleman hasn't quite got the whole idea yet... but he still gets excited too.

The Big tree I decorated... Its How Grinch Stole Christmas theme... as you can see Grinch sitting in the tree.

Other Christmas miscellaneous...I put the lights on the three little trees and let the kids go to town in decorating it... they had a fun time doing it their own way!This is our Christmas countdown calendar... I made it few years ago... I LOVE making Christmas crafts! The picture below are all the date pieces that are waiting for their turn to be put up on the magnet calendar above.Our Stockings hung with care...In order for our Christmas to feel complete... We need to go see the lights at the temple square and show the kids the real meaning of Christmas... I am hoping the kids will get over this sickness quick so we can have the opportunity to go see it.

Letter from Santa!!

2008-12-12T15:22:00.000-07:00

The kids got a surprise letter from Santa Claus in the mail today... boy are they ever so excited to get a LETTER from SANTA!!! It really made the kids' day since they both haven't been feeling so good.

I have one sick, sick, sick little girl.

2008-12-11T23:05:00.000-07:00

Ella is so stinkin' sick!! She started out with a cough over the last weekend and it progressively got worse and worse along with a running/stuffy nose and a fever of a 102.2!!!... after trying out different ways to get her better with cough syrup, humidifier, vapor-rub, steamy showers, relaxation, Tylenol, etc... it still seem doesn't do its job. I dialed up the pediatrician's office to see if she could be seen today... luckily she could! The doctor checked her as usual and she listened to her lungs very carefully with a little concern on her face... the diagnoses is that she as PNEUMONIA!!! Its pretty mild one... nothing serious that she does not need to be admitted to the hospital or anything... The doctor gave her some antibiotics and we will be watching her to see if she has progressed with it. Poor girl, she is had had it with being sick. I feel bad for her. Lets hope that this antibiotics will do its job! I miss my little girl.

Oh my HECK!!!

2008-12-10T15:48:00.000-07:00

I finally BLOGGED!!! After 2 months, well okay okay... almost THREE months of NO blog!!! Gaddzooks! Well... A lot of things have happened in the last 2 1/2 or 3 months... Let me just catagorized of the things we did...

September:

*Ella started her first day of preschool at Pages.
*Marrian and her boys ARRIVED from GERMANY!!!
*Had a birthday (man, its so not fun being in the "late" twenties)

October:

*Played with Marrian and her boys.
*Dave had an emergency appendectomy.
*Took care of Dave for about 2 weeks till he's able to get back to normal self.
*Fighting the sickies thats been going on here...
*Halloween... went to Trunk or Treat in the ward. Ella dressed as a Hocus Pocus Witch and Coleman went as a chicken. They had a blast getting all the candy and was eaten all in one week :)

November:

*Played with Marrian some more!!
*Chopped my hair off up to my shoulders... MY MOM DIDNT EVEN NOTICED after 2 hours of being with her!
*Dave and I had our SIX year anniversary... man, I love that guy!
*Elder Thomas Terry came home after fulfilling his mission at San Franando, California mission!!
*Had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house... I made ORANGE rolls from STRATCH!!! My dad was surprised! Its been years since we had them... my grandma used to make those all the time for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner... I guess the recipe as been lost or something happened or no one knew how to make it... it was good to have the traditional orange rolls again... I hope to keep that tradition alive again.

December:

*Got my tree all decorated and brought out the little tree just for the kids to put their fun ornaments on... now I'm still trying to figure out how to keep this little guy of mine NOT to touch them...
*Dave had a BIRTHDAY!!! We celebrated his birthday with just us... Ella and I made him a birthday banner to put on our living room wall, made a cake (somehow the cake fell apart and it kinda ruined it... oh well, we still stuck candles in it and sang it to him), made his dinner at his request... grilled cheese and tomato soup. Then we watch a movie together and had a fun entertainment after ;o)
*Said good-bye to Marrian and her boys as they left to go back to Germany... It has been the funnest 3 1/2 months!!!

There... That is all that had happened in the last few months... Marrian has asked me to KEEP my BLOG UP TO DATE!!! I sure hope that I will be able to do that... By January.. this will be my new resolution of keeping my blog up to date... in fact.. I want to try to get to my certain goal of reaching certain amounts of blog post... I'll have to get back to you on that when January comes. Now It is still December... I will do my best to post something exciting happening this coming month.

Ta ta for now... oh, by the way!!! I CHANGED MY LAYOUT!!! YAY!!! Something new for a change!!

Wahoo!

2008-09-09T12:23:00.001-06:00

Yes! Our computer is ALIVE!!! Im actually typing on my own keyboard!!! Id thought I spread the excitement that I can BLOG again!! I will post some more on in a few... I have to leave in half hour to go to a playgroup at 1... so watch for new post! See ya.

Where are the Terry's??

2008-07-30T14:42:00.000-06:00

We are here!! Man... its been a crazy month... We've got some happy news and some sad news.

First off... the internet is still out on our computer but we did get the computer working and thankfully our pictures are not lost anymore... I'm using my phone to type this new post while my KIDS yes KIDS both of them are down for their nap which it rarely happens for Ella... :o) We've been too busy to deal with the internet right now so its not our top priority so I apologize for the lack of our blogging update.

Lets see... ah yes... the last post is about my mom jumping off the plane... my dad took the news in a surprise "I can't believe you actually did it?!" expression... although my mom's friends want to kill her for doing this without telling them. Haha. It was all good and they did enjoy watching her video as she jumped off.

The 4th of July was really good... it was pretty laid back... we went to watch my mom in the Hooper parade... she was with her co-workers displaying their Postal Service float. Hooper is very mild... NOTHING like the traditional Kaysville parade. It was enjoyable though. After the parade I took the kids up to North Ogden Cherry Days... it was really crowded and I didn't stay very long because I was worried about losing Ella in the crowd. Then we went to my folks house for a SLIP-N-SLIDE PARTY and a yummy BBQ with our friends? I tell ya... the slip-n-slide brings back lots of our childhood memories and defintely some grass stains as we go off the slide. Lastly, we went to Davis High to watch the fireworks... it was kinda disppointing because it was short. Ah well the kids had a great time!

Hmm lets see... oh ya we've been working like mad trying to finish everyone's project that they needed help on... and working on our house... the rock is coming along slowly and hoping to be done with it before it gets too cold.

The sad news was that my grandpa passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on the 14th of July... he was packing up to get ready to go to Mississippi to his family reunion (that's where he was from) the night before and he was feeling rather tired and call it a night and went to sleep and never woke up... He was finally together with my grandma again after 27 years. What a reunion that is for them!! We miss him terribly and knowing that he is together again and will be seeing them again. We have been busy pulling stuff together for his funeral and cleaning out his house. To be honest I had a fun time helping out... it was so good to hear stories about my mom's family and how my grandpa joined in her family (he married my grandma at the SLC Temple when my mom was 11) and listening funny stories about him.

After that we had a Terry family reunion over the 24th weekend... Sadly one family couldn't make it up because Abby had an accident in the canal... she broke her leg badly as she jumped in the water where she thought it was deep enough to jump in... hearing the story just gave me heebie jeebies. She is required to have some surgery (which she is going to have it on the 4th of August) to repair her broken leg... we made her a Get Well card and hopefully she'll have a speedy recovery. What we did: We had breakfast, all the ladies did crafts (we made FHE house) and the men went shot gun shooting, later that afternoon we came back and made lunch and went to the Clark Plantarium and back home to have BBQ and clean up... we were gonna watch old videos of the Terry family when they were kids but they all were too tired to watch... I was kind of bummed because I was looking forward to it. All in all we all had a good time.

Well as soon I get the internet up and running and not having to use my teeny phone to update the blog... and of course the pictures are still waiting to be shown. I can't believe that July flew by so quickly and that August is coming in few days. I'll do my very best to get the pictures coming and keep it updated. Whoo my thumbs are tired haha. Ta ta for now!

My Mother...

2008-07-03T11:07:00.000-06:00

JUMPED off the PLANE!!! She went sky-diving for the first time yesterday afternoon with a bunch of ladies at her work. She hasn't told my dad about it and was going to surprise him with a video. I wonder what he's going to think of it. I did watch her getting dressed, listen to her brief "jump" class, getting on the plane, waiting anxiously for the plane to get up certain distance and watched 6 teeny tiny balls till the parachute popped open... my mom was the last one that landed all in one piece. Thank goodness. So I approached to her feeling all nervous and relieved. I asked how she thought of this experience and she was still in state of shock... I did ask her if she would go again and gave me the look with a "Never again." I would have to say that it was the gustiest thing to do and way to go mom!!! (I've got pictures... I'll have to post it when I'm able to use the computer again...)

Do you have a hammer??

2008-07-02T10:49:00.000-06:00

Yes, a hammer... any kind of hammer will do just fine... I need to use it to beat my computer senseless!! Argh! Its acting up again and it might have got hit by some kind of viruses or something... which its funny because we have 3 different kinds of virus scan thingy and none of them detected any major bug. So we are hoping it just the computer itself that can be easily fixed and be able to retrieve all of our personal files back safely. I'm using the interent on my cell phone that takes ages for it to upload the sites I want to see. The downside of it it can only hold certain amount of memory on it so I won't be able to see everything as u see on the computer. So I apologize for not having anything posted lately... now where's the hammer...

Rate yourself!

2008-06-24T22:49:00.000-06:00

As a 1930s wife, I am
Average

take the test!

http://www.magatsu.net/maritaltest/index.php

This is interesting... the questionaire is pretty hillarious but I was surprise to see my results... try it out and see what you are!

ELLA is FOUR!!!!

2008-06-23T15:33:00.001-06:00

Today is ELLA'S fourth birthday!!! Half way of getting BAPTIZED!!!!! Hard to believe that our little girl is growing up so fast! We had a FUN day... we went to the newest park by our house that has funky water fountains to run through and a playground nearby. Tonight we are having a BBQ party with the family to celebrate Ella's birthday... pictures are coming.

Terry Look-alike Meter

2008-06-18T10:15:00.001-06:00

Hey this is fun ... you ought to try it out to see what your kids really look like!! (Hawaii pictures is coming... Im trying to figure out how to get my scanner to work to put up some COOL pictures!)

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebs - Collage - Morph

Terry Look-alike Meter

2008-06-18T10:01:00.001-06:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Vintage photos - Family reunion

Still working on it...

2008-06-02T11:02:00.000-06:00

I know a lot of you are still waiting for me to post some pictures of HAWAII... I am still working on it... The HAWAII blog is going to be the longest blog ever so hold your horses and its gonna be wild!

I'm IT!

2008-06-02T10:18:00.000-06:00

I've Been Tagged.
Marrian tagged me.
Rules first: I need to answer 6 questions. I then tag 6 people and post their names here, then go to their blog and comment to tell them that they have been tagged and to visit here to find out the rules. I must then let the person who tagged me know when I have posted my answers.

1) 5 Things on my 'to-do' list:

* Do laundry
* Go grocery shopping
* Finish filling out application for Ella's preschool (she's starting in
the fall!!)
* Play with my kids
* Figure out what to make for dinner tonight.

2) 5 Snacks I Love:

* Mariani brand dried Mangos mmm!
* S'mores
* Chocolate covered Almonds (man those are addicting!)
* Pepperoni/Cheese and crackers
* Gum

3) 5 Things I'd do if I suddenly became a millionaire:

*Pay tithing of course
* Invest it
* Pay off debts
* Travel all over
* Set up foundations

4) 5 Places I've lived: I've lived in Utah all my life... here are the cities I've lived in.

* Pleasant View
* South Ogden
* Kaysville
* West Bountiful
* Layton
* now South Ogden

5) 5 Jobs I've had:

* Office assistant for Dr. Liston
* Office assistant for Specialty Controls HVAC
* Service for Student with Disabilities at Weber State
* Coca-Cola Abassador during the 2002 Olympics
* currently - Stay home mom - loving it!

6) 5 Things people don't know about me:

* I eat my sandwiches around and eat the middle part
for last which its the BEST part of the sandwiches!!
* I have ZERO cavities and never had them.
* I have been inside the Oval office with Vice
President George W. Bush in the White House.
I was 4 years old.
* I'm profoundly deaf and did not know ASL till I got to
Weber State.
* I'm TERRIFIED of grasshoppers.

I'm tagging: I know several people who had already done this but I'm tagging whoever reads this... That means you KATIE, GINNY, and SHANNON F.!!

We're BAAACK!!!!

2008-05-05T10:12:00.000-06:00

Man it was SOO good to be home!! Hawaii was a BLAST and it was great to get away to spend some quality time with my husband for 2 weeks. We sure did miss the kids tremendously! Today is going to be a little busy for me and I wont be able to tell you all about Hawaii just yet. When things settled down with clean clothes put away, get some groceries and spend a LOT of time with the kids, then I will be able to do some posting.

...and we're OFF!!!

2008-04-18T21:56:00.000-06:00

Just so you know that I will be off for 2 weeks with this whole BLOG journal... We are leaving on a cruise to HAWAII early, early Sunday morning!! I will post some pictures for sure!!! Be safe where ever you are and what ever you're doing. Ta Ta!

(chuckle...)

2008-04-16T16:55:00.000-06:00

Ok. I just saw something a little hilarious today. I was driving along Washington Blvd heading to the library and saw a car driving by me... the driver has a long mullet hair with geeky looking glasses and a moustache... AND this is his "COOL" car.

Thats right!! There are HORNS on the front of his car!! hahaha

Family Home Evening

2008-04-15T09:18:00.000-06:00

Last night we called the Barnes and asked if they would like to join us at the Park to go fly kites for Family Home Evening... they were DELIGHTED!! So we met up at the Friendship Park and the wind was perfect!!! After playing around with the kites the kids went to the nearby playground to play for a little bit. Coleman had a BLAST swinging on the swings... it was his first time on it and LOVES it! We went to Zeppe's for our treat and it was YUMMY!

Fun Questions

2008-04-15T08:19:00.000-06:00

A fun questionnaire to do requested by Marrian! Everyone ought to fill it out...

1. Occupation? Stay at home mom and wife

2. What color are your socks right now? Not wearing it now and don't like wearing them

3. What was the last thing that you ate? Gellata ice cream from Zeppe's (Italian ice cream to die for!) We went there for FHE treat. Mmm!

4. Can you drive a stick shift? You betcha

5. Last person you spoke to on the phone? mmm if you count TTY its Dave.

6.Name an odd job you've had? I was a back-up Interpreter for the deaf (till the certified one showed up) (for those who doesn't know... I'm deaf.)

7. How old are you today? 26

8. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football

9. What is your favorite drink? water

10. Have you ever dyed your hair? oh yea.. big mistake

11. Favorite TV show? If I have a TV that works it would be the shows on Discovery Channel

12. What is the last movie you watched? Alvin and the Chipmunks

13. Favorite day of the year? Probably today... its suppose to be in the 80's!!

14. How do you vent anger? Definitely cry... and would CLEAN the house till I feel better.

15. What was your favorite toy as a child? Probably my bike

16. What is your favorite season? Fall

17. Hugs or kisses? hugs

18. Cherries or blueberries? Blueberries

19. Living arrangements? Rambler style house with 4 bed 2 bath

20. When was the last time you cried? Don't really remember... maybe 2 weeks ago?

21. What is on the floor of your closet? Beat-up cardboard box with shoes and plastic drawers and wicker basket full of clean sheets.

22. What did you do last night? Went to the park to fly kites (it was perfect day!), play in the playground and went to Zeppe's to get Ice cream.

23. What inspires you? photography

24. What are you most afraid of? Losing my husband

25. Favorite smells? Clean kids

26. Favorite dog breed? Yorkie Terrier

27. Favorite day of the week? Saturday

28. How many states have you lived in? just one UTAH

Not Bad!

2008-04-14T17:02:00.000-06:00

It was the middle of the day and it was almost nothing to do at the moment and I took a look at Ella's hair and how much I really want for her to grow it long... but at her stage its impossible to keep it nice and clean... She would get those teeny tiny obnoxious knots in her hair and she absolutely does not want to have her hair styled. So I felt the need to have her hair cut NOW... I asked Ella if she would like to have her hair cut and she would reply back, "Ya! My hair is getting TOO long and its ALMOST touch my bum!" I bravely pulled out the special scissors for hair and figure out what to do and how to start. I told Ella that she has to sit VERY still in order for me NOT to mess up. She did GREAT!!! I am pretty happy that I did well for the first time and she looks really cute and it looks so much better! Here are the pictures BEFORE and AFTER.

Deers!

2008-04-14T16:56:00.000-06:00

We were heading home after eating dinner at my folk's house last night and we saw 2 deers eating grass along the busy Burton Lane! Its always fun to see something unusual happening near our parents house.

Excited or Anxiety?

2008-04-14T09:51:00.000-06:00

AHHH! I can't tell if I am experimenting EXCITEMENT or ANXIETY??!! Dave and I are leaving to go on a 12 day cruise to Hawaii in less than a week!!! WITHOUT the KIDS... This is going to be the first time to be gone that long without the kids yet this is the first time in a long time to be alone with my own husband!!

Ella sick??

2008-04-12T10:16:00.000-06:00

Every morning Ella would wake up all LIVELY and HAPPY but this morning I noticed she was not acting her usual self... I asked her if she was alright... she says she had gotten up during the night to go throw up... I don't know if it was true or not because we didn't hear her getting up or something. I asked her why didn't you come and get us and she says that she wanted us to sleep in and didn't want to wake us. Now I felt guilty. Well this is her climbing back in bed all by herself after breakfast without telling us. Hopefully she'll be feeling better soon.

Play Doh!

2008-04-12T09:43:00.001-06:00

The other day, Ella and I played with Play Doh... Oh how I LOVE Play Doh!! I LOVE the smell of freshly new can of Play Doh... It just brings back memories of me playing with it when I was a child. I love it!

Wild Child?

2008-04-12T09:37:00.000-06:00

Is my son going to be a wild child? Seems like lately hes getting too mischievous and doing things dangerous without me looking. Here's what hes been doing and look at all the previous post and tell me... Is my son a wild little stinker?? I miss my little sweet poo poo!

Crazy day

2008-04-09T19:20:00.000-06:00

What a day... This morning Ella wanted to play with me so I did... Guess what she wanted to do? You'll never guess. Take a look at the picture and see what she did.

That's right!! She wanted to put plastic Easter eggs in my hair! She would open them up and grab a strand of my hair and close them so the eggs can be hanging onto my hair... maybe this will be the next new hair do trend. Silly girl.

Later that morning we went to Ella's dance class and she did amazingly well and was very attentive to her teachers! After that we went to Walmart to get some few things and Coleman is being little mischievous, he would wiggle his way out of the shopping cart seat belt and tries to stand up without me looking. I had to tightened the straps up several times to keep him secured in. Then we came home to make dinner... the Missionaries came over to join with us... it was fun and short. They have an appointment to go to right after so we got to know them for a little bit. While I was cleaning up dinner I accidentally slid the plastic/ceramic type bowl too hard on the counter and fell. It SHATTERED to MILLIONS of pieces!! It went EVERYWHERE!!

NICE!!! While I was sweeping up my mess and Coleman was being mischievous again... He wiggled his way out of his high chair standing up smiling at me. What a stinker.

Wishing Katie....

2008-04-08T09:39:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday!!!

We hope that your day will be WONDERFUL!!!

We all love ya!!

(just imagine there is Cake and balloons decorated in this post... for some reason I can't figure out how to add pictures from the Clip art... hmm... anyways have a GREAT one!!)

Rewind...

2008-04-07T14:28:00.001-06:00

OK now that my internet is up and running again and I would rewind back where I had left off after the internet crashed... March 19th... Elder Michael Douglas Terry left this very day to serve a mission to Houston, Texas... he is the last Terry boy out of 4 boys to be out serving for the Lord. Elder Thomas Brice Terry is now currently serving in San Fernando (sp?) California and will be coming home in the Fall. As we can tell that Mike was very anxious to get to work!! We LOVE you all Mike and Thomas!!

March 21st... Grandma Terry gave her an early Easter surprise.... A Flower Greenhouse!! Ella has been wanting to grow something and she always has been fastinated how they grow and what comes at the end... so we planted some in the mini flower pots till they get bigger and will be transfering to a bigger pot. The flowers are Zinnas and Sunflowers. Everyday she would go out in the Solarium and see the progress... she LOVES it!

March 22nd... South Ogden City has a really fun event going for all the kids... EASTER EGG HUNT!!! It was held at the Friendship Park and we got there around 8:30 in the morning and once the buzzer goes off at 9 you gather as many eggs as you can. There are thousands and thousands of colorful eggs scattered around... in fact one of our neighbors did a service project by helping stuffed candies in the eggs... they said they did over 10 thousand eggs... thats a lotta freakin eggs!! I explained to Ella what to do as she hears the buzzer goes off and once it went off Ella ended up looking for all the "Pink" or "Purple" colored eggs... she didnt get much but she had a blast. Coleman had fun throwing the Eggs in the bucket (the pink bucket was suppose to be Ella's but I thought she might will fill it up full so she used a grocery bag instead. I was wrong.) The kids had a great time!

March 23rd.... HAPPY EASTER!!!! The Easter Bunny brought over a wagon for Ella and Coleman to share!! They both LOVE it and I LOVE it too!! Its got a canopy over it to keep the sun out of them and its got a fold up seat with seatbelts and also it even got a cupholder inside to put their drinks in!! I can't wait for the weather to warm up a little to take them out for a stroll!!

March 31st... Well... we woke up with a surprise outside!! What the heck!? Snow?! Grr... at least it melted away quickly at the end of the day... SPRING MUST GET HERE!!!

April 1st... Okay I knew this day was coming and I prepared myself for this day.... I got dressed for the day and something went really wrong... I just couldnt figure out why the heck Im so itchy in my bra area... It felt like something was there and is poking me... so I took my bra off and came to my surprise that there is stuff in there. I told myself "What??? How?? Did my bra exploded or ripped or something?" (I wear padded bra) Then I took a look in the other cup... sure enough... both of them was filled with STUFF!! I smiled an angry "I cant believe he did this" smile... I dialed up Dave's number and asked him if he had put something in my bra, then I hear him bust up LAUGHING!!! He said that he had put ITCHING POWDER in my bra!!!! ooooh revenge is coming to your way mister!!!

April 5th... GENERAL CONFERENCE Weekend... I wish I was able to hear the radio to listen to the conference... I watched a little bit online but it wasnt keeping up in pace so instead Ive decided to hack up my backyard by tearing out old dead trees and the hideous bushes... This is what I have done so far and its not even close being done...Look in one of the snow post you can see the difference of how much I have taken out. Heres the picture of Coleman climbing underneath the table shelf thingy... he was inspired by Addi to try it. Mister Daredevil.

HURRAY for COMCAST!!!

2008-04-03T20:57:00.000-06:00

We are now CONNECTED!!!! ahh so nice to get back on again... I was going crazy not knowing what is going on with the world!!! We have no television and you know me... I can't hear what people are saying on the radio, and we dont have subscription for newspaper either.... ahhhh! Ive got a lot to catch up on! I have tons of things to post on this blog but right now I am flithly dirty. I have been wrestling and tackeling and chopping down my hideous trees in my back yard. In fact, my backyard is hideous. Good grief... I got one obnoxious tree down... the branches is like a mile long and likes to twist around to another trees and there are thorns all around it that are as long as my finger... thank goodness I havent been stabbed but I did get few stuck in my shoes. I am hoping this is the only tree that has thorns all over it. I'll have to post some pictures tomrw... it got dark before I got the chance to snap some pictures. I need to go soak in the bath... I can feel my muscles aching... (not that I am complaining, just proud that I actually worked hard :o) )

Arrrgh!!

2008-03-23T17:19:00.000-06:00

Not again!! Our internet is down... again. Im using my mom's computer to inform you guys that our blog is going to be on hold till we get our internet back up and running again... Ive got TONS of pictures and stories to tell. Argh!! Very FRUSTERATING!!!

Future Mt. Everest Climber

2008-03-17T22:51:00.000-06:00

The picture is pretty blurry... I was looking up some information on the internet and I had set Coleman down to let him crawl around the room... well something caught my eye and I looked over and saw Coleman standing up all by himself on the back of Ella's bike basket thingy... I just couldnt believe that my 13 month old son actually figured out how to CLIMB!!! He was so proud. He'll do it as many times as he can... which means its time to make the house CLIMB PROOF for Coleman. I fear that he is going to be the first one who will get a broken arm or leg. (sigh)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

2008-03-17T09:38:00.000-06:00

Today is the day to be GREEN!! Tonight I'm gonna make some traditional green dinner!! (It should be interesting.) This morning for breakfast we had some Apple Jacks cereal it has some green loops in them... for Lunch... hmmm... not sure... For dinner... I think I am gonna go for shamrock meatloaf with green mashed potatoes. I dont know how thats gonna look but im gonna give it a whirl.

By the way... that didnt happen... we had McTerry sandwiches mmmm even better.

BLah

2008-03-12T21:02:00.000-06:00

Have you ever had the moment where you feel like you ABSOLUTELY feel like you dont want to do ANYTHING... I just lost my motivation to do something that I needed to do or want to do... It all happened over the pass week till Monday where I finally pull myself together slowly to get things done... still I just dont feel like I have accomplished something. Is it something that I need to do? Tell me what I should do? (sigh..)

My heavens!! This little girl is AMAZING!

2008-03-12T20:54:00.000-06:00

I was bored after I put the kids down for the night and I decided to look something on the internet... I came across to watch the Good Morning show and saw this show and my jaw just dropped to the ground!! Check it out, its neat!

17-month-old who can read!

It really inspired me to become a better mom... not that I want to force my kids to do things so young but being really supportive at their amazing talents.

Happy Birthday ADDILYN!!!!

2008-03-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

Today is the day that I became an AUNT for the first time a year ago!! I LOVE it!!! I love seeing my cute Addi when I or her come for a visit... I really enjoyed watching her grow along with Coleman... she has the funnest personality that just cracks me up. Happy 1st Birthday Addi!!! This picture was taken shortly after she was born.

Kids favorite thing to do!!

2008-03-04T08:56:00.000-07:00

First Addi started this whole thing... she opened up one of Katie's kitchen drawers and emptied all the hot pads out completely then she climbs in! (I wish I have the picture of her in it...) Then Addi climbed out and Coleman was inspired to try it out but he wasnt as good as Addi can so I helped him in and he thought it was FUN!!! What a great way to keep the kids entertained! (I really need to keep my camera in my bag to take better pictures... this was taken from my phone again... gosh)

New Do!!

2008-03-01T14:52:00.001-07:00

Well after MANY years of having LONG hair... I finally was BRAVE enough to get it chopped off. Yep thats right I finally got it CUT short but still long enough for me to pull it back into a pony tail... so here is the new do! (I really like it!! Im still kinda in a shock that my hair is actually SHORT!!) Ha ha the picture is not so great... I took it from my camera phone and had to shoot it in front of the mirror... there is no one to take it for me at the moment.

Finally!!

2008-03-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

Gosh!! Finally got the internet back in working order!! We have not been able to use the internet for over a week!!! Its been kinda frusterating because we called and made an appt for the Qwest guy to come over to see what the problem might be. They said Tuesday the 26th between 1-5... well they must have came but I wasnt home yet... (I had a dr. appt that day) and was hoping they would come back again after I missed them... well they ended up not coming back. SO Holli called and see if they could come back again the next day anytime after 2... they said they can try... I stayed home all afternoon waiting for them to come. NOPE... okay one more call again and finally made an appt that they WILL show up between 2-5 pm on Thursday... so I waited, waited, and waited and its pass 5.... NO SHOW!!! grrrrr.... I wasted my whole afternoon just to wait for them to come over to fix the freakin internet. Ooooh we were furious... Dave called Qwest up and threatened them to show up or we will call Bill Gephardt and plaster it all over channel 2 news... They said that they PROMISE will have someone over for Friday betweekn 2-4 which was yesterday and it will be FREE of charge... Yes another day of wasting my time waiting for them... they actually did show up 15 minutes LATE and got the internet working by putting up a new phone line. YAY. jeez.

Is this how it goes??

2008-02-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

My goodness... ever since I've become a mom... LIFE has gotten busier and busier!!! Just the last few days I've been running around getting things done. (I've accomplished them all!! Amazingly!) Yesterday has been a crazy day for me... Ella had her dance at 11:30, dropped Dave's clipboard off at his shop, hurried back in time for the Playgroup thing at my ward with me being in charged (we made paper airplanes and the kids had a blast throwing it around to see it fly), after the playgroup I dropped Ella off to my moms house so Ella can go with her and grandpa to visit my grandma (Ella's great grandma), then I took Coleman to his one year well check... he now weighs 15 lbs 4 oz and is 27 1/4 inches long which puts him <5% for BOTH weight and height. He screamed BLOODY murder while getting his 3 shots and a poke on his toe for iron check. Everything went well... healthy little boy. After his appointment, we went to run some other errands to get things we need and head back up to my moms house by then it was almost 7 o'clock and had something to eat... I WAS STARVING!!! Finally, I loaded the kids up and head home to put them in bed and ran myself a nice hot bath with a new magazine to read... ahhh perfect!

COLEMAN'S ONE!!!!

2008-02-17T21:06:00.000-07:00

Today is COLEMAN'S First birthday!!! I can't believe its been a year ago since I gave birth to him!! We had a little party for him, both of our families came over for dinner and had cake and ice cream. It was fun watching Coleman dive into his cake... boy it was a mess but well worth it!

Valentine Cookies

2008-02-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

Theres Ella decorating her valentine cookies... Today we had a playgroup get together to decorate their own cookies. They all had a blast!
Kids and their moms decorating cookies... All these people are from our ward... we get together weekly to do activities with the kids. We love it!
Here's Ella's cookies after she was done... We brought them home for Dave/daddy to eat for Valentine treat.

Hello? Hello?

2008-02-14T12:55:00.000-07:00

Coleman has figured out what a phone is for... if you say "Hello? Hello?" he'll pick up the phone and put it on his ear to listen... what a smartie. This picture was taken off from my phone... thats why its a bad coloring.

William Powell Barker

2008-02-12T19:30:00.000-07:00

Today has been a sad day... My grandpa passed away this afternoon. He was 87 years old. It was hard to see him gone but at the same time I am glad that he is out of his misery and is able to be reunited with his family again. We love you and we will meet again Grandpa. His obituary is in this website: www.lindquistmortuary.com

Busy Boy!!

2008-02-09T22:52:00.000-07:00

Coleman is now CRAWLING and CLIMBING!!! He finally figured out how to crawl using all fours... he has been army crawling for a long time and just out of the blue he figured it out! He also did figured out how to climb!! It all started when he was able to climb something low to his reach and now he figured out to reach up high to pull himself up. So now he is exploring all the new things that he hasnt seen up high... there are quite a few times that he has fallen and bonk his head and ended up having breath holding spells. It made me feel really bad when he goes through those. He wants to explore EVERYTHING!!!

Icicles

2008-02-07T15:41:00.001-07:00

We have HUGE icicles!!! Its all hanging down all around my house. This one is in the north side of my house... everytime you break them, they all grow back out so fast till it touches the ground. The last 2 is in my backyard (south side) of my house it is so THICK and its already molded around the dog run and to the ground... You cant see anything through the window.. its all icicles. I think its time for SPRING to get here!!!

Coleman's Teeth

2008-02-07T15:30:00.000-07:00

This picture is when Coleman was barely nine months old and got his first two bottom teeth (yes both came up right around the same time)
Now this picture is as of today... 10 days of turning one years old... he now has 6 teeth total... 3 on the top and 3 on the bottom. I swear he gets a new tooth everyday!! (Sorry... he just ate some bananas and hes all messy from it.) I think its funny that he has teeth now because Ella didnt get her very first tooth when she was 13 months old. So beware... he likes to bite.

Hula Dance

2008-02-07T14:57:00.000-07:00

This is Ella practicing her Hula dance... She has been taking dance class every Wednesday for half hour and she is LOVING it! Her first recital is coming in May. The first photo, she is doing the dance called "Little Brown Gal" and the last two photos, is doing the hula bum shake. Like I said... its FUN to watch her!!

Heart shaped Cake... Mmmm!

2008-02-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

Ella and I made Heart shaped cake for dad/Dave... it turned out great!! Its white cake with red spots and covered it with pink frosting with red crystal sprinkles.

I gave some pieces of cake that I cut out to Coleman so that he could have a taste test. He LOVES it and he threatened us "Don't take it away!"

There is our cake and is sitting beautifully in the glass cake holder waiting for us to eat it for tonights FHE dessert. YUM!

Two old men

2008-02-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

Drew's and Adair's 50th birthday party

2008-02-02T21:53:00.000-07:00

Today we threw a party for Drew's and Adair's 50th birthday.... Drew is David's dad and Adair is one of Drew's and Ginny's long time friend. Their birthdays was in December... there was several unexpected events and we all decided to throw it on Groundhogs day which was today... Back in the day when they both were roommates in college at BYU they made up a tradition to celebrate groundhogs day with all kinds of activities (I don't know the details) so we went ahead and celebrated their 50th birthday at my house with families and close friends. We all had a good time and the kids had so much fun playing with other kids... as soon they left, both Ella and Coleman conked out. In this picture, they have a card briefcase with sayings along with candies joking about them getting old and them getting ready to blow out their candles... sorry we couldn't do 50 candles each side they might suffer smoke inhalation and die. Better not to risk that. ;o)

Finally did it!!

2008-01-31T21:05:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally did it! I got the blog set up! Now I just need to figure out how to add on some more things onto it. I might take me a while to figure this out but for now I can just jot down few things happening with us... Today has been FREEZING cold day. I can hardly stay warm and I've been drinking lots of hot coco! Its suppose to snow again this week. UGH! The kids are doing great! Coleman is going to be one in 2 weeks!!! He finally figured out how to climb onto things. (oh boy!) Ella loves to play with Coleman now because he is able to do things with her. She has been taking Hula dance and she's constantly practicing here at home. I'll have to catch her practicing with my camera and post it. Its pretty fun to watch her. Im gonna try my very best to keep on top of this blogging... PLEASE let me know that its time for me to update on this blog. ENJOY!

The Terry's

Bipolar weather

yup... that sounds about right.

Grab a chair!

Chinese New Year

Pineview Perch Party 2011

TMI

Belly laughs

What has 8 legs and lives in the ocean?

11 Step Program For Those Thinking of Having Kids

*** This is TOO funny to read... I don't regret having kids. Its ALL worth it!!!*** ~Shannon

Baby talk...

:oP

Happy 2011!!!

Well HELLO!!

BIG FIVE!!

Run Dave RUN!!!!!

She's Natural!

ZzZzZz... Hornet's Nest!!!

Ahh CRAP! (literally!)

Sleeping Beauty

Catching up... April and May...

Giddy up!

INTRODUCING....

Testing...

We're Back!!

We're off to....

Interview with a 4 1/2 years old

Swimming, swimming, swimming...

One Hundred...

random shots...

Valentines, President's Day, Birthday... OH MY!!!

Gooo JAZZ!

6th Picture

Bad Case of the Yuckiness

By the way....

goofy kids

Ready... Get set... GOOO!!!

Time Out for Women

Already?!

Coleman my man...

Boy... I'm Quirky!

Still dumbfounded...

There once was a snow man...

Gotta love her

HaPpY nEw YeAr!!!

We must be on the NICE list...

Because I felt like it...

Do You Think You Can Dance???

...and I have one sick, sick, sick little boy.

Christmas is here at the Terry's!

Letter from Santa!!

I have one sick, sick, sick little girl.

Oh my HECK!!!

Wahoo!

Where are the Terry's??

My Mother...

Do you have a hammer??

Rate yourself!

ELLA is FOUR!!!!

Terry Look-alike Meter

Terry Look-alike Meter

Still working on it...

I'm IT!

We're BAAACK!!!!

...and we're OFF!!!

(chuckle...)

Family Home Evening

Fun Questions

Not Bad!

Deers!

Excited or Anxiety?

Ella sick??

Play Doh!

Wild Child?

Crazy day

Wishing Katie....

Rewind...

HURRAY for COMCAST!!!

Arrrgh!!

* This is TOO funny to read... I don't regret having kids. Its ALL worth it!!!* ~Shannon