The Morris Family

2010-01-13T16:57:00.001-07:00

Before Christmas we took a trip down to San Diego to visit my sister who had just had a baby. We also visited Sea World and the "Happiest Place on Earth". We had great time!

Badge's Footbal Season

2009-10-21T10:18:00.002-06:00

I am so proud of my boys this year for their effort and skills on their individual football teams. I had such a great time watching them grow in the positions they played. I am so sad that the season is over however I know it is only 10 months away until we start again. I loved it! Trey did amazing and just exceeded my expectations. I was floored. He improved 100% this year!! Badge always just got in there and made every tackle, except a few we don't want to remember. He was amazing!

2009-10-13T14:28:00.005-06:00

So I have been sooo lazy about blogging. I think I have let Facerbook take over my life. I just wanted to point out a few highlights of our summer. We had a great time together. Our first trip was to Vancouver, Canada. We drove there. It took us alomost 3 days. The scenery alonf the way was amazing. I would move to the Northwest in a heartbeat! Here are some photos of the trip.

We caught a crab!

We dipped our toes in the river.

2009-07-27T11:53:00.003-06:00

Cali got up with her dad for the first time!! She screamed the whole time through, but I think she had a blast!! She had been asking for days to try this new trick, so we finally gave it and it worked. I hope this means when she is older she will be able to do it on her own! Oh I hope so!! Good job Cali!

Last Chance Lake with the Girls

2009-07-18T09:46:00.003-06:00

Friday was Liz's birthady! We celebrated by heading out to the lake! It was a blast. Esp. cause I finally got up on one ski!! Yaaa for me!! I loved it. I am not sure if I want to wakeboard any more??? Sounds crazy for me cause I really love my board! Any who, thanks girls for the fun time!

Cali's Visit to Primary's

2009-07-07T12:18:00.004-06:00

As a mother I feel I am am pretty aware of my children's health. I am usually right about most diagnosis....well so for about a week Cali was complaining of a stomach ache. She would tell me about the pain then run off and play. I was assuming it was maybe time for a potty break, or maybe she had too much to eat, too little to eat, too much sugar, or maybe she had caught a little bug, which in my defence had been going around! For about 7 days she complained just once a day!. Well Thurs. Bubba and I dropped the kids off at Grandmas to do a 24 hour that started Fri morn. in the mountains. That night (Thurs) she started a fever and was really lethargic. Grammy took her to the ER. They told her that with Cali's symptoms that she prob had a Urinary tract Infection. So off she went home with her medication's. That night she still was sick! So Sat morn back she went to the ER, they did a ultrasound and found that she may need to have her appendix out. So they referred us to Primary Children's Hospital. Now at this time we were just finishing up our race and had not slept for "a few hours". We get a call to come to the hospital. I felt so bad because one I was not with her and two she had been telling me about this pain for a week!!!!! AHHHH ! So four hours later we find a ride to the hospital ( we had no car of our own in the mountains) and we found Cali she was not looking so good. Within an hour she was in surgery to have out her appendix! Only four years old!! Not very common. Surgeon comes in after all has gone well to tell us it had been ruptured for 2 days on a scale of 1-5 5 being fatal she was a 4! There was puss in her abdomen and the infection had gone to her Liver and need to be scraped off!! I could not believe it. My poor little girl! Oh I just love her! I promised I would never spank or yell at her again!

So after spending 5 days in the hospital she is a new girl! I have not spanked but the yelling ya well it has started. She is still 4 and thinks she is all that! HMMM! It has been two weeks! She is doing great.

So now I am thinking along with my already housekeeping, culinary, veterinary, landscaping and mechanic degrees I had better get my PHD! Cause I am clueless!

Calis friends brought her a get well package! She got these glasses from them! The doctors got a kick out them she wore them most of the day that day!

Cali is going home!
Miles and Cali walking to the play room
Again!

Calis Aunt Dawn Marie and Cousins had ballons and a bear delivered! That was so nice of them.

Our 1st day after surgery was not so chipper!

New Addition to the family!

2009-05-28T16:49:00.003-06:00

NO NO...I am still sane! Four is enough!

We bought our first boat! We love it and most of all the kids love it! They are at the perfect age to learn Wakeboarding and such! We went out last sat. and had a blast. Our famly dog "Trouble" can along for the ride. We got him out on the tube! It lasted about 1min before he jumped off, went under the tube, under water, th kids freaked out. We almost lost the thing! Would mom have been sad?? NO.

We are going to have a blast this summer out on the lake!

Four year old Photography!

2009-05-28T16:26:00.003-06:00

So I start my children young with the camera. Cali thinks she needs to play with it all the time, so I let her experiment! Pretty good huh! Ha Ha!

Mother's Day

2009-05-28T16:23:00.002-06:00

I love being a mother and wife to my cute family! As much as I yell and scream at them...I do love them. Mothers day was fun. We had Grammy and GG over for dinner. Bubba cooked a wonderful meal, Ham and cheesy potatoes, in which he did a great job! Thanks babe!

2009-04-20T15:23:00.004-06:00

We also did some incredible mtn biking! Probably the best ever!

Margo, Myself and Lisa after the race

All of us!

My man! and me!

I did not get a chance to blog about our race in Moab, Ut. It was a blast as usual. I love to run now. Never thought in a million years I would! Bubba did great for not having trained very much, with ihis ancle and all. We went down with a group and every did great! Amber even came in like 1st for her age group in the 5 mile! GO AMBER!

2009-04-19T15:13:00.005-06:00

La Jolla Cove, There is a seal back there sun bathing

Stuffing Cali's shoes to ride Tower of Terror

This is her fake smile, the ride freaked her out!

Hands down favorite ride of the day!

See...barely made it??

Waiting for the bug ride!

The night time parade...

So I guess it might be time to Blog again! I have been so busy that I forget about the fun stuff I get to do in my spare time! Spring break for the kids was fun. It is so nice to have nothing going on. Three weeks ago we took the kids to San Diego. We also spent some time in Anaheim, Bubba's not so happiest place on earth. The kids were so much fun. It was our first time going without having to change a diaper or feed a baby. We actually got to ride most of the rides together too. We also learned a bit about stuffing Cali's shoes "HINT HINT" for those fortunate to be short.

The Polar Bear Plunge

2009-02-25T21:42:00.004-07:00

So My husband and boys decide to jump in the freezing lake on Sat. ! AHHH! They were troopers. It was to raise money for the Special Olymics. Crazzzyyyy!!

They did it!

Looking in that colllddd water

About to jump!

Walking to the edge!

Bubba, Badge, Trey, Miles, Caden, Zack

Waiting???? Thinking?

My pictures are a bit off??? But you get the idea right?

Cali's 4th Birthday Party!

2009-02-17T09:54:00.004-07:00

Cali is finally four, going on 13! She invited 16 girls! She was so excited for the day! It started out as a "Magical Pony party" but turned into a Valentine theme! (Easier for mom). She and her girls had a fun time.

Cali and her "boys"

My girly and I!

Mom Dad

The whole gang!

She is wishing right now for her drivers licence

We played Dance freeze!

Cali and her friends boogey!

2009-01-23T22:56:00.005-07:00

I guess I should Blog about Christmas since it is almost Valentines Day!!!!

Chritmas was great. It was the first Christmas that my kids actually got it, and appreciated it. They were so excited that they woke us up at 2 am. Bubba and I had just gotten to bed at 1:30am!! was so tired. We told them to wait 2 more hours and right on the nose 4 am and they were ready! We ened up opening gifts and doing back to bed at about 6 am. So in all the kids were awake from 2am unil we made them go bed that evening at 11pm!!! AHHHH! They were so fun! They were gratefull for their gifts. I had gotten all the boys football jerseys of the Seattle Seahawks. That made their Christmas. Bubba recieved from me a framed Steve Largent Seahawks jersey, which is his childhood hero. I recieved a rack for my bike mountain bike!!!!! I am soooo excited!

2009-01-16T19:55:00.001-07:00

Some day I will find the time to Blog!!!

Badges class Christmas Party

2008-12-22T07:39:00.006-07:00

Badge always seems to surprise me! I am still not sure where he gets his talents from....same with Miles that is a story for another post.....anyways, Badge can do all sorts of things. He is so good a sports esp. football! So his past trick has been a back flip on the tramp which was great I was impressed.... now he can do a standing back flip into the "worm"! I would like to share it with all of you as I love my child he is talented!!! Again where did he come from????

The Santa Cause Charity Night!

2008-12-22T07:08:00.003-07:00

Our friends Nate and Dani Jo Brea put together this great charity auction night. They had auctions, raffle prizes, food. It was just a great night for all. The kids ice skated with their friends and had a great time. It is such a great time of the year to support a charity like this. A few days prior to this our family delivered food and presents, for this cause, to families who were in need this holiday season. It was so touching to meet these families. They were so grateful for the help.

Our trip to Seattle

2008-12-12T13:51:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to Badge!

2008-12-12T12:29:00.003-07:00

This year we decided to surprise Badge and the rest of the kids with a trip to Seattle to see the Seahawks play a home game! I was so excited to wake up the morning of our departure and tell them of our plans! They were thrilled at the idea and off we were to Seattle. Bubba and the three boys are huge fans of the Seattle based team! We got there on Sat. morning rented a car, hooked up the GPS and guess where we went to next....just a little detour.......FORKS! I know I know I am so Jr high, but i don't car I am so obsessed with the Twilight scene it is unreal! So off we went. We took a ferry (car ferry) over to the other side of the island to start our journey. The kids went to the top and held out crackers for the seagulls to pick out of their hands! It was so fun to watch! I will probably bore most of you with pictures, so sorry! I wanted to detail every moment of my trip to Forks! I know I have duplicated pictures so sorry I still do not know how to delete once I have uploaded them????

Twilight!

2008-11-23T14:16:00.002-07:00

What did I think??? I loved it! I was not sure what I thought of Robert Pattison playing Edward. I did not think he was good looking enough....but wow yes he was! Kristen Stewart was great. She is probably the best up ad coming actress out there in "lalawood"! I have seen it two times now and it is one of those movies that I could see over and over again! I cannot wait to see the next one. A little side note.....Summit Entertainment announces on Sat. that they will be moving forward with the production of the next book.

I just think it is so neat that this mom of three had a dream, started writing and now look what is has become. What a dream come true for her and her family!

Girls Weeeknd in St. George Utah

2008-11-06T16:27:00.004-07:00

AHHHH the ideal weekend! This past weekend my friends and I took a girls trip to St George. We had a blast! we stayed @ this awesome condo in Green Valley called Point Vista. It had a private heated pool and it was right next door to the Green Valley Spa, of which I was not able to partake of because I was too busy shopping and eating and riding my mountain bike! The condo had 5 rooms and it was so clean I felt like never leaving. Also next door to the condo was the Bear Claw Poppy trail that we could take our bikes on. If there is anyone out there who loves to Mountain bike I definately recomend it! We had a blast out there in the dirt.

Thanks to all of you girlys who joined me. Lets make this a yearly tradition!

2008-10-10T11:08:00.002-06:00

The 2008 Football season is one game from being over! I am so proud of Badge and Trey they have really surprised me this season. Trey is so into it. He can run the ball so fast! Badge makes all I mean all the tackles and take downs! He is amazingly fast. I look up to them for having so much strength and energy to play! I am so sad for it to be over! I wish we were just starting! Next year cannot come fast enough! I love to watch them play/practice, even in the the rain and snow! One more game on Sat! GO SPARTANS!

What are the Morris's up to!

2008-10-01T12:57:00.003-06:00

So I have to say I love to Blog....I just have no time. So I will have to catch up on everything, so we go!

It is now turning fall here in Utah! I love it here in the fall. The mountains are glowing with orange and yellow leaves, the air is crisp and light and best of all FOOTBALL! Badge and trey are playing tackle, Miles is playing flag. I very much enjoy watching them play. I am not sure where they find their fiestyness, well I guess that comes from me, anywho they are good. Badge and Miles are so into it. When they are not playing a game a practicing they are throwing the ball around the yard or IN MY HOUSE!!!!! I guess I should allow it since maybe it can pay for my retirement! Ha! Ha! (if we/they were only that lucky to make a career out of it)

It is funny to listen to what Cali has to say about football. She thinks she is going to grow up and play as well. She says "Mom when I grow up I want to play with a pink football and I want a pink water bottle", she has no idea! I do hope she will want to play some kind of sports.

Speaking of sports....Bubba has found a new one, it is called "Let me run in front of 28 guys with paint ball guns and shoot at me"! If it is not snake eating it is something else. Browse the pictures...he is a goof ball!

Our trip to Joe's Valley

2008-08-31T14:39:00.004-06:00

First of all sorry about the picture book above!

We took our last summer camping to trip to Joe's' Valley Reservoir. he kids love to camp, esp when we take it in the motor home. Of course they love it because they can watch tv and have access to the refrigerator whirle they drive. I can see why it is cool. Bubba ON the other hand loves to use the restroom and drive. (not at the same time, as I drive).

We took the wave runners as well. We wish we had a boat but those were almost as fun. We meet up with the Whites, Erskines, Lybberts, Culleys, Halls, Kehos, Wrides and the Mackeys. We had a blast the kids rode the wave runners all day long both days. At night we sat around the fire and ate smores until we were sick. Bubba had a great time surfing with guys and I had a great time wake boarding when I had a chance, the wind was crazy! The boys had the best time doing what they call "Navy sealin" Mark Keho taught them a new trick where they hang from the back of the boat and fall or jump/fall backwards. They did awesome. I was so scared at first, but then when they did it I was so proud. The Hall, Keho and White kids did it too, and they were so brave as well. We also jumped off the cliffs and just had a blast. Again our friends are super fun.

Moms birthday!

2008-08-31T14:22:00.004-06:00

I wish our birthdays could be so much fun and exciting as when we were kids. I remember waking up so excited, what was I going to wear? What was I going to do? What was my mom going to give me as a gift? Where was I going to go out for dinner? Now it is jammies until noon, then maybe a quick happy b-day and off to the kids things! Ya that is ok I dont mind! I love taking my kids to their activities. This year was just that. We bought my favorite cake from Baskin Robbins, my kids got me my favorite game "Pit"! Bubba bought me a camera that I had been waiting for forever. We had a great day. My friends of course are just the best. It was like Christmas morning. I have such great friends. No one could be luckier than I.
Later during the week I went out to dinner with all the gals for a b-day dinner. It was Lisa and Suze's b-day as well. Great times.

Three Questions

2008-08-05T22:05:00.002-06:00

A friend of mine sent this to me as an email. I thought it would be fun to put it on my blog. Just something to do. It is always fun to get to know someone. So if you would like, cut and paste this and do your own I would love to get to know others too.

Three jobs I have had in my life:
"Chuck e" @ Chuck e Cheeses, Receptionist, Sears CSR

Three places I have lived:
San Diego, Las Vegas, Saratoga Springs

Three shows that I watch
The Office, Secret Lives of an American Teenager,

Three places I have been
Mexico, Canada, Haiti

Three places I have been this week:
Costco, Home Depot, Costco, Last Chance Lake, Costco

Three people who e-mail me regularly
Megan, and every email spam you can imagine

Three of my favorite foods:
Bean Burritos, Pizza, chicken Salad sand.

Three places I'd rather be right now:
Cullens private Island, San Diego, New York City

My three favorite places to shop:
Costco, Nordstom, Target

The ER Visit

2008-07-30T10:10:00.000-06:00

More pictures!

2008-07-30T09:48:00.006-06:00

"Julie" all alone on the portch.....

Margo, Lisa and Tara (terrah) after their awesome ride

The better moments of our trip!

Mountain Bike Trip to Sun Valley

2008-07-29T21:13:00.004-06:00

Ok so we went on a mountain biking trip to Sun Valley with the Lybberts', Erskines', Andersons', Lobbs', Maxwells' and Rossows. We had such a great time. Bubba has definately fallen in Love with someone else "his Bike"! Na I am his one and only......anywho while I was laid up from a falling incident he was out having a blast. The weather could not have been better, and neither could the beautiful town. I guess I should mention my fall! Our very first ride up a traul called River Run. The trail switchbacks up the side of a hill to the top. So remember now it is steep. We had not even been riding for maybe 15 min. My right handlebar hits a tree and causes me to tuen left and I teedered on the edge for a second and down I went. Just right off the edge I fell off my bike and landed on my knees. As I did so 3 pieces of wood entered my knee. Iwas not painful at first, of course then I move and wow! I went strait to the ER, after having to walk about a half a mile down. So they fixed me all up and there I layed on the condo bed for the rest of the day, and the next. I slept well with all my anti pain drugs!! Every one was so helpfull! Lisa even cleaned up my puke! What a gal! Thanks Lisa! Margo took me to the craziest movie. I remember going to it, but when I awoke it was over. What kind of movie is that? We ate out which turned out to be my fun since everyone else was able to ride. We had a great time, and I cannot wait to go there again actually ride and survive it.

Back in Business

2008-07-13T22:34:00.006-06:00

Badge waiting and waiting!

Miles is waiting! and waiting!

Cali had not even gotten int he river yet!Cousins playin in the dirt!
My man and I!

I guess this is the story of my Blogging life! Blog one week off for four! So many things to do so little time to Blog about it!

The Morris' have been having a load of fun. The boys have attended sports camps, which they fully believe they are in the pros now and they have been hanging out with friends. Mom on the other hand is doing the same thing I did before CLEANING! Summer with kids is the worst. I mean not with them but as far as my house goes.

So my sister Megan and her family came to visit and we had a great time. We shopped and ate and shopped and ate! Both of my two favorite things to do. The next day we took the kids down the Provo river on tubes. What an adventure! So we get there and our largest tube which is to hold most of the kids has a hole. So I find a patch GREAT! I am so thankful for people who are willing to help. We get on the river and every thing is great for about a half an hour, then I come around a bend and Badge os hanging on the side of a train bridge like Spiderman! The rapids are flying and I am freakin out. Apperently he and Bubbas tube tipped under the rapids and the current swept it away leaving them hangin! Some very helpfull guys climed down the bridge to help Badge, again with the nice helpful people, and Bubba was trying to go up stream to help Badge. All in All they were both safe. I wish I could say the same for Bubba's 3rd wedding band!, and his feet. Just a tip for those of you who ever plan on floating the river.... wear a pair of tennis shoes. Bub really jacked up his feet trying to save "Spidey"!

Bubba and Badge came floating down the river on tubes that someone had given them to use. They were not the best ("blue light special") but they worked. My poor boys.

Sorry about the mess up with pictures and their order. I have no clue what I am doing still.

Ragnar Relay Race 2008

2008-06-24T09:09:00.012-06:00

I just finished my race, I was hot and thirsty....Margo wanted my Popsicle!Margo at the end of her gruling downhill dirt road! Go Margo!

Bubba, Chris and JD chillin'

Chris running down the dusty dirty road

Tara passing the tortch to Chris

Our dirty..."Dirty Underwear Gang, burb"!

Bubba starts his 2nd leg. GO!

Couples who run together...stay together! Ohhhh!

Our van 1 team!

I just cannot tell you how invigorating I feel after after doing this race. I guess I have to explain what I am talking about..this is a relay with 12 people. Each of us had our own 3 "legs" of the race. It started in Logan, Utah and ended 180 miles south in Park City, Utah. Our team had 24 hours to run it. The theme if it all is "Run, Drive, Sleep, Repeat"., and that is exactly what we did. What was the best part of it all is we have a support van right next to you the whole time. They are there to give you water, in our case oranges which I might add as JD says was GOLD!, and I agree, gum, honks of the horn and words and cheers of encouragement! Our team wins the "most supportive" award from me. We just could not have had better support, I say we because Bubba also did it with me I should add that. I have to say thanks to Margo for inviting us to be on their team. It was our first year and I appreciate them being patient with our turtle legs.

In our burb it was Margo, JD, Chris, Anne, myself and Bubba. We had a blast. I am so excited to do it again next year. I hope to better myself and train better. I wish we could do it again tomorrow.

Sorry to throw in a ton of pictures I love to share my excitement with you all and I am just jealous of myself!

Miles Graduates from Kindergarden

2008-06-15T22:36:00.004-06:00

Miles, Ellie, Troy and Caden

Miles and His teacher Mrs. Ashworth

Miles performing for the parents at graduation

Miles is so excited to start the 1st Grade! Congratulations Miles!

Fathers day!

2008-06-15T22:09:00.003-06:00

Today was a great day! We finally had Bubba home from his long tirp to Brazil. It was also great because I finally had, after 2 Sundays of being alone, Bubba with me at church. My four kids were so good for me at home but for some reason we get to church and they turn into the HULK children. However the best part of today was being able to celebrate Fathers Day! The kids were so excited to give Bubba the XM satalite radio we had bought for him!

So we have been out of touch with the BLOGGIN! Bubba took our camera on his trip with him so I was not able to keep up. I do not like to post without a picture, or at least I try to.

We ahve been having fun now that Summer has started, we go swimming quite a bit and the kids have a great time runnig around the neighnorhood with their friends until way past normal bedtime. BEDTIME??? My kids say, "but it is still light out"! What can I say to that? It is true. Right? I need my time, I say.

Well our kids are always keeping me on my toes..... last night we are out to dinner and we get a phone call from the boys that they had caught a snake and they have it in a bag IN THE HOUSE!!!! I imediately got the eeebbeegeebees and told them to take that thing outside!! When we got home the snanke was still in the bag in the house....they wanted to let it go out int he front yard. I suggested that we take it to the open field across the street, so that it did not want to stay in the vicinity of our home YUK! Can you imagine..I would have that snake in my garage. So we took it out to the field and let him out....he was not very happy, he imediately hissed and was ready to strike.

Pretty Cali

2008-05-29T23:15:00.002-06:00

Ok so this girl thing is way too much. She is so cute in her ballerina outfit, which remeber she never takes off, but today she lept on asking me to paint her nails. Well I got sidetracked like I always do, and about 15 minutes later she came into my room with sparkles! I love her! At least I know she will be a go and do woman!

We did it!

2008-05-29T22:36:00.005-06:00

Bubba and I at the top!
Bubba fixing a flat before we even started

Bubba, Margo and I

We also have a new addition to our family, her name is Juliana. She is beautiful. She never cries and rarely needs changing, unless Bubba has anything to do with it. I officially LOVE to mountain bike. I would by no means say I am good, however Bubba really impressed me. He did great on our first real ride! A few handle bar flips but he is recovering. Our friend Margo took us on a ride to a "trail"?? called the "Bobsled" Oh wow! Whenever Margo would mention this run I would think "OK maybe in a little while" it just sounded way too hard. 4 miles uphill then a roller coaster ride down?? Ahhhh! It was at times hard but the downhill "bobsled" what a thrill! Awesome!! It was like the Thunder Mountain ride at Disneyland except you are on a bike. That uphill ride was worth it on the way down. Way to much fun!! I cannot wait to go again!

Oh ya if there is anyone out there that knows of someone who wants to sell a bike, I need to find one for Bubba! Thanks!

More Zoo Pictures

2008-05-25T22:43:00.004-06:00

Cali's Cousin Jesse came with us to the Zoo

This Meerkat smelled Cali's Cheetos and walked right up to us, Cali says he was soooo cute!

Funny this ape, he just sat right at the window and watched the people go by!

The San Diego Zoo

2008-05-25T21:58:00.004-06:00

We loved the Zoo!

If you askied Cali, her favorite animal was a the giant yellow and white Boa Constrictor. I did not know this was her favorite "animal". If I did I would have taken a picture of it. She told me this as we left the park.

The Airplane Ride

2008-05-25T20:39:00.004-06:00

Cali and I went to San Diego last week. It was her first trip on an airplane, that she can remember. We flew Jet Blue! (The following advertisement was donated by Tara Morris) Have you ever wanted more leg room when traveling the friendly skys? Have you ever wanted 39 satilit tv chanels to choose from? Have you ever wanted that whole can of soda not just a cup of half soda half ice water? Well now you can....with Jet Blue!

I tell you what. I will not ever fly with anyone else. What a great airline. The tickets were comparable to southwest. I was very impressed.

Anyways it was great. Cali had her little headphones and sponge bob and I had my TNT USA etc. She loved it. Even when we hit air pockets she just laughed! I was so proud of her not being scared. It made it so mush easier for me.

The Hostes with the Mostest!

2008-05-25T20:19:00.004-06:00

Ok so I finally finished The Host! OHHH I loved it! So I feel bad I told a few people that I did not like it. THAT is not true! It did take me a while to get into it, I am not that smart! So any of you that have not yet started please do and then let me now what you thought! I hope she does add another to this Novel. She is a great writer and I am thankful for her talents! Does everyone know her web page http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/! I am sure you do, it is cool. Her brother Seth is the web master and gives little insights to everything, that is cool! By the way who uses the word COOL anymore??? I guess I do? I am so stuck in the 80's!

My new niece Mckenna

2008-05-20T10:45:00.002-06:00

OK So I am not yet a pro at this Blog stuff. I went to get a new layout!!! and did all that and it deleted all of my freinds. I have to manually put them back. AHHHH!

Anyways, things are still great! I am in sunny San Diego. Cali and I are down here for my sisters new baby. "McKenna" She is a beautiful baby. My question is why did my own sister get so lucky to have a boy first then Girl? Hmmmm I guess it is just how it works huh, and I love my three boys.

Just what I thought!

2008-05-15T21:50:00.004-06:00

I was so excited to see last nights results. As I have talked to others who have been watching, this is usually the pair that everyone has been deciding on for the finale. I actually really really like both Davids, however Cook to me sounds like every alternative artist out there and what will Archuleta record, a Christmas album? I do have to say Cooks rendition on that Lifehouse song was AWESOME! WHOA! so anyways I just wanted to give my 2 cents about it all. I am excited to see who "America" will choose!

Tara's New Hobbie

2008-05-15T20:04:00.004-06:00

Boy its seems to be the older my kids are getting the more hobbies I am picking up. For the last 3 years it has been running! I love to run. If anyone is saying to themselves right now " I hate to run!" I said that before too. It is so much fun. It is my way of releasing that days tension and ant the same time I can stay fit, which is hard to do after 4 kids and Cafe Rio! I also can do it with Bubba. Here is our first run in Moab in 2007. Notice we are in separate pictures, he ran the half marathon I did the 5K. I am so proud of him. Just a side note he was picked (through a lottery) to run the St. George Marathon in Oct. of 2008. Go Bub!

Anywho...the hobby.....mountain biking! Oh what a breath of fresh air! I love it. I am not that good yet nor do I have the courage to do all of the "runs" /"trails"??? Today Margo and Tonya to me to Lambert Park in Alpine. It was just the perfect day for my first ride. It was not too hard, or too easy, it was just the perfect place for it. I am thankful for helmets. There were a few times those trees just jumped right out at me! I am so excited to go again!

I am enjoying life a bit more now that I can be a mom and do the things that I have always wanted to do.

2008-05-12T17:01:00.000-06:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=q2Do5nDpOlA

The Host

2008-05-06T18:03:00.002-06:00

So I am so excited. I picked up my copy of the new book by Stephenie Meyer! I have not started it yet however I plan on hunkerin down tonight, right after American Idol of course! So those of you who do not know about this author, she is the one who wrote my all time favorite Twilight series. If those are new to you please just stop by your local book store and pick them up. They will not be a waist of your time I promise!

And to those of you who also bought The Host...have fun!! Ya I know....the picture is cheesy!

Soccer Has Sprung

2008-04-29T22:23:00.004-06:00

Miles was so excited on Saturday, he had his first soccer game and they won 5 to 0. One of those goals was made by Miles himself. He loves to play sports and it is so fun to watch him. he thinks the best part of it all is that his all Bubba is one of his coaches and his best buddies Austin White, Troy Lybbert and Zack Kehoe are all on his team. He could not be happier. What a fun day it was, although winter has not left us yet. Sat. was a high if maybe 50 and the wind made it feel like 20 BUURRRR! We still had a great game. GO MILES! Again!

Mles Learns to ride a Bike

2008-04-29T22:17:00.002-06:00

Mile is so excited to kick the training wheels. He has finally learned to ride a bike. Kind of funny it took me months to get the hang of it and miles well it took him 30 min. He can now keep up with the other kids and not get left behind. GO MILES!!

Badge Trey and Miles 1st Concert

2008-04-29T22:10:00.004-06:00

So while in St George our boys had the opportunity to go to their first concert. I took them to see Drake Bell. Well for those of you who do not know who he is, he has a show on Nick with a kid named Josh (Drake and Josh). He has a pretty good voice, although the price of the ticket and the length of the show oh and lets add the "TWEENS" all around me really did not do it for me....although my kids had a great time with their cousins.

Spring Break in St George

2008-04-29T21:53:00.005-06:00

Ohh it was a lovely time in the heat. We as a family took the time to get away from the Antarctic and bask in the rays of the sun. We spent some time visiting family that resides there. Bub's bother Joe and his wife Holly and their 3 or wow 4 now kids have a beautiful home there. Our kids love to spend time with their cousins. They wanted to be together every moment of the day, and yes that included sleep over requests every night. The kids had a great time swimming and swimming and swimming, of course since Trey and Cali inherited their mothers lovely pale pale skin they found themselves under the care of the Aloe vera bottle, poor kids. Badge and Miles just got their first tan for the season. As we were leaving the pool Trey asked me " Mom how do you get a tan"! I explained that it is just not going to happen for him, poor guy. We also had fun hanging out with the Lybberts and Erskines, well of course the wives and children. The husbands said they were too busy to come down, I am proud of those girls for doing a trip with 6 kids! Luckily there was the Wright's Huh! We stayed up in the Green Valley Resort area at this awesome condo called "Las Palmas", they were fully furnished and just felt like home away from home. Each kid had their own room, that was nice, with a TV, that was nice too. They are also time shares and we are seriously considering buying into one. It was so much fun.

We Are Back In Action

2008-04-29T21:46:00.003-06:00

I am not sure why I have not blogged in so long. We have been so busy. there has been so much going on....and ok well I have found myself a new series of books. Of course I have to promote them. They are called "Uglies, it is the first, then 2nd is Pretties, 3rd in Specials and the last is Extras". They are written by Scott Westerfield. I found them through the wonderful world of Stephanie Meyer, as you all should know is the author of my all time favorite books! Check them out, you will not be disappointed.

2008-04-10T20:52:00.003-06:00

Ok so today was mIles 6th Birthday! Ya you might ask "so where is a picture"? Well I am a num nut and forgot to take my SD card out of our lap top before Bubba went out of town. I am so bummed I was only able to take a few pictures of him opening gifts this morning, which I might add the camera ran out of batteries so I had to run to the store. There was only a few pics left on the internal memory of my camera. I was so bummed. Anyways I have come up with an idea, and maybe I should not tell it but oh what the heck...I need to publish a book with all the crazy things moms and dads hear from their children. It would guaranteed be a best seller. Do you ever just wonder what your kids are thinking. So this idea came over the last few days and really came to life when Miles..well let me say a few before I finish! Miles has been asking about when his birthday is since they day after his b-day last year. It is always a ? and then turns into an argument about whose b-day is first. Miles wants to be big just like his brothers. I never thought I would worry about any of my boys being 5 going on 21. You always think of the girls acting that way.... any who, it was quite in the house this morning and I was doing Cali's hair and I can see Miles out of the corner of my eye reach for the TV remote. He grabs it plops himself on the couch and says " ok now...no more 5 year old shows, lets find 6 year old shows" I just giggled. He is so funny with the age thing.
Anyways I am so thankful to have my children they make me smile all day, ok maybe half the day, I am so blessed to have them.

2008-04-10T20:41:00.002-06:00

Ok so I am starting a new trend! Aren't these just the most beautiful shoes you have ever seen. OUCH! I guess the are all the rage in Japan? OK whatever. I cannot even imagine wearing them for a second.

Black Z71 Suburban for FREE

2008-04-08T14:56:00.003-06:00

For those that is the market for a new car I have the best deal ever...FREE! All you have to do is be on the lookout for the car. It is a black Z71 Chevrolet Suburban. If you find it... the way to acquire it is just open the door get comfy, you do not even need to turn the key it will already be running and ready for you to drive away home. If you are having difficulty finding it just follow a long brown haired girl. She should not be hard to find just look for her running!

Cali the housekeeper

2008-04-08T14:39:00.002-06:00

So I was so excited three years ago to find out, against the will of Bubba, that we were having a girl. She was so cute and oh I just wanted to eat her all up. Then she turned 2 or no was it 18 months. Wow I thought that I had maybe taken home the wrong child home. This was not the girl that I thought she was going to be. She never allows me to do her hair or dress her. She wears a leotard every day instead of a cute something! I do love her to pieces. So anyway I am cleaning the bathrooms today. She always wants to help. I do not let for for obvious reasons. So I let her watch. Well I have to leave the bathroom for a moment to grab something. She comes running in the kitchen with the shirt she had been wearing dripping soaking wet and she is singing " Mom I cleaned the toilet" and she throws her shirt down on the floor and runs off. I could not yell at her because one it was so stinkin funny and two she thought she was helping me out. So if any of you are in the market for a housekeeper you can have Cali for free!

Twilight the Movie

2008-04-02T18:54:00.003-06:00

Ok so I am so excited...my friend Jenn told me last night about some pictures that have surfaced from the making if the movie. I also had never seen who they had cast for the parts of all my favorite characters. So for those of you who are interested here is one of them.

I just imagine when I am reading this book that they are all real, actually they are...I may be crazy but somewhere in time they are real. So the movie comes out in Dec??? I am not sure actually? I made Bubba read the books so we were on he same page...he liked them and now we can see the movie together. Oh I bet he loves for me to tell everyone that.

The Life and Times of Bubba

2008-04-02T17:48:00.002-06:00

Jazz needed to make a move
I am a fan of the Jazz but consider myself an outsider of "JAZZ NATION". In other words I don't pray at the alter of Jerry Sloan and I believe some of the moves the Jazz make are not perfect. The prevailing thought throughout "JAZZ NATION" is that we will win a championship by just not doing anything more than keeping the team together. They will say things like we got to the Western Conference Championship last year and so this year we should win the West or the Title. I think we have missed a huge opportunity to improve our team and are therefore out of the Title talk for another year. The Jazz need to improve their interior defense, neither Okur nor Boozer are even average defenders. Okur has shown that if he concentrates on defense only (see last years series with the Rockets) he can be decent but neither one will stop a guy driving to the basket, let alone block a shot.
The Jazz have the pieces to make a move, any combination of Okur, Kirelinko, Miles, Brewer, Almond, Millsap and draft picks are available to make us better. I think if you go back and look at both the trade for Garnet and Gasol, the teams got less talent than any two of those player from the list above, and if it was us that picked up either Gasol or Garnet they would be talking about us winning a title instead of the Celtics or Lakers.
To win a championship you need to improve more than just getting one year older, the Stockton, Malone era should have taught us that. I am not sure if the Jazz are more interested in being good for a long time (ie selling tickets for 10 years) or doing what it takes to win a championship.

My beautiful Cali

2008-03-27T20:10:00.002-06:00

I could not resist putting these pictures out there. It is so fun for me to be able to buy a dress for a girl rather than another tie for another boy! Yaaaa!

2008-03-27T20:02:00.002-06:00

Well it is safe to say that Christmas has not ended. The Easter bunny was a hit....eash of the kids recieved something they really really wanted. Thanks Easter Bunny. Oh ya and of course no sleeping in for Mom and Dad, we had to up at the crack of dawn to see what the bunny left.

Later that day we had Bubbas family over for dinner. I love to have an excuse to pig out. Ham Turkey Ahhhh I llove Holidays. After dinner we colored easter eggs and now have egg sals for a year. I love to see my kids have a great time. I also love to teach them the reason for these holidays and I am thnkfull for my knowledge in Jesus Chirst.

Easter at the Morriss'

2008-03-27T19:42:00.004-06:00

Saturday morn was our annual HOA easter egg hunt. It was as usual 30 below 0 in Utah. The kids hands were too cold to pick up eggs and if they could see past the ice crystals in their eyes and not be pushed down by the other excited children, maybe then they could find the golden egg. Of course BUbba in on the HOA board and helped hide the eggs. Now my honest husband of course did not tell the kids "GO FOR THE PURPLE ONES"(which had the big prize). Yes he did! Badge Trey and Miles did not find the right purple egg, however Cali my smart girl did, without her fathers dishonesty. She won a bike. Go Cali!! I do have an idea though...if my kids could go that fast at cleaning our home wow wopuld it be clean, I need tocome up with a system don't I. Like hide a 5 dollar bill under a pair of undies or a sock???? Then they would go for it huh! Ya good idea!

The life and times of Bubba

2008-03-26T18:19:00.002-06:00

Last weeks blog made me realize I am a political nerd so this blog will have no political statements. Don't worry, there are many more crazy political ideas to come. This week I thought I should write about how children are bad for your ego. Miles, my 5 year old just told me he thinks it is weird that his Dad is fat and his Mom is skinny. When I asked him why that is weird he said, "why would she marry you?" The hardest part is every parent knows that children will tell the truth so ....
The point is, if you want to have a good self image, don't talk to your kids. My other thought is just wait until they are 18, buy them luggage, and kick them out. My parents did it with me and I now understand why.

The Life and Times of Bubba

2008-03-21T21:49:00.002-06:00

An historic day, why do you ask is it historic? Today is historic because it is the first time I have ever blogged. It is either the start of an amazing blog full of opinions about things like sports, politics, religion, money and all the other things it is not polite to talk about at parties or, something I will do two or three times and get bored with and never do again. So, no matter if after reading you think I am a jerk or great I hope you will be entertained. Now for today's opinion:

We received in the mail today a notice of the "Economic Stimulus Payment Notice". This letter from the IRS starts with, "we are pleased to inform you that the US Congress passed and President Bush signed into law the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008." After reading, it informs you that they are sending you money for no reason other than you are a US citizen. Our family will get about $2,400 from the government sometime in May. I have so many issues with this I don't know where to start. First let me start with this, our government has been spending more than it makes every year of Bush's presidency and most of the years I have been alive. Now our president thinks it is a good idea to spend even more. It is like a wife saying to a husband we are overdrawn in our checking account, so the husband says, lets buy a boat, that should fix it. My next issue is this, where did the government get the money? No answer you give to that will make me think it is OK to spend it. Third, if you think it is a good idea to "stimulate the economy" by giving away money, why not give everyone a million dollars. If $2,400 will fix the economy, wont a million fix it even better. Think of all the stuff you would buy if you and every other US citizen were given a million dollars, wouldn't this spur the economy?! Of course that is a terrible idea and so is the "Economic Stimulus Act of 2008". Unless we start electing true conservatives our economy is done for.

Trey Earns His Wolf in Cub Scouts

2008-03-21T21:27:00.002-06:00

Tonight is a special night for our Trey...he earned his Wolf in the scouting program. In order to earn this award he had to work on projects such as a derby car and neighborhood projects, actually I am not sure if he even worked on it...he is just the right age now to get it. No really he did do alot. We are so proud of him and the work he puts into earning his awards. Mom is glad this level is over.

Our Cruise

2008-03-12T20:55:00.000-06:00

Bub and I recently returned from our first cruise to the Caribbean. We along with 16 other couples had such a great time. Bub golfed on Jamaica, we swam with the sting rays and the Cayman islands, and visited the old Mayan ruins in Cozumel. We cannot wait to go again.