The Dreaded NG Tube

This past week at school Josh has been learning how to give an "NG" (nasogastric) tube. Everyone in the class was given the option of getting a FREE 100% on a test if they wanted to let someone else in the class practice on them! Doesn't that sound like a good deal?!?!?

I think I would have taken my chances on the test!!!

Happy Halloween

We had the best time on Halloween this year!

Aiden was old enough that he wanted to dress

up and he could walk by himself

while we were trick or treating.

I think he thought he had died and

gone to heaven with all of the CANDY!!!

He could hardly wait to get to the next house!

The Shrek Family

Fiona, Donkey & Shrek

Kylie ~ Princess Fiona

Megan ~ Shrek

Aiden ~ Donkey

I was a "pirate" and Josh was a "nurse"

( He couldn't let me have the best wig)

Trick - or - Treating!!!

Grandpa Jim's bag of "Tricks"

He THINKS he is so Funny!

Attention Twilight Fans!!!!

I am so excited to have Chick N' Scratch be a sponsor of this event!

If you are a twilight fan ( and you live in utah county) you will want to check this out for sure!!!

You could win tickets to Twilight New Moon on opening night!
We are giving away 20 SETS of TWILIGHT NEW MOON SAGA Opening Night tickets to our friends and fans!! We also have 50 great gift bag to giveaway from our sponsors with loads of deals and treats. It's just our special way of saying “I Love You” with prizes.
Each Wednesday, starting October 28th, for 4 weeks we will give away 5 sets of 2 tickets and 10 goodie bags! Plus 10 additional winners will get a gift bag on November 18th!
How do you win? Get one entry, per site, per day, by posting (or tweeting) the words “I'M A COUGAR FAN” on any of the following Daily Herald sites:
The Daily Herald on Facebook
The Daily Herald on Flickr
Cougarblue on Facebook
Cougarblue on Twitter
Adventure Kids on Facebook
Utah Adventurer on Facebook
Prep Rally on Facebook
Prep Rally on Twitter
Plus, you can get an additional entry for every friend you refer who fans one of our sites! The amount of entries you can get through referrals is endless! Your friends just need to let us know that you referred them, here's how:
On Twitter have your friends tweet: “@heraldextra I'm a twilight fan and I was referred by (your user name) to win New Moon tickets”. They'll get an entry into the contest, and so will you!
On Facebook: have your friends comment on our wall with the name of the person who referred them! That's it!

You can also go to www.heraldextra.com/twilight to enter or get more information!

How great would it be to have one of you win!

Good Luck!

~T.

Three Months of Blogging in One Giant Post!!!!

I don't know what has happened to me?????

I used to be such a good blogger!

Well, I guess I will try to catch up in one ginormous post!!!

Are you ready for Diamond Family Overload??

Forgive me for the radomness,

I am too lazy to move everything

around so I am just leaving it the

way that blogger uploaded it!

My poor little sister Heather was riding on a motorcycle

in August and was hit by a drunk driver.

This picture was taken FOUR WEEKS

after the accident.

So you can imagine what it used to look like!

Nothing like a broken foot, a broken leg

and a dislocated knee to put a cramp in your style!

OUCH!

Aiden in the Library!


Yes, it is real!

Aiden's First day of Preschool!

Aiden & his girlfriend Caroline

Josh took this picture of a hummingbird by our back porch.

A Family in our neighborhood has these little ponies.

The whole hood was hanging out in our yard getting rides.

Megan

Aiden

Kylie

Josh's partner Chad from the firestation took us on our first

Bowfishing trip to utah lake. It was awesome. I am hooked!

Can't wait to go again.

This is totally discusting, but, I was barefooted.

This was the tragedy of the summer....

our neighbors cat broke in our house and ate

Megans little bird "Poncho! "

The girls first day of school.

I can't believe I have a fourth grader and a first grader.

At the end of July we went to our Family reunion in Island Park, ID.

We spent a couple of days in Yellowstone. It was the first time Josh had ever been.

What a deprived child!

Aiden wanted a picture in front of the "Hannah Montana" Sign!!!

One of my favorite parts of the trip was our boat trip down the Henry's Fork river!

Do I really need to explain? I love that kid!

The canoe got stuck on a sandbar....

I have to laugh because it looks like Doug is "walking on water"

My handsome men!

We were lucky enough to see a grizzly bear!


I was lucky enough not to get eaten by a grizzly bear.

I was standing right there on the road, this picture is NOT zoomed in.

I was scared to death!

More so of the park ranger yelling at me, than the bear!!! :o)

Our little chipmunk friends at Fire Hole Falls remembered

us from last year!

Exciting News..... My Very Own Website!!!

I am so excited!

I now have my very own official

Chick N' Scratch Website!!!!!

Please take a minute and check it out.

I would love to hear what you think.

www.mychickenscratchings.com

Sign my guestbook so that I know you were there!

I would really like to thank all

of you for your love and support,

I couldn't do this without you!

Now, go and buy some jewelry! Ha Ha :o)

~T.

Chick N' Scratch Blog

I created a blog for Chick N' Scratch too!

Check it out for all of the latest scratchings and giveaways!!

There is a give-away going on right now!!!!

http://chicknscratchings.blogspot.com/

~T

Chick N' Scratch

After lots of prodding from my husband and my friends......

I did it!

I officially started Chick N' Scratch!

My own little jewelry making business!

Check out my etsy store~ http://www.chicknscratch.etsy.com/

I am so excited! Here are a few of my pieces!

I really have a good feeling about this little endeavor

and I appreciate all of the support that

I get from my family and friends!

If you know anyone that might be interested in

my jewelry please pass along the link to my site!

Hopefully soon I will have my own actual website!

Keep your fingers crossed!

Thanks everyone!
Especially you Aunt Michelle!

You are responsible for my new addiction!

I will owe you big time when I am rich & famous! Ha Ha :o)

Our Trip to Seattle!

We got to take an awesome two week vacation to Seattle

in April and we had such a great time!

And I am so sorry but I am going to be that annoying person

that makes everyone watch

the boring vacation slide show! :0)

So Here it Goes!

The only thing Josh really wanted to do was see the "Abraham Lincoln...."

And the "Dream Lifter!"

And then he found the "T-n-A Latte"

And yes, the sign says "WARNING: NAKED GIRLS"

Toto...I don't think we are in Utah anymore!

No wonder everyone in Seattle drinks coffee!!!

So, in between trips to the coffee shop, here is the rest of what we did....

One of the highlights of our trip was

the Skaggit Valley Tulip Festival.

Kinda like potato's in Idaho,

there are tulips and daffodils just planted

in field after field. It has got to be one of the

most beautiful things I have ever seen.

We bought some of the pink ones for Grandma!

The Pike Street Fish Market....

The elevator up to the market

had a mirror on the ceiling......I LOVE this picture!

We took these pictures at the pond by my Grandparents have

by their house.

Don't even ask...I have no idea!

We took the ferry over to Whidby Island so we could check out Fort Casey and Deception Pass.

The Beach at Fort Casey...

Someone had built this "house" out of the drift wood.
DECEPTION PASS

Those of you that know me well know how I feel about bridges..... And I'll have you know that I walked across this bridge not once but TWICE!
Poor Megan inherited her mothers fear....
The only way she would go across is if she got a piggy back from her Dad!

Josh & I went on a little date to Safeco Field to watch the Mariners play the Angels.

And we were "lucky" enough to see Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 400th homerun as a Mariner and Ichiro hit a grandslam homer!

The Troll under the Freemont Street Bridge

(that is a real VW Bug in his hand)

For all of you "Deadliest Catch" Fans.....

The Northwestern Crab Boat!


The Seattle Zoo

Mukilteo Beach

The kids love to hunt for crabs under the rocks at the beach.

We had the best time. Thank You Grandpa & Grandma! I really miss sleeping in late and waking up to hot breakfast that I didn't have to make.

We Love and Miss You!