school conferences

well lets just say im still alive!!!! haha. the confereneces went well overall. all my teachers had positive things to say about me. that was good. i was a little bit weary about going into english class because my english teacher is very frank about what he says and i had no idea what to expect from him. lol. but i survived and thats all that counts!! jerrud even did a locker search on my locker!! haha. he was surprised by how clean it was! all of my teachers did not fail to mention however how opinionated i am! that was funny because Nate got the same feedback from his teachers to!! so we have two opinionated kids in school Cindy said!! haha. but tristen had postive feedback from her teachers overall. she is turning some late work in and the funny thing is is that the work is done, its just she either doesnt turn it in or she forgets it in her locker and so therefore it is late. so she got chewed out basically after conferences. well i hope everyone has a good halloween! i am stuck working this halloween night from 7p-10p. i mean seriously?? why even bring me into work. i mean the mall closes at 9 for peeps sake!!

OOooopppps! I did it AGAIN ! ! !

Boy am I in trouble now. Seth's Birthday was Thursday and I never called him.

Happy Birthday Seth ! ! !

I was at my mom's and we were busy. I had to take my dad to the doctor in Virginia. Then I was at the house answering calls for mom. Her brother died, and everyone was calling her about funeral arrangements.

So Seth.......I'm sorry I didn't call. I did talk to you on Tuesday though and told you Happy Birthday. And, when I called on Thursday and talked to your mom, the phone reception at Disneyland was terrible. We had to hang up. So boy, I love you and I hope you are having fun with Grandpa Don and Grandma Debbie.

Going....Going....Gone

Hey everybody,

I'm off to Grandma Cat's for a few days......or longer. Grandaddy has a doctor's appointment.

Have a good week, and watch out for those trick-or-treaters!

Happy Birthday Magpie ! ! !

Happy Belated Birthday little princess. Sorry I didn't call you until after 5, but I was sitting all day with Uncle Rudy. You got your card, you got your money, you had a party, so I am quite sure you are fine!

Thursday is Seth's birthday, so would everyone please post something for him......even though he wil not be home until late. Mandy, should I call him at 6:00 my time, meaning 3:00am your time ? ? ?

Happy Birthday to all Birthdayers this week. (I know that is not a word!)

Meghans 3rd Birthday

I see how it is. My little Sherrill turns 3 and no one says happy birthday to her on the blog! :( It's alright..... I'm gonna let dad brainwash her into a mean little monster when we go home. :)

We had fun today. Dan, Eli, Meghan and I went to M&M World this morning and we also saw the baby lion cubs at the MGM. Then when Seth got out of school we all (our family and the Rollers except Joe) went to Chuck E Cheese to have pizza and play. After that we went back to our house to have cake and open gifts. Kathy gave Meghan a tricycle this morning that Meghan has stayed on most of the day. She finally got her Zippity. She LOVES it. She is still trying to figure it all out but she's having fun.

Tuesday, my crew along with Chris and Eli head off to Disneyland. Kathy is actually going to let Chris miss two days of school. I'm not sure who is more excited, Seth or Chris. Seth decided that instead of having a party for his friends at school he wanted to go to Disneyland and take Sto and Lick. We are going trick or treating in the park Wednesday night. They should all have a blast. I will post pics from the week over the weekend.

Oh, and everyone help me now. Don and Debbie are BOTH coming Thursday thru Sunday. Can I please run and hide?? Maybe just not come back from Cali on Thursday????? Okay, I've gotta drop Sto off but can I run after that??? PLEASE?????

so above are my grades, and below are the classes. they are listed in a line. couldnt put whole report card up here at one time.

9 weeks down!!!!!

3 quarters left!

All wrapped up!

I want some of these!

INGREDIENTS
1 box (6.2 oz) Rice Krispy Treats, unwrapped (Make your own)
1 can (12 oz) whipped fluffy white frosting
Green and yellow paste or gel food colors*
Chocolate mini M&M’s candies or M&M’s mini baking bits
Chocolate sprinkles (jimmies)
Lime Tic Tacs
1⁄4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tube red decorating gel
PREPARATION
1. Skulls: Shape 4 Krispy Treats into skulls. Place on a wire rack over wax paper. Divide frosting between 2 microwave-safe bowls. Microwave 1 bowl, stirring every 10 seconds, until frosting is pourable. Spoon over skulls to cover. Pour rest into a small ziptop bag; reserve. Put M&M’s in place for eyes and noses.2. Monsters: Put remaining Treats on rack. Using food colors, tint frosting in other bowl to match Tic Tacs. Microwave until pourable. Spoon over Treats. Add sprinkles for hair and Tic Tacs for eyelids and bolts. Refrigerate to set.3. Cut a tip off corner of ziptop bag; pipe eyes on Monsters. Melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Spoon into another ziptop bag and cut tip off corner; pipe eyes and mouths on Monsters, mouths on Skulls. With red gel, pipe scars on Monsters. Refrigerate until serving.

Just look below!!!

Chicken Man off to Ohio

Well, James left today for Ohio. Don't know how long he will be there. A few days I guess.
I'm sure Abby will have fun home alone with the kids.

Chris called. His mom refuses to buy him a Halloween costume. So, the question for the day.......are YOU going to buy YOUR kid a costume when they are 15 years old?

Hokie Pokie's Birthday Weekend!

Mandy brought GREEN cupcakes

(forgot to get a pic of all of them...they

were the cutest dinosaur)

This is baby Jakey..

Smiling at me while I'm talking to him...

he heard Mandy talk...

Chris got Catherine to sleep...

(look at how tall he's getting)

Isaac and Catherine...

two cheeseballs!

Look...Isaac is bigger than she is!

Cat and Magpie...

Look....Magpie is WAY bigger!

I think he could be a GAP model...

Happy Birthday Hokie Pokie..

he smiled that big all day long!

Ken has learned how to be a cheeseball too..

he just needed a little encouraging from the other cheeseballs!

I''ll upload my videos tomorrow...

whooo...that was a lot of work MOM@!

yep, Seth is in trouble again

Seth has been bad at school the past two days so no visits from Eli or toys or anything for him. :) He has a field trip scheduled for Monday. If he gets in trouble the one hour that they are at school, he's not going to be allowed to go. I guess we will have to wait and see.

Meghan is alive and well. Kat has pics of her if she ever decides to share with the rest of us. :)

new news.........maybe...

so my boyfriend ethan trys to show me off in front of his football friends all the time...i mean ethan is the QUARTERBACK!!!!! haha. so today he came up behind me while i was with two of my girl friends and was like "is my baby a parking ticket cause she has fine written all over her". now he knows he makes me blush and stuff when he does this. then he just pulls me back towards him and hugs me. now he is only like 6'3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. haha. so i feel pretty short around him. but nasty snow is all thats going on here in south dakota. glad i have a boyfriend so i have a life!!

No News

Where is everyone? What's going on?

Thanks Mandy

Thanks Mandy for calling me a thousand times yesterday keeping me posted on Christy.

You are back on Christy duty today. I'm off to Greenville with Uncle Rudy, then to church, then a meeting. My phone will be off, but will check for messages when I can.

Have a good day everyone!

another Christy update....

Christy called tonight and she sounded like she was back to normal. She's spending the night at the hospital and should go home tomorrow. I think she told me Jacob was 20 or 21 inches long. I forgot already. I told her to make sure she enjoyed her drugs and to take the morphine ball home with her! :)

baby Jacob

The only info that I have is that he's 7 lbs 9 ozs. I got the pic at 12:45 PST so I'm not sure the exact time he was born.

Christy update....

Christy's water broke early this morning. She's been at the hospital drugged up!! :) Which I'm sure they keep her drugged up so she isn't yelling at them. I did text her and tell her to make sure she tries to take some home with her.

Okay, Meghan and I were talking with mom and mom wanted me to text Christy and ask her how much longer. So this was our texting...

me: mom wants to know how much longer?
christy: Till its done its not like cooking a bird
me: :) she just wanted to check on you. i'll tell her

So when Christy is home from the hospital, I'm going to need protection because I'm sure she's coming after me for sending her text messages all day :)

really!!!!

I'm not going to be sain much longer. Since we have pulled Meghan out of preschool, she has decided that she doesn't need to use the potty. And Seth has decided that it's okay to cut your clothes while at school. He's already destroyed 4 shirts and 2 pants. Really, what the heck am I suppose to do?? And Dan HAS to pick a job where he's out of state and with no insurance. Someone please remind me why I still live here?? I'm really about to lose it.

So tonight, I've decided to turn the home phone and my cell phone off. I'm not sure when I will turn them back on. Someone may need to come save the kids because I'm really about to go crazy here.

senior pictures

family, if you have not viewed my senior pictures online yet, be sure to do so please. they turned out really well.

the website is photobucket.com
username: keepsakesbynikki
password: keepsakes

Happy Birthday Izzy Izzy

Happy Birthday Miss Isabella.

Let's get this party started!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Isabella. I'll send something out to you with week!

Yes everyone, we went to Disney on gay pride weekend. It actually was just any other normal day in So Cal. Here's the funny thing.... Dan left the motel this morning in a red Wisconsin shirt. When we got to Disney, all the gay pride people were in RED shirts also!! So the entire time we were walking around, all the people were smiling at Dan!! Dad would have wet his pants laughing so hard!! We went because the kids were trick or treating Friday night. It was VERY cool!! Everyone needs to do it atleast once!! Even the adults get to get candy! I'll post pics tomorrow. Most of our pics are on a photo pass card but I'm waiting to get the CD after we go back at the end of the month for their birthdays.

Gay Day at Disney

Of all weekends, Mandy has chosen the Gay Pride weekend to visit Disneyland.
You know Sherrill is laughing at this one!

NO Baby

Still no baby yet. Christy said she will get Kurt to post pics as soon after birth as possible.
We are still waiting.

Baby soon ? ? ?

Christy is still having labor pains. Spent the night at the hospital. Home now. May have baby soon! ! !

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

my grades!

so every week we have to write down our grades in advisory class and then they are mailed home to parents.

computer applications-93.28-A-
government-89.19-B
algebra II-92.82-A-
enviromental science-98.46-A
music appreciation-95.21-A-
english iv-80.56-C