First Off do you like the new play list? Does it bring you back to your childhood? We love Sing Star and Paul gave me this for Valentines Day. What a sweetie. So thats what we do on our free time of course. At first I was beating him at most of the songs. Then of course when we put in Sing Star Amped he really shines. On that note we decided to give him a Mohawk to go with the punk side of Paul.
On Valentines Day Me and Carson made cookies. Me and him have such an awesome time together at home. I'll be sad when he goes back to school. But I forgot that I didn't have any Love Day cookie cutters. So here is what they looked like. We had Love trees, love stars, and grab your love hooks (i.e. valentines day candy canes). Oh and don't forget the Valentine stockings. The hearts you see I did them by hand.
When Paul came home we went on our 2nd annual FAMILY Valentines Date Night. Of course we picked chili's, our Favorite . After that we went to Dairy Queen for desert. We were gonna go to the movies but it grew to late. So the next day we all went and watched Spiderwick Chronicles. And we all really liked it.
Then the weekend came and we went fishing. We live right by the lake. Our apartments have their own dock. So we took advantage. Except that dock was locked so we had to jump in the car for a 5 second drive to another part of the lake.
Carson had fun of course playing with sticks pretending to dig for snakes and fight off Sith Lords.
See those apartments in the far off. Thats where we live. Our house is actually one of those that you see. Awesome huh? We are excited.
The first Sunday in our new ward Carson didn't have any trouble leaving his parents behind to go to Primary. As for Paul and I it took us awhile to adjust. Carson has been crazy lately. Yesterday morning he came into my room and said "Mom I have a zip on my chin" He meant zit of course because he sees mine on my face and I always have to explain. One more, yesterday we were watching Animal Cactchers on Animal Planet and that afternoon he came out with his golf club with a rubber snake on it and said he had caught it in his room. He is such a character. Lately he's been obsessed with Legos Star Wars for Playstation. Yes he's got the video game thing down. Thanks to his Father. His world revolves around it. As far as he's concerned we live on Tattooine and he's Luke and we are R2 and C3Po.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Latest and Greatest
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Happy Trails!
Well, we are almost settled into our new place.....finally. The last few days have been a challenge but Daneen has been up to that challenge. The movers packed us up on Thursday and unloaded us at our new apartment on Friday. Can I just say that if you have a garage DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED!!!!! We were not prepared to be garage'less at our new place. We, and by we I mean Daneen, felt a bit overwhelmed with all of our junk/crap/whatever. She has been the one doing most of the unpacking, and doing an great job by the way. But we are making due and the apartment is starting to really feel like home. It's nothing great and it's not as nice as our last place (especially with no garage) but we keep telling ourselves that it is only temporary. After I am done with my training period at work we will look for a permanent spot, or figure out what we are going to do with ourselves in a year or so. Daneen or I will share some pics of the new apartment later, when we get around to taking some I guess.
Here's a little slide show of our last little home
What We Will Miss in Blairsville
On a side note, here is what Carson and I did on one of our last days in Blairsville:
Breaking in a Christmas Present!
Some Off Road Action!!!
Green Goblin not wearing his seat beltFunny Little Clip
-paul
Friday, January 25, 2008
The Joy's of Moving
Okay, so for those who don't know, we are moving next week. Since we are only planning on being at our new stop for a year we went ahead and just rented an apartment, Goodie....... I just wanted to share a couple pro's and con's of moving:
pro's -
1. My work is footing the bill to have professional movers move us!
2. We are going to be in a bigger city with more shopping choices and just more stuff to do, period (and don't forget about the Super Wal-Mart and Target!)
3. We will be in a ward again (nothing against our current branch, just hoping the new ward will have more kids Carson's age)
4. The rent is a lot less at the new place
5. The apartment is right on the lake with a swimming pool and boat dock (hoping that the lake fills back up soon, dang drought....hehe)
con's -
1. Pulling Carson out of his pre-school. One of his teacher's continues to tell us she is mad that we are moving and that she is going to miss the little guy. I don't think he quite comprehends that after next week Miss Brenda and Miss Holly aren't going to be his teachers.
2. Having to deal with land lords and checking out of the current apartment, having to deal with checking into a new apartment, and trying to connect/disconnect utilities. The disconnecting wasn't bad. It was trying to set up the phone, cable, and internet. I have spent a total of probably THREE HOURS on the phone trying to get this stuff set up. The first person I spoke with said I needed to get something with my new address verified and gave me a different number. They didn't have a clue what I was talking about. So I was transferred over and over again until I was about to go insane. I hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and tried the first number again. The new person on the phone was able to set me up without any problem!!!!! What the heck is that about???? Anyway, just a little venting I guess.
3. Leaving our little branch. I know, I'm contradicting myself a bit from my pro's list, but we have made some good friends up here and we were really feeling at home. Most of the older ladies just love Carson.
4. Leaving our neighbors. Right now we have a widower living next door to us and another widower living below us. We never hear them and have never had a problem. They just love Carson too. Now we may have to deal with rowdy neighbors or who knows what else. Just as long as it's nothing like the different neighbors we had at NAU (whole other story...) we should be alright.
5. Moving is just stressful, no matter who is doing the moving. I will be happy when next weekend comes and all the moving business has been taken care of and all we have to do is unpack (before and after the Superbowl....).
Anyone have a good moving story? Let's hear 'em.
-paul
Friday, January 18, 2008
Where have you been?
O.k. So I really can't blog during the winter because I have a circulation problem (I think) . Its either my hands or my feet. For the life of me I can't get them to stay at body temperature. They are always cold. And of course nothing helps. I've tried. Three pairs of socks:No good. And I'm not walking around the house with mittens on. Thats just crazy. Some days when its bad enough I'll go lay down on the bed and cover myself with whatever I can find. I just lay there waiting for a miracle I guess. Because even though I have two pairs of socks on and two blankets and a pillow over my feet ... They are still Freezing cold. I thought old people get cold. I'm only 26. Come on. ...........................................................................Oh sorry I had to take a brake to warm my hands up so I could keep typing. Its Humiliating when Paul calls and asks "whats up?"....Me: "Oh just soaking my feet in the tub to warm them up". Whats that all about? Any suggestions. I'm trying to talk Paul into letting me take a trip to AZ to visit the Parents . At least it would be worth it to just go for a day and sit in the sun and BE WARM and of Course see my Parents. Any suggestions on keeping warm let me know. I'm desperate if you couldn't tell. I dislike winter strongly.
-Daneen (sorry no pics to cold)
Monday, January 14, 2008
2 For 1 Special
Well, since Daneen has all of a sudden lost her ability to post I guess I will put up another one. She tells me just about every other day "we need to do another blog". Notice the key word there, "we". Anyway, rather than do two posts on two separate topics, your getting the 2 for 1 deal.
Daneen and Carson: The Bargain Shoppers
Okay, on Thursday last week we went down to the "big" city so I could go to a doctor's appointment. We took Carson with us because we didn't know what time we would be back and because Uncle Mark and Taylor got Carson a gift card at Toys R Us (thanks guys). Won't bore you with the doctor's appointment and just go straight to the good stuff. First of all, Carson thought it was so cool that he had a "credit card" to go buy toys with. But of course, like most kids, he wanted to buy the first thing he looked at. We convinced him to look around and then if he still wanted that first toy we would go back and get it. Well, that went on for about an hour and a half. I think he finally realized that he could get more than one toy with his "credit card". So he got some little transformer guys, the sword set (cheapo set), and a package of little green and tan army guys with tanks and planes etc (the cheap ones that are mounted on those little pieces of plastic or that are laying down or kneeling down, you know). So Carson thinks he got a great deal with his "credit card". Let me just say, he loves playing with the little army guys that I played with when I was a little kid. And it is great to see him using his imagination so much.
While we were in there Daneen noticed that all of their clothes (yes Toys R Us sells kids clothes) were like 50% off the already clearance prices. So she went into bargain shopper mode and found some great deals on shoes and clothes for the little guy.
We Scored on four pairs of shoes, a pair of flip flops, and a nike sweatshirt. The total came to like $35 or $40!!!!!!! I kicked myself when we got home for not buying a bunch of the $5 Chuck Taylor's and selling them on eBay......grrrr. So, needless to say, when you're in Toys R Us next time see if they are having a smokin' deal!
Fun Stuff
Tonight for part of Family Home Evening we played a very intense and heated game of Memory with Carson. He is getting pretty good at it. The first time he and I played the first card he would turn over was always the same one. Now he is catching on and can actually fend for himself. He has to because Daneen doesn't show him any mercy. Of course after Daneen won he got a little upset. So to cheer him up I showed him the magic of static electricity:
Yikes!!!!
Gotta love playing keep it upCarson spent about 45 minutes laughing at his mom's hair sticking up. It was hilarious. Balloons have got to be one of the cheapest forms of entertainment available.
Hopefully Daneen's case of short term memory loss will subside and she will remember how to do this soon. Take care.
-paul
Sunday, January 6, 2008
What We Have Been Up To
Well, we brought in the new year with style. Daneen and I stayed up late playing guitar hero!!!!! Now that I convinced Daneen we needed another guitar, we have been wasting a lot of quality time together (after Carson goes to bed of course)!
Carson is finally getting better. We took him to the doctor a few days before New Year's and he ended up having an ear infection. We got some antibiotics for him, the yummy pink stuff that he actually likes, and he is pretty much running on all cylinders now.
He was suppose to go back to school on the 2nd but when I was getting into bed on New Year's Night I looked outside and we had like half an inch to an inch of snow on the ground! And for anyone who is not familiar with the south, if there is so much as a trace of snow, school is canceled and good luck trying to buy any bread or milk at the grocery store! I dragged myself to work that day while Carson got to stay home with mom for one more day......so we thought. They ended up canceling school on the 3rd and the 4th too. Kind of weird if you ask me. Carson doesn't even really like the snow. He and Daneen went outside for like 5 minutes the first day school was canceled and he said "I wanna go back inside now. My cheeks are cold". It actually did get pretty cold here for a couple of days. We got down to single digits a couple nights in a row. I told my mom how cold it was here on New Year's and she just said "wow. It's been cold here to at night. I think it got down to -20 a couple times". Thanks for the simpathy mom. :)
Carson has been real excited about building stuff with the legos he got for Christmas. Last Sunday after church we got to sit down and start building. Here are a couple of his first builds. I admit, I probably had more fun playing with the legos than he did. What can I say, Daneen is right she says she has two kids to deal with.....
And finally, here is something else that Daneen and I have been doing in our spare time:
As you can tell, we don't get out much. Since Grandma Cuca was here with us we have been addicted to putting puzzles together. Weird right? We enjoy it, and I think it is very relaxing myself (except for when you check a puzzle out from the library and it is missing pieces!!!!!). Not too sure if this is going to become a full blown hobby or just a faze we are going through. Hope it's not a sign of old age.....
-paul
Monday, December 31, 2007
Merry Christmas!!......a Week Later
Well, we made it through Christmas......barely. This was the first Christmas our little family spent by ourselves. Since we have been married we have always been able to spend some time with either Daneen's parents, my parents, or sometimes both each year around Christmas time. Seeing how we are on the opposite side of the country and all this year, that made spending Christmas with our parents out of the question. So we made due with the situation and tried to have a fun Christmas on our own.
Just The Three of UsTo make for a real memorable Christmas, Carson did something he has never done in the middle of the night. No, he didn't wet the bed (knock on wood), he got out of bed on his own and came into our room. That doesn't sound like a big deal, all kids do that. Not Carson. We had him trained good. He would stay in his bed until we told him he could get up or we went and got him. We were always worried that one of us would wake up and Carson would be standing over us, which would freak anyone out I think. Well on Christmas Eve he almost did just that. He made it to our door when I finally woke up and saw him and he made me jump just a bit. Daneen heard him walking on the wood floor so she wasn't as freaked out as I was. He needed to use the bathroom so he used the one in our room and then he climbed into our bed, laid down in my spot and fell asleep instantly. We both looked at each other like "what just happened?". Daneen woke him up and told him he could sleep in our room on his futon.
Before he fell asleep again, Daneen asked him if the cookies and milk they put out for Santa were gone. When he got up to check and saw that they were gone, he freaked out and started asking who stole them. That was pretty funny, especially since he was kind of out of it the whole time....
The one good thing about him not feeling good was that he wasn't up at 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning wanting to open presents. When he did finally wake up he was able to rise above being sick to open presents! (go figure...)
So, as you can see from the slide show, we had a pretty good Christmas on our own. We had Christmas Dinner with some other friends from church. They were nice enough to invite us over and we had a great time with them too. But unfortunately Carson started running a fever and was kind of down and out the rest of the week. Here is what he looked like when we put him to bed on Christmas night (that's the floor in our room, we usually let him sleep in a bed....when he's good, hehe):
Poor Little Guy-Paul
