There's gold in them there hills!

or cow pasture as the case may be. They made a haul. Enough gold spray painted beans and rice to make dinner for five.

"Chicks" love him

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to Texas we go...

Tomorrow Jeremy and I are leaving to visit Dallas for 3 days. Yeah!

Today Ella came home from school sobbing that her ear hurt. I was very grateful that it started today so we could get her in and get some medicine. Crisis diverted!

Until 7 when I tucked Kyla in and realized she has a fever! I hope Advil is a miracle drug.

Hopefully she's not clairvoyant

Yesterday we're driving in the car and Kyla tells me she's going to name her baby John Jacob King. I said no you're not. You're baby will have a different last name.
She told me, "I know, I'm just practicing how it will sound if I ACCIDENTALLY have a baby before I'm married."
No accidents, please.

When your dead...

I was using the new knives I recieved for my birthday to cut a bagel for breakfast. Jaden said, "Hey, I just washed that knife and put it away." I told him I'd wash it when I was done, but thanks for remembering they don't go in the dishwasher and taking care of them. He told me, "That's OK I'm going to take care of them so I can get them when your dead. Their really nice knives." I don't know if I should be worried or not. He really like knives.

Well it's 2 oclock in the morning, baby I just can't...

Sleep!!!! So much for my plan. I took melatonin at 7 so that I would be ready for bed by 8:30. Worked like a charm, until I had to pee at 10:30 and here we are now. Just counting down the hours till my alarm clock goes off at 5 AM. Audios for now, we'll see if I'm still awake in an hour.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Just wanted to remember my 34th birthday. Nobody else has to read this. Last week Jeanine called and said her tooth had broken and that she wanted to use one of her free tickets to come out here and get it fixed. Luckily for me the only time available was the 4th and 5th. Jeremy was a saint. He had already taken the day off, but said if I wanted him to fix her tooth for my birthday he would. What a guy! Even though the 4th was a cold, dreary and totally foggy day her plane only landed 10 min. late. Jeanine and I headed to Ashland to window shop and eat at Pasta Piazzi, while Jeremy had a game night at his office. Jeanine bought me a fantastic puzzle piece charm that read, "I am grateful". My wonderful magnetic coat shoplifted another one that read, "I am fierce". (My fierce self returned the stolen one). Jeanine was wearing her southern California coat under my long white trench because it was a whopping 24 degrees outside. Dinner was fantastic. This morning I woke up to my favorite breakfast , Pecan encrusted croissant french toast, reserved only for my birthday and mother's day. I received a beautiful birthday shirt, some amazing kitchen knives, and awesome dish towels. While Jeremy was fixing Jeanine I went to the gym. Afterwards Jeanine and I went shopping for some new cereal bowls (I was down to four, and with five in the family that's a problem). Came home and Jeremy had prepared my favorite almond cake topped with berries, which we ate at three so Jeanine could have some before her plane left. All this was interspersed with phone calls from friends and family. After dropping Jeanine off we went to dinner at Olive garden where Jaden gave me his Andes mint, because he knows there my favorite. LOVE HIM SO MUCH! Came home to a roaring fire and warm house. What a great way to get older. I don't know how Jeremy does it all, especially on 4 hours sleep. He always goes out of his way to make my birthday's amazing. Thanks.

Swim Free!

In November we became the proud parents of 250 salmon. We have watched them grow, and some of them die. Today we released our surviving babies into the Rogue River at Touvelle park. It was a blast watching them hatch from their tiny pink eggs (I missed it because I was in Georgia, but I got minute by minute calls from the kids telling me all about it). I let Jeremy pull the few dead from the filter, because that is gross. I was very nervous because our once active fish have taken to lying in a pile at the bottom of the tank the last few days. I knew they were dying! Jeremy reassured me, telling me that when it is 25 degrees outside that's what fish do. Most of them seem to revive when we set them free. I guess the river was warmer then our garage. We will miss you baby salmon, live long and prosper.