We have had an interesting and busy few weeks as a family. We have endured the usual work and school routine. Then Presidents day weekend came up and we got a little break from the usual and the boys and I went to Spokane with my dad to visit my grandparents. We had a really fun trip it was a long drive for the kids but we drove up on Friday night so they slept most of the way after dinner at Mc
donalds. Seeing my grandparents was really nice it had been a while since I had seen a lot of my family up there. It wasn't a very long weekend but nice just the same. My Grandma tried to take us of us so much she wanted to cook for us all the time, but we wanted her to just sit and relax and visit. It is hard to see my Grandma working so hard trying to take care of herself and my Grandpa. It was very hard to see him. He
is not doing as well as I want him to be and every visit he gets worse and wo
rse. It breaks my he
art to see my strong willed Grandpa deteriorate like tha
t and not know what the cause is. On a lighter note, the first day we were in Spokane was my Aunt Pam and Uncle Joe's 28 year wedding anniversary. I never knew that they got married on Valentines day. They went to dinner and the whole family came over to visit. It was so nice to see their family I got to see my cousin Justin whom I haven't seen in 5 years or so. We actually got the whole Joe Gottlob family together for the first time in a while and so we had to capture it with a picture. They also got to meet Jason for the first time ever. We also t
ook a picture of them together.We also got a picture of the anniversary couple together.
My grandma bought Valentines day cupcakes that were very festive for us to have for dessert. I got a picture of my cousin Timmy chilling in the chair drinking a pepsi before he decided he wanted a cupcake. The cupcakes had little plastic chocolates on them and the square chocolates kept all the frosting in the topper so their was none on the cupcake. I got a square cupcake and Timmy got a circle one he didn't hesitate to laugh at me trying to get the frosting out of my cupcake. It was a fun Valentines day even though I didn't spend it with Joe at least I was with family before we left Joe bought me my present. It was a pink sapphire heart ring with diamonds and it is gorgeous if I do say so my self. We also got to see my aunt lisa off and on all weekend on Valentines day we went to Barnes and Noble to get a book with my cousin Leeanne and Tyson worked his charm on my aunt and she bought him a Lenny from the Wonder Pets toy and Jason a monkey with a Five little monkeys jumping on the bed book. Then the next day she came over and we watched my cousin in a musical where she sang a solo musical number that rocked. She has an amazing voice and it was so good. That same day I got to go to her house after I put the kids to sleep so that I could see my Uncle Gary whom I haven't seen in like 7 years. It was really nice to see him and catch up with my cousins Leeanne and Cameron and Aunt and Uncle Lisa and Gary. I got some good advice on how to deal with my family issues with my mother in law and such. We left for home on monday and headed for another long trip. The kids did really well considering. We stopped for lunch and got a little bit of a break. The boys were really tired but wouldn't fall asleep so we stopped in Deer Lodge at this National monument Farm. It was really fun for Tyson to get to look at all of the animals and lasso the wooden bull they had their. The ranger let us help bring the chickens into their coop when it was closing time. Tyson was the best at it and he helped get them all in, and he also got to help look for the eggs that the chickens laid. Once we got back in the car the kids did settle down and we had a good drive. Once we got back to the reality of school and work, life seemed somewhat normal. I trained in Labor and Delivery on Wednesday and then we planned on going to Salt Lake that evening to purchase a car after work and school. What we didn't know was the guy who traded that car in hadn't paid for the car he was buying so we didn't end up going. We did stay at Joe's Mom's and had dinner until Jason threw up. I ended up staying home from work on Thursday because he just wasn't feeling well. On Friday I spent a mellow evening at home with the kids and Joe came home looking on the internet for cars and found some 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX's that he wanted to go look at. So we planned on driving to Salt Lake on Saturday. Lined up my mom to watch the kids and set off in with the hope to make it back in time for Joe to go to work at 6:30. That didn't happen. We got on the road at about 9 am and took off for Salt lake we made good tim
e in about 3 hours and looked on the lot. We found the car that we wanted test drove it and tried to talk them down to what we could afford but they wouldn't budge on that car. They did however have another 2007 that had instead of 21000 miles had 32000 miles and a little bit less of the gizmo's that the other one had on it. We looked at it, drove it , and loved it. So we bought it. Sounds like it happened fast oh no we were waiting at this dealership for over 4 hours before we left. Joe ended up calling his work and telling him we were stuck at this dealership in Salt Lake we didn't want to let this good deal pass us by. We ended up get this car for 17,000 dollars when it booked out at 19,900 dollars. We got back into town and Joe wanted to show off his new baby he is so proud of it. The next day (Last night) we had Buddy, Kayleen, Burton, and Madilyn over for dinner and to watch the Oscars and play games. We were going to go on a double date with them but Kayleen and I didn't want to bug our parents to watch our kids so we made it a family affair. Kayleen cooked these magnificent chicken rollup stuff with twice baked potatoes and green salad. We played Cranium after the Oscars were over and the kids watched movies. Cranium is super fun, I had never played it before but we had a blast. First we played married couple vs. Married couple and it looked like Buddy and Kayleen were going to win but in the last second we stole the victory from them. In the performance category one of the cards made you act like a celebrity and Joe got Clint Eastwood by me saying I am old and in Action movies. After we did the married couple challenge we played boys vs girls and Joe and Buddy kicked our trash. I didn't know that anyone could get beaten at a game that bad. Needless to say we are going to rematch soon. We had so much fun and stayed up way to late. The weekend was over and now it is back to work and school darnit. Can't wait for next weekend.
Well I decided to post some pictures of our new car so that everyone can see it! It is pretty sweet! I just wish I could drive it instead of Joe but that will probably never happen. If only he knew that the girls are the ones who are supposed to drive the sweet cars! He just doesn't get it! hahahaha! Well anyways these pics are kind of cool so enjoy!
This is a picture of Tyson at the end of the night passed out on the couch. He was so tired I can't even explain he kept asking for things to keep him awake and trying to get off the couch! Burton never did fall alseep even though he was way tired!
donalds. Seeing my grandparents was really nice it had been a while since I had seen a lot of my family up there. It wasn't a very long weekend but nice just the same. My Grandma tried to take us of us so much she wanted to cook for us all the time, but we wanted her to just sit and relax and visit. It is hard to see my Grandma working so hard trying to take care of herself and my Grandpa. It was very hard to see him. He
is not doing as well as I want him to be and every visit he gets worse and wo
rse. It breaks my he
art to see my strong willed Grandpa deteriorate like tha
t and not know what the cause is. On a lighter note, the first day we were in Spokane was my Aunt Pam and Uncle Joe's 28 year wedding anniversary. I never knew that they got married on Valentines day. They went to dinner and the whole family came over to visit. It was so nice to see their family I got to see my cousin Justin whom I haven't seen in 5 years or so. We actually got the whole Joe Gottlob family together for the first time in a while and so we had to capture it with a picture. They also got to meet Jason for the first time ever. We also t
ook a picture of them together.We also got a picture of the anniversary couple together. 
e in about 3 hours and looked on the lot. We found the car that we wanted test drove it and tried to talk them down to what we could afford but they wouldn't budge on that car. They did however have another 2007 that had instead of 21000 miles had 32000 miles and a little bit less of the gizmo's that the other one had on it. We looked at it, drove it , and loved it. So we bought it. Sounds like it happened fast oh no we were waiting at this dealership for over 4 hours before we left. Joe ended up calling his work and telling him we were stuck at this dealership in Salt Lake we didn't want to let this good deal pass us by. We ended up get this car for 17,000 dollars when it booked out at 19,900 dollars. We got back into town and Joe wanted to show off his new baby he is so proud of it. The next day (Last night) we had Buddy, Kayleen, Burton, and Madilyn over for dinner and to watch the Oscars and play games. We were going to go on a double date with them but Kayleen and I didn't want to bug our parents to watch our kids so we made it a family affair. Kayleen cooked these magnificent chicken rollup stuff with twice baked potatoes and green salad. We played Cranium after the Oscars were over and the kids watched movies. Cranium is super fun, I had never played it before but we had a blast. First we played married couple vs. Married couple and it looked like Buddy and Kayleen were going to win but in the last second we stole the victory from them. In the performance category one of the cards made you act like a celebrity and Joe got Clint Eastwood by me saying I am old and in Action movies. After we did the married couple challenge we played boys vs girls and Joe and Buddy kicked our trash. I didn't know that anyone could get beaten at a game that bad. Needless to say we are going to rematch soon. We had so much fun and stayed up way to late. The weekend was over and now it is back to work and school darnit. Can't wait for next weekend.
