I MISSED YOU!

I can't believe it......my interenet is finally up and running. I MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH! There are so many things that happened, I don't even know where to begin. We might have to do a couple catch up segments.

February was a CRAZY busy month. So many birthdays, events, and snow that it would take a 700 page book to just break the surface of talking about the month of February. Well, here we go!

Feb. 10th - Little brother Griffin got married to Katrina

Feb. 15th - Brian's brother Ken and his family came up for a visit and some serious sledding. Happy bithday TYLER.

Feb. 16th - Ashton dog sled races.

Feb. 18th - Brian takes Carson and Kelton snowboarding at Targhee.

Feb. 19th - Kelton's birthday he turned 7 years old.Feb. 22nd -Cooper gets RSV. Poor little guy. Feb. 25th - Cooper's birthday HE IS ONE! Happy birthday ASH.

Feb. 26th - Happy birthday ROB.

Feb. 27th - Pack Meeting - Cake Auction.

That is just a quick run through of February. I could go on and on about the events, but will never be able to get caught up. So lets move on to March!

MY ONE TRUE LOVE

So I got to admit I AM IN LOVE! Yup, my ONE TRUE LOVE! He is my bestest buddie in the WHOLE wide world, the hardest worker you will ever meet, and when it comes to being a dad - NO MAN COMPAIRS. There are so many, many reasons why I LOVE this man. Thanks for supporting me through all of lifes trials. Thanks for kicking my butt out of bed to exercise. Thanks for being YOU! I LOVE YOU......MY ONE TRUE LOVE.
Happy Valentines Day!

BIRTHDAY WHO?

Alright so today is my birthday. I will admit I am a young and shimmery 34 years old. I can't believe how time flies. I remember the good ole birthday parties when grandma Alice and grandpa Bob had the apartments. We would have such fun parties in the lounge. Big handmade signs by the famous Bob Ward, and balloons that covered the floors. Beautiful cakes decorated by precious hands, great friends and family gathered together with cool gifts that would make any girl smile. I remember those good times.......such happy days!

Today I spent my time changing diapers, cleaning toilets, running massive errands, wiping noses, listening to crying children, and running myself absolutley right on out. I am completely exhausted and ready for bed. After a long hard day my boys however treated me like a Queen. They took me out for trout dinner at Trails Inn where we met up with Ma, Pa, Tyler, Nicole, and Grandma Alice. We were excited to see them for the evening. Grandma Alice made a cake and they sang happy birthday to me! Thanks for the special night out on the town. Also, thanks to all of those who called and sent special birthday wishes. Much appreciated!

Why is it when you get older you feel older? Is it that each year you find yourself exercising less, eating more, and indulging in fun activities just a little less. I think that is absolutley true. My birthday wish for this coming year is to enjoy each day just a little more, exercise until I throw up, eat for energy not extreme pleasure, and DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME SMILE AT LEAST ONCE A DAY~ If we don't begin doing things that give us pleasure..........each year we WILL feel just a little bit older. LIVE FOR TODAY, HAVE NO REGRETS.

When I am 122 years old I want to look like this, but on the slopes or climbing the highest peaks!

NO INTERNET FOR A %*&^% WEEK!

INSANE?

I can't believe that a week has gone by and I haven't kept you up to date on the William's household. Let me just start off by saying that it is a little INSANE around these parts.

Last week update

• Monday - NO SCHOOL, BRIAN PLOWS 4:00am-8:00pm


• Tuesday - NO SCHOOL, BRIAN PLOWS 3:30am - 8:00pm

SCREAM, SCREAM, SCREAM, EAT, EAT, EAT - PULL MY HAIR, SCREAM, PINCH

• Wednesday - NO SCHOOL, BRIAN PLOWS 5:00am - LATE


• Thursday - NO SCHOOL, BRIAN PLOWS 4:30am - 8:00pm

SCREAM, CRY, EAT, SCREAM, EAT, EAT, CRY, PULL HAIR, CRY, EAT, YELL!

• Friday - NO SCHOOL, BRIAN PLOWS 5:00am - 8:30pm

The boys were out of school for over a week and loved every minute of it. It has snowed so much lately that Fremont County has been declared a disaster area due to the large amounts of snowfall. They don't have anywhere to put the snow. It is FREAKING crazy around here. We are suppose to get another BIG storm tonight and man........I'm going to lose it! I thought that moving here during the winter I would be so busy snowshoing, skiing, snowboarding, building snow forts and running that I would be completely content. Well, I haven't done ANY of those yet and it is FEBRUARY! Hopefully soon the Williams bunch can go out and play in the snow together.

Brian hasn't been able to go into the shops for over a week now. On Monday I started his job! I go into Rexburg, work for a few hours with my little trooper Cooper and head back to pick the kids up from school. It works out pretty well. I hope I am able to help out a little so Brian doesn't have a NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

Five weeks until my Moab race. I have NOT run FOREVER! I don't have any where for little Coop to go. I guess I will walk the dang thing. Any babysitters in Ashton......give me a holler.

Today for scouts we went over to this dudes home where he had a serious bobsled run. You get AIR! Crap some of these kids were flying for 100 yards. We had a great time! It was sure fun to get out and enjoy the great outdoors.

TOTAL IMMERSION

Alright, so I admit that I am not the greatest swimmer nor do I enjoy getting into a swimming suit. But I committed to some friends that I would attempt to take swimming lessons from the Total Immersion man. This swimming technique has proved to help those who absolutley have no swimming ability at all. So every Saturday morning at 6:00am at the college I put on their modest swim suit plus my trunks and head for the pool. I am looking forward to someday doing a triathlon and figure that I need to learn before it gets warm. I told Bri that I WILL be swimming in the resorvoir this year since we don't have an indoor pool for miles. I will let you know how things go.

I told you I was going to check in every now and again to let you know how my FIT body was coming. Well, to tell you the truth..........I feel like a warn out sow waiting for her pork chop dinner. I have a race in Moab in 6 weeks and have not ran for about 6 months. Not looking so good for me right at the moment. Tomorrow is a new day so I will prepare myself.......starting tomorrow. YEEHAAAHHH!

p.s. sno-ninja is sick....snowin like crazy! What shall we do?

GOD WINS

The Sno-Ninja is strong and cunning, and above all patient. He knows that victory will be his by spring. ...

This is the door in front of our shop. It was completely socked in!
Now where was I....... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today! It was Martin Luther King day on Monday and ALL schools except Ashton were recognizing this amazing man and letting school out.

This is our drift boat. I think our ship has finally decided to sink. Well, I think God was a little upset with the prejudice that was shown in Fremont county because we down right pissed him off. Sunday it started to snow. Now I am not talking a little bit of dusting - this was serious and scary! Sunday night it started to blow. Now I am not talking a little wind - this was a friggin 50 mile/hr north wind. It blew and blew and blew all night and into the next day. I have never seen anything like it in all my young existence. It was like I was living through the movie "twister" but with white blizzardy snow.

This is our neighbors driveway. It is about 5 feet deep the whole way up. Monday comes around and guess what? Yup, Ashton has NO school. I think it is time to start celebrating this wonderful man's life in Fremont County. I hope they got the picture that God does not deal well with prejudice. Schools were closed for days, people were snowed in and couldn't get to where they were going until the sno-ninja released them from bondage. People were stranded with 10 foot drifts in front of their garages. The whole hill was one big blob of white snow. No roads were visible. Oh Max....where are you? Glad to say Max has been loving the warmth of our home. His kennel is needing a little sno-ninja touch. It took Brian all week to finally clear the snow so that people could go to work. It was TRULY AMAZING. The sno-ninja is famous around these parts. He is like a little super hero that everyone runs to when there is trouble. I am going to need help making his super hero costume. Any volunteers? This is the road in front of our home. It was like this the whole way around the neighborhood but worse. I wish you could have seen the views after the storm cleared. Sometimes pictures don't do the story justice. But I tell you what God won today and all I can say is "I have a dream"

OH MY ?

NOTHING CAN TOUCH THE SNO-NINJA - Teasdale rideOLD PIC OF BRI AND THE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
So the sno-ninja has just been a little busy to say the least. This morning he woke up at 3:30 AM and wanted to head into Rexburg to get his work done at the shops because he hasn't been in town for a few days. When you own your own business you CAN'T afford to not be there. So Brian headed in at about 6:00AM. The boys and I headed out to church and when we came home we were greeted by about 6 new inches of fresh fluff. Oh how fun! I love the SNOW. I love the how white and bright the snow is. There is a serious problem though......it is BLOWING like no other and it isn't about to stop. Here is a little advisory from the National Weather Service.

A STORM SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE A STORM TOTAL OF AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 6500 FEET
THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH FROM
DUBOIS NORTH TO THE MONTANA BORDER. THESE WINDS IN COMBINATION
WITH TEMPERATURES FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. TRAVEL
NORTH OF ISLAND PARK TONIGHT AND MONDAY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

So it has been blowing and blowing and blowing and it is actually scaring me a little bit.  The snow is covering my windows
and the drifts are about as high as my house.  I think it is God's way of saying that Ashton is a little prejudice 
and needs to start celebrating Martin Luther Kings birthday.  So he will keep sending the wind and snow until the 
kidos get out for school tomorrow like they are suppose to.  I always say "PRAY FOR SNOW" well you can 
take a little break from your prayers tonight and PRAY FOR happiness and peace on earth.  Thanks for all 
the prayers, but the SNO-NINJA needs a little break.

ICE, ICE, BABY

I was outside the other day and Carson was standing there licking a HUGE icicle. We have been getting these amazing ice sculptures dripping down the sides of our roof. It reminded me of the good old days. One of my passions in life was first discovered on a cold icy day many years ago. My husband took me on a fun adventure to a canyon located up by Swan Valley. This canyon wasn't your ordinary canyon. This canyon was loaded with 100 ft ice cliffs. This is where I fell in LOVE with the sport of ICE CLIMBING. Oh, how I LOVE the ICE. I love how you get to use dangerous gear to get your rear up the ice. Since Brian and I loved rock climbing so much it gave us a year round opportunity to CLIMB. Well, our good friends Dean and Heather invited us to Targhee Canyon for some ice climbing. It is now called responsibilities. Why is it that we can't make time for the things that make us truly happy. I have been CRAVING the ice lately and would truly love to get out a few times this year. Oh well, for now I will stare at the icicles on our roof and dream of climbing them someday soon.

ICE CLIMBING PICS COMING SOON

UPDATE

I have been a NAUGHTY blogger lately. I have missed many important life details so I will try filling myself in on just a few.

• Carson got his cast off this week - Yippee
  • Cooper got 2 new teeth - this makes 6 - Ouch
  • Cooper got a painful ear infection - Thank goodness for antibiotics. There is a sweet old lady who makes these bears and donates them to the hospital. This is Coopers cute little bear from the sweet little lady.
  
  
  • Boys got hair cuts - thanks Nic
  
  
  • Jaxon leaving the shops - sad, but we understand
  
  
  • Heather had lunch with Rexburg running buddies - I MISS YOU ALL!
  
  
  • Brian SO, SO, SO busy with EVERYTHING - someday it will slow down.
  
  
  • Heather CRAVING ICE - I will fill you in tomorrow

PINE WOOD MADNESS

This past Saturday was Carson's first official pine wood derby. He worked for days with Brian trying to build the perfect FAST car. They did some cutting, sanding, painting, and weighing to make sure that his car would FLY. Kelton along side Carson also built a car. He did his own sanding, painting and also weighing so that he could race his little car along side his big brother. We didn't think Kelton would be able to race, but when they got there they said they thought it would be great if he did. The first round of racing Kelton's car blew all 24 racers away. Apparently his little car that he built all by himself was one of the fastest there to start. The next few races were a little different. Carson ended up with 3 place over all and Kelton had some engine/wheel troubles after the first race. Brian said that everyone had a great time. I wish I could have been there, but the hospital doesn't seem to close their doors.......LIKE....EVER!

I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW

I looked out the window and what did I see.........three big moose staring right at me.

Pretty dang sweet to see wolves, moose, bears, elk, dear, and mountain lions out my back door. Maybe that is why I haven't been running lately. My bike trainer is going to have to do for a while.

LET IT SNOW

SNO-NINJA AT WORK
So it has been snowing non stop for the past 3 days. We have about 4 feet of snow outside our home. I went to knock the snow off the dish satellite and had to swim in the snow to get to my destination. Not use to all of this SNOW! The SNO-NINJA (my husband) is getting a little wore out. He wakes up at 5:00am with bells on and plows until dark. WHAT A MAN! I sit at home cheering him on, feeding him Mac & Cheese, and massaging his feet. Well, I wouldn't go that far as to touch feet, but I think about massaging his feet. Thinking about something is sometimes better than doing....right? It is still snowing outside. Wow, no sleep for the SNO-NINJA tonight.

The boys have been enjoying the snow. They build forts, sled down the hills, and cross country ski. The other day they were out and it looked like they were skiing on top of the world. The clouds were absolutely AMAZING. Have you ever heard of "I have fallen and I can't get up." Kelton had fallen and truly could not get up even with Carsons help.

Carson goes in tomorrow to get his hard cast off......HOPEFULLY! Our family is DYING to go to the mountain and snowboard. We don't want to rush the healing process, but come on......it's time!

Monday night I got tickets to go through the Temple open house. I was able to get 10 so whoever wanted to go could. It was a great night. ABSOLUTLEY BEAUTIFUL! I was so thrilled that Carson and Kelton could see our Heavenly Father's Home. Those who were able to attend were;
Mom Berta, Daddy Bob, Brian, Carson, Kelton, Cooper, Grandma Alice, Tyler, Nicole, Griff, and Katrina. What a wonderful feeling to have family there and know that we will ALL be together forever someday.

CARSON TAKING A BREAK FROM SLEDDING

COOPER SAYING NO TO MOM

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! What are your new years resolutions? Have you made any yet? Well, this is the first year since I was born that I am NOT making a diet resolution. Yup, no more.... I'm going to lose 20 pounds by my birthday. No more...I need to be a size 8 by July. No more....Washboard abs by summer. NO MORE, NO MORE! I REFUSE. I have changed my thinking and here are a few of my thoughts.




2008 new years resolutions.

• I will help 1 person in need each week.
• I will be a happy and fun mother....no matter what.
• I will be a good wife by saying and doing good things.
• I will eat healthy foods.
• I will do my best at whatever event I enter.
• I WILL LOVE MYSELF FOR WHO I AM!

Every new year, we make resolutions. It feels like getting a new start on life. We're full of hope and anticipation. But, year after year, the same thing happens. Within a few weeks, it's all gone the enthusiasm, the hope... Once again, the new year resolution has fizzled out. And we feel deflated, sad and guilty: we broke our promises to ourselves.

Research shows that half of the people who make good resolutions at new year have given up on them by the end of June. It doesn't matter what their new year resolution was -- to diet, to lose weight, to exercise, to sleep better, to work better... whatever...
Now, that was the "glass is half empty" perspective. The "glass is half full" perspective is that half of the people succeed. Which half do you want to be in?

I WILL SUCCEED this year! I am feeling ALIVE and ready for the world. COME ON BABY.....bring it!

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Today we woke up to a beautiful fresh blanket of white fluffy powder. How beautiful it was to see the mountains covered in snow on Christmas morning. We received about 8" of fresh powder and LOVE every inch we get. Christmas Eve was snowy as well. Brian missed Christmas Eve dinner due to the storms that hit our neighborhood. As you all know Bri has a new job of plowing the roads up here in the winter time. We purchased a snow removal business from one of the neighbors before they up and moved back east. I think he truly enjoys being outside and getting paid. I do feel bad that he was unable to be with us on Christmas Eve for dinner. We know how hard he is working for our family at this time. Thanks Bri for all you do.

Christmas morning was awesome. The boys both woke up to a great big WOW! Santa brought Kelton his 5 piece drum set, Carson got his MMR pellet gun, and Cooper got his Cloey phone. Carson and Kelton got their dad a CHAIN SAW. Now what man wouldn't want a chain saw for a gift. I think after chopping down that huge Christmas tree by hand Bri realized what his little heart was truly desiring. We had a great time hanging out together just relaxing. I was lucky enough to get some nice running shoes. Thanks for all the great gifts family and friends. We had a wonderful Christmas.

We caught Coop eating on a fake apple off of the Christmas tree. We took it away and his mouth was all red and yucky. About a few hours later he started getting SICK. I thought the poor kid had been poisened by an apple just like in the story Snow White. He was throwing up, and rootin out the wrong end all night long. He had a temperature and looked like death had warmed over . I think he just got a taste of the serious flu bug. Poor little guy. Not a fun way to end Christmas day.

EWE'S FLUFFY

ME IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS - oh yah baby....who is fluffy now?

Alright, Cooper is almost 10 months old and today I realized that he is no longer a baby. I can't use the excuse "I JUST HAD A BABY!" to justify my fluffy parts. I was in cooking dinner and my cute little guy comes up to me and says mom are you having another baby? I looked over at him and I asked why. He was tapping and rubbing his belly at me so innocently. Why do children have to be so completely honest and truthful. It's not like he was trying to hurt my feelings but he truly wanted to know if I was FREAKING pregnant.

So now I am motivated! No more chocolate fudge, cocoa motion, chocolate chip cookies, carmel corn, and candy bars for lets see.......EVER! I am motivated to finally get rid of this extra junk in the trunk. I was complaining to Brian that I have no clothes to wear. Actually, I do have clothes to wear - lots and lots of clothes that don't fit my fluffiness. I will let you know how the weekly weigh in goes. You will get to learn all about my fluff until it turns to rock iron steel.

When I was pregnant you had to weigh in on the scale at the doctors office. They had a sign that read......Ewe's not fat, Ewe's fluffy! Wow, they think they are so STINKING FUNNY. FLUFFY.....blah, blah, blah, blah.

OH CHRISTMAS TREE

Our family got to go on a great Christmas tree adventure this year to find the perfect tree. A few miles from our home is the National Forest so we decided to cut one down instead of doing the tree farm thing. What an adventure it was. The Williams family hunted, and hunted through 10" of fresh powder until we found THE perfect bright green tree. Cooper and I headed back to the truck to warm his little frigid face. Brian and the boys were off to cut down our Christmas tree the old fashion way....with a hand saw! After sawing it 2 different times they drug it up a hillside that was as steep as the north side of Mt. Everest. Yup, by the time their heads peaked over the mountain Brian was about ready to pass out. He looked like he had just road 200 miles on his road bike. As soon as he got back to the truck the door flew open and he grabbed a RED BULL and guzzled it down. I was laughing just a little because the tree was HUGE! Well, we through it in the back of the truck and snowplowed our way back home. I LOVE going on fun adventures and today.......was a fun adventure.

GOT MILK?

Kelton woke up today wanting cereal for breakfast. I was running a little short on milk so I secretly added some water to the milk. I poured out the cereal and milk and handed it to him, than I walked into the other room. All of a sudden I hear this loud "this milk tastes funny, I think there is water in it." I walked into the kitchen and looked at him funny "why would it have water in it?" He just couldn't figure out why his milk tasted like water. He ate all of his cereal up and kept giving me the dirty eye. "Mom, you really should buy some new milk. I think they put water in that one." SO FUNNY! Brian and I just kept cracking up over it all day long.

SURGERY SUCCESS

Carson had his surgery on his thumb today. It was a total success. He has 2 pins holding it in place, but will get those out in a few weeks. He is doing AMAZING. I am so proud of how brave he was during this whole ordeal. He truly did great. I didn't once hear him complain of anything. He didn't get to eat anything until about 3:00p.m. but he knew exactly what he wanted when the time came for him to eat. The nurse came in and Carson said he would like 2 chicken strips, fries...."make those curly", and a LARGE Oreo milkshake. Wow, he deserves every bit of sugar and grease he can get today. Thanks Brian, Dad, and Officer H. on the blessing you gave Carson. It truly helped!

Carson has just finished his fries (curly) and has a oreo mustache from his yummy shake.

BROKEN THUMB-SURGERY

This picture was taken right after he busted his finger.

Good thing I didn't pull it back in place. I thought it was just dislocated.

Carson is headed to surgery tomorrow. They have to pin his little thumb together so it can set. I will let you know how things go

GOOD DAY GETS BETTER

This morning I woke up to a feeling of YUCK! Not a sick type of YUCK, but just YUCK! You know sometimes you just feel greasy, stinky, FAT, and down right DEPRESSED. Yup, that is how I felt rolling out of bed this morning. I think it had something to do with being stuck indoors for the past week, not showering, eating out of control, and taking care of my sick little bug.

Brian, of course was in a great mood and asked what I needed to be happy today. I told him I just needed to get out for a little bit. I pulled on my running shoes and buttoned up my coat and headed out the door for a short jog. IT WAS TOTALLY FREEZING outside, but I just kept thinking of my buddy Jennica who is not afraid of anything. .....including -30 degree weather. I ran my few little miles, and came back home to try and thaw out my frigid body. Exercise to me is my PROZAC. I tell you what if I don't exercise I'm a MEAN "BITCH" MONSTER. (Pardon the language)Brian bought some sheet rock for the shop and worked on it for a portion of the day. He took the boys downtown to buy them some sleds, and headed to the hills for a fun afternoon of sledding. It was fun to see them playing in the fresh, fluffy snow.

I got a call from Griffin saying that him, Katrina, mom, and dad were headed up for a visit. I was thrilled to hear that we were having company come since it is a little out of the way for most people. We had great conversation, and got to go to Trails Inn for some yummy food. Thanks for the visit!
I can't believe it is almost Christmas time again. I just LOVE this time of year. This next Saturday we are going out hunting for our BIG Christmas tree. Brian says it has to touch our ceiling. The problem is....our ceiling is about 25 feet high. I don't think we will be able to fit that big of tree in through the door. We might have to do some trimming. I will keep you updated on the Christmas tree hunt.