Oscar night

I do enjoy oscar night, even though I cannot stand most of the movie stars out there...especially those who think I want to hear their political views. Note to all movie stars...Christine does not care in the slightest who you think I should vote for or who you like or dislike in politics. I prefer you just kept your mouth shut unless I decide to spend $7.75 on a movie ticket, then you can go ahead and speak your lines...but that's it...get it...got it...good!! Man that felt great. Anyhoo, back to oscar night. As I said, I do enjoy the oscars...I enjoy looking at the clothes the women wear and I absolutely love it when someone does a fashion DONT..it absolutely makes the evening. I especially loved the fact that I was able to Tivo it. I thoroughly enjoyed skipping through all the hoopla..(thank you speeches)..and enjoy what is most important..(watching and hoping that someone would trip over their dress getting to the microphone). Anyone else with me on this?

While the show was on I pulled out a Gingerbread Christmas train kit...that we never got around to doing during the holidays...and a Valentine cookies kit...that we never got around to doing the week of valentines. I figured they would one day come in handy to keep the boys busy...and what better time then last night. I am the best mother ever!!


The boys building a gingerbread train... and not bothering their mother so she could watch the oscars...



the boys pointing out their valentine cookies which they made without bothering their mother...so she could watch the oscars...good boys!!

American Idol..here we come!!

Ever since Christmas our X box game of choice has been guitar hero...of course!! I must say that I am pretty darn good at that game and have been named Numero uno out of everyone in my house. That's right people..I am that pathetic..and proud of it! Well today I went and purchased a new family game..American Idol. Anyone bought it yet? Let me tell you, it is pretty darn fun. The song choices are great and if anyone likes to Karaoke, you will love this game. The best part is that as you are singing, you are either getting booed or cheered on depending on how well you can hit the notes. At the end of the song, you get critiqued by Simon, Paula and Randy. Simon still says incredibly mean things, Randy says "yo dog" alot and Paula makes absolutely zero sense when she talks...Hilarious!




Ethan practically eats the microphone as he sings...

I love watching them sing!!

love my new scanner

So I finally went and bought our family a scanner..after 10 minutes I am not sure what I ever did without one. Our family went on a vacation back in December and I have had these pictures that we paid a small fortune for but had no way of posting. Now with my new toy...I can scan these little beauties and finally document part our trip...woo hoo.




This picture is my alltime favorite...This is a classic Bolingbroke candid photo...I am in the front row enjoying every minute...Jackson is leaning back with a small smile on his face...Connor is posing for the camera...Kevin has a huge grin but is reserved and Ethan has his eyes closed..not wanting to see a thing. My favorite part is the boy sitting next to Ethan..he not only has his eyes closed but is in a full I hate this ride position..not looking or enjoying a thing.



We went and ate breakfast with the Disney characters on our last day at the parks..Once Ethan got his Mickey ears, he did not take them off.

Dont you just love the fake background shots

And finally...we had to buy a picture of us at dinner. Our digital cameras battery died and of course no one had a charger!! Good thing Disney only charges $24.99 for this little beauty..gotta love it!!

HAPPY LOVE DAY!!

Five Alls for dinner and a box of sees chocolates(caramels only)...what more could a girl want? I love you Kevin...thanks for a wonderful day!!

MELISSA IS GREAT!

My cute friend Melissa and I were hanging out on Friday and I made a comment that I needed to get my car detailed because it was so disgustingly dirty. Melissa then decided that she was going to do what only the best of friends would do and that was to take my car and detail it for me. Now...I can keep a clean house, my laundry stays updated, my kids are bathed on a regular basis but for some reason my cars cleanliness gets away from me. I begged her to please not do this for she may hurl when she sees what is under my seats...but she was stubborn and took my car anyway. When she returned my amazingly clean, wonderfully smelling car a few hours later I was so excited that at first I didn't notice the little tokens she had left for me.

Ya'll see the pictures hanging from my sun visor and over my cd player....well Melissa happened to give me these pictures and copies of these pictures for each one of our friends displayed in the pictures. The problem is she gave me all these pictures like....oh I don't know...maybe a month or so ago and I was supposed to make the delivery to each one of these wonderful girls. Well as Melissa found out as she was cleaning my disgusting car...I never made the delivery. Oops..bad girl. Anyway...so sorry Missy Lou...never trust a friend with a dirty car...it just gets blended with all the other crap on my front seat. Now do you see the little note on my steering wheel...it says "Melissa is Great"... yes you are Melissa, thanks again, I love the smell of citrus...mmmmm

spoiled!!

Ipod, cell phone and remote control...all at the same time...I have nothing else to say

Basketball anyone?

My Saturdays the last 5 weeks have been all about basketball. I'm not a huge fan of basketball...O.K.. i'm not even a little fan of basketball...O.K..I absolutely do not like the game called basketball. So my dilemna lately has been how to put on a smiley face for my three boys who all play the stupid sport. Stupid is a harsh word and I don't even know if I hate basketball so much as I hate the smelly gym my boys have to play in. By the time Connors game comes up around 4:00 or later, the gym smells and feels like a steam room or sauna that has not been cleaned in a really long time. What to do? I figured out that if I bring a magazine or a book of crossword puzzles and Kevin tells me when Jackson, Connor, or Ethan have the ball, I only have to look up for a second to see the shot made and then I can continue on with my article or puzzle.
I would just like to point out...for the record...that I love all other sports...especially football and baseball, and I still support my boys even though I would sometimes rather have a soup can dropped on my big toe a couple of times...there..now I feel better


Ethans game in the smelly gym at 11:00 am

Jacksons game in the smelly gym at 1:00 pm

And finally...Connors game in the smelly gym at 5:00

Love that grandma

So...It has been a crazy couple of weeks and I feel bad that I am so late in posting about my sweet grandma who passed away a little over a week ago. It was a passing that brought tears of sadness and happiness all at the same time. Part of my sadness comes with knowing that the generation that went through all the World Wars are passing away. They were and still are one of a kind that went through more then we may never know. At her funeral, my grandmas brother mentioned that when my dad was born, my grandpa was stationed somewhere out of the state in training for WWII. In order for my grandparents to be together before he was shipped off, my grandma would leave my dad with her mother and leave him for a few months at a time before she could see him again. I cannot imagine having to leave my children for months at a time because it was not safe to travel with them. I cannot imagine watching your husband, son, brother, father etc. being shipped off to a war where so many never came back. I cannot imagine wondering every day which one of your friends husbands may die or go missing. Think of your best friends and then put yourself in a position that these women, including my grandma had to go through every day for years. We are so blessed. Love you grandma!!

The $350.00 jar of jam

I know this is a really horrible picture of a few people on a stage holding what looks like a normal basket covered with cellophane, well.. it is a few people holding a basket but what is in the basket is the fun story. Last night we went to a fund raiser at the Grand America for the boys and girls club. If any of you have ever been to a fund raiser (Melissa).. you know that they normally have a silent auction, food, a little entertainment and then the night ends with a live auction. I always enjoy this part...I just sit back and watch people that have more money then they apparently know what to do with bid on the most incredible things and spend money that would just blow you away...hence the horrible picture. What you are looking at are three girls holding a basket filled with homemade jam. Anyone made homemade jam before? I have and let me tell you it is pretty easy and very inexpensive...delicious too, but that is beside the point of my story. Anyway.. they start the bidding on this jam at 20.oo and the bidding war began. People kept going up and up and up and up and up until it finally got sold to some lucky person for $350.00. Yep a couple bottles of jam for $175.00 a pop, wow, that must be some amazing jam. Of course it all goes to a great cause and you can write it off on your taxes...I wonder how the accountant words that.... hmmm

I actually love any reason to dress up and have a fun night with my hubby and my family
arent my parents cute!!

My gorgeous sister Cathy and her hubby Steve

My adorable sister Cheri and Dave
My lovely sister Camille and John

Where did he come from?

So...I have this child...his name is Connor...and...well..I guess he's pretty smart. Ok he is really really smart. So smart that he won his schools Geography Bee. Now when I titled this blog "where did he come from"..I really truly meant that. I was not that smart. When people ask what I studied in college, my cute hubby always points out that I studied anything that started after 10:00 am...and he is so right. School was a place I used to go to dance, play a little tennis, socialize, socialize, socialize and a little study here and there when it didn't interfere with my...yep...socializing. Anyway..back to my blog about my son. He had to take a test and the winner of this test in each 4th 5th and 6th grade class got to participate in the geography bee. In total there were 3 kids in each grade which totaled 9 kids...(see..I can totally add). Well..long story short, Connor won without missing a single question. Just for fun, I wrote down the last 3 questions he had to answer...let me know how you did.

#1 Name the independent country located entirely within the city of Rome...

#2 India borders two landlocked countries to the North, name one of them...

#3 A United States island territory where the official languages are English and Timoro..name
this island...


Good luck...

Ethan lost his first tooth

It is a sad sad day when your last born loses his first tooth. Although for Ethan it was a great day. He didn't make a peep when Kevin got the tissue and ripped that little puppy out with some pretty great force as the tooth wasn't quite ready to come out. But as little boys go, he wanted it out so out it came. The best part is he can now use it as his own personal pretzel holder...

Happy New Year

We spent New Years Eve with part of Kevins family. We roamed through the lights at temple square and watched the Joseph Smith movie. We headed back to Kevins parents house to bring in the New Year with a little bit of Rook, a little bit of Catch phrase, a little bit of X box guitar hero and a little bit of pan banging and sipping mormon bubbly when the clock struck twelve, it was perfect! Hope everyones New Year was fabulous, and that your resolutions will actually come true.

oh where oh where has my cute husband gone?

Oh where oh where can he be? Hmmm...I believe I know where he is and it isn't pretty people. You see..my sister Carrie and her husband Joel thought they would bring us something to occupy our time over our holiday vacation. I didn't know we were this desperate but apparently "one" of us is... You see, Carrie and Joel brought us the entire 5 seasons...yes you read that right..5 seasons.. of the hit TV show 24. Now if you add all the episodes for 5 seasons together, it adds up to about every minute of spare time being spent in front of the television, and I am not exaggerating..not even a little. I actually had to beg my husband who I've never had to beg in my life to have a little one on one time with me, if you know what I mean. Anybody have any suggestions to my little dilemma or can I pay someone off to come and snag these DVDs...I will pay quite nicely. I will just have to have you come between the hours of 3am - 9am as these are his sleeping hours. Anyone...Anybody...please...Help

this is his "I have assumed the position

to watch hours of 24..do not disturb me."

"I will not even stop looking at the TV to

get this picture taken..I am very busy watching

episode 22 of the first season...only four more

seasons to go" woo hoo

Christmas 2007

HO HO HO...SANTA CAME. I have tried and tried again to download my pictures from our trip to Disneyworld and cannot freakin figure it out...so I have decided to bag it and start fresh. And what is fresher than Christmas?...nothing. The boys got spoiled again this year but we had a memorable day. Jackson woke us up at 3:00...in the am...to see what time it was. When we pointed out that it was 3:00...in the am...we sent him back to his bed and luckily didn't see our children again until 7:3o. Much Better. They ran down the stairs and we all took turns opening our gifts. The above picture shows one of Connors favorite gifts...shocker I know... and Jackson is holding our family gift...the Xbox 360...woo hoo. Now you are probably wondering why I would do that to myself when in past posts I have criticized the box called X. Well I must admit it was for selfish reasons....I really really really wanted Guitar Hero...I.LOVE.THAT.GAME....so sad but true.

I know...I am totally hot in this picture...and I love that I am holding up my right breastage with the guitar...that looks really awesome.. Connor also got a cell phone and Jackson and Ethan scored with remote controlled cars and clothes..oh and a few games and other notables...

We then made our rounds with both sets of families. I made the boys tromp through the snow at Wheeler Farm to get this picture...I loved the fresh snow look...isn't it pretty? Anyhoo.. we had an amazing breakfast at Kevins parents and then headed over to my parents where we had...let me think...oh ya...more food.








After "family time"..we headed home and did a little more...Hmmm...what could it be?...




HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

Disneyworld or Bust!

I'm exhausted...8 days of Disney "magic" could take a toll on anyone but I would do it all over again...we had a great time. Bare with me as I post my pictures for the next little bit..I Don't scrapbook so this is all the memories my children may get...