Boys Day Out

Tim and Jace's favorite thing to do together is take their 4-wheelers out to "The Dusty Place" as Jace calls it and ride for a while and then cook smokies on a fire. Jace has had his 4-wheeler for almost a year now (I know, that means he started riding when he was 3 1/2. Scary, huh.). He is actually getting pretty good, although it still scares me to death every time they go. Sometimes it is hard to tell if he is having fun because he always has such a serious look on his face while he is riding. I think it is because he is concentrating so hard because as you can see from the pictures, it looks like he is having a pretty good time.

My Birthday/New Year's Eve

Some of you know that New Year's Eve is my birthday. This year my sister and her husband were here so we got a babysitter (Thank you so much Ann!) and went out for the night with them and our friends Brandon and Susan. We had dinner at P.F. Changs, I had never been there before. It was great, the food was good and it was so nice to have adult conversation without children crawling under the table or throwing things. After dinner, we went across the street and listened to a band and rang in the new year. It was the first time in years that I have gone out without the kids for my birthday. Thanks Mandi and Susan for planning everything and making my birthday a lot of fun!

Me, Susan and Mandi


Me and My Gorgeous Hubby!


Best Friends and Sisters!


Mandi and Will.

Brandon and Susan

My New Favorite Quote

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that is why it is called the PRESENT."

Tag from Amber B.

I've never done one of these before, but since Amber listed me in hers I'll give it a try.

Five names you go by:

1)Nicki, 2)Nicole, 3)Mommy, 4)NickiBob (from Grandpa Gradyn), 5)Sis (from my Mom)

Three things you are wearing right now:

1)Sweats, 2)Wedding Ring , 3)Socks

Two things you want very badly at the moment:

1)Something to eat, I'm starving! 2)To go get the facial Santa brought me for Christmas.

Three people who may fill this out:

1)Mandi (sorry), 2)Tiff, 3)Jody H

Two things you did last night:

1)Watched the Biggest Loser, 2)Gave the kids their baths.

Two things you ate today:

1)Only 2 cups of coffee so far (it's only 8:45 a.m.), 2)Will probably have an English muffin and some yogurt in a minute.

People you last talked to on the phone:

1)Tim, 2)My Mom, 3)Tim's Mom

Two things you are going to do (or already did) today:

1)Babysit kids, I have 4 besides my own today, 2)Run on the treadmill while the kids are napping.

Two of the longest road trips:

1) Oroville, CA to Priest River, ID (15 hours), 2) Oroville, CA to Pocatello, ID (12 hours) - We lived in California for 2 years (2004-2006), Jace was born there.

Three of your favorite beverages:

1)Soda (pretty much any kind but diet anything), 2) Coffee, 3) Milkshakes. These are my favorites, but coffee is the only one I drink on a daily basis (I cut way back on soda as of the first of the year, we'll see how that goes. So far so good.).

Jace Strikes Again

Here we go. My mother-in-law was here for a few days last week to watch the kids on New Year's Eve so that Tim and I could go out with my sister and brother-in-law and a few friends for my birthday (I'm waiting on some pictures from that outing so I can post them, it was a lot of fun!). Now I realize that some of you may find the things I'm about to say a little off color, but it was hilarious and I have to share them.

On Friday as we were getting all of Ann's things together before we left for the airport and somehow the subject of Paityn's new Pom Poms came up and I asked her if she had shown grandma her new "Pom Poms". She wasn't sure what I was talking about and obviously neither was Jace because his response was, "What are pom poms? Are they the things that go on your doobies?" Doobies is Jace's word for boobies. Believe me, I have NO IDEA where he came up with that, I own no pom poms! I laughed so hard I had tears streaming down my face. Luckily my mother-in-law knows my son well because that could have been really embarrassing.

Anyway, so we go to Boise to take Ann to the airport and we left early so Tim could go to Sportsman's Warehouse (or Sportsman's Squarehouse if you're Jace). As we were leaving there we were trying to decide where to eat dinner before we went to the airport. My comment was "I don't care where we go, I just have to pee so bad I can almost taste it". After a few suggestions of different places to go, Jace said, "I want to go to Peesobad, I've never tasted that before". Oh my gosh, I almost died laughing, along with Tim and Ann. She said she was going to write it down so she could remember and share with the rest of the family when she got home, so I decided that I would share it too.