Weir Together

A New Member of the Weir Family!

2011-01-31T23:39:00.000-08:00

ARCHIMEDES

This little kitty came into our home and stole our hearts away.

As some of you know, we are not really “cat-people”. Honey is definitely a cat LOVER! If lover means that she wants to chase them and love them to death with her teeth. She has bloodied her face on more than one occasion trying to get to a cat and tear it to pieces. So, how did we come by Archimedes?

Here’s what happened:

I got a call from Suzi last Monday and she sounded pretty distressed. She told me an awful story. This kitty was sitting on the fence in a yard and the dogs in the yard were barking at it. So the person who owned the house decided to hit it in the head with a baseball bat to get rid of it. (logical) The kitty fell into the yard not moving. Then it was dropped off at my Mom’s house. But my parents did not want a cat, especially a dying cat, to be in the house. So it was outside in the cold night in a box. Suzi felt so sad for it so she decided to give it a bath. It was covered in water and piss. Immediately when she picked her up she started PURRRRING. Suzi gave her a warm bath and kitty loved every minute of it. She was clean and dry but still not moving. Suzi’s kids all held her and loved her. When Suzi told me this story I told her I’d come over and look at her. When I got there she was still not moving. We thought she had to have some sort of brain damage and it didn’t look likely that she would survive the night. I didn’t want her to die alone in the cold after what she went through, so I took her home and she slept in between me and Donald. She PURRED all night long but didn’t move. Around 6:30am she stood up for the first time, and she started to MEOW. I took her outside and she did her business and wanted right back in. All this time we were keeping her completely isolated from Honey. I took her to the Veterinarian later that day to get her checked. She said kitty is fine, she has some nasty bruises on her head and ear but everything else is fine. They had a really hard time taking her pulse because she was PURRRING so much. I asked them if they had an adoption program they said No but that I could take her to the humane society. The vet’s assistant said she wanted to take her home because she was so sweet. That was the first time I realized that I was attached because I felt insulted, like “How dare you take my kitty away!” Ha ha. The only hurdle was that little issue of Honey’s blood thirst for cats.

I spent hours introducing them that afternoon. Honey was acting excited but not too bad. The thing that makes her crazy about cats is that they freak out and run, and she likes the chase/capture. But this kitty is FEARLESS. She didn’t even flinch when Honey got close. So after a while I got brave and let them meet with out my hand closing Honey’s jaws. This is what happened!....

Video

Honey was very curious but after a while she just became very motherly and wanted to lick her all over. And that clinched it. At the approval of Honey, she became a Weir!

*Archimedes Perdi Weir*

Since then, Honey couldn’t be happier. I’m afraid she is very much of a nuisance to Archimedes. Honey follows her around everywhere she goes. We can trust her not to kill her though. She is just curious and can’t wait for this little thing to play with her. If she gets really excited and tries to play, Archimedes just hides. We haven’t let them be alone together while we aren’t there and we probably won’t ever do that. Archimedes has a room all to herself (the bathroom) and she is more than content to be snuggled up on her bed in there. I thought I could never get over the cat-bathroom smell but thanks to a friend’s advice, it doesn’t smell at all. Lately she has been taken with Donald and prefers him to me. But that’s alright because Donald is smitten by this kitten.

And so is Honey...

Next week she is getting her microchip, all her shots, and her uterus ripped out. How fun!

Chicago! Chicago!

2010-09-09T18:03:00.000-07:00

Donald and I went to the windy city to visit his sister and family. Well the Snows don't actually live in Chicago, they live about 40 minutes away. But we went down town to check it out.
Ane and Garth made us feel so welcome and I loved getting to know their kids better. They are some crazy funny kiddos.
On Saturday Ane took us down town. It was awesome! And SUPER hot. We walked down Michigan Ave and along the Chicago River (which is nasty by the way). The buildings are incredible! We were headed for the Sears Tower and got sidetracked by Garrett's Popcorn. Oh BOY That is some delicious popcorn, and I don't really like popcorn.

How do you like the color of that toxic river!

Then we headed down to Millennium Park, that's where they have The Bean, and we got some REAL Chicago style hot dogs. And they have some pretty fountains that kids were playing in because it was so dang hot.

So a real Chi town dog is: A normal hot dog, a spear of pickle, tomato chunks, relish, onions, and hot peppers. NO Ketchup!

Then we headed over to this giant outdoor stage, it was beautiful. They were having a free ballet so we got to see some beautiful dancing.

See the dancers! It was so beautiful!

This was on this giant walkway/bridge to the art museum, it would sway and bounce as people walked on it. The buildings are so awesome!

We were pretty much worn out by this time so we headed back to the car and headed home...Well... we tried to find the car for about 30 minutes then headed home ;) On the way home Ane took us along the bank of Lake Michigan on Lakeshore Drive and we looked at all these HUGE gorgeous homes. Then to top off our Chicago experience, we got Lou Malnati's Chicago style pizza. It is well known for being truly authentic. It wasn't my favorite pizza, I don't think I'm used to the Chicago style, but it was good. The next day we spent with the Snow Family and it was great!

We had such a good little Vacation! Thanks Snow's for having us! Thanks Kevin for having Honey! Thanks Father for getting us there and back!

"Camping AGAIN?!"

2010-06-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

That's exactly what Honey thought! She is such a spoiled princess. She is not the best camper. Surprisingly, she did VERY well this time. Maybe she is resigned to her fate? We could even let her off her cable for long periods of time and she would just hang out with us. But most of the time she preferred to hang out in the van on the air mattress and sleeping bags.

Isn't is funny how Donald and Honey both pose for pictures the same way?

I think I look hideous and fat in the picture below but I had to include it because my husband is such a dork.

This is our sad empty camp. Ha ha. The first night We were expecting Channa and her family to come up but they couldn't find us. They did what me and Donald did that one time looking for the Daly Family. They drove for 6 hours. But they ended up calling it quits around midnight and drove back to the valley. :( It was a bummer. So we had camp all set up for a larger group and it was just the 3 of us. It was still SO much fun. And Rob, Megan, and Brigger came up the next day so that was EXTRA fun. I'm so glad you guys could make it. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the whole crew.

See Kelly is having fun.

We went on a LONG walk Saturday morning. The woods were beautiful and the weather was perfect. It was nice. We all had a great time except Honey. She was done half way and we had to keep her from laying down in every spot of shade the whole way back to camp. Poor girl has NO stamina.

Later that day we went on another little hike down to Bear Canyon Lake. We found the back way in, where the put the boats in by the damn. It was my favorite part of the trip. HOLY MOLY the lake was gorgeous! The other side of the damn is a deep valley and it is green and beautiful and the trees and the wind and the canyon walls... All of it! I forgot my camera so Rob and Megan have pictures of this gorgeous place.Honey loved it, too. We let her get wet in the lake and she actually swam in the water, voluntarily. That's a first. Next time we camp up on the rim we are going to camp in there closer to that spot so we can walk down there from camp. I can't wait!

The End.

Ha ha ha

Happy Birthday To ME! 28!

2010-05-28T11:46:00.000-07:00

I turned 28 on May 19th. It was the best day ever! Well really it was the best WEEK ever! I point it out to every one well in advance that my birthday is coming, just so that every one is prepared. And in this house, we don't celebrate birthDAYs, we celebrate birthWEEKS! I think I will keep this up for ever! I LOVE birthdays! Not just mine. I just love birthdays. I love the opportunity to celebrate something, and what better to celebrate than the birth of someone you love! And in doing so you make someone feel special and create a happy mood. SO... For my birthweek Donald treated me like a Birthday girl all week. It was so nice! I got new flowers and some tools for my garden!

The day before my birthday we drove up with Honey to the Rim to go camping! Mom and Dad let us use their van, we call it our Motor Home. It was SO nice up there. There was still some patches of snow on the ground. We got there and set up camp in the afternoon. There was NOBODY for miles. We took Honey on a wild run/hike in the woods. We let her lead and she was tracking something, it was so funny to watch her go. Then we had tin foil dinners and hung out by the fire.

The stars were awesome and the night was beautiful. it was perfect..... UNTIL. As we were settling down to sleep my head started to hurt and I told Donald that maybe the run/hike was not such a good idea. I was up half the night in excruciating pain, I didn't bring any sleeping pills. In the morning I tried to walk around do some breathing exercises but nothing helped. I managed to get another 2 hours of sleep after Donald and Honey woke up and the sun was up to warm me. So the headache was mild enough to at least enjoy my birthday.

We were going to rent a boat on Woods Canyon Lake and go fishing but it turned out to be 45$! for 4 hours! Holy crap. So we decided not to spend the money and just fish from the side of the lake. That was better. Honey had such a fun time fishing. She was standing in the water watching all the little fish swim around her feet and pouncing on them! She did this for hours. It was relaxing and so fun. Then we stopped in Payson at Macky's Grill for lunch. They welcomed Honey on the patio, and the food was SO good! If you ever eat in Payson, go there. Then when I got home I raided mom's medicine cabinet for a vicoden. From then on my birthday was even better! :)

We got Golden Spoon. Donald unloaded the van and wouldn't let me lift a finger to help. AH! (that is the best gift ever) And after a little relaxation time, and phone calls from all my family. We went and ate sushi at my favorite place.

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!

This is our campsite. Honey had a 50ft cable run and she could reach us and the fire to get warm. It was perfect.

Honey was SO exhausted after camping. She doesn't get her usual 20 hrs of sleep when there is so much else going on.

P.S. My birthday present from Donald was my Body Bugg that I got last month because I'm impatient.

Week 1 Update!

2010-05-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

I know you are all DYING to know how I did on week one of "Operation Kick A##" well I have the results! Are you ready for the weigh in?! I didn't put up my initial weigh in last week because I didn't feel like putting a post up with just my big fat number of how much I weigh on it. Brace yourselves it is going to shock you. I have never weighed this much in my entire life! And I am honestly feeling the consequences. I cant sleep well at night, I had much less energy, and I am SO uncomfortable!

I will be weighing my self every Saturday.
SO! My starting weight is .............. 238 lbs!

This week: I started being more conscious of what I take in. I got the Body Bugg on Thursday morning and I can not say how much I love it. It will change my life! I want all my sisters to get one NOW!
I exercised 6 times this week. 3 intense work outs at the gym, and 3 hikes.

SO! My weight now is.....................235 lbs! -3lbs.

Ok so I am only a little disappointed. I know 3 lbs is good for a week and you don't want to go so fast because that's not healthy. My Body Bugg goal is 2 lbs a week. But I would kinda like to see more results because I'm impatient. And I'm working so hard I want to literally SEE the weight drip away :) Ha ha. I know, time flies and in 3 months I will see a big difference. And in a year... HELLO!

Biggest Loser

2010-04-23T17:02:00.001-07:00

Some of you know and some may not know that I tried out for this next season of Biggest Loser. I was SO surprised when I got called back! The experience was a little insane. I made it through a series of about 3 callbacks and for a while there I was pretty hopeful I would be on the show :)

I got an email today from the producers saying that I didn't make the casting cut for the finalists.

It's all good. Through this experience I have learned a lot about myself. I had to really open up for strangers and be honest with myself and others about why I am the way I am. I know I have bad habits. I know that being anorexic for periods of my life will always affect me. But I have the tools to succeed. I'm smart, and hard working. I will do this on my own!!!

Who is with me? Who wants to challenge themselves this summer to make a lifestyle change? Who wants to be healthy? Who wants to NOT be in danger of having pre-diabetes or high cholesterol or high blood pressure? Susie? Dixie? Nancy? Christi? Anybody?

For my birthday I am getting the Bodybugg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EovR--qx-wI&feature=player_embedded. It's a great tool they use it on Biggest Loser. I am starting with simple things like making better choices at the grocery store, and adding in 1 fruit and 1 vegetable a day. And more exercise.

I will do this on my own. Don't believe me? Watch me.

Girls Night with Aunti Shannon

2010-04-14T14:04:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun with Brooklyn and Macey when they came over to my house for a girls night sleep over. We painted toes, and talked. We watched How to Train Your Dragon. We stayed up really late. And we pretended that Honey was our Dragon. She does act like one sometimes. And she looks a lot like Toothless. In the morning, we had waffles and the girls drew really cool pictures of 2 headed dragons.

I can't wait for the next time they can come over! Thanks Brooklyn and Macey. I already miss you!

Ragnarly!

2010-03-02T10:10:00.001-08:00

The Ragnar Del Sol 2010 :FMX

Donna kicked us off! It was SO cold up in Prescott.

Here she is coming in for her first exchange.

That's Jaba heading off for his first run. That little punk said he was gonna run in a super hero outfit or something... I never saw it.
This is exchange 6, where Van 2 met up for the first time. Everyone was excited, and Van 1 was tired. Not as tired as they were about to be...
Here's the hand off to Mom for her first run. She was pumped.

This is the next exchange that we were all together. I had a massive migraine and was in so much pain that I wanted to die, but everyone else was feeling good at this point. Donna was ready for her second run, and her first night time run.

This was a funny scene... Scott was supposed to hand off to Donna but they had never met before so he just came running in and was handing the baton to a group of people standing there and Donna was waiting there like "what the?" So she just ripped it out of his hands and ran. It was pretty funny.
...So there is a break in the photo coverage here because I went home shortly after this exchange (thanks Jay). There was some drama on the race. A boy running across the carefree at night to give his runner water, did not wear reflective gear and was struck by a car. Shortly after the accident they stopped all runners until daylight. That meant only Mom from Van 2 got to run their 2nd legs. Unfortunately no one from our team got the "Ragnar experience". It's a shame. And sadly that boy, Robbie Mayasich died in the hospital. ....

...we will skip forward to the finish line. Van 2 arrives.

"If you gotta ask..."

Isn't she clever?

Mom, running in with Donna.

The FMX team running into the finish. CHANTING F-M- EX!

I think we needed to walk across instead of run.

Look at these young ladies! I'm so proud of them!

Did I mention that my incredible husband ran both of my legs that I didn't run!!! He ended up running 30.6 miles!!! WHAT!

This is my favorite picture! I loved our team.

This was such a fun and amazing experience. I have to be honest, I will never put it together again. Planning this was more stress than planning my wedding. But worth it. I also have decided that I am not going to be running long distances any more. I love LOVE running, but my body punishes me. I would love to drive for any Ragnar!

Yup, You Know Dis!

2010-01-25T13:17:00.000-08:00

A while back Kelly asked me if I wanted to go to Utah and go snowboarding with her for her Christmas Break. I said why Utah when we can go to Durango! So she booked a flight and we made plans to go the weekend after New Years. Then I told Jaba and Kevin that they should drive up. And they made plans, too! So the whole Aumua family, Kevin, Me, Donald, and Kelly all bombarded The Moore's house in Durango. It was one of the best vacations I've ever had! Thank you Moores for hosting a million guests.

We went snowboarding at Purgatory or Durango Mountain Resort. The days were sunny and beautiful and the snow was good. I seriously had so much fun, I am constantly thinking about how I can make this happen again, SOON.

Purgy Trip 2010!

Da Boys.

You got yer gnarly boots? Well you better put em on cuz were gonna get EXTREEEEME!

Look at those gorgeous mountains behind us!

Turns out Kelly was skiing on a broken leg. What a girl!

Gorgeous! Not me the view.

This was the first time for Donald in about 6 years. And his 2nd time ever. Of coarse he was a natural.

Susie with little Kaybrie bundled under her jacket. And the kids were waiting to try snowboarding. They did awesome!

You should have seen Zayah and Steven snowboard in Macey's board. They were SO good. They just strapped it on and bombed down the hill. Little boys are fearless. Zayah had his hands out like he was surfing, it was adorable.

The Never Ending Story...

2009-12-30T10:16:00.000-08:00

So the Sunday after Christmas we noticed that Honey wasn't feeling well. She had the chills and she started vomiting. This continued Monday so we figured we better take her to the Vet. He referred us to a hospital where they took x-rays of her stomach which reveled 30-40 ROCKS in her stomach and one in her colon. So apparently honey is a rock-eater......this information is terrifying as the Vet lays out our options. We can A) wait for all 30-40 rocks to pass by inducing more vomiting or in her poo. Which is unlikely and unsafe since she's been vomiting for 2 days already and no rocks. B) He can scope them out but he usually uses that method with 4-5 small objects and the chances of removing all of the rocks are small. or C) Surgery. Cutting open all of Honeys insides and she could die. But on the bright side (he says) She is young and young dogs heal better and faster.

After the blood work came back looking good the Vet suggested surgery and we prayed about it and agreed. The result...After a long sleepless night we got to see Honey again. She was so happy to see us even all doped up on pain pills, she was wagging her tail so fast.

The rocks weren't all he pulled out during surgery, he also found a piece of cloth that was preventing the rocks from passing. We know Honey eats EVERYTHING and we try to keep things out of reach. I don't know what else we can do. Today we are removing all rocks and trees from our backyard (she eats sticks like candy, the Vet says that's real bad). So hopefully this doesn't happen again.

Stuff that didn't get posted till now!

2009-12-29T10:43:00.000-08:00

In November we had so much fun with the Moores coming down to visit for Thanksgiving. I have some cute pictures of our adventures.

LETTERBOXING HIKE!

Here's the gang.

The desert was SO beautiful that day. And it was not cold and not hot but JUST right! And there was a breeze, and birds chirping and angels singing... anyone who didn't go on this hike really missed out. Just look at this view! I wish I could make this picture bigger.

We hiked...

...and we hiked...

...and we posed for pictures...

... and we hiked...

...and we hiked some MORE...

...and more hiking...

...then some needed rest...
... especially this some one...

...FINALLY we made it to the letterbox spot. The guide told us it was about a mile hike, it was more like 2 1/2. But Dixie did awesome with JJ on her back! And the kids did good, but they were SO done, when it was over. Anyway, the letter box was up on this big hill. This is Kevin, Donald and the kids digging for it.

Here is the stamp and what the stamp is of. The landmark is the trail marker for 2 different trails. The last person to write in the letterbox was in 2006! So that was pretty cool.

Here is our next adventure with the Moores
We had a family football game the day before Thanksgiving. Oh man it was fun! Thanks to the Downings for comin out so we could BATTLE! We didn't even keep score except for I was on the winning team every time. After the game we had killer Pizza and Bonfire at Mom and Dads. It was one of the best days ever.

Oh yeah did I mention we did the Hike the same day, and the next day we all ran a 10K.

After the Football games Jaba got all the kids together (except Halia apparently) and started planning sneak attack dog piles on everyone. I captured the silliness.

Robs Dog-pile

Ali's Dog-pile
Donald's Dog-pile (the sneak up)

Another adventure with the Moores

We had FHE at our house. I planned a lesson about thanksgiving and we talked about giving thanks by doing service, and as we do that the light of Christ in us shines brighter. I gave everyone a candle and as everyone said something they were thankful for they lit the candle. The room went from dim to very bright as our light spread. Then we said the prayer and remembered to be thankful. After the lesson we ate. And then for fun dessert and activity we made Oreo Turkeys. The kids loved them and they were super easy.

All you need is 2 double stuffed Oreos. 1 Hershey Kiss. Some sprinkles for the eyes. And Frosting to stick the sprinkles on.

I'm sure there's better ways out there to make them but this was the easiest for kids to do it them selves.

Our next adventure in November NOT with the Moores.

(although, they did get us our down pillows... THANKS)
Black Friday What UP

This is Donald trying to keep his eyes open on the drive home. And yes he does get up every morning for work at 2:30am, so the fact that we got up for Black Friday shopping at 3 shouldn't have phased him! But we DID have a busy couple days the days prior to this and he had only had like 3 hours of sleep those nights and worked and hiked and played and worked and came straight from work to the 10k to run it in 51minutes... he is not human, he is a terminator (the polymorphous kind). But even terminators need to sleep. And they don't like shopping that much.

But look at our LOOT! OH yes! We totally ripped off the stores with what we got. We only got doorbusters. And YES I'm "raising the roof" that's what you DO in a snuggie! Have you not seen the advertisements? You can actually "raise the roof" anywhere!
Look look at this... I'm studying and I am all warmy warm.
Merry Christmas to me!

Our new furniture...

2009-11-30T21:22:00.000-08:00

We have some new additions at the Weir home (The Fortress).
I have been scouring craigslist for the PERFECT red sectional for the last 9 months or so. I couldn't believe I actually found it and it was in our budget. We snatched it up right quick. It's beautiful and it has everything we were looking for. It's BIG, it has a recliner, a pull out bed (never used), and it has a chase lounge. Not only that, but it is SO comfortable! Just ask Honey. The first day we got it I think she slept for 20 hours. She was in a comfort-induced coma.

She still thinks she owns the place.

Little Miss Muffet.

Also a while back we got a swingy chair for the back yard! Donald has been wanting one of these for ever. It's so nice to be able to spend time outside. And again, Honey LOVES it.

Don't you love how bull terriers sit?

3 Dog Night

2009-11-12T12:48:00.000-08:00

And I'm not talking about the American rock band that was popular in the 70's for the song "Joy to the World" NO NO...

I'm talking about the nights in October in which my husband and I ended up dog-sitting for 2 dogs in our home. I suggest that no one ever try this!!! It was like a circus!

1st: Bear, is new to our home. He's a beautiful choc lab. Gets along great with Honey he ignores her actually. He is a sweet dog but unfortunately he has not been neutered and is compelled to mark his territory ALL over our house. Also he is used to sleeping with the children he lives with and so he got very frightened or upset when we would go to sleep in our room with the door closed. I ended up having to sleep on the couch each night. to calm him down.

2nd: Gary, is Honey's best friend in the world. He's a gorgeous 8 month old great dane. They play all day and night and day and night. And on top of the couch and on the floor and in the kitchen and knock the chairs over and move furniture and run through the doggy door and back and forth and NEVER STOP!!! Honey's neck was bloody and her belly was all scratched up and she has beautiful scars now. We had to constantly put them in their corners for time-outs.

3rd: Water water everywhere and not a drop in their dish. 3 dogs drink so much water! But they also drip it ALL over your floor. My floor was so gross, I eventually decided to give up and just wait to clean until after they left. I'm not used to that because Honey never drips a drop of water out of her bowl.

I'm making it sound really horrible all the time... but it wasn't really. It was just kinda crazy. I guess that's what you get when you are the sister with no kids :)

To my sisters who lent me their dogs: I love them still. And they had fun here, we all did. You should have seen them all play tug-a-war together, HILARIOUS. But boy what a crazy couple days. I just think I will do better having 3 kids than 3 dogs.

I had to take a picture because this almost NEVER happened. They were ALL sleeping.

Best Buds

MoHawk Man

2009-11-03T14:49:00.001-08:00

Donald loves this. I think he's so hot. But I'm ready for it to get cut. I think he is, too. The guys at work say he looks even more like Christian Bale (his nickname at work is Batman).

Oh yes, he is at "the command station" playing WOW

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-02T13:58:00.000-08:00

Honey was a Bat-Dog as always. We only have those wings that fit her. And one of these years she plans on flying. She is perfecting this skill.

She's not SUPER happy about it.
We were going to be super cool punk rockers but we didn't have the time or supplies to pull it off. So I pulled out my trusty old costume box and we just put on some crap. Donald did get a mohawk, though.

Here is what happens when I say to Donald "Kick out your leg." Ha ha ha ha ha ha I think that's really funny. And I made fun of him. And all night he was doing pirouettes.

Isn't he sexy. He just doesn't have the chest hair to pull of the creepy open shirt look. (THANK GOODNESS)

Aunties Taking us to the ZOO!!!

2009-10-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

My friend Jenny has a Zoo membership and invited me to go to the Zoo with her and her kids last week so I took the Aumua kids. It was fun for the kids. Zayah was really excited to see a Lion, a Tiger, and a Cheetah. I haden't been to the Zoo in a couple years so I was excited. I would have had fun except it was SO freaking HOT! Oh my gosh I wanted to die. My face was so red. It looked like I ran 5 miles. The kids were so sweaty but they had a good time. The only sad thing was that the animals were hot, too. So they were mostly hiding in their dens or far away in the shade and you couldn't see much. And the Zoo was really crowded because it was October break so when there was an animal to see everyone was crowding around the one place you could see it. So I concluded that I hate the Zoo.

ZAYAH

HALIA

This is how Lia was the whole time. Happy as a bug... and SO cute.

Zayah was actually really happy at this moment and all through out the day. I think he was trying to scare all the animals with his scary growls. :)
These squirrel monkeys were my favorite part. You can go into there habitat and get really close to them. The kids loved it. It was the only animal that wasn't really far away from us.

Eating treats.

She's so cute.

They loved looking at the Baboons.

This Tiger was a big disapointment for Zayah. He was just laying there, far away, sleeping. He was yelling "HEY TIGER! TIME TO WAKE UP!" and growling at him. Nothing worked.

These are my good lil guys as we are leaving the park. Lia got a litle monkey and Zayah got a Cheetah snaper. They were happy!

Donald Can Drink Mountain Dew Now!

2009-10-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

The Ragnar Relay in Las Vegas was October 9-10th. I got to go and be a driver for one of the vans. It was SO much fun. Donald's team was an Ultra Team so instead of running the 171 mile relay race with 12 people they did it with 6! They are CRAZY! Out of about 200 teams only 7 teams were totally nuts enough to try this. Donald was a little nervous going into it because this was his first Ragnar. All the other guys had plenty of experience. But Donald actually did really well. He could have definitely handled more miles. He felt great the whole time and finished with a smile. In total he ran 22 miles in 3 hours 22 minutes. One of the reasons why the Ragnar is so hard is because the runners are going on so little sleep and have no energy. So watching these guys on their 2nd and 3rd legs was so inspiring. They are just waisted and pushing it to the end. They are awesome. I can't wait to do this in February.
Unfortunately Donald's team didn't finish the race because the very last runner on the very last leg got injured and couldn't complete the last 12 miles. It was hard to accept but in the end they all did their best and Donald completed all of his legs. It was still a good experience and totally worth it!

These are the guys that were in our van.

Kendall, Scott, Donald

This is Scott starting off the race for the team.Donald, on his first run. The end of the 6.5 miles was a GIANT hill. Killer. And it was HOT.

Donalds first hand off.A group shot. We are missing Jaime cuz he is running.

Brice, Donald, Kendall, Tracy, Scott, Tracy, Nick

Getting ready for his second run.... in the dark. Spooooky.

The hand off.

After his second run. He was kinda tired.

The hand off to Donald's 3rd run. And Scott is DONE.

It's all about attitude. And giving it all you got! (can I just tell you how much Donald hates when people go over the 100% mark)

He was so happy to be done and get his medal.

They did a pretend run across the finish line.

This is the whole team.

Kendall, Donald, Scott, Brice, Nick, Jaime

WINNER! Winner chicken dinner. Thanks Vegas.
The way Donald has been training for this is not by running but by giving up Mountain Dew for the last 2 months. It's been a challenge.

2009-10-10T08:15:00.001-07:00

Donald just got done with his part of the relay race! He's is glad he did it and glad it's over. 22 hard miles. 3hours 22min.

2009-10-09T18:37:00.003-07:00

s next legs are 6.1 miles total. He's fresh and ready to take them on! -i sent this from my cell phone :)

2009-10-09T18:37:00.001-07:00

The Ragnar is going great! Donald is running faster than he thought he would. As the sun sets, each person on his team has run two legs(in a row). Donald

I've Lost 2 Things Since February...

2009-09-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

1) 6 inches from my hair.

It was time. I don't even know how my hair got that long. But one day I realized it had been WELL over a year since one hair on my head had seen the likes of a scissor. And I was not all that attached to it. In fact I hated it. GOOD RIDDENS!

2) 25 lbs.

In April I started eating more fruits and vegetables. It's not a diet because I hate diets. I'm just eating a LOT of fruits and vegetables. It's working. SLOWLY. But here's the difference.

I still have a ways to go, but I'm not stressed about it. This works and I like it. PLUS I'm training for the Ragnar now so I'm seeing a major difference recently.

I love babysitting Zayah and Halia!

2009-09-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

They are my sweetest little kids! I love them more than I can ever express. They are so good. And they have the cutest personalities! The other day I could smell a poopy diaper and since Zayah is potty trained I knew Halia was the culprit. So I asked her "Halia, is your diaper poopy?" and she looked at me, put her hands on her hips and shook those hips from side to side doing the cutest poopy dance I've ever seen. Zayah was in the back yard one day, he didn't know I was watching him, and he threw a sprinkler hose attachment and it broke. The look on his face when he realized he broke something was so hilarious! He looked around and quickly headed back inside. I told Donald before he came in that he had broke it and not to punish him if he told the truth. When he came in I asked him what happened he said "I didn't break anything!" :) I said "Did you break that sprinkler" he said "It was an accident." I said "No Zayah, it's not an accident when things break after you throw them on the ground. That was Uncle Donald's. Go get it and bring it inside and tell him the truth about what happened and he will decide what to do." Of course his eyes welled up with tears because he thought he was in big trouble! We were laughing because it was kinda cute. We didn't care about the sprinkler thing at all. So he came back in crying with the sprinkler and told Donald "I broke it. I sorry." and Donald said "It's ok thank you for being honest. That's what happens when you throw things that aren't balls" Then they went and threw it away together. And Zayah cried and hugged Donald for about 2 minutes. He's so sweet and sensitive. My favorite is when he does dances for us. We put on music, "fast-boy-music" upon his request, in our bedroom and he does Polynesian dance for us. And he tries to teach Donald.

The other day Lia saw me doing my hair and she wanted me to do her hair, so I did a foHawk. It was SO cute!

She loves to show you her belly.

See

That is some awesome hair

You know that game Pick Up Sticks? Well Zayah is actually a really good player! Who knew a 3 yr old had such steady hands? He kicks my but every time.

Forever Families and Photos

2009-09-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

Here they are some of my favorite pictures Shari took. THANK YOU so much Shari for taking pictures of us! You are SO good! I'll have everyone know it was 3000 degrees that day and she didn't complain at all. I am so thankful to have married into the most amazing family! I have the best sister-in-laws. They love me. And I love them even more!I'm so glad that I have 14 amazing and beautiful sisters (mine+donalds).

My mom and dad. I'm so glad they could both be there. Dad had to fly down for the sealing from Reno and then fly back up right after. THANKS DAD!

The Daly Family

The Weir Family

Did you know you can cook a potato in the microwave?

2009-09-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

I recently learned this trick from my older sister Dixie. All you do is poke some holes in the taters and set them in the microwave for about 10 minutes. It's SO easy and the potatos are moist and perfectly cooked. This has become Donalds favorite meal.

ALSO!... Did you know that potatos catch on FIRE in the microwave? I do. I found out today. And I killed our microwave and nearly burnt our house down.

So here is some advice to anyone who enjoys a delicious potato... They will try to kill your family.

Also if anyone has any suggestion on what kind of microwave we should buy that will last a good long time, please let me know.

Lake Samamish... I think

2009-09-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

We went to the lake for Kaden's Birthday. It was so fun. Even though we were a little unprepared. It had been sunny and hot all day BUT as soon as we got to the lake the clouds rolled in and it got really cold. The kids were all freezing and we didn't have enough towels but they were still having a blast, especially Kaden. So it was all good.

That's Kaden on his knees, Knee-boarding!

I called this the Fear-Factor dock. It was floating precariously on the water and walking down it was NOT easy. I felt like I needed to be timed and grabbing a bag of money or colored flags or something.

Doesn't she look cold.

Happy Birthday to Kaden!

2009-09-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

Kaden turned 8! I loved that I could go to Seattle for my special little boys 8th Birthday. He got so much loot! And I was so impressed with how he shared with his brothers even on his Birthday, the day you don't HAVE to share your new toys. He is such a good kid. I'm so proud of him. He makes such good choices. I wish I could have been there for his Baptism but I had to work.

Don't you love that face!

This is what he wanted so bad more than anything else! LEGO POWER MINERS! I learned how to put together Legos again.

Look at all those presents!

My Posse's On Broadway!!!

2009-09-10T10:27:00.000-07:00

I took a trip to Seattle in August! I got to see baby Brock. He's so sweet. We did a whole bunch of fun stuff.

This is what happens when you give little ones your camera... SILLINESS!

Here is little Mazie! It's the first time I've met her. She's so cute!

We went to the Seattle center and played in the big fountain and wading pool. The kids had so much fun. And no one died so that was good.

Tallie is probably the cutest thing ever.

Butts.
Fronts.

July 29th 2009, August 12th 2009

2009-09-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

I went to the temple for my first time on July 29th. It was a really great experience. I felt like I was ready and prepared to be there. It was wonderful.

On August 12th, I was sealed to Donald for eternity. I know we didn't necessarily do things the right way. But I am so thankful for the atonement so that we can have these blessings of an eternal marriage. I am a little grateful that my life has worked out the way it did because I think some brides get so wrapped up in their wedding reception that they don't get the opportunity to focus on the temple ordinances. I know I was a freak-out mess last August. But this year all I was focused on was the temple and my family and it was great.

So my sister-in-law took some cute pictures of us but I don't have them yet. If you want to see some of them you can go to her blog. http://sharidphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/donald-and-shannon.html

This was our email announcement invite thing

I have some major catching up to do...

2009-09-10T09:16:00.001-07:00

I have been so busy with school and life, I have been neglecting the important things... like blogging. :) A lot has been going on let me fill you in.

Lets start with the end of JULY:

We got to go camping AGAIN with a bunch of the family. Donald and I were originally only planning on just driving up to the rim for one day but we ended up packing up and leaving the day before so we could spend the night. The family was already camped so we were going to have to find them. No problem right? Turned out to be a big problem. We got up to the rim with plenty of sunlight but as the hours passed of us searching hundreds of camps that were NOT the Daly family, it got dark and we thought we would never find them. Finally we said we were going to turn back and go home, my car couldn't' t take the 4 wheel drive roads any more. Then the last camp we checked I saw 4 brown dogs and thought OH that's GOT to be them! It was!

Brigger was so cute.

Here's the crew and DOGS!

Isn't he so handsome?!

Seriously... so gorgeous!

That's all of us, even the Dogs. We took them down to Bear lake and they were jumping in to get their toys. Everyone else was so annoyed. It was great!

I like this picture of us. It was taken just a few days before I went through the temple and we got sealed. I think it's kinda special.

Camping with the Weirboys and Kevin

2009-07-20T01:09:00.000-07:00

The Weirs went camping! Yeah! I LOVE camping. I've been wanting to go for the longest time. I get reminded of my old days of when I used to work at Popular and I had all this awesome camping stuff. Most of it has been absorbed by by parents or something by now. But I found some cool stuff I saved from the good ole "Outdoor Guide" days. Anyway... We wanted to take John camping while he was here visiting us. So we went up to Workman Creek Falls. I was hoping there would be few people up there because it's not real known. It was awesome. A little warm. But still awesome. Thanks Kevin for coming!

The Sierra Ancha Wilderness

This is Camp! Honey has a 50 ft Dog run so she can run around kinda. If we just let her off. She would STILL be smelling every inch of the Sierra Ancha Wilderness. She's curious.

Sweet camp.

Honey was a good girl. She doesn't LOVE camping like normal dogs. She would rather be back in her air conditioned home laying in her bed or couch. But she was a pretty good sport. We had to keep her boots on her feet most the time and she still managed to get a huge blister! What am I gonna do with her?! She's such a sensitive sissy.

Can you see us up there on top of the falls?

That's a zoomed in shot.

That's Workman Creek Falls. It was not running very much. Usually that pool at the bottom has like 7 feet of water. We tried to fish in parts of that little creek. It was a joke.

We hiked up to the falls. It was really pretty.

Honey slept the whole car ride home and for about 15 hours when we got home. She would NOT sleep at all in the tent. She kept trying to look out the "window".

Fisher-Dog

2009-07-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

Ok- Now you should all be aware of Honey's dreadful fear of water. It's not just fear, it's sheer terror! I don't know why or where it comes from. But when it's even sprinkling outside, she will hold her pee until she is literally dancing. Then when she wants to come back in, ironically, she will stand outside and frantically scratch the doggy door telling us to lift it up for her so she can come back in because it has water on it and it wipes off on her back when she walks through it. Yes we know this is not normal dog behavior :) So we take her places and encourage her to get wet and praise her. This doesn't always work but this day it did!

We went to Cosmo Dog Park. It is a pretty awesome park it has a lake. It was a hot day and almost no one was there. Honey never really gets in the water but she was forced to this time because it was too HOT! And THEN.... She saw the fish!

Hilarity ensued.

I'm kinda ticked because all of these videos are actually a lot longer than they are posted. And the audio is delayed 2 seconds. Plus it takes freakin 5 years to upload videos on this crap. Blogger take note! I'm upset. GET BETTER!

A sad day for US Airways

2009-07-17T09:41:00.001-07:00

It has finally happened.. My absolutley perfect, wonderful, and stimulating job at US Airways has been viciously ripped from my fingers. I, like so many other Americans, have been laid off. SHOCKING! givin the state of the airline industry, I know.
Well... I personally blame Obama.

Don't worry about us. We'll be fine. It couldn't have come at a better time. Things are all falling into place for ole Shannon and Donald.

***PLUS! we still get to fly for free sucka***

Shamu and Dollly and Seymore and Donald and John and Shannon...

2009-06-25T13:39:00.000-07:00

All the animals reminded us of Honey. Cuz she's fierce.

Donald was shoving kids out of the way for his picture. :)

The seals were so funny. They are so funny like dogs. They bark so people will feed them fish.
This is Dolly. She is relentless with the splashing.
Donald was in LOVE with this tree.

This is a Shamu. It's not THE Shamu, but none of them really are. So I just call them all Shamus.

This is how close we sat to see the show. I couldn't really get any good pictures because at any moment he was going to shower us with 50 degree salt water, so I kept putting my camera away.

Here he is waving good bye to us :)

I got SOAKED! And Donald barely got wet. We were sitting next to each other. I don't know how that works.

The ugliest fish ever! The moray eel.

The end of the night. We were sunburned and tired. We had fun.

Stay Classy San Diego

2009-06-25T12:47:00.000-07:00

This week we went to San Diego and left everyone in AZ home to suffer in the 106 degree sun. It was so incredibly awesome! The whole time it was 70 and sunny. On Monday we went to the beach and played in the waves. We got so worn out we could barely keep our eyes open on the drive back to the hotel. Then on Tuesday we spent ALL day at Sea world! We were there from 9:00am till 10:00pm. We saw almost everything. The next day we slept in :)

John's first leap into the water!

Donald's first leap into the water.

They found a broken boogie board that provided hours of entertainment.

I started off building a TarVallin but ended up building a black mans face.

My black man having his "Fruit2Day" The NASTIEST drink on the planet!

Donald's gonna give Black-man-face a little "Grandma Tongue" cuz that's what that drink is like.

Our Little (stolen) Girl

2009-06-25T12:27:00.000-07:00

Blocks are the only toys we have at our house but that's enough. We had SO much fun!

I taught her the show me your belly trick. I call it the Babies Gone Wild!

While Susie was in the Hospital Donald and I got to steal her cute daughter for a day. We had been waiting for our chance! Halia is the cutest thing ever in the universe and we love her so much. Honey loves her, too. They have always had a special relationship ever since she was a tiny baby, Honey would always try to get as close as she possibly could to Halia and just lay there. As if it was her job to protect her. Now that she's a little older it's Halia who wants to be always close to Honey!

We had a birthday in MAY in the Weir Family!

2009-05-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

That's right someone had a birthday! May 10th.

HONEY!

UH Huh. Our little angel turned 3! (or 21) This is a big birthday for her because she is now a mature lady. Honey is a little bit of a wild child. She kinda does what she wants, when she wants. But now that she's 3 she is going to be more calm and submissive. I think. :)

No but seriously, she has grown up a lot in the last year. She is much more obedient even though she loves to entertain us with her crazy Bully Dances. We never want that to stop. She is hilarious. Not a day goes by that she doesn't make us laugh. She's sweet and loving, especially with children. She still hates cats with a burning hot hatred of a thousand suns. She still thinks we are beating her within an inch of her life every time we give her a shower. She loves belly rubs and always comes up with new and interesting ways of telling you to rub her belly. She loves to stretch and fart at the same time all the time. If you don't yell "same spot no call backs!" or even if you do, she IS going to take your spot on the couch. And most times even if your still sitting there if she wants to sit there she'll just climb on top of you and sit on your face to get you to move. Every time she comes into our room she stops to spend a moment to look at herself in the full length mirror.

I think she's ready to be 3.

So for her Birthday she was pretty upset with us because she thought that we had forgot because we were in Indiana and were going to miss it. She was so sad. (She does these things, I swear she thinks she's people!)

So we celebrated her birthday! She got new bones! AND BOOTS! Some of you may remember the horrifying incident with her paws and hiking, and how they all got ripped off. Well ever since then her pads have been super sensitive. And the hot asphalt is now making them blister when we go on short walks. So we got her some real deal dog boots with vibriam soles and everything. They were not cheap either. I thought she would walk like a cat with tape on its feet, but she does surprisingly well. She does not love them, but she likes them better than blisters. And she is not panting like crazy when we get back from walks either. So... Happy Birthday to Honey!

Pay no attention to the look on her face, like she's being beaten. She's OK. It's really better for her.

We love Honey.

We had another Birthday in May. Yesterday. Mine. :) It was a really good day. Unfortunately I did not take a single picture.

What I did:

Donald took me shopping and I got some things I have been wanting/needing for a LONG time. MAC make up and ALDO shoes.

Dropped by Cheesecake Factory and got 2 pieces of cake to share for later that night(we didn't end up eating them til this morning).

We went to Golden Spoon for my free Birthday treat, which is a tradition now I think.

We went swimming. My first swim of the summer.

Then we went to my favorite sushi restaurant with a few good friends and had dinner. I LOVE sushi! And I haven't had it in SO long. We spent way too much money, but had so much fun!

Donald's HUGE birthday gift for me we already have, we got it last month. It's a really nice treadmill so I don't have to run outside in the heat and get migraines. He's sweet!

Our Vacation in May Rocked Our Faces Off

2009-05-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

INDIANA

We went up to Indiana to celebrate for James Dean Moore's graduation from Dental school. It was so much fun! I had a whole week off work and Donald had 3 days off. But it was the first time he has ever been able to take days off since he's been with Fed Ex. It was nice to be GONE for 5 days. (thanks Clifton for keeping Honey alive) Everything was fun about Indy. The weather, the family, the kids, the food, getting killed at cornhole, sac and buz buz, singing Come Thou Fount at that church gig (ha ha james), famous midgets, etta ma may, not getting swine flu at gradutation, doing Macey and Brooklyn's hair, teaching Macey and Brooklyn cartwheels, getting sliced by wolverine's adamantium claws, and I'm sure there is more I can't think of... I only wish that all of us could have been there to complete the funness. Although I don't know if Dixie's house would have just melted then. Ha ha.

These are my little girls! I got them ready for dance class and they were so cute I had to take a picture. I showed them once how I wanted them to stand and they coppied me perfect. :)

We went to Culvers for lunch one day because it's awesome (and it's Donald's favorite). And the girls wanted to sit with us, and funny antics did follow. Here they are being super sweet...

...Here they are being SUPER silly!

We went to the Indy 500 race track to watch them practice or something, I don't know. But it was fun and I only got one picture. This is exactly how I felt but Donald tried to get me on his shoulders and It didn't work out so good.

AH! The man of the hour! THE James Dean Moore I guess you may have heard of him.

What a good looking family!

We are so proud our James.

Waving to fans.

This is what happens when you get kids and adults up early in the morning to go to a graduation ceremony... they all crashed. Every single person found a place to lay their head even Mom, she was in the kitchen with her head down on the table. I should have got a picture of that.

One night we went all went out to a comedy club. It was good times! It was dark so I was just holding up the camera and snapping shots not knowing if I was getting anyone...

This indy car was outside the club and unatended. Given about 10 more seconds and my Dad was going to try to climb in. Not kidding.

Our vacation was so fun! Thanks Dixie and James for hosting such a big bunch at your tiny house! We hope to see you soon living in AZ. But good luck finding a practice where ever that may be!

Stuff that happened in April...

2009-05-20T08:42:00.000-07:00

LITTLE KEVIN'S HOME! well... he's not so little. But he's home! It was so exciting to see him come home after what feels like 3 years of him being gone. Now all the cars can finally be fixed! And the heavy stuff can finally be lifted! And the quads can get sold or fixed or put away or what ever needs to be done to them! Oh it's nice to have you home buddy! Just kidding. To me, it's nice just to have my little bro home to talk to. I don't need him to fix my car, it's German anyway he doesn't do that :)

Stuff that happened in April...

2009-05-20T08:31:00.000-07:00

THANKS AUNT BELVA!

I am on the enrichment committee in my ward and for April we had planned to do a floral design class with my Mom to teach it. But unfortunately my Mom had to cancel on me because she had more important things to do I guess. (Like go pick up Kevin from his Mission.) But fortunately Aunt Belva was wonderful enough to step in and help out.

She did an AWESOME job! Belva is SO talented and good with people. And thanks to Watson's for donating all the flowers. I am so blessed with such a loving family.

My ward does not stop talking about how fun it was.

Report Card

2009-05-20T07:56:00.001-07:00

This last month has been crazy busy with both of us in school and having finals to worry about but I am so happy to report that my super smart and talented husband finished off this semester at ASU with a 4.16 GPA! That's right, he got higher than a 100 percent! I'm so proud of him he really did work so hard, but honestly I had no doubt he would do well because he is so talented. These were writing classes and... has any one ever read any of his stuff? It's good. I have been trying to get him to post something for a while. Soon he will I hope.
I on the the other hand, did not get above a 4.0. As some of you know I was taking a really challenging advanced biology class that kicked my butt! Well I am just glad that class is over now! But I'm still in school till the middle of June.

a little catch up...

2009-04-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

I have been so busy lately and haven't had time to post anything, so here's a few things we've been up to in the last month.
Donald is still going to school at ASU. He's doing so good. If anyone wants to read a good story, ask him about some Old People. I keep trying to get him to post it here but I don't know if that will happen.
I started school as well. My goal is to be accepted into Rio Salado's dental hygiene program by this time next year. School is kicking my butt. I literally come home from work and do schoolwork until we go to bed :( Well only one class is hard and that's because I took an accelerated Biology course. But I only have one more month till that's over.

We got to go up to Utah to see Molly for the last time, till she gets back from Chili. It was so much fun. Just hanging out with the Weir family girls and guys and kids. I finally got hugs from Dallin and Skotty (yessss). It was a short trip but it was so nice to spend some time with Molly. We are going to miss her! She is the first one of Donald's sisters I really got to know. She drove us from Salt Lake to Phoenix one time when Donald and I were dating, because we couldn't get on any flights and I had to work. She is so sweet and fun. She MUST marry a boy from AZ and live here.

Donald and his little sister. She had been crying and didn't want pictures so much but we made her. Ha ha.

The self shot and sun in all of our eyes.

Begging us not to go...

...oh but we had to go.

We will miss you Molly. Almost as much as you'll miss us.

In march we also got to go see Jaba dance at this years Aloha Festival. It was great! It was at Tempe town lake and it was packed with more than 160,000 people. Jaba did an amazing job, of coarse. Me and Donald had a good day in the SUN and got only a little burned.

The happiest couple in the world.

This is Jaba being awesome!

These are videos I took from my digital camera from kinda far away and zoomed in so they aren't the best quality and I had to keep them short or I knew they wouldn't fit on the blog.

So the other day I come home to find Donald sleeping with another woman!!!! It was so cute I had to take a picture.

Oh I interrupted nap time

I love my life.

Happy Birthday Donald! Your 27!

2009-03-05T17:43:00.000-08:00

For Donald's Birthday on February 28th we went to Disneyland!!! This year the theme is "What will you celebrate?" Or "Celebrate Today!" Or something like that. So they give you a free day on your Birthday. YAY!
We were a little worried that it was going to be busy because his February 28th just happened to be a Saturday.... and WOW busy is an understatement. Not only was it Saturday but the Junior National Cheer leading Championships were AT California Adventure. It was PACKED! But we had fun still. We kept experiencing what we called "Birthday Miracles." Like, when we first got there we were waiting in line to park and they opened up this side lot and directed us right into it and said "Well since the wait for the other Parking lots are over an hour right now we want you to park here and it's free." The only catch was that we had to walk but Disneyland was right across the street. Weird stuff like that happened all day. This couple came up to us when we were in this really long line and asked us if we wanted to go to the front of the line with them cuz they had this pass and they could take some people with them :) And we got to watch Fantasmic in the reserved area because one of the cast members screwed up and told us some wrong information. Birthday Miracles!
Tower of Terror is Donald's new favorite ride. We rode it twice. He ate all the churos and had all Disneyland cokes he wanted. He had a happy Birthday.

Again we have the picture problem. We can't take very many when there is only the 2 of us. Who will take them?

He LOVES his Churo and his Disneyland Coke :)He loves me, somehow.

Once upon a time...

Fun With the Gustins

2009-03-05T07:06:00.000-08:00

Coleen and Todd came down from Seattle to visit for a week. It was so much fun! We tried to fit in as much stuff as we could in those 8 or 9 days that they were here. We went to this Dairy farm in Gilbert/Mesa called Superstition Farms and it was really fun. The kids loved it. We learned all about cows and saw one being born! Well the afterbirth anyway.... EW! Anyone thirsty for some milk? After that we got some interesting questions from the kids about where babies come from. I guess the farm is the old fashioned way of teaching the birds and the bees. It's a little graphic, but effective. The Gustins also got to come over to our house for a Super Hero Sleep Over! Every one got to make their own Super Hero logo and wear it all night. The kids played with Honey who was Bat-Dog. They LOVED her. They went on a fun walk with her. We played Sidekick-Sidekick-SuperHero (duck-duck-goose). We ate SuperHero Spaghetti. And at then we watched Bolt before bed time. It was so fun to have the Gustins over to our house. I wish I would have got more pictures.
We were sad to see the Gustins go but we hope some day they will be back for good. We are still working on our plan to lure ALL of you here. Yes thats right! Weirs... Dalys... Gustins... Moores... Blodgetts...Snows... Kurtz...Hunters...Goughs...Noonans... Mwa ha ha ha

The Group of SuperKids!!!

Brodie wanted a picture with BatDog cuz he was BatMan.Look closely at the 2 chickens... Ha ha one leg Ha ha they're funny.
Take the horns off and this is Honeys twin sister. Ha ha ha

Look at this CUTE pregnant little lady.

What Happens in Vegas... Losses You Money

2009-02-10T12:55:00.001-08:00

SO the day before the Super Bowl I was getting off work and I called Donald and I said "Hey you wanna go to Vegas?" He said "Yeah Sure."

That is how it happened. Which is weird because I am the spontaneous one and Donald is the "planner." We usually have to have some sort of plan of action before Donald is secure enough to say yes to anything. Which is good because we can level each other out.

So we hopped on a plane for Vegas. (Donald's 1st time) We got there about 3pm and left about 8pm. We had enough time to...

*Walk the strip

*Eat a buffet

*Play a slot machine

*See the Bellagio fountains

*Have the Mexicans try to hand us porn

*Put some money on the Superbowl (more on that later)

*See the Bellagio conservatory

*Be thoroughly unimpressed by the m&ms factory

*See 2 drunk people fall right on their faces

*See a silver and gold man street performer

*Meet 3 Elvis's

......and more I'm sure

Now about the Superbowl bet. Neither of us are football fans. We couldn't care less. But we could care more. And one way to care more is to put our hard earned money on the game. Ha ha! We just thought it might be fun. Plus we were absolutely SURE the Cardinals were going to win :) That's alright. It wasn't that much $ and it made watching the game very emotional and fun. Even though we cried ourselves to sleep that night.

This is outside the Luxor. And as you can see, Chris Angel is trying to get in our picture. (top right)

Again Chris Angel is trying to sneak into our picture with his shirt off and everything.

The theme in the Bellagio gardens was Chinese-Zen-stuff. I think that's exactly how they worded it. That there behind me is a crooked bridge because it confuses bad energy or something. Those silly Chinese.

You know what stinks about going somewhere just the 2 of you? You can only get just the 1 of you in a picture.

Unless you hold it out and just get the face shot like this.

I really wish I had more pictures of stuff. I'm pretty bad at being "that" person. We had fun but I think I don't want to go back to Las Vegas anytime soon. It's expensive, and gross, and probably more fun for the drunk people falling on their faces. But I like my life just how it is, with out all that noise.

My Little Pony/Honey

2009-02-10T12:07:00.000-08:00

Dad and Molly came to visit us for a couple of days in January and it was SO fun to have them here. We got to take Molly to Culver's for some delicious butter burgers. Donald is pretty much the happiest boy in the world that they have a Culver's in AZ now. And he says that there is no reason for anyone to go see Ane and Garth in Chicago anymore. Sorry guys! I, for one, am just glad the Culver's is not near our house or I'm sure Donald's arteries would already be blocked with butter burger residue. Anyway... We watched some good movies. Dad took us all to our favorite Sushi restaurant. And we just hung out. It was a good relaxing time until.....

MOLLY! (I like to blame it on her) had the idea to go on a hike. And honey wanted to come so we let her. Dad didn't come but my mom did. It seemed like Honey made it up just fine but little did we know that her paws had all blistered. We tried to get her to walk down but she just laid down. So we (mostly Donald) carried her out. Well it turned out that all 4 of her paws were blistered completely and she had rubbed off all of the skin off the back 2 paws. It must have been very painful. We were very worried about what to do about her for the next couple days because she wouldn't walk, not even to drink or go to the bathroom. It was so sad. She was such a sad girl, she would just lay there and never move. We ended up getting a hold of a Vet and he told us how to handle it. It took about 3 days before she was up and about. But only 4 days til she was good old Honey again. :) We love her so much.

We thought she looked like a My Little Pony with her little pink booties.

Here is our Honey Back to her self. Being silly.

Christmas Post.... In February

2009-02-07T13:40:00.000-08:00

We had a fun 1st Christmas as the Weir family. We have been using most of our Christmas presents that we got for us since November. We aren't the type who has to sneak around and try to keep our gifts a secret... cuz why, it's all coming out of the same pocket. So most of our Christmas morning excitement was for the gifts that we got Honey. She made out like a bandit. She got a ton of bones we usually don't let her have and (her favorite) a GIANT stuffed dog... named Deadbee.

I did get Donald something he didn't know about. It's a GPS/Heart rate monitor for when he runs. And he got me a Cello. And Lessons(I used to play). That was awesome

This video was taken as Honey was 1st getting to know Deadbee. They pretty much hit it off from the start. That is Donald on the Cello playing a chilling version of Ba Ba Black Sheep.

Now in this video Honey and Deadbee are starting to get a little more acquainted. She "loves" him as you can see.

This is after about an hour and a half of "loving" her new boyfriend Deadbee. She was so tired she couldn't stand up. Ha ha ha... We had no idea that she was such a perv. I've NEVER seen her do that. But it was really funny.

After our Christmas morning together, we went over to my parents house and had a really fun day. It was a good year. I have no pictures.

And as for the fate of Deadbee.... His brains were spilling out all over with in a week. May he rest in peace.

Nothing like camping at the Dunes!

2009-01-06T10:02:00.000-08:00

Spencer Curtis and Braden came along. They were so fun to have there because Braden was just learning to ride. He did SO good! What a good kid.Eh-Steffen!!!

The week of Christmas my family went riding at Buttercup for a couple days. Because we're freakin awesome! And we had SO much fun! Donald couldn't get the days off work so I left him behind. Not because I don't love him. I love him with all my heart! But I also love to have fun. And so... I missed him dearly while I was riding my quad on the sweet sweet sand. :)

It was a good trip! I haven't been in a couple years and I probably did more riding this time than I ever have before.

The dunes were BEAUTIFUL!

One night we went down to Algodones, Mexico and ate some YUMMY tacos. Oh man~~ they were so good.

Rob and Steve had us all laughing the whole trip pretty much. It was good to be with the family and riding and around a campfire, it was good times... I only wish Donald had been there.

We're going to have a baby! Due to arrive in May!

2008-12-31T11:13:00.000-08:00

But Donald and I are not the parents...

These GORGEOUS dogs are!!!

Are you as excited as we are!? We have been planning on getting a new puppy for a long time. We were hoping for sometime around Donald's Birthday (February 28th) So I have been scouring the best bull terrier breeders looking for a suitable puppy and I didn't find any that I liked. I started to get a little discouraged. Donald suggested that I call Honeys breeder so I looked him up on the Internet and found out that he is an AKC judge for bull terriers and he is VERY well respected, he knows his stuff. I called him and he didn't have any female pups but he said he's about to breed 2 great dogs if I can wait and we said YES! He sent me pics of these dogs and I TOTALLY already knew who they were.

Oh my gosh, we can not wait! Can you even believe how pretty these dogs are?!

This is Stella, she is the daughter of the famous "Rufus" who won Best in Show at Westminster dog show 2006. She's so pretty.

This is Mace. He's a Champion in 5 different countries. He came to Utah from Australia.

So around May Honey will have a little sister. But we all know who will always be top dog around our house....

She thinks she's people...

2008-12-18T06:51:00.000-08:00

Honey is outrageous. Every day it's something new to make me laugh.

The other day I was getting the house ready for some friends to come stay with us for a couple days. I was cleaning all day like crazy. I vacuumed the floors and most of all the COUCH. And because honey sleeps on the couch I made sure it was completely honey-hair free. Then they weren't coming til the next day so I laid a blanket over the couch and tucked it into the cushions nice and snug.
The next morning, I wake up for work, and I go out to the living room and I didn't see Honey on the couch and I was like ??? Then I walked around.... She had somehow untucked the blanket and tucked herself in with only her head sticking out. She was laying on her back with her head to the side, like a person. Ha ha I had to show Donald. He was sleeping and I woke him up to look and we were both laughing so hard.

The funny thing is, this is not the 1st or even 2nd time she's tucked her self under the covers. HOW is she doing this? Maybe she has opposable thumbs and she's hiding them. Ew.

This picture was taken in October. She had tucked herself into our bed when we weren't looking. Nice and cozy.

She ONLY likes to sleep with her head ON pillows if there is an option.

She thinks she's people.

Ready for Christmas

2008-12-11T19:00:00.000-08:00

I wasn't going to decorate the inside of our house for Christmas because I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm no Holly-Homemaker. But I do love Christmas. And I love our beautiful giant tree that we got from Khols on black Friday, BUT it's not real. I always had a real tree when I was growing up and the best part about it was the smell! Actually today I was telling Donald about how back in the day the lights we used to put on the tree would get so hot you couldn't even touch them, back when 100s of homes burned down every Christmas season. Ha Ha! It's a wonder our house was not.

Anyway so I went down to the Christmas tree lot and asked if I could have some clippings. And Rick on Power and McKellips gave me tons. Then my mom helped me make a gorgeous garland. I did the best I could to decorate it but like I said.... no holly-homemaker. But now my house smells pretty

Pay no attention to the nothingness in the hutch behind the stockings. I have NO idea what's supposed to go in that thing. I'm hopeless.

In Jamaica...

2008-12-09T17:09:00.001-08:00

Here are just a few pictures from Jamaica. We only have like a thousand so if you want to see them you will have to come over to our house and look at the book. :)

Donald is giving me my ring and his promise.

We are MARRIED! Look at how beautiful that sky is. It was so perfect.

They made us a little wedding cake. It was cute! And the frosting was poison.

Every night we would go down to the beach and talk for hours on one of the hammocks.

We only left the resort once. We went on a horse back ride! It was just the 2 of us and our CRAZY Jamaican tour guides. They took us swimming in the water ON the horses! It was the most fun.

In The Begining...

2008-12-09T16:15:00.000-08:00

Before I can start posting random incoherent things, I feel I need to start at the beginning. But the wedding isn't really the beginning is it?
We started hanging out as friends on Donald's 25Th Birthday. I brought him a card addressed to Hup Hup (that's what I used to call him in high school). Then I gave him 26 spankins. He must have fell in love right then and there. ;) That was February 2007.

We got in loved around June. I moved to Boston in July. He asked me to be his wife on January 1st at the very first stroke of the new year. I moved to Arizona in April. We got married on the island of Jamaica on August 12Th.

Before we left for Jamaica we had a huge reception with all our families. It was SO fun and I was so happy that all that planning had paid off.

Right after the reception we left for Jamaica. :) Our resort was gorgeous! And we wanted for nothing for 8 glorious days. The wedding ceremony was sweet. The little minister was so cute, his accent was so thick you could barely understand him :) It was a romantic wedding, but we both felt there was a lot missing. We are so excited to be sealed to each other soon.

These are a few of the best reception pictures.... of me.

This is it....

2008-12-06T09:45:00.000-08:00

This is all I got for now....

I am going to go back in time sort of randomly and post pictures (not necessarily chronologically)and journal whatever goes with it. I don't what else will come of this silly thing. Hopefully some laughs.