Times like these...

Timmy's Project in good old Hemet

2009-04-15T14:32:00.001-07:00

Timmy's putting in a huge coy pond in his parents backyard, so this weekend while we were out there for Easter, I took some pics of the different steps. The pictures without the grey gooky looking concrete are from the first steps when he "ties steel", and the grey gooky pics are from the day they had the "shotcrete" shot. I'm sure I sound really dumb trying to describe this, but I'm trying! Leave me alone Timmy! Oh, and there's also a super cute picture of Mom holding our super cute new nephew, Riley. He belongs to Timmy's brother Chris and his wife Jen, whom I love dearly!

Easter!!!!

2009-04-15T14:23:00.000-07:00

We spent the whole weekend in Hemet with Timmy's big ol' family with cousins and everybody. It was sooo much fun. The kids didn't want to go home, and trust me, I was tempted to grant them their wish! Ha ha ha! Here's some cute pics of the kids and the family.

Bowling for family night

2009-03-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

Penny LOVES to go bowling, so finally after begging for a couple nights, we gave in and took the kids bowling. Did you know that besides the bumpers for the little ones, the bowling alleys also have ball ramps for the kids to help them push their ball down the aisle? What a great idea! We've been there tons of times, and never even knew about this fantastic invention. I just want to make sure everyone is aware, and make sure to ask for it at the counter! I bowled too, but no way was I gonna post those ones! Ha!

Front yard and Garage???

2009-03-28T16:39:00.000-07:00

I'm so not into blogging anymore, but since everyone is on my case! Here are so new pics of the kids playing in the yard and in the garage. For some reason, the garage and the front yard are soooo fun. I don't get it. All the toys and kid stuff is in the back yard. Go figure...

Trena's Baby Shower

2009-01-20T10:50:00.000-08:00

Trena's baby shower was awesome! I took Penny with me out the the Stiers house in Cathedral City and she got to play with Belen and Allie all day long. She had tons of fun, and so did I. I got to see so many faces that I hadn't seen in a long time, plus all my regulars that I love to death. Kelty took AWESOME pictures. I really love the ones she took of Penny and baby Charlie. There were so many great pictures, I had a really hard time choosing which ones to post.

Thanksgiving Weekend and our New Camera!!!

2008-12-02T14:58:00.000-08:00

We got a new camera this last weekend! So now I can post more frequently. We spent Last week in Indio of all places, with Timmy's family, Aunt, Uncle, Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, etc... it was super fun. The Stephens (Timmy's Aunt and Uncle's Family) have a worldmark timeshare thing, and they got us three condo's out in Indio for Thanksgiving week. The place had 3 pools, tons of cool stuff for the kids to do, and a lazy river. That was Penny and Lukes Favorite. Then on Thanksgiving day, we drove from Indio to Oak Hills to have dinner with my sisters family. We had tons of fun there too. I love spending time with Becky and her family. Her kids are 10 and 7 though, and they don't "play" anymore. They are so mature, and it trips me out. Anyway, We didn't have the camera yet when we went to Becky's, so I don't have any pictures of that. How sad.

2008-11-16T20:36:00.000-08:00

Here's Luke taking Penny for a ride in their jeep. Luke thinks it's HIS, so he refuses to let Penny drive. She's lucky she even gets to sit in it to take a ride.

Angels Game

2008-08-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

Timmy took Penny to the Angels game the other night. Just the 2 of them. How cute is that? I got to stay home and cuddle with Luke.

Doing Chores

2008-08-10T21:56:00.000-07:00

It's not too early to start teaching about chores, right?

Our First Family Camping Trip

2008-07-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

Penny and Daddy (they hogged that paddle board most of the day!)

That's why Penny is so freaking tan!

They were watching the fire works, so patriotic

This picture is proof that we camped in a tent

Well, we just had our first family camping trip over the 4th of July. We camped at Lake Gregory at a little camp ground called "Camp Switzerland". It was AWESOME! So beautiful, clean, and quiet. We were invited to go with our friends the Orgills. All of our kids had a blast. We spent one entire day at Lake Gregory, playing in the warm lake, and taking the kids out on paddle boards.

Strawberry Fields

2008-06-16T16:58:00.000-07:00

The kids and I went on a field trip to Tanaka Farms last week and got to pick our own strawberrys to take home. MMMM! We also got to eat as much as we wanted while we picked. So I ate a LOT, and it was yummy. We also got to sample the yummy onions, lettuce, carrots, and peas. That was the most vegitables i've ever eaten it one day, for sure!

Day at the Beach

2008-06-16T16:56:00.001-07:00

Okay, I know it's been a while, so I better try and catch up. Here's some pictures from when we went to the beach about a MONTH ago! It was a really hot day, and we stayed and played for 5 hours. It was really fun.

Mullet Man

2008-04-21T21:14:00.000-07:00

Timmy's been bugging me to cut his hair forever, and we finally got around to it last night. Here's Timmy's before picture

Nice picture, huh? Then, we couldn't decide on a haircut, so we thought about going with the old "A" Frame, or Mullet as some people call it...

I told him he'd be a perfect addition to The Scorpions....

As much as he wanted to keep his hair in a mullet, I told him he wouldn't be getting any more children (yeah right) as long as he looked like this. So we finally ended up with...

Sorry, once again, Timmy doesn't have a shirt on. Get used to it! This is who he is!

It was sooooo hot today

2008-04-12T21:47:00.000-07:00

Man, it was hot today. Here in beautiful Westminster, it was 95 freaking degrees! So weird since last week it was in the 60's (which I consider cold). So thank goodness we have our 3 foot wide pool to keep cool in. Here's Luke checking out the temperature. After Luke went down for his nap, Penny and myself spent a good hour or so lounging in our own pretend paradise in the backyard.

Daddy, please build us one of these....

Why am I still awake!!!!!

2008-03-27T00:51:00.001-07:00

I suffer from HORRIBLE "restless leg syndrom", which makes it so I can't go to sleep, no matter how tired I am. It really really sucks. I just lay in bed with my legs just bugging the crap out of me until I finally realize that there's no way I'm gonna fall asleep without the help of some drugs. At this point I get up in the middle of the night (like right now) and play on the computer for about an hour or so, until my Motrin kicks in, and I feel like I might be able to sleep. So, I've been up for awhile, eating all the marshmallows from an entire box of Lucky Charms. Oh yeah, that's gonna help me sleep! Anyway, just thought I post some more pics from this week. Here's some of Timmy teaching Luke to skate. It's never too early, right?

Flying Babies

2008-03-26T21:09:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures from last night as Timmy repeatedly tossed our children onto the bed. I was having fun trying to get a picture while they were in mid-air. The kids LOVE this kind of rough play. Penny's favorite thing is when Daddy "Fights" with her. She's so funny. Luke loves it too, but he likes to do anything Penny does, which drives Penny nuts. He tries to copy everything she says and does. It's so cute. Then she gets mad at him for copying her, and she screams at him, and so he hits her, and she hits him back, and then he tackles her and she starts crying. Pretty much happens just like that every time. All I can do is try to save Penny before Luke beats her up too bad. Seems like she'd learn her lesson by now, and stop yelling at him. I guess kids just aren't that smart. She'll figure it out eventually...

HELP!!!

2008-03-25T13:23:00.000-07:00

When I downloaded this new Layout (which I don't love) I accidentally deleted everybody elses blog addresses! Thorey, I need yours, and I need Katie's. The rest I can probably get from there.

2008-03-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

Here's Luke after feeding himself at the big table. He purposly makes a big mess.... what a punk! But it's really hard to get upset with someone who's this cute. Don't you agree?

A Day at Disneyland

2008-03-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

Katie invited us to join her for a few hours of fun at Disneyland last week. We didn't last long, but here's Penny with her friends Belen and Regan. Penny is the one being a Ham.

Timmy's Kids

2008-03-07T20:33:00.000-08:00

Here's a classic example of an evening in the Steadman household. It typically turns into a wrestling match around 7:30pm. This is actually pretty mild.

"Friday Drama" my butt

2008-02-24T18:42:00.000-08:00

Okay Timmy, you got me again. That entire story was some stupid concoction that Timmy pulled out of his butt. And everybody felt so sorry for me too. It WAS extremely detailed and long, but completely fake. Sorry everyone. But you should've known, my grammer isn't quite THAT bad!!

friday drama

2008-02-23T07:34:00.000-08:00

wow, yesterday was a stressful day. penny is sick, luke is sick and i feel like im getting sick. Deja-vu! i woke up in the morning with luke around 4am. the little guys molers are coming in and hes in alot of pain. i feel so bad for him, they broke through later in the day so he seems like he is doing better. then as i was taking penny to school i was stopped at a red light and an old asian woman hit me from behind! arghh. I think im a manget for people hitting me, i swear! ive been hit 4 times in the past 1.5 years. luckily there was no damage. so off to the grocery store i went. shopping for food is so fun, luke loves riding in the cart, and usually in the morning there arent alot of people in the store, so, in a way, its quite peaceful. that is, except for today. luke is such a good boy whaen we go shopping but for some reason he was acting crazy. he kept wanting to get out of the cart, so id get him out of the cart, and let him walk. hed walk for 30 sceonds and then want to get in the cart again. so i'd put him back in the cart, and 30 seconds would pass and hed want to walk again. so finaly i just picked him up put him on the store floor and walked away so he would follow me. it was working until he decided to pull some jars of spaghetti sauce off of a display the grocery had set up. DISASTER! really, how much damage can a 1.5 yr old cause? it was about a 3foot tall display, luke pulled out the "sweet spot" one which caused a chain reaction for the rest to fall. broken glass and spaghetti sauce everywhere! i thought luke was cut because he was stained with the sauce. (no cuts, phew!) It gets worse- the display was in the corner, sort of a blind spot for people turning the corner of the isle. as luck would have it an older lady was walking with her cart and was oblivious to the bomb that had just gone off. well she slipped, and fell, and begun screaming in pain. employees rushed to her side to help her and see what was wrong. when she fell she put her hands on the floor to break her fall, but the only thing broken was her wrist. the most disgusting thing ive ever seen, her bone came out of her skin, and on her other hand a piece of glass hand sliced up her palm pretty good. at this point im feeling soooo bad, and of course luke is right by my side covered in spaghetti sauce from the knees down. i couldnt have looked more guilty. it was only a matter of minutes before the ambulance showed up, followed by the old ladys degenerate son. the son smelled of alcohol and cigeretts, he only came in the store because he saw the ambulance and put 2 and 2 together. (apparently he drives his mom places). he is shouting and cursing and then looks at me and says "is this the little shit that did this"? pointing to luke. ahh i was so pissed i put luke in the cart and started yelling at him saying not very nice words, the store employees had to interfere and calm everyone down, i was so mad! so he says "yea whatever, we'll see you in court". so off i again i went using very un-christlike words. luke meanwhile happy as a clam. lucky for me it was raining so i knew timmy was home, so i called him up and told him what happened and asked him to come down and bring some clothes for luke and take him away. about 2-3 minutes later the police arrived because of all the drama happening in the store, also to calm me and the drunk son down. they were nice and everything was finally calming down. timmy got there a few minutes later to take luke. i give luke to timmy and the drunk son says, "it shoulda been your boy whose all cut up and not some innocent by-stander", without any hesitation timmy handed luke back to me and punched the guy square in the nose. the guy falls to the ground holding his nose, blood pouring out, timmy jumps on top of him and just goes crazy, i was so scared. the police officer and 2 store employees had to restrain timmy, and i swear, timmy is absoulutly mental at this point. the cop puts him on the ground with his arm behind his back, timmys yelling, but finally calm down, puts handcuff on him and takes him out. the paramedics are attending to the man now with the broken nose, and im just freaking out. cant believe what just happened. so here it is sat morning and at 9.am i get to go get my timmy out of the orange county jail. this is going to be a fun weekend

Timmy, I'm going to kill you!

2008-02-20T16:03:00.000-08:00

Timmy, If I catch you posting on my blog again, you are in BIG trouble mister!

Happy Birthday Thorey!!!

2008-02-18T16:53:00.000-08:00

It was Thorey's Birthday yesterday, and I didn't even get to see her! So this is my "ode to Thorey", my very best friend. Oh, you're gonna love this...

Us, when we were probably about 16! I love the eyebrows.

Trip to Lake Havasu, We were probably about 18 or 19.

This was us at our very first apartment (in Hesperia), and us at Halloween when we made our own costumes. Pretty good, I think!

And then below, is a picture from my wedding. This is when Thorey and I parted ways as roommates, and had to TRY to live without each other : ( at least not every single day

I LOVE YOU THOREY!!!!
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Daddy's Home!!!!

2008-02-05T18:18:00.000-08:00

Phew! Timmy just came home this morning after leaving me alone for 9 days, while he surfed in Ecuador. Needless to say, I'm ecstatic that he's back. And the kids have been hanging all over him the entire day. It's been adorable! Oh, and Timmy had a really good time surfing too. Here are a few pictures of Timmy with the kids before he left, when he got back and some pics of him while he was in Ecuador. He said that it rained a lot, that it was VERY hot, and that the food was really good. Also, they strangley enough use the US Dollar as their currancy there. Huh.

Mexican Riviera

2008-01-14T17:47:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted! Well we finally did something worthy of writing about, so I decided to get to work. We just got home from an 8 day cruise to the Mexican Riviera with Timmy's mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law, and their 3 kids. There were 11 of us altogether, and it was crazy. We mostly spent day and night a the kids pools watching the kids running around from pool to pool, going down water slides, and sitting in the hot tub. Then we got into Karaoke. That was pretty funny. We ate all the time, because you could. It was anything but relaxing. While we were at our second port, Puerta Villarta, there was a little incident which nearly killed Penny! The Mexicans were para sailing right off the beach (instead of from a boat), and the rope from the para sail came down from the sky right in front of Penny and her Cousin Morgan. Then, the rope suddenly started going back up (the wind had caught the para sail and it lifted into the air). As the rope started going back up, it scratched right across Penny and Morgan, catching Penny right under the chin (across her neck!), and pulled her backwards into the surf, holding her underwater! Luckily Timmy saw the whole thing, and was able to get her out in time. Penny was super rattled, and covered in sand. She had a terrible rope burn across her neck which progressively got worse looking as the days went on, forming a scab. Poor Penny. Anyway, we finally got her mind off it with some horse riding, which she thoroughly loved. Besides that, the rest of the trip was muy bien.

Our Danny in Iraq!

2007-11-19T20:57:00.000-08:00

Danny recently sent us this awesome photo of him in Iraq. Just wanted to pay tribute to our brave little brother who is so far away from us right now. We miss you Danny!!!

Hesperia 1st Ward Reunion

2007-11-19T20:46:00.000-08:00

Thorey and I recently drove up to Hesperia for the very first "Hesperia 1st Ward's Reunion". They said this reunion was inspired by my mom's recent funeral. They wanted an excuse to get all of us together without it being a funeral, and it was a lot of fun. Thorey has the few pictures that we took, but we were instructed to find old pictures of our families to provide for a picture show that they will be posting on the internet soon. Anyway, I found this old picture of my mom and dad, and thought it was pretty funny, and super cute : )

Halloween Costumes

2007-11-03T11:32:00.000-07:00

Okay, we've got Penny with Brians Halloween mask on.... Penny with mommy's Costume on.... and Penny as Tinkerbell. Which one looks best? And then we have Luke as a Dinosaur. I was having a very difficult time getting him to hold still so I could take a picture. What a little bugger! They had a great time Trick-or-Treating with Grandma & Papa this year. Timmy and I got to stay in and pass out candy to the other Trick-or-Treaters, which I love to do!

How he proposed...

2007-11-01T21:33:00.000-07:00

Okay, I warned you this was boring, but get ready to start snoring. Well, after dating for a whole 3 months.... One night we were cuddling in Thorey's room (I don't know, she was out of town, and she had a bigger bed - What? ) and we were talking about how much we liked each other (how cute). I told him that I hoped he knew that if he ever got sick of me that he'd have to be the one to break it off, because I would never break up with him. He said that he'd never break up with me either. Then he said, "We should get married". And I said "Okay". And we were engaged. Exciting, huh? We were dead serious, and were married 3 months later.

Tagged!!!!

2007-10-31T19:37:00.000-07:00

Dang it Leah! I hate this crap. But you're right, I'll do it. I'm so easily pursuaded, I swear!These are questions about my husband.
WHAT IS HIS NAME: Timmy
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER: Just had our 7 year anniversary.
HOW OLD IS HE: 30, right now I'm 2 years older than him.
WHO EATS MORE: Normally him, but right now he thinks he's fat, so he's kind of dieting (ha ha!)
WHO SAID I LOVE YOU FIRST: How do you remember crap like that?
WHO IS TALLER: Timmy
WHO SINGS BETTER: I do, but he probably thinks he does. Again, ha ha ha!
WHO IS SMARTER: We're each smart about different kinds of things.
WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY: duh, I do. I'm not sure he even knows how
WHO DOES THE DISHES: That would be me
WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED: That's his side.
WHO PAYS THE BILLS: I do, but I'm kind of over it.
WHO MOWS THE LAWN: The gardner, thank goodness. Otherwise it might never get done.
WHO COOKS DINNER: Chili's, Buca Di Beppo, Charo Chicken, Ameci's Pizza, you get the picture ; )
WHO DRIVES WHEN YOU ARE TOGETHER: He does, otherwise there are problems. I don't like backseat drivers
WHO IS THE FIRST TO ADMIT WHEN THEY ARE WRONG: We're both pretty good about that
WHO'S PARENTS DO YOU SEE THE MOST: Ummm.....
WHO KISSED WHO FIRST: I think I did it. I remember getting sick of waiting
WHO PROPOSED: We did it together (ask me later)
WHO IS MORE SENSITIVE: I don't know, neither of us are very sensitive, or at least we don't get our feelings hurt easily.
WHO HAS MORE FRIENDS: I have a lot, but you wouldn't believe how many friends this guy has, geesh!
WHO HAS MORE SIBLINGS: He does
Okay, who to send this to.... Thorey .... and you better do it!

Orgil's Crazy Party!!!

2007-10-27T12:38:00.000-07:00

Whoo Hoo! We partied our elderly booties off at the Orgill's annual Halloween party. We dressed up as a couple of old farts. I'm not sure how well we really pulled it off, but we were a hit for sure. We were told that we were the best dancers, but didn't win the costume contest. We stayed pretty late (for us) doing the limbo, and goofing off. Despite the fact that I had sat in a chair that had a huge puddle of water in it, and was freezing cold from being wet, we had a really good time.

Michaela & Logan came to Visit!

2007-10-27T12:32:00.000-07:00

Becky and Greg came over with the kids on Friday while on their way to Disneyland! We all had some much fun watching the kids attacking each other on the trampoline. They had the day off of school due to the fires and all the smoke that had settled in the area. Lucky! Doesn't Michaela look just like me? Man, it trips me out. We were gonna go to Disneyland with them for a while, but decided we better not, or we wouldn't have time for the Halloween party that night. Check out my next posting!

Day at the Park with Belen and Thyssen

2007-10-25T21:54:00.000-07:00

Even with all the smoke in the air, we managed to have a fun (yet, very hot) October day at the park. Okay, so the kids had fun, while me and Katie sweated our butts off chasing them around for all of maybe an hour. For some reason it felt like we ran a marathon that day. I hope it was the smoke in the air and not age! Okay, how cute is this picture of Thyssen?! Belen continues to be Penny's very best friend. They play so cute and sweet together. I must say Luke is quite fond of Thyssen too. He's always trying to eat him, and/or sit on him. It's pretty cute. We ended up spending the rest of the day in the air conditioned house where the girls (and Luke) played outside and Katie and myself lazily watched TLC and relaxed and the couch. Not a bad day.

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to the Pumpkin patch last night. It was really fun. They each got to pick out a pumpkin to take home, and they jumped in the bounce houses, rode the rides, and fed the goats and chickens.

Dead Whale at the Jetty's

2007-10-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

Timmy took Penny down to the beach to check out a dead whale tonight. It was pretty sick from all the pictures I saw. It was basically just a bunch of mush with bones sticking out. They came home smelling really really bad. But they got lots of super cute pictures for me to post on the blog! I wasn't gonna include a picture of the nasty dead whale, but Timmy insisted, so check it out. It's the upper right picture. Yuck.

What a ham

2007-10-16T17:53:00.000-07:00

Luke has recently started walking. Needless to say, we all mess with him a lot. In this picture he's wearing an old hat of Penny's. Penny also likes to dress him up in her dress-up clothes and he likes wearing jewelry. Hopefully a phase that he'll grow out of. Penny also likes to push him over as he walks by. She's a great older sister ; )

My First Post

2007-10-16T12:57:00.000-07:00

This is so exciting! Katie is sitting right here making me create this blog. I have no idea what kinds of things I'm going to put on this. I guess it'll just be tons of pictures of the kids. So.... Today is October 16th, my wonderful mother-in-laws Birthday! Penny wakes up every morning and askes if it's Halloween yet. She's very anxious to go Trick-or-treating.