Zoo and the Melting Pot

While Candace's sister and niece were in town, the five of us (including Candace's mom) all went to The Melting Pot for a girl's night out. Mmmmm!

We went to the Zoo the other weekend and although the picture below is unorthodox, I tend to like it.

I got snappy with Andy and he got mad at me...I was trying to cheer him back up, but as you can tell from the below picture, he was still mad at me.

Candace, Bobby and Quay went with us that day cause it was such a gorgeous day! I managed to snap this pic of Quay before my battery died.

New Hair

So this image was taken mainly to show Candace the new color, but I also got a new cut too.

Reminder!

Just a reminder, the MS Walk 2008 is this weekend! Please visit the link below to sign-up or sponsor!

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/IDIWalkEvents?px=2139499&pg=personal&fr_id=8632

Please help us to find a cure!

Andrea

Eugene Trip

Andy and I went to Eugene for a weekend to visit a couple of our good friends from when we lived there. Below are a few pictures, they are random, but I will make sure to label them.

My hubby and me in all my whiteness.

Anne, Myself & Heather with T-Rex. We ended up making a detour into Portland to go to OMSI and the original Spaghetti Factory.

Pretty Heather
My own personal Hell. That building is where I worked for 9 months of my life...crying each morning before I had to go to work.

Andy's favorite place in Eugene.
The submarine we took a tour of.

Anne's experiment.

Anne's results

The house I shared with Andy and 3 other guys. Don't ever do that!

One of the apartments we lived in...this one was shared with Brian.

Close up.

Our last apartment in Eugene...just Andy and I. We had a couple of ducks who made their nest in those bushes each year.

Don't ask.


Behaving


Heather

Colton's Birthday Party

Better late than never. I have been holding onto these pics for more than a month now. Wanted to share some with everyone.

The Birthday Boy

Kurston & Cohen


Kira looking into her "goodie bag"


Tristan was trying to dodge my camera. Finally got him.

The two younger cousins, so intent on what the birthday boy got.

Kira drinking her potato milk.

I know, I know

I know I haven't posted in a while and I don't really have the time right now to update, but I will do so soon. It has been in the back of my mind and I have tons of pictures that still need removed from my camera. I have just been really, really busy doing nothing! :P

Week at a glance

Not really a whole lot to say. Still in school, still going to work, tired as can be. Had a birthday party this weekend and then took Colton and Taj for the night, I will post pictures when I can squeeze the time. Ummm...heading to Eugene for the weekend on the 21st. Other than that, just some family issues. Large families come with lots of issues. But I love them all just the same.

New Pics of Quay

Adorable, little squirt. He is barely 3 months old, but looks much older and is VERY strong.

Busy, yet not so busy weekend.

So, this was one of the last "free" weekends in a while, and even it wasn't so free. Friday we were able to refinance our car for an interest rate of about 2.5% less that will save us about $3000 over the life of our loan, so that will be nice. I was supposed to go out with one of my friends that night, but her plans ended up changing, so I convinced Andy to stop at Red Robin for dinner. We shared some nachos and fries and I had a margarita. I couldn't quite convince him to go to a movie, so we went home and fell asleep on the couch at 6:40! This wouldn't be so bad if it were just a nap, but we didn't wake up until 1am and that was just to move to the bed. I finally got up the next morning at 7:40!!!

Then Saturday, we went over to Candace and Bob's. Candace had made some homemade pizza dough and we all made personal pan pizzas...Mmmmm, it was sooo good, but it seems so odd, cause last year, Candace wouldn't even set foot into the kitchen, but she has turned out to be a WONDERFUL cook!

Finally, Sunday we didn't do anything but play games, at least until about 4:30, then we logged off and both worked on homework while we watched the Oscars.

I have been using my new PDA for keeping track of my schedule, etc, and boy have I needed it. I don't have a free weekend until the 29th of March now...and the only reason it is still free is because it is so far away:

3/1 - Birthday dinner for Christi
3/8 - Birthday party for Colton
3/15 - Girl's Night out with my sisters & potentially others
3/22-3/23 - Roadtrip to Eugene

Then I can skip a few weekends and then on 4/19, MS Walk (I really need to get to fundraising for it).

Anyway, that's all for now, at least, that's all I can think of.

MS Walk 2008

Ok, so it is that time of the year again! On April 19th, I will be participating in the MS Walk here in Boise.

My aunt has had multiple sclerosis (MS) for as long as I can remember, but the disease hadn't affected me much until 3 years ago when my oldest sister was diagnosed. Now I am reminded all the time of the effects such a disease can have on someone.

The first time I saw my sister walking with a cane was when she was only 29 years old. Can you imagine having to use a cane when you hadn't even hit your 30th birthday yet?! Although there hasn't been a cure developed, doctors are getting closer and closer every year.

If you would like more information on MS, please look at the local Idaho Chapter's webpage.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=IDI_homepage

Otherwise, please help me by making a donation or participating in the walk yourself! You can donate in my name at my personal fundraising webpage.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/allasley

Also, there is a link to sign up for the walk on that webpage as well.

Thanks guys!

Andrea

Small Update

So, I realized that I hadn't made a serious post since the 8th. I really don't have much that is new, my life these days is pretty monotonous. Same thing, week after week.

I took two tests last Thursday for school and got my scores back yesterday. I got a 91 on my Business Statistics test and then a 96 on my Operations Management exam.

We had both my oldest nephew, Tristan, and my younger brother, Kyle come and stay with us this weekend. It was their chance to get away and play games for the weekend. We picked them up on Saturday and then took them home on Monday morning. I really think they enjoyed themselves.

I also started going to the chiropractor. I have always known I have back problems, but I was able to ignore it for the most part. That is until I got this spot parallel to my shoulder blade, about an inch in diameter and it wouldn't go away, though it was sometimes worse than others. So, I went to the chiropractor and I had 2 vertabrae in my neck that were twisted, two in my upper back (one of those also caused a rib to be out of alignment, therefore causing the painful spot), and my pelvic bone and tailbone were twisted, so I am set up on a schedule to get myself corrected.

I got Candace hooked on the Twilight Series (thanks, Sharlee!), so she had borrowed the first book last week and finished it yesterday and wanted the next, so I ordered some pizzas and Candace, Bob and Quay came last night a hung out with us. We watched the Biggest Loser and although I didn't work out or get any homework done, it was nice hanging out with them.

The last bit of new would be that I cut my hair. It really needed it and is now soooo healthy...YAY! It is what is classified as medium length, but by my standards, it is short. It's cute though, at least I've been told.

My New Pretty!!!

Yay!!! I got my new cell phone today!

Moto Q 9c

The Pictures I Promised

Most importantly is the pictures of our new bedroom set:




The birthday boy, Trayton.


Cace.

Tajjer, doesn't he look handsome?



Kurston, holding her son, Cohen.




Kurston, still holding her son, Cohen. Now that's what I call talent.


Kira hugging Carson.


Kira again. She wasn't too sure of so many people around, but adorable none-the-less.

Justin

Jason, being a BIG dork!

Colton.

Ryan

Jason...dork again...but hilarious!

My mom, grandma and Connie.

Carson.