All things Kristen

 Kristen fits most all descriptive words I can think of.   She is  very  outgoing,  silly,  sweet,  lovable,  rowdy,  beautiful,  gentle,  not gentle,  tender and more. She has grown so much just these last few months.  She is almost 8 years old and is trying to decide if she would like to get baptized.  She is very thoughtful  like that.  below are some pictures that show her many sides to her personality. I just love her,  even when she decides to be difficult. :)

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note left on my bed

 first bee sting of the summer ( she got the so far)

Fun at the splash pad

squished face   

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The Zilch.

Many years ago my sister came across an item of clothing that read on the tag "Zilch". From that time on it was forever referred to as " the zilch". she decided that she was going to make a little game out of it and pass it secretly among her sisters. You did not want to end up with the zilch. Over the years it has been passed from one sister to another in many different forms. When I ended up with it I found it in a box of food my sister had given to me when she moved from Spokane. I gladly accepted her generous offer. When I returned home with the box and began looking through the box and putting food away I beheld the zilch tucked away out of sight for me to discover after I had already left her home. It was now my turn to pass it on secretly. This is how the zilch lives, moving from one home to another. At our family reunion just a few weeks ago the zilch was secretly placed in my sister in laws truck. Little did she know what she was about to find. The Zilch lives on. My sister Shaina placing the zilch. Bekah

Girls Camp 2013

I was asked to go to girls camp this year and I couldn't have been more excited to go. I love working with the youth and spending time with them. The theme this year was "brave" and we definitely got our Scottish on. We even had highland games! I had such a blast and would totally go again in a heart beat. I did not take many pictures while there but I was able to see my niece and my uh niece once removed...? She is my sister in laws niece, but family none the less. I loved being able to see them there. My really good friend Amanda was the craft lady so we also got some time together. yay for girls camp!

Bekah

Baili's song

A song by Baili Rose Elber. Enjoy!

S-no-W Fun

On Christmas Eve the girls and I have Aunt Shavonne, baby Sam and Aunt Aimee over for a Christmas eve brunch. We made crapes with strawberries and bananas and peaches and yogurt, bacon, and muffin tin egg omelets, and of course OJ. It was so fun to have them over. While they were here it started snowing (the snow here has been uh not so here this winter, which I am not complaining about by any means, just saying). The snow flakes were like sheets of paper. They were huge. I love it when it snows like that. Its like real snow in my opinion. Anyways, the girls wanted to go out and play in it, I was holding Sam so I sent them on their way with Aimee. They tried to catch the flakes in their mouths. It was fun to watch. Once they all got out there they realized they all had on the fuzzy hooded coats, and Aimee had to get a picture. It was not easy to get a pic because their hats were so Fuphy (is that a word?) that it was hard to get all three of them in the shot. I was standing at the door watching with Sam, so Aimee got a picture of me doing that as well.
Anyways, here are the pictures from that day. It was fun, and will be a memory I will have forever.

Being crafty

So a couple years ago (years?!!!) my good friend and her son were living with me and moved out. When they moved she asked me if I wanted an old dresser that she was going to just be getting rid of. I said yes thinking that I would fix it up and give it a little TLC. Well two years later I finally did it. Here are some before and after pictures of it. I got the idea on pintrest on what to do with it. I found some scrapbook paper that I really liked and it went well with my bedroom colors that I have got going on. So I spray painted the dresser brown and then I cut and mod poged the paper to the drawers. I went to Lowe's and got some new knobs and Walla! I think it turned out pretty nice if you ask me. And it was super easy to do.

Holiday Festivities

Yesterday we made some gingerbread houses. We make them using graham crackers, and as you can see from he pictures LOTS of candy. We had John and his kids come over and make them with us. We had a lot of fun making them, and the girls were on a sugar high for a while after that. They both were very excited about how theirs turned out.

Last weekend was Baili and Kristen's primary program. They both wore the dresses that Grandma and Grandpa Weber got them for their birthdays. They are so pretty. The program went off well. They both said their parts well and sang so pretty. Baili's part was "Repentance brings forgiveness" and Kristen's part was "Reverence is love and respect for God." I love the primary program and I look forward to it every year. All the kids are so cute and fun to watch, and their sweet little voices just make me melt.

Enjoy the pictures!

Make-up or warrior paint?

There is a young woman in my ward who is my "usual" baby-sitter for the girls. She is so sweet and my girls love her. Over the last two years our families have gotten somewhat close and my girls just love their sitter. She spoils them too, which I think may be one reason why they love her so. Well last Saturday at our ward Christmas breakfast, my girls were talking with their sitter and she asked them what they wanted to Christmas. Kristen stated she wanted a licence plate (aka drivers licence) and Baili wanted a make-up set. Well last night she stopped by baring gifts. My girls were ecstatic. She gave Kristen a decorated with beads licence plate and gave Baili a nice little make-up set.

Well over the last two days they girls have decided that their rooms should become "play rooms" (imagine that concept). I was/am all for this idea and I lovingly encouraged this idea. I support them in keeping their toys in their playroom, and using their sweet imaginations in their playroom forts they build and other such activities that they do in their playrooms. I support them because, well I would not want to be the mother who wouldn't let her own kids have fun in their playroom, and because I'm cool like that. Am I right?

Anyways, tonight after dinner they decided to go play makeover in their playroom. At first they came upstairs with some eye shadow on. And if you ask me it was done pretty well for a 7 year old. But then they got a little carried away and this was the result...





Need I say more?

Journal entries

So Baili brought home her school journal for me to read and enjoy over the holidays. Which I have been enjoying oh so much. So much in fact that I decided to share with you a couple of my favorite entries.
Every morning when she gets to school she sits down at her desk and writes in her journal. Usually it is about what happened the day before, or what she did over the weekend. So as you read the entries know that they are mostly accurate. Also remember that all entries are according to her sweet 7 year old mind and how she sees things happen.


This says October is my favorite month, but I call it rocktober.


This says Yesterday we went trick or treating we had fun. We thought we saw a haunted house. We got a lot of candy. Next we went to Grandmas house. ( on the back of this page it says, we had a lot of fun). I love the picture in this one. For Halloween she was a flapper girl and Kristen was a witch. And the picture of me makes me smile. For obvious reasons.


This one says Today we have the surprise baby girl shower we will have fun. 3 days until my birthday. I love my aunts. I love me too.

Tooth Happenings

So about 2 months ago Kristen and Baili were playing, they were playing rough. Every time they start to get rough with each other I warn them that someone is going to get hurt. We sure enough within 10 seconds of saying this, Kristen bonks her mouth on Baili's head. After settling her down I look at her mouth and sure enough the blow had knocked one of her top front teeth loose. I mean sooo loose. I was sure it would come out within the next couple of days. Boy was I wrong. It had been 2 months and it still was not coming out. It got so loose that she could turn her tooth completely around more than one time, like 3 times around. It was so gross. She even had it turned on its side. I was not coming out! I told her I needed to try and when I did, sure enough it still did not come out. It was STUCK in there sooo good. I worried that if I forced it that I would pull a nerve out or something horrible.
So we get to the dentist and they take a x-ray of her mouth, and come tell me that all 4 of her top teeth need to be pulled right away! I was shocked. Seriously...why? Well apparently her front permanent teeth were coming in with a vengeance and room needed to be made before all of her teeth were forced to move. The one that was loose, the gums had taken hold of the tooth and they had to snip it off (good thing I did not pull). Anyways, she was on happy gas and I thought that she looked too funny. She was being super silly too. Saying weird things about teeth and vegetables and other random things.
She did not like the tingling feeling her lip got when the numbness wore off, but other than that she did great. Below are the pictures of the fun.

Milk WHAT???

Anyone who knows my Dad, know that he is an amazing man. He is too funny for words and when he decides to write down events that have taken place that he is a part of you know its going to be good.
Well last Friday September 23 2011 (which was my dads birthday) he and my mom went to a Western BBQ with my girls Baili and Kristen at their school. I was not able to attend because I myself was in school classes that day as well. So my parents took on the challenge.
It seemed to be quit the tale and my Dad took it upon himself to share the events of the day through an email he sent to my siblings. Below is the tall tale. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. I plan to keep this story for years to come and share it with my girls as well.

I call this story "Milk WHAT???"


It's what happens in the lunch room at school that makes you realize
it's a changing world. We should eat the ice cream before it melts.
We (Grandma and I) went to Baili and Kirsten's school to have "BBQ"
Lunch with them. I was excited to get a BBQ Burger and "Chips' from
the school lunch cafeteria. What could they possibly do to a
hamburger and pre packaged chips I thought. Upon arrival we paid for
our lunch, collected up Kristen and waited for Baili to show up in the
big room where the food was being served by people with clear gloves
on. I wondered if the gloves were for their protection or mine? With
hungry children in tow we proceeded to the formal lunch line. There
were lots of hungry children present and parents or others from a
previous generation. Presenting our "Ticket" we were given a
Styrofoam multi compartment tray. I remember the days when we used
the brown speckled plastic you can't break this tray. Generally these
plastic trays had particles of the previous meal or possibly a portion
of some meal in the distant past. So, the new Styrofoam multi
compartment tray could be a good thing. We are now approaching the
area where food is distributed to your Styrofoam tray by those people
wearing clear plastic gloves.

Cheeseburger? was the question. I responded to the affirmative and my
hamburger selected at random from a distribution tray of 50 +/-
prepared hamburger / bun combinations was opened and a slice of cheese
stuffed inside. About 1/3 of the cheese made in into the prepared
hamburger - bun combination thus converting this generic hamburger to
a "cheeseburger". It seems appropriate at this point to add a note
that in the course of approaching the first distribution point which
was the main course, I scanned the prepared hamburgers, did not notice
any movement in the tray and all appeared to be acceptable. The
stainless steel tray gave the appearance of food service excellence
and professionalism. The combination unit hit my Styrofoam tray and
I evaluated the cheese placement and decided to make adjustments so
that I had a full cheeseburger considering most of the cheese was not
on the burger. The next station required a brief consultation with
the young person who was so willing to place another item on my
Styrofoam tray. I retracted the tray until I received sufficient
information after my inquiry - What's that? The data provided by the
optical sensors was somewhat distorted. The substance was either
Beans or Chocolate cake in a cup. Since one of the options was Beans,
the information processor immediately flagged the substance as
questionable, hence the retraction of the Styrofoam tray. The
dispensing individual responded to the inquiry and confirmed the
substance was in fact Beans. Without a taste test it would be
difficult to determine what the substance was. I did not want to pass
up chocolate cake if that was in fact the substance in question. The
additional data provided by the distribution professional (with clear
plastic gloves) serving was sufficient confirmation. Following a
brief period of disappointment that it was not chocolate cake, I
declined the offer and proceeded to the next station. At the next
station, there was no opportunity to determine what the object was
that so quickly landed on my Styrofoam tray. Upon close examination,
the wrapper provided the needed info that this rectangular shaped item
was an ice cream sandwich. This data was quickly processed and the
object was accepted. After all, it was pre packaged by others and
what could possibly happen to it prior to being placed on my Styrofoam
tray. At the next station I received a "scoop" of what appeared to be
fruit cocktail. I actually got 8 grapes, a fragment of a cherry and
some yellow squares. Not so many yellow squares though. I next
received the long awaited bag of "chips." Baili told me I would get
some of these. I have had these before, 2 fairly large potato chips,
one smaller one and multiple pieces that would probably sum up to
another medium size chip once upon a time. At the next station which
was not manned by gloved up people I determined we were to serve
ourselves to mayo, lettuce, onions and tomato. We partook of the
items we wanted to adorn our hamburger or cheeseburger.



The final station was to receive a pillow of milk. It looked like a little
pillow with either brown or white liquid inside. A young Golden
Corral trainee with gloves held up one of each. No words were
actually spoken, simply a nod was sufficient to receive the brown one.
This was either liquid chocolate cake or considering it came out of
some kind of refrigerated unit, it could be chocolate milk. As we
left the serving area my thoughts turned to how in the world am I
going to drink that bladder of milk without making a mess. I then
remembered that Baili and Kristen were experienced at this and all
would be well. I placed all my faith in Baili as she explained the
process to acquire the contents of the milk bladder. She explained:
you take the straw (located in the packet with your napkin and smork.
Smork (a tehnical term Baili did not use) is a combination spoon and
fork specifically designed so only one implement is needed for
conveying the food from the Styrofoam tray to the mouth) now back to
the straw, Baili continued...placing your thumb over the opening of
the straw at the blunt end you poke it into the bladder of milk. She
demonstrated and WALA! The straw went in and I wondered in amazement
why it did not come out the other side. I tried and the straw did not
penetrate the bladder but bounced off. My response to Baili was that
I needed to use more force. She took the straw out of my hand and
performed the operation for me. Baili is smart since I was sitting
next to her and was an amateur at this; she took charge so I would not
make a mess of things. Good call! With this task complete we could
now begin to eat. Hamburger first seemed the right thing to do.
Combining hamburger, chips and grapes (aka Fruit Cocktail) we all
enjoyed our BBQ Meal. When I got to the Ice Cream sandwich it had
melted and was a challenge to eat. I am happy to report that this
task was completed and I did not get any on my shirt. This is
generally not the case. Kristen dove into her Ice Cream Sandwich and
the conclusion was that it was good. There was some evidence from
eyebrows to chin and all fingers that her ice cream sandwich had
melted too.
After finishing our meal we needed to dispose of our left over
packaging from the chips, ice cream sandwich and crumbs. I assumed
the Styrofoam Tray could be disposed and would not be reused for the
reasons previously mentioned. Baili showed the way again. At the
trash receptacle I noticed multiple hamburgers / cheeseburgers in the
trash basically untouched. My first thought was to the youngsters who
disposed of these burgers that I could have made a “double” out of
that. Then the other thoughts there are people down the street with
signs that say “will work for food”…. And other such things. I need
to tell these people to stand next to the trash can at the school
during lunch and get some burgers. I started to look for some ice
cream sandwiches that were not eaten. I reached into the trash can to
move one of the Styrofoam trays and the lunch police lady gave me "the
look" indicating this would be setting a poor example to the
youngsters. The bottom line here is to eat your ice cream before it
melts. If you get filled up from that it’s ok to dispose of the
hamburger or cheeseburger. I wonder what the kids would think if
someone stood by the trash can and sent them back to finish the
hamburger or cheeseburger before they can leave the area! Wow, I
could bring an end to world hunger. Think of how many school lunches
on Styrofoam trays don't get eaten. A trip to the rest room to wash
our hands and for Kristen - back to class. Baili went to the
playground. Grandma and Grandpa went to rest. The other subject would
be the requirement for hearing protection during lunch. i believe the
audio level in the eating area was above OSHA guidelines for requiring
hearing protection. That's another subject for another day. What
fun.

--
Warren
N7WEB



We have clarified that a smork should really be a spork, apparently Baili has yet to learn the real name for it.
Also because Baili's lunch was before Kristen's, Kristen was able to go back and have lunch again when it was time for the kindergartners to eat. She was thrilled to have a "SECOND LUNCH!" (which she announced at the top of her lungs to every one in the cafeteria) and only ate the ice cream and the chips this time around.

First Day of School

Well another school year has begun. But this year is different...both my girls are in school. Here in Spokane they do full day Kindergarten, so its not even a half day thing where I can ease into my kids going to public school. But I am not complaining either, it is nice and does have its perks.
The morning started early for us. Kristen was up at the crack of dawn, actually before the crack even. She was up and dressed and ready to go. But we had a few hours to go yet.
We did hair all pretty and done up, and brushed out teeth, and made sure that we all smelled nice. Then we started taking pictures.
As you can see Kristen in a HAM, she loves to pose and "strut" her stuff. She kept saying that she looked so stylish, and everyone was just going to love her outfit. Haha, she makes me laugh so much.
We walked to school and I took them to their classes where we unloaded their supplies and met their teachers again. Kristen really wanted to see Baili's classroom, but I told her after school we would go take a look at it. She found her desk and sat in her seat. She was ready and excited. Then I took Baili to her class where there was no assigned seating and she had a few of her really good friends waiting for her to arrive. She sat with them, and was also excited. She did get a little teary eyed and tell me that she was just a little bit nervous, but she did great.
Once they were settled into their classes, I headed home, to a quiet house, and lots of time to think of what I am going to fill my free time with these next few weeks before I start my own classes.
I am looking forward to this year and the experiences my girls will have. I hope that they grow so much and that they will continue to be examples to those around them. Hope everyone else has a great year as well.

Here are some pics, they are in kind of random order, but I think that you will get the jist of it.










Bekah

Judge Not

Today in church we had a lesson on Judging. I guess there had been some "talk" going on in the ward about gossiping, and talking down about others in the ward. I kind of seclude myself in my ward, and I try to avoid talking to people if I can. Not that I have anything against anyone, it is more of just a personal thing. Like I feel out of place. I think that stems from this being a ward that I was in when I was still married and there are a lot of people in the ward who know my Ex and I have trust issues with feeling like if anyone knows anything about me that they will go and talk about me to my Ex. I hate the feeling and I am not even sure if that would even happen, but I am paranoid about it and so I just keep to myself if I can. I do have some good friends in the ward though that I will talk to outside of church and hang out with them too. So I am not completely anti social.
ANYWAYS.....my whole point for this post is that in class today I was asked to read a quote, no big deal. But for me this quote said it all about not Judging. I wanted to share it with you all because I feel that this is something that everyone has a problem with. At one point or another we all will think or say something about another or even ourselves that is judgemental in some form. So just read it and do what you will with it, but as for me I think this is something that I will read on a regular basis.

Elder N. Eldon Tanner said that "The reason, therefore, that we cannot judge is obvious. We cannot see what is in the heart. We do not know motives, although we impute motives to every action we see. They may be pure while we think they are improper. It is not possible to judge another fairly unless you know his desires, his faith, and his goals. Because of a different environment, unequal opportunity, and many other things, people are not in the same position. One may start at the top and the other at the bottom, and they may meet as they are going in opposite directions. Someone has said that it is not where you are but the direction in which you are going that counts; not how close you are to failure or success but which way you are headed. How can we, with all our weaknesses and frailties, dare to arrogate to ourselves the position of a judge? At best, man can judge only what he sees; he cannot judge the heart or the intention, or begin to judge the potential of his neighbor."

Facebook

I know that today I am posting like a million posts, but I want to post them while I have the time. Today I have the time because I am doing absolutly NOTHING. Haha.
Anyways...I thought that it would be fun to post some of the facebook posts that I have made in the last month. Kind of fun to see the different things that I said throughout the month, my ups and downs, good times and bad. So here they are from the most recent to the last. Enjoy.


Dinner table topic of discussion tonight...snoring and passing gas, and how its no bodies business to know IF this goes on in our house. Dinner time is family time. LOL.

Strawberry banana smoothie? I think so thank you very much

Feeling a little lonely today...

Needs ideas for a last minute change to my achievement day activity this Wednesday....anybody?

If you just go with the flow of things eventually you will go over the waterfall. Just something that I learned today in Relief Society, among other great things.

Great article in the Spokane Inlander about my Faith, and the missionaries who serve in the area. Take a look its a good read.

Sleep has not been my friend the last few nights. I am so tired, but I just cannot seem to sleep.

Thinking about painting a picture...got any good ideas? I am a beginner by the way so nothing too fancy.

Dentist for the girls today, and buying a new window fan. When did my life get so boring?

I am a sucker for chic flicks. Why do I do this to myself? Lol.

Back from Utah, however it just does not feel like home here anymore, can't wait to move to Utah and start my life there.

Today was The. Most. Wonderful. Day. Ever. I love my family so much. I am so thankful to be a Weber.

According to Kristen we are now in "Aunt Kims World". Let the family reunion begin!21 adults, 28 grand children, its gonna be great!

Praying. Just praying all will be as it should. Trusting and having Faith is also what I am doing. Just an FYI to you all. :)

My pillows are calling me, but I still have so much to do. Aw well, I must give in at some point.

Over heard conversation between my girls
Baili: cause girl your amazing just the way you are...(she was singing this)
Kristen: Oh my gosh, you sounded just like the real song! Now that is amazing.
Baili: Everyone says that when I sing. I guess its just my gift.

Text typo of the day..."Always, in my house too. I have a sentsy. I like my hoe to smell good and my car too. What kind of smells do you like?"

Kristen quote of the day..I asked her to put my Jillian Michaels 30day shred away and she says "Oh mom wow she looks just like my friend Hannahs mom!" If only Hannahs mom were here to hear that, I bet she would have been pretty happy. Haha.

Bring it!

Feeling very humble and very blessed today. That is the power fasting with prayer.

Teaching my girls how to ride a bike today without training wheels. Should be entertaining, however sad at the same time that my girls are old enough to do that. Treasure these moments I will.

Holy rain storm batman!

2001 Class Reunion

Well this year was the 10 year anniversary of my high school graduation. Which seems weird to me. I do not feel like I am old enough for it to have been 10 years already, but so it is.
For the last 6 months at least I have been planning and organizing the events for the reunion with my high school friend Winona. She was the class president and I the vice, which I guess meant that were are in charge of planning the reunion. It took some time for us to agree of what activities we should do, but alas we agreed and a plan came into action.




We decided to have the reunion be just one day (I am so glad we did that) and make it family friendly the entire time. We met in the morning at a park and had a brunch and visitation time. We about a small group show up. Not very many, but that is ok. It was nice to play catch up with my class mates. I feel bad because I was not able to really talk with everyone that came, but to be honest, I was able to talk to those who I really wanted to talk to and catch up with, so I am happy. See the picture of me and my two friends being goofy? Well we were together all the time in High school. We did everything together. It was fun to be together again.
If you read my earlier post about my family reunion I mentioned a new BFF that I have. It's kind of an inside joke, but in all honesty she is pretty great. She married one of my best friends from my childhood John. I still consider John as my really good friend. Always have always will. I was able to get to know his wife Molly Jo better at the reunion, but I follow her blog too so I felt like I already knew her and was friends with her. I think just hanging out that evening sealed the deal. :)
Anyways, I am glad the reunion has come and gone. It stressed me out a bit. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. I am not looking at my best, but aw-well such is life sometimes. lol.