Messinger Family

no post since 2008

2010-09-23T10:56:00.000-07:00

So I have just looked back on my blog and realized all of the things I have forgotten about. I am so sad I have not kept up on it for the past 2 years. I am going to try and recreate the past 2 years. So watch for old info to show up and then I will keep this updated.

Carson Potty Trained!!!!!!!!

2008-12-16T16:04:00.000-08:00

So Carson has been completly potty trained for a while now. Although #2 can get a little messy, with no help.
Last night me and Trent were sitting in bed at 10:00 watching TV and Carson comes down the stairs totally asleep. He climbs in bed for a few minutes with Trent. All of the sudden he jumps up and heads for the bathroom pulling down his pants.
He comes out of the bathroom and I thought to myself how cute that he came all the way downstairs still asleep to use our bathroom.
Then he climbs in bed with me. After a few minutes I carry him back to his bed. When I come back to my room I head for the closet to get ready for bed.
In our bathroom right when you walk in is the closet to the left (there is no door). Keep going straight and the toilet is a towel bar length away on the left.
Anyways back to the closet. I step into the closet and my foot gets wet. There is a straight stream of pee from the bathroom onto the carpet into the closet.
I guess I am still counting him as being potty trained at least he didn't pee in my bed.

Annual Christmas Tree Hunt

2008-12-06T21:40:00.000-08:00

So every year we go up out of Sisters to get our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. This year was a little different, there was no snow. So We missed out on our sledding hill but Casey and Julie made a scavenger hunt so the kids didn't seem to care. We brought our 4 Wheeler and trailer and Trent put foam in the trailer so we had a lot of hay rides.

Don't be fooled once you stand it up it is a Charlie Brown tree.

Dont'

Molly Morman

2008-12-01T20:49:00.001-08:00

Ok so I am playing Molly Morman today. 1st the egg seeds and now Peppermint swizzle sticks ( I had lots of broken peppermints and candy canes from the parade).

We are having Enrichment Night tommorow with a tasters table. I couldn't decide what to do and finally I came across this in Better Homes and Garden.

1. Marshmallow

2. dip half of marshmallow in mixture of 1 cup sifted powdered sugar and 3-4 teaspoons of water.

3. finely chop peppermint/candy canes. I used my hand chopper.

4. Dip wet marshmallow in crushed peppermint.

5. Let stand.

6. Poke with a toothpick and use in your hot chocolate. YUM!!!!

Family Home Evening.

2008-12-01T20:44:00.001-08:00

Ok so I ripped this off from one of the Dickinsons blog. We were given some seeds from a customer and so I thought we will take a wack at it. We planted the seeds in the egg shells. 1st we poked holes in the bottom of the shells then filled them half way with soil. Then we put the seeds in and filled them the rest of the way. Last we watered them and wrapped them with plastic wrap. When it is time to plant them outside after the last frost we just put them in the ground, shell and all. Pretty cool well update you on the flower situation later.

Christmas Parade in Redmond.

2008-12-01T20:39:00.001-08:00

So I only got a couple of pictures and then got into trying to get Carson to run for the candy. Unless the candy was right at his feet he wouldn't get it. Then we realized that he was standing over Megan's candy bag. Why would he have to run for it when Megan was bringing it to him? It was great weather and the kids had so much fun. I think the best float was the Redmond Police. They had the Grinch in a Jail cell on the back of their float. Yah Christmas is saved.

Gold Canyon Candles

2008-11-29T13:45:00.000-08:00

I have been selling Gold Canyon Candles for a little less than a year. They are the best smelling candles I have found.
Here is my website in case you are interested:
www.mygc.com/messinger

Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T09:22:00.000-08:00

So this year we stayed home all by ourselves. It was so nice. We woke up and I put the Turkey in the oven. Then we went to the kids gradeschool to play Football with a bunch of people from Church. Trent and his friends kind of started their own game of tackle football. The touch game was a lot of people with girls and little kids.

Then we went home and we all sat in the hot tub for awhile and warmed up.

When we got out the Turkey was already done (dang the convection roast feature).

So me and Trent worked real fast to get everything else ready.

After we ate at 3:00 we spent the rest of the day hanging out. And over course cleaning up after Thanksgiving. I had to clean out the fridge, because this year I actually defrosted the Turkey in the Fridge ( I have never been organized enough to do that). Normally I just defrost the Turkey in the sink in water. So the Turkey bleed all over the fridge YUCK!!! By 5:30 I think I was finally done cleaning the fridge, kitchen, and had done 2 loads in the dishwasher. I was so tired after that I got the kids to watch Harry and the Henderson and I feel asleep with Ashley laying on me.

All in all it was the most relaxed Thanksgiving I remember.

Now what do we do with the rest of the weekend?

Megan's Pictures

2008-11-11T12:03:00.000-08:00

We had Megans pictures taken for her baptisim program. The rest of the family is soon to be following we just have not had the time to get together with my friend Somerlie.

Megan 3rd Grade 9/08

Carson

2008-11-10T14:59:00.001-08:00

So Carson is pretty comical. His new jokes are "Have you ever seen a chicken walking a chicken?" He just changes the subject each time. Chicken, car, and dog are his favorite. He'll tell his joke over and over. As long as you keep listening.

Halloween Pumpkins

2008-10-30T07:29:00.001-07:00

So carving pumpkins SUCKS! Ok maybe just cleaning up after it is all over. So I decided to pull out the potato heads and let the kids stick the pieces in their pumpkins. I think they actually liked that more.

Yes Ashley actually did this too her pumpkin. She never stops, she has to keep going until all the pieces are gone.

This was my pumpkin. I thought for sure Ashley was going to do the princess but as you see from above she just wanted to use all of the extra pieces.

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2008-10-29T19:50:00.000-07:00

So I made it to Carson's School before I noticed I was wearing two completely different shoes. I just slipped them on and ran out the door. What are the chances that I could slip one foot in a Right shoe and one foot in a Left shoe?

Ashley's Birthday at the Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time with our friends, Thank you all for coming and making Ashley's day special. We closed down the pumpkin patch. When Ashley told me during the summer time that she wanted to have her birthday at the Pumpkin Patch I was a little scared about the weather. October 28th has not been known to be too warm, but it was gorgeous.

We went on the hay ride and feed the cows. Then when we tried to leave they were chasing behind trying to get the hay.

We feed the animals and went to the petting zoo.

The final and biggest hit was the play area with the zip lines (the kids are crazy)!

Church Harvest Party.

2008-10-29T19:00:00.000-07:00

Here are the kids before the church Halloween Party. This year finally ALL 3 kids were excited about wearing costumes. Ashley is a white fairy, Megan is a Pirate, and Carson is a MotoCross Racer.

Girls and Curlers

2008-10-17T12:53:00.000-07:00

This brings back lots of memories of staying at Grandma Barbara's house. We used to put curlers in our hair before bed on Saturday nights. When we got up on Sunday morning for church we would have the curliest hair ever.

Ashley's First Field Trip

2008-10-17T12:29:00.000-07:00

This is Ashley's 1st field trip. Her kindergarten class went to the Pumpkin Patch. It rained on us but the kids still had a great time. When we first got there we were greeted by the 4 farm dogs (if you can call 3 pugs "farm dogs"). We then went around and saw, pet, and feed the animals. There were rabbits, goats, llamas, cows, donkeys, chickens, and pigs(there were a lot of little pigglets as well).
We then went on a hay ride and passed cows that were all by themselves because they were getting ready to calf. We then went and helped the farmer call the cows in to feed them. There were lots of new baby calfs.
Then we went and played in the playground area. And of course Ashley with no fear found the highest places to jump from. She had a blast.

Megan's Baptism

2008-10-17T12:06:00.001-07:00

Megan didn't want to take her picture before the baptism. She was too busy socializing with everyone there. Grandma Gaylene, David, Tina, Chris, Sheri, Gabi, Tyler, and Ryan all came down from Portland for Megans special day.

During the baptism OF Course we were waiting on the guys to change. We were listing to a beautiful song and I leaned over and told Megan "I am so proud of you" Megan replied "It's a commandment". I love how pure and innocent our children are.

It is hard to see but on the day of Megan's Baptism I remebered that she was given a hairclip when we went to the temple to be sealed as a family. So I went searching through some boxes in the attic and found the clip. Now I am just trying to figure out how I can incorporate the same clip into her wedding day (luckily I have LOTS of time).
We were talking about kissing people outside of our immediate family, and I was trying to explain to the kids they just need to give hugs. Megan corrected me and told me on her wedding day she could kiss her husband, YES.

Carson

2008-10-16T09:43:00.001-07:00

My little boy can keep me laughing for hours. The other day in the car I said "When we get home I am going to make some grill cheese sandwiches for lunch" Carson said very seriously "No, I don't want girl cheese sandwich I want a boy cheese sandwich." This little boy is the most funniest kid I have meet (I may be biased).

3 creeks lake slide show

2008-10-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

3 Creeks Lake

2008-10-16T09:03:00.000-07:00

This year we finally made our trek to 3 Creeks Lake. It was gorgeous as usual. This year we decided to take the trail around the lake. We have been going there for at least 3 years now and have never taken the trail. Man were we missing out. We were walking through old growth forest. Once we were above the lake looking down it was so beautiful. I can't believe we never went on the trail before.

As you go around the lake it takes you up above the lake and you can look down. From that height you are right in line with some of the tops of trees. Which enabled us to be eye level with a Bald Eagle sitting on a branch after it had just got done swooping down into the lake to catch fish.

The kids had a fun time trying to be quiet and feed the chipmunks. I also taught Megan and Ashley how to row the boat. Of course most of the time we went in circles, Megan is a little bit stronger than Ashley.