The Newest Member of the Truschke Family......

This last weekend we got to go to Willcox for the blessing of Jarred's brother Jonathan's baby girl. This is the first Truschke girl, that we know of other that his dad's sister. Because this was such a momentous occasion I wanted to do something special so I asked if I could make the blessing dress and they said I could. My SIL Amy told me she wanted daisy's.

I wasn't sure how I was gonna do that until I saw these little daisy's in the ribbon aisle and then everything just came together. I was super excited at how good it turned out. A big thanks to my mom and sister Kachelle for all the help in making this dress. I couldn't have done it without you!!

Baby Ellis is seriously the sweetest baby. She's always so agreeable. I guess she's just so happy to be here after waiting almost 5 years. She truly is a miracle to all the Truschke's.

This is Jarred, and his two brother's Jonathan and Derek and his Mom Diane and Dad Gary. Diane is really a great mom to have raised 3 boys. I always joke and say any mom who has 3 or more boys gets a pass strait to heaven, NO questions asked. Gary is an amazing Bompa, such a sucker for his grandkids. It always cracks me up to see the thing these kids get him to do.

Here's all the boys. Us girls felt a little out numbered. Way too much testosterone if you ask me.

This is Amy's Family. They are so sweet and always laugh at my dumb jokes. I love hanging out with them. They are also really supportive of Jonathan and Amy and their decisions. Her dad Fred reminds me so much of my own dad.

Family of Four....Finally. I'm sure there were times when Jonathan and Amy thought they would never get to expand their family. I can't count the time we fasted and prayed for them to get the chance So, so Happy for them.

Us too! I think Oliver was a Baby the last time we took a picture here in front of this tree as a family. So it was time.

These 3 boys are just obsessed with Baby Ellis. Simon heard Evann say things about"his sister" while we were there so when we got home all Simon can talk about is his sister. I don't think he get's the whole cousin relation thing yet. I love this picture though. Captures them so well.

Just had to put this one on too 'cuz she is so stinkin' sweet!!!

To The Grouchy Old Fart behind me....

Normally when I go to the store I'm all business, get in and get out. Today however I was a bit more congenial. Maybe it was all the cool, fresh air I got blasted with from driving my Hubs Suzuki Samurai. Anyway I found all my items for the most part and was pretty pumped about all the killer deals I got. Like any thrifty shopper would, I asked for my rain checks on the three items they didn't have so I could be on my way. However some "Grouchy Old Fart" came up right behind the cashier on her motorized wheel chair and began clearing her throat and coughing, really raising a commotion. When no one paid her any attention she said, "What on earth is the problem?" Now, it couldn't have taken more than 1 1/2 minutes for the nice cashier to write the rain checks out but this old terd became very irate. I very politely, looked at her and said, "I'm getting my rain checks:o)." She then began to rant and rave about how she always chooses the slowest lane, blah, blah, blah.....When I was done rather than say something mean, I just said,"Now it's your turn:o)."

3 All detergent, 2 peanut butters, 1 oatmeal, 8 boxes cereal, 4 progresso soup, 12 canned veg, 6 mashed potato pouches, 3 green giant steamers, 8 power bars, 3 pkgs. gogurt, 10lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, 3pkg. hefty plastic cups, 3 boxes toaster pastry, 1 box oven bags, 2 boxes aluminum foil.

I just wish she would have been waiting in line behind me long enough to see my sweet savings. she got there after my receipt printed. I'll post my deal here just in case the Mean Old Bitty is ever out blog surfing. I spent $74.35 and saved $124.05. Bet her deal wasn't even close to mine. Grouchy or Bag!!

It's going to space....and back!

So no matter how hard I try, I can't quite get my sweet mom to grasp the concept of Voice Mail. Like many Americans I have surrendered my phone to Cellular technology. Gone are the days of coming home to hear the last words of a message being left on my digital answering machine. My mother just hasn't gotten to that point yet. For example just today I got a message saying,"Koe, Koelyn? Sarah Palin is on Oprah. That's channel 3. Turn it there now and record it ok. Just thought you would like to know that. I sure hope you can hear me. Ok love ya. Bye-bye."
God love her, she is a sweet lady, but I'm afraid she's the only delusional woman I have room in my life for. So unless mom suddenly says, "Koe, I'm Dunzo with you!" I'm afraid I will not ever be watching any of Sarah Palin's TV appearances.

Hi i'm koe and my blogg is very boring so my sister has to make a post to make fun of me
haha

Swimming....

Oliver's kindergarten teacher Merrilee teaches swim lessons with her DIL Jodee during the Summer. Oliver's a pretty good swimmer, but he still wanted to have lessons with her. So I signed him and Simon up. It was so fun. Everyday had a theme. Here's a couple I actually remembered to take pictures for.

Crazy Swimsuit Day!

Oliver turned his and Simon's suits inside out . Simon got red, blue and green dots in his hair...

...while Oliver got a more subtle pony tail mo-hawk.

On Duck day, I couldn't get a picture of Simon with a duck because I was in the pool with him for the first week. So this is his picture after.

Here's Oliver with the duck though. There were 3 ducklings swimming around the pool with the kids. They absolutely loved it. Not sure how the ducks felt.
Some of the other favorite days were: Turtle visit (actual Turtle swimming in the pool), penny dive, and game day. It was so much fun I'll be signing them up next Summer too. Thanks Merrilee and Jodee for a great start to the Summer!

Birthday and Temple visit...

May 15th Oliver's 6th Birthday!

I decided the day before Oliver's birthday to actually plan something. So I called two of his classmates mothers and then two neighbor boys to see if they could come over after school.

I had them bring swim suits and towels and them we did Slip-n-slide and swimming for the next two hours. After that I had them come in so we could make basketball jerseys. I just got a pack of wife beaters and fabric markers so they could draw on their own. It was hilarious because the numbers they put on them were," 300, 1007, 100,000, and 24." I loved it.

The boys loved it too because they all put them on immediately and wore them for the rest of the party.

After that, they each made their own pizzas. I just got the grands buttermilk biscuits, had them each pat one down and put tomato sauce and toppings on it. Yummy!

Oliver told me after they all went home around 7:30 that it was his best birthday EVER! Nice, because it was also the cheapest. We did BounceU last year for his fifth and that was way expensive. Plus he doesn't even remember it. This one he still talks about.

We ended the day with a trip to Cold Stone Creamery

The next morning he had a temple trip with the primary kids. Oliver loves to go to the temple and learn ab0ut Jesus. He always asks if we can go there so he can see the Christus.

He wanted me to take a picture of him there too.

Here's all the kids that came in front of the Christus. Oliver's on the left. Love that kid!

I tried to get a nice picture of the temple with just Oliver, but I was in a hurry and didn't get it centered and then other people walked into it. Still not too bad considering I took this with my camera phone.

You can never be too SAFE!

Life suit...CHECK!


Goggles, tube and floaties....CHECK, CHECK, CHECK!


Hope you all have a SAFE Memorial Day!!

I'm here...

I've been such a slacker lately it's awful. It's not that I didn't have anything to blog about, I just didn't have the time. Before I knew it there was WAAY to much to blog about and then I got discouraged. So I'm gonna try and blog them, not all of them right now but in the near future.
I'll start with:
May 6th Voices Award Ceremony

Oliver's class of 26 students wrote a book titled "If My Dad Was President" and entered it in a writing contest. Out of the 800 school that participated, Oliver's class got 1st place for their grade! It was the cutest book.

His class got to go to an awards ceremony along with all the other winners. Only one person got to go up and accept the award for their class thought and it was MY Oliver.

What a cutie! He was so excited to do it he got ready a whole hour before we were supposed to leave. Love that kid!

Here's his amazing teacher that came up with the book Idea. I just love her and all the fun things Oliver got to do this year because he was in her class.

Oliver loves her too!

Happy Anniversary Jarr-bear!

In Honor of Mine and Jarred's 9 year wedding anniversary, I thought I would share 9 of my favorite pictures of that day. Enjoy:)

#1. Our announcement. Ok so I know this wasn't the wedding day, but I still liked the picture. The lady messed up the announcement wording and spelled Willcox wrong, but people got the point. This was tree in my home town park that I used to climb on a regular basis.


#2. Look at my vail and train! Seriously, beautiful!


#3. My married Siblings all making out at the Temple. Nothings better than when you can makeout in front of relatives and no one can say anything because you're married and taking pictures.


#4. Jarred and Amy Ann. I don't know what I would have done had Jarred's brother Jonathan not married her. The three of us got so close while he was gone on his mission.


#5. My roommates. Oh, how I freakin' loved these girls! We were all SO different, but it just worked.


#6. Jarred and his mom Diane. What a woman! She has such a sense of humor and this picture shows it.


#7. Our hands. Who doesn't love a wedding ring hand picture? I remember how I couldn't wait to take this picture with my bouquet.


#8. Us. I can't believe how young we look here. I love how my vail kind of makes it look all fantasy-like.


#9. My Jarr-bear. He's still the most handsome man in the world to me. I just love those moments when you can fall in love with your spouse all over again with just a simple glance.

Happy anniversary Jarred, I love you! Can't wait to see what the next 9 years brings!

Three things I learned this week.

1. I might be able to enjoy running.
2. I now have curly hair.
3. I don't need a microwave.

Last week...

Last Thursday I made a trip BY MYSELF,out to the west Valley. Avondale to be exact. Those of you who know me are shocked I'm sure. Why did I venture so far from home you ask? Well one of my old roommates, and dear friend Chelle lives out there and does hair. I had seen her a couple weeks before and we talked hair. So I set an appointment so she could cut mine. I'm not the best at keeping up with my hair, as most hair dressers will tell you, so I thought we could do each other's.

So what do you think? I love it! We took of about 6 inches and believe me, it really needed it. The only thing is that it's curly now which makes flat ironing a necessity.

I guess it's just a shorter version of what I already had, which I like. Growing it out it will be super easy. Maybe I'll actually start getting regular haircuts. Then I'll be able to see Chelle and her adorable kids more often. Thanks Chelle, you're the best!!

Bargain Shopper in the making...

After seeing all the deals all my friends have been getting due to their Bargain Shopping, I decided to give it a try. Here's what I got:

6 boxes of cereal, 36 eggs, 2 jars peanut butter, 2 gallons milk, 2 boxes granolla bars, 2 cartons orange juice, 9 yogurts, 1 container cottage cheese, 3 cans soup, 1 pkg tortillas, 1 tub butter, 1 box slim fast, 2 pkgs grated cheese, 1 deodorant, 4 bags frozen vegetables, 2 loafs bread, 1 bag grapes, 7 avacados, 2 cans biscuits, 1 can cinnamon rolls, 2 bags fish sticks, 3 bags chicken, 2 racks pork ribs, 2 pkg porkchops, 2 boxes maccaroni and cheese, 1 pkg parkay, 1 bag dog food, and 12 rolls of toilet paper.

Total cost: $135.15
Total savings: $105.50
That's 78%!! Not too bad for my first try. Hopefully it will get better once I get more coupons.

I demmand a recount!

I didn't ever realize I was in the running. Someone must have written me in. Hmmm.........President Truschke? Naah......I don't really like the sound of that. Now President Koi is more like it. Seriously, what were they thinking?

Kids Club at the Mall

E is for Elephant...

Or as Simon likes to say Epi-tent. At least he gets the right number of syllables.
I love that he's talking more lately. I hate to admit this, but he started talking more once I started letting him watch Sponge Bob. Now it could just be a coincidence, but I think he just relates more to Patrick and S.B. more than other cartoon characters. Simon's not exactly "Mr. Well Behaved" and neither are the said characters. I hate them just as much as any parent but I do have to admit, they do make great babysitters.

Welcome to technology....

I can't wait for the day when I can destroy my old cell phone, Ugh! I've never loathed anything so much in my life. It's a a Motorola Z3 RIZR Rose. I think it's the one they make people use in Hell. Here's a picture of the Devils phone. My sister's friend just got it. Ha, ha! Good luck Saidie!

So I'm going to get a new phone with my tax return. I've only gotten two new phones in the past 8 years. A little sad I know. I just get used to the stuff I have and don't want to change. Here's the two I'm trying to decided on.

Option #1: Samsung Memoir

I have dreamed about this phone since I learned of it's existence in January, the Samsung Memoir. Ahhh, Memoir...doesn't that sound nice? It's basically a 8 megapixel camera that just happens to be a phone. You can take a picture and upload it to "photobucket" or anywhere else on the web directly from the phone. It has a timer and various playback options just like a regular camera. It's a touch screen which I've never used before, but seems cool. The only thing is I have to sign up for the data plan which is like and extra $30 or $40 a month. Total crap since I will most likely never want to access the web from my phone.

I just want a camera and I definately need a new phone.

Option #2: Samsung Behold

Now that sounds friendly. How can a phone be evil when it's called Behold. This one has a 5 megapixel camera, and other various options. It's touch screen like the Memoir, but the reviews were more positive on the QWERTY keyboard than on the Memoir. I still am not sure if I need a data plan with this one or not, but if I don't I think this just might be the winner.