Day of Thanks

We spent Thanksgiving here in Idaho Falls this year.

With all my sisters except Kimberly & her family. (They live in Wyoming and couldn't come)

Playing with Tietjen's Hotwheels Tracks


(Look to the left of the pic - Annie's Moon)

The cousins watched movies!!!

Annie and her princess dolls

"How many parents does it take to get all the grandkids to sit for a picture?"

We had a good Thanksgiving.

Jeff was sick for most of it. But we had a good time.

Baby's "First" Pictures

Today I had my first Doctor's Appointment.

I was given the wrong due date ( my fault gave them the wrong date)

I am due: June 29th (I was off just a few days)

I am as of today - 9 weeks & 1 day along!!

Below is my first pictures!!! We even saw the little arm moving and the heart beating!!

Everything is going great. Very little nausea which a huge blessing from heaven!

SNOW !!!!

Yesterday we got SNOW

Tietjen is sosooooooo Happy!!! He played a little in last night at my parents. My dad was out shoveling. First thing this morning he wanted his snow stuff on.

(It is only about 8:30 am in this picture)

He is showing me the icicles he was eating!!

He is so excited to throw snow!!!
YAHHHH!! For Snow!!!!

(I know only a few people are excited to have it)



UPdate on the curlers in Annie's hair - It really didn't work. I think they fell out in the night. But, it was good trial run. We will be trying again some time!!!

Legos and Curlers

Tietjen loves LEGO and loves to look at the booklets that comes with the sets.

He has been looking at all of Jeff's old ones.

Jeff surprised Tietjen by building one and having it on his chest of drawers so he would see it first thing when he woke up!! And he DID... Tietjen was so excited!!

Pink Curlers....... I decided to try them and see if Annie would let me put them in, and if she would leave them in.......

she loved them and I had to put them back in this morning!!

pregnancy update

As of tomorrow I am 8 weeks along.

I have not been majorly sick like with the last two (Thank Heavens)

I am extremely tired..... I take naps everyday - same time as Anna Belle

I hate how everything smells and nothing looks good to eat (Except chocolate and raspberries - have already eaten 3-4 containers of them in the last week)

Other than feeling weird, I am GOOD!!!

I feel that Heavenly Father has truely blessed me this time around. Hopefully still no miscarriage!!

Next week is my first doc appointment!! More update later!!

In Honor, we Salute You.....

In Honor of our Grandpa Awsumb & Great Grandpa's Tietjen, Cooley, Thomas, & Ranks

that served our Country!!!

Thank you for your service!!!

Thank you to all those you have and do now serve our Country.

May God Bless You, your families, and our Country!!

pumkin massacre.....................

We never did carve our pumpkins from our garden. On Halloween just had fun with the kids painting them..... until last night.......

Jeff decided he wanted to have his "Seeds"

So we opened up our pumkins........

The kids had fun putting their hands in the "pumpkin goop" as Tietjen called it
Tietjen was sad that we would cut open his, he didn't want his to die. After an hour of talking about it, he consenteted and we will be having his pumpkin another night!!!

We baked tons of seed and I make cookies from the pumkins.

We had lots of fun just being together!!!

**deep thought of the day***

A pessimist says "The glass is half empty"

An optimist say "The glass is half full"

An Engineer says " The glass is twice as big as it needs to be and costs to much"

from the mouth of my husband the Engineer!!!

happy halloween

Here are the Kidd's...... Jeff was a skeleton (which Annie was a bit scared of at first)

Mickie brought back the 80's (in authentic 80's gear- was my mom's from then)

Anna Belle was a Princess (of course)

Tietjen decided to go with Mickey Mouse (our neighbor gave him the shirt that had lights on it and he has worn it for 3 days straight)

My cute pumkins!!


don't ya love the hotpink tights and pink leg warmers...

we had a hard time not being weired out when just sitting there talking with Jeff at my parents... he looks so creepy!!

The Princess.... just a beautiful as could be

my babe!!!!

catching Tietjen trying to get more candy from Nana Jill's bowl

Bapa giving in to the Princess and upwrapping a sucker for her!

We had lots of fun Trick or Treating.... Jeff has been sick this week and he acctually felt good yesterday.(to bad he is really sick this morning)

Tietjen caught the spirit of "trick or treatin" Jeff was RUNNING to keep up with him, as Tietjen went from House to House in our neighborhood.

Annie & I took longer because the Princess has her high heeled shoes one, which we changed half way through the street.

The kids made a killing on candy. Their containers are overflowing!!

Happy Halloween!!!