Fun Fotos!

There are so many fun photos that I take and never share. So I thought I'd share some......

Anna Belle and her Blankie

Tietjen learned to take pictures, He wanted to take one of his feet, he told me. (He accutaly does quite good - good think it is a digital camera)

Tietjen playing in a bucket.

Anna Belle's turn to play in the bucket


Tietjen mad, because it is Anna Belle's turn

Anna Belle crying because her turn was over and it was Tietjen's turn again....

Just more drama of our lives!!

(I let Tietjen pick out the background- you like?)

Happy Birthday Mom

Jill Cooley Tietjen is my mother!!

She was born March 17th, 1957

She is the youngest of 5 children.

Her mother is Grace Marchent Cooley Johnson

Her father is Kenneth Cooley (he died January 10, 1970)

My father Bruce & my mother Jill when I was not quite one year old.

My mom always wanted to create as many memories for us as possible.





This is a ROCK at Bear Lake that she went to as a little girl. When the lake is low, you can walk out to it no problem. Jeff & I took pictures there the first time we went to Bear Lake married. It is all about keeping those traditions and memories. (in this photo it is my mom, my sister Kim, and I when I was 10 maybe)





Being the first born of the brood of daughters, I feel very special. I love my mother so very much. She helps me in all I do and is always so full of love and laughter. I enjoy very much living so near.

I love you mom! You are the BEST and the Greatest in all the WORLD!!

Happy Birthday!!

Fingers and Fetishes

okay, I know my children are STRANGE! Trust me I know this. With a father as they have, it is no wonder... J/K, their mother has her quirks too.... but.....

Anna Belle has some very unusal fetishes.... first her fingers..... about a year ago, she picked out a blanket that had the crocheting on the edge, as her favorite. The reason, she likes to twine her fingers into the holes and loops (she does this with a knit sweater I have and the blaket is now in shreds- I have since found another to take its place) She likes to also have her hands held, and sometimes I find her holding her own hads, for comfort.

Also, she LOVES, I mean LOOOOVES shoes. She has since she was going on 1. But now, she wears then ALWAYS, and I mean always... as you can see in this picture: She got up in the night and put on her sunday shoes. I try to have her sleep with just her slippers, but sometimes, other shoes are on when I go and check on her at night.

(I took this picture when she was asleep one night)

Going on 2 is a big thing.... she has been doing it since January... she wants to dress herself. She got mad when I tried to tell her that it was sweater she was putting on not pants. ( I wasn't fast enough to get the pic of them on her legs, just her trying to take them off)

Sunglasses... she has to have them. If the sun is in her eyes while driving, a piercing scream comes saying " EYES, EYES". (look!!!... its the next Sharpay)

and she is just plain silly. While I was looking at blogs this morning, she came in and next thing I know she found a marker and was licking it. (oh and she also is quite clumsy, from the chubbiness, and she ran into the kitchen table this morning, giving herself a bump and scratch on her right eye. You can see how it is puffy- such drama)

my sisters saw a sign that they thought was so fitting for Anna Belle, it said.....

"SPARE ME THE DRAMA !!"