KRAZY KRUMMENACHERS

What?!

2011-11-29T23:42:00.003-07:00

Really?? It's been since March since I've written??? Oops. Here are a few highlights that I missed...

March:

Jake won the pinewood derby! It was our last pinewood derby so we were determined to end it right...

April:

Grandma Willis turned 90! I need to say here how thankful I am for my grandma. She has been an amazing example and influence in my life. I couldn't ask for a better grandma!

May:

Sarah graduated from high school...how did that happen???

June:

Rebecca turned 16!

We drove to Rocky Point on her birthday. (Another Jacob came along too...)

Sisters trip.

And Cousins! (June/July)

July:

Girls camp.(Where I lost my camera hence all the stolen pictures for my blog post)

Brent and his parents went up as the camp cooks and I went up as our ward camp director. I loved it, Brent and his parents might not have loved it as much as me...

My cute girls:

August:

School started. This year we have one child in each kind of school: Sarah in college, Rebecca in high school, Nate in junior high and Jake in elementary. We had a fashion show at Grandma's a few days before school began:

September:

Rebecca went to winter formal.

October:

We babysat our niece, Khloe for a few days and loved every second of it.

Oh, and Halloween.

November:

Rolls, rolls, and more rolls.

Oh, and Thanksgiving. Sarah and Rebecca thought it would be funny if our family showed up in ugly sweaters so they went to a thrift store and bought us all some. Sarah's looks just like one I wore in high school!

I've missed tons of other fun things but it is 1am and I'm just happy that I got semi caught up!

Dinner menu

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Monday: Baked Potato Soup (Recipe)

Tuesday: Skinny Italian Spinach Meatballs (Recipe)

Wednesday: Dinner at Mom’s house. Aunt Nancy and Uncle Dwayne are in town! Yay!

Thursday: Taco Salad

Friday: Pizza for kids, leftovers for parents

Saturday: Leftovers for kids, Out to dinner for parents

Random happenings at the Krummenacher home...

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Over the last few days Jake and Nate have found all kinds of fun things to do with the blower that goes to the big blow up slide we used to have. Today it turned into a leaf blower. I've needed one of those. Good thing I've got imaginative boys.

Sarah had her Regional Choir concert on Saturday. I love these concerts! Her group was awesome! I got chills several times during the concert. Above is Sarah with her friends after the concert and below is Sarah with her Grandma and Grandpa.

While uploading these pictures above, I found these pictures below on my camera...

For Christmas the kids got a game called "Headbanz". You put a picture on your head and have to ask questions to figure out what your picture is. I guess Rebecca decided to play with our dog, Charlie. Rebecca is a cup...

And Charlie is a dog.

I wonder how long it took him to figure that one out.

As far as my menus go, I've been a little bit of a slacker. I do plan on getting back on track this next week though. Our Saturdays, which is usually the day I plan the menus and shop have been super busy over the last few weeks!

Dinner menu for this week:

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Sunday: Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Shallots (recipe) We never got this one made last week so it's on the menu again. Update->Hated it. Really, really hated it.

Monday: Chicken Piccata (recipe) Update->Loved it!

Tuesday: Hamburgers on the grill

Wednesday: Spinach Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce (recipe) Update->Brent made lasagna instead

Thursday: Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken (recipe) Update->Never got around to making it.

Friday: Pizza for kids, leftovers for parents

Saturday: Leftovers for kids, Out to dinner for parents

A couple things I loved on the blogs today...

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Love this quote, love this project! (found here) I'm trying to get one of my girls to do it as a value project.

And I so, so, so want to try to make this cake: (found here)

Isn't it so cute?!

The chicken and chili enchiladas that we made for dinner tonight (found here) were just okay. First recipe this week that we just kind of liked. We all loved, I mean really loved the green chili enchilada sauce part of the recipe. I used fresh fire roasted green chiles (we buy them at Food City) instead of canned and they gave the recipe a lot of flavor. What we didn't like were the tortillas. I will for sure make this again but I will use corn next time. The low carb tortillas ended up just mushy. Call me crazy but I think enchiladas need corn tortillas.

Had a nice, full day...

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Started the day making these...

In the afternoon, I enjoyed time with the cute activity day girls making these... (see here for tutorial)

Then ended the day eating these... (recipe found here)

All in all, a great day!

**About the baked goods: These were for a few orders I received. I only ate half a cookie. I know! I can't believe it either!

**About the necklaces: I was not prepared and it didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped. I thought the girls could put their own holes in the gum balls but it was way too difficult so I spent half an hour putting holes in the gum balls while they played a game. They are awesome girls and love to just have fun and go with the flow so it didn't phase them at all. I got a new calling (ward yw camp director) so I won't get to spend my Wednesdays playing anymore. I'm gonna miss theses cute girls but I'm excited for this new challenge!

**About the food: I'm really loving this recipe site! While I was at Weight Watchers tonight, Brent cooked the food. He said that the meat mixture literally was half veggies. You really couldn't tell at all! It was super yummy! I really don't think it had anything to do with the fact that I didn't have time to eat today until 7pm. Really, it was very, very good and I'm so thankful for a husband who steps up and helps make dinner when I have a busy day!

Chicken Parmesan

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Just had to give an update on the meal tonight. Oh. My. Goodness! Delicious! This recipe is definitely a keeper. I really have no idea how it's called Skinny Chicken Parmesan but who cares. We all loved it! I used my own homemade marinara sauce that Rebecca helped me make and for some reason it was better than normal. Maybe Rebecca will have to help me every time from now on.

Also: Sarah made regional choir! Rebecca didn't make it but she didn't expect to as it was her first time trying out. She looked at it as a practice run for next year. I'm so proud of both of them for trying out because I know how nerve racking it is! Good job girls!

Jake and the Derby

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Jake was really excited for his Pinewood Derby this year. He and his dad worked together and had a great time making it. Special thanks goes to our friend, Aaron for letting us use his tools! The derby was last night so when Jake got home from school Brent wanted him to make sure he spun the wheels a lot in preparation for the race. Jake and I took turns spinning the wheels for three hours straight. He kept asking me why we needed to do it and I kept telling him, this ward is very competitive with the pinewood derby and if you want a chance at all at winning, you have to put the effort in.

Low and behold...he won the race! Yep! First place! We couldn't believe it! Brent and Jake were so proud! (Okay, I guess I was a little proud too) It was so cute to see how proud and happy Jake was. This was our very last pinewood derby ever so it was an awesome way to end the cub scout experience! Good job guys!

Dinner menu for this week:

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In an effort to do better on planning and making healthy meals at home, I'm going to start posting my weekly dinner menus on my family blog. I'm hoping that by doing this, it will help me to continue doing it. I haven't tried many of these recipes but have usually had lots of luck with Gina's recipes. Her website is: skinnytaste.com

Sunday: Baked Chicken Parmesan

Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 8 • Serving Size: 1 piece • Old Points: 5 pts • Points+: 6 pts
Calories: 224.5 • Fat: 8.6 g • Protein: 25.1 g • Carb: 14.2 g • Fiber: 1.3 g

4 (8 oz) chicken breast halves, sliced in half
3/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs (I used 4C whole wheat)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp butter, melted
3/4 cup reduced fat mozzarella cheese (I used Sargento)
1 cup marinara or Filetto di Pomodoro (or use homemade)
cooking spray

Preheat oven to 450°. Spray a large baking sheet lightly with spray.

Combine breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese in a bowl. Melt the butter in another bowl. Lightly brush the butter onto the chicken, then dip into breadcrumb mixture. Place on baking sheet and repeat with the remaining chicken. Lightly spray a little more cooking oil on top and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Turn chicken over, bake another 5 minutes. Remove from oven, spoon sauce over chicken and top with shredded cheese. Bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted.

Monday: Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Shallots

Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 4 servings • Serving Size: 1 chop • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts

Calories: 179.9 • Fat: 9.5 g • Protein: 18.5 g • Carb: 4.3 g • Fiber: 0.9 g

Adapted from Food and Wines

1 tsp butter
4 pork loin chops (with bone), 1 inch thick, trim all visible fat
1/2 tsp salt
fresh ground pepper
1/4 cup chopped shallots
1 cup fat free chicken stock
10 oz sliced baby bella mushrooms
1 tbsp dijon mustard
2 tbsp chopped, fresh parsley

In a large frying pan heat the butter over moderately low heat. Season pork with salt and pepper. Raise heat to medium and add the chops to the pan and sauté for 7 minutes. Turn and cook until chops are browned and done to medium, about 7-8 minutes longer. Remove the chops and put in a warm spot.
Add shallots to the pan and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the stock to deglaze the pan, stir in the mustard, 1 tbsp parsley, then add mushrooms, season with fresh pepper and cook about 3 minutes, or until mushrooms are done. Put the chops on a platter and pour the mushroom sauce over the meat, top with remaining parsley.

Tuesday: Chicken Divan, Lightened Up

Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes

Servings: 6 • Serving Size: 1/6th • Old Points: 7 pts • Points+: 8 pts

Calories: 335.7 • Fat: 12.3 g • Protein: 34.5 g • Carb: 19.8 g • Fiber: 4.1 g

1-1/2 lbs broccoli (3 large heads) chopped
24 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts (or 18 oz cooked)
salt and fresh ground pepper
1 tbsp butter
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp shallots, minced (onions would work too)
4 tbsp flour
1 cup fat free chicken broth
1 cup fat free milk
2 oz dry sherry (white wine would work)
6 oz shredded reduced-fat swiss
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup seasoned whole wheat breadcrumbs
cooking spray

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the broccoli and blanch 3 minutes. Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking.Drain well and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Using a grill pan or Forman grill, saute chicken on medium-low heat on both sides until browned, and just about cooked through, about 5 minutes on each side. Remove from heat and transferchicken to a cutting board. When cooled, slice chicken into bite sized pieces.
Heat a medium skillet on medium heat. Add the butter and oil until melted and then add garlic and shallots. Sprinklethe flour and whisk until smooth. Stir in broth, milk and sherry and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in half of the swiss cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Arrange the broccoli in a casserole dish and pour half of the sauce over the broccoli. Arrange the chicken on top andcover with remaining sauce. Sprinkle the remaining swiss cheese, grated parmesan and top with breadcrumbs.Spray a little oil on top.
Bake 30 minutes, serve hot.

Wednesday: Skinny Sloppy Joes

Adapted from Rachel Ray
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 7 • Serving Size: 1/2 cup or 1/4 lb • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 3 pts
Calories: 121.8 • Fat: 3.7 g • Protein: 13.7 g • Carb: 9.9 g • Fiber: 2.1 g

1.25 lbs 93% lean ground beef sirloin
1 tbsp steak seasoning or seasoned salt
1 carrot, minced
1 medium onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup red bell pepper, minced
4 oz mushrooms, minced
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cups tomato sauce
2 tbsp tomato paste

Chop all the vegetables really fine, using a chopper or food processor.

Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the meat to the pan and break it up as it cooks. Season with steak seasoning and cook the meat until it browns, then add onion, carrots, mushrooms and red peppers to the skillet.Reduce heat to medium and add red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce, cook 5 more minutes. Add tomato sauce and paste to pan, stir to combine. Cover and reduce heat to simmer and cook an additional 5 minutes. Using a measuring cup, pile 1/2 cup of sloppy meat onto toasted buns.

Thursday: Chicken and White Bean Enchiladas with Creamy Green Chile Sauce

Servings: 8 • Serving Size: 1 enchilada • Old Points: 4 • Points: 5
Calories: 230 • Fat: 7.3 g • Protein: 20.4 g • Carb: 28.7 g • Fiber: 12.2 g

Chicken and White Bean Filling:

1 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup minced white onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can (4.5 oz) chopped green chiles
15.5 oz can Navy beans (or Cannellini beans)
8 oz cooked shredded chicken breast
1/3 can water
1 chicken bullion
1 tsp cumin

Green Chile Enchilada Sauce:

1 tsp butter
1/2 cup chopped white onion
2 tbsp flour
1 cup fat free chicken broth
7 oz can chopped green chile
2 jalapeños, chopped (I used jarred)
salt
1/2 cup light sour cream

3/4 cup reduced fat Mexican cheese
8 medium low carb tortillas
chopped fresh cilantro or scallions (or both!)

Preheat oven to 375°.
For the Filling:
In a medium pan, heat olive oil on low. Add onions, garlic and saute until soft, about 2-3 minutes. Add green chiles, beans, water, bullion, and cumin. Mix well and cover. Simmer on low 15 minutes. Remove cover, add chicken and cook an additional 5 minutes, or until it thickens and liquid boils down. Set aside.

Green Chile Enchilada Sauce:
In a large nonstick pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens and starts to turn translucent, about 3-4 minutes. Add flour and stir well. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Slowly whisk in the chicken broth. Whisk until the sauce becomes smooth. Cook over medium heat until the sauce boils and thickens, about 4-5 minutes. Add green chiles, jalepeños, and salt to tatse. Cook another minute then remove from the heat. Stir in the sour cream.
Spread about 1/4 cup of the enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish. Fill each tortilla with 1/3 cup of the chicken/white bean filling. Roll the tortillas and place seam side down in the prepared baking dish. Continue fillingremainder of the tortillas.
Pour the enchilada sauce over the top of the enchiladas. Top with cheese. Cover with aluminum and bake 20-30 minutes, until the enchiladas are hot and the cheese is melted. Remove from oven and top with fresh cilantro or scallions.

Friday: Pizza for kids, leftovers for parents

Saturday: Leftovers for kids, Out to dinner for parents

What's wrong with this picture?

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I can think of a few things...

1. Two of my children are wearing shorts in January. The rest of the country is snowed-in and my children are in shorts in a kiddie pool in their irrigated backyard.

2. They are in a kiddie pool...

3. That's a geometry book on Rebecca's leg but that's an iPad in her hands.

4. That's homework in Nate's lap but an iTouch in his hands.

5. Jake should be reading his book but he has an iTouch in his hands.

I might have to sue Santa and Apple for the stupidity of my children.

Official Winter Formal Pictures....

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Check out the before pictures of Sarah's dress and what Glenna did to fix it here: http://stevekrummenacherfamily.blogspot.com/2011/01/sarahs-winter-formal-dress.html Thanks again, Glenna for all you did to make this her favorite dance dress ever! She went on and on about how much she loved not only how it looked but how comfortable it was.

Arnett Family Reunion 2010

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I've been trying to figure out how to post all the great pictures from the family reunion and then I saw that Brent's fabulous cousin, Megan posted the video that she and her husband put together and showed at the reunion. I hope she doesn't mind but I figured that stealing her video was the best way to show how awesome this family is and the reunion was. (I have no idea why this is all underlined and I can't figure out how to stop it!)

I can't say enough how thankful and blessed I feel to have married into this family. They are all amazing people! Seriously the most fun you will ever have is with the Arnetts. Thank you so much to everyone who put so much time and effort into making this reunion one that will never be forgotten!

Some highlights: Potato races, olympics, music is my bag, cookie showdown, musical chairs for all ages, dance, fashion show of Granny's and Grandpa Arnett's favorite clothes, and all the amazing food! I'm sure I've forgotten something...

We loved every minute of it!

Arnett Reunion 2010 from Meg Clifford on Vimeo.

Christmas

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How sad is it that this is the one and only picture I have of Christmas this year? I seriously need a new card for my camera so that I don't have to keep erasing pictures. We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of family time. I spent lots of time this year making rolls and cinnamon rolls to earn a little extra money for Christmas and it was all so worth it! We had all of our normal Krummenacher gatherings: Grandkid party, Brother/Sister party at Andy and Joni's this year (fabulous!), and Christmas Eve dinner and talent show. We love all of the traditions the Krummenachers carry on every year. Todd and Jen and their kids came so we loved spending time with them on Christmas day at my mom's house. Mom made all of her yummy food that she always makes and I think every year it's better than the year before. The only bad thing was that we had so much sickness this year! Brent and Rebecca were sick before Thanksgiving, Jake on Thanksgiving day, Nate was after Thanksgiving, Sarah during Christmas and New Year's, and now me right after New Year's. I really hope we are done with this stuff for good!

Nate Turned 13!

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For Nate's 13'th birthday he decided he wanted to have a big party. We had about 30 kids show up for a fun night of games, sitting around the fire, music, dancing and all out craziness! I'm just glad he has a good group of friends. They were all great kids. Thank goodness we have parents who have a huge backyard and live just 10 doors down from us! We could have never done it in our yard!

My favorite part of the night is when I came out and found them all doing the Hoe Down Throw Down together. I couldn't believe the boys were as into it as the girls were!

We couldn't be happier with the great kid Nate is turning out to be. He just loves to be happy and enjoy life. We are so thankful for the good friends he has too!

Halloween. Yes, Halloween.

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Better late than never....

Sarah needed something last minute so used the 2T Elmo costume that Nate used last year.

Nate and his friends wanted to dress alike but didn't want to spend much money so they all got matching masks and then added wigs that they already had. I guess he's a scary bunny?

Jake went as a Sumo Wrestler. We have to have at least one every year!

Rebecca as the old lady complete with a walker from Goodwill. She said she fooled a few people at the party she went to!

We had a family carnival in Steve and Glenna's backyard for Halloween this year. Every family was in charge of a little carnival type game, Grandpa drove the train and we all enjoyed the good food everyone brought to share.

Winter Formal

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Here's the quick picture I took of Sarah right before she left to pick up her date for Winter Formal. I've been waiting and waiting for pictures of her and her date but haven't seen any yet so thought I'd post this one .

I have to thank Sarah's Grandma K and her Great Aunt Peg for putting in so much time to make this dress so perfect! It was by far Sarah's favorite dance dress she's ever had. She found it at Last Chance for $20.00 but it was sleeveless so she wanted it fixed up so she would be modest for her dance. I am amazed at how much the dress looks like it was never altered at all. They did a fantastic job and I know they put in hours and hours for her. Thank you sooooo much, Glenna and Peg!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did!

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I wanted to post this video last week but had the hardest time getting it to save and publish so that I could share it! Finally I changed computers and started from scratch. Even on a new computer, I had to re-save it 3 times before it finally worked. I am obviously not as computer savvy as I thought I was!

Hyrum, an employee of ours and one of Sarah's friends made an awesome Christmas cd this year. He asked Sarah, Rebecca and Brent to put together a number to record on the cd and this is the number that came from that. My family isn't the greatest at rehearsing so they never rehearsed this song until they were in the 2 minute car ride on the way to Hyrum's house to record. Brent and Rebecca were recovering from colds and they had to talk Rebecca into even going at all because she didn't know the song. I really didn't expect it to be very good just because they really weren't ready for it at all so I was very pleasantly surprised with the outcome of this song! Imagine what some practicing could have produced!

Growing up, my dad was asked to sing all the time in church because he had such a nice singing voice. We sang at our house all the time together because of my dad. I always wanted to have the same thing for my own little family and I tear up when I see that it's become reality for me. I love it when my children and husband sing together. I so wish my dad was alive still to see how much my family loves music. I would love to get his feedback more than anyone else. I would have loved to have my husband and dad sing together as I'm sure they would have if he was still alive. As my mom and I listened to this recording together for the first time we both cried because it felt like such a void to not be able to share it with my dad. He would have been so proud of his granddaughters and son-in-law. I know it.

I'm so thankful for this time of the year. I am so thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ who gave his life so willingly for me. I know he lives. I know he loves me. I know he knows who I am and knows my difficulties and struggles. I hope as this new year begins that I can strive harder to be more like the person he wants me to be.

I know this is very late but please enjoy this video and know that we hope you all enjoyed your Christmas! Here's one more reminder of why we celebrate this season.

It's beginning to look a lot like...Halloween

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We have some good friends who host a pumpkin carving party every year for anyone in the neighborhood that wants to come. I think this is so extra nice of them especially after I saw the mess it made on their carport! Thank you so much for the great party, Mason and Natalie!

Rebecca drew a bike before she went to the party and decided that is what she wanted to carve, Nate drew out the word "Vans" and decided that's what he wanted to carve. Jake just picked a picture of a bat that was there at the party. Guess who's turned out? I'll take pictures once we get some toothpicks to doctor up Rebecca's and Nate's. At least they were creative right?

Garage Sale? Not sure how worth it this is!

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I've started gathering things and washing things and pricing things....

After so far only really washing down the baby swing, sand box, and car seat, I'm really re-thinking how worth it this whole garage sale is. I still have my closet to go through and a ton more things to wash that I got out of the attic. Things that have been there for 9 years. Cinnamon rolls and Saturday chores need to be done tomorrow. Are any of my sisters in law thinking the same thing?

Sarah's Jazz Bash

2010-10-26T21:18:00.002-07:00

Some of the jazz choir teachers in the area haven't been all that happy with the way the direction the all-state jazz choir has been going so they decided to get their choirs together and have what they called a Jazz Bash. This is so that their jazz kids could experience a little of what the all state jazz choir gets to experience without having to make the choir.

Sarah has been really excited for it and really loved getting together with all the other choirs. They had a guest clinician named Michelle Weir come and teach them a lot so it was a really great experience for all of them.

They divided the choirs into smaller groups, each consisting of members from each school. They did this for two days and had a concert each night. Sarah's jazz choir from Mountain View sang last night and then her choir that consisted of all the high schools sang tonight. Sarah called yesterday because she was excited that she was picked to do a solo in their song.

This afternoon, about 3 hours before they were to sing, she called me and told me her tongue was swelling up and needed medicine right away. Luckily we were headed over there anyway because we were feeding the group dinner. My poor daughter takes after her mother and has chronic hives. Usually this just means that she gets hives everyday. Sometimes her face or tongue or both will swell up. We obviously get very nervous when this happens. All I could think of was how fast could I get there to get her her medicine and "I hope she can sing her solo!". It was her first scatting solo and she was already nervous enough that she would be okay. The swelling was not going to help her nerves!

Luckily, it all turned out fine. Her swelling went down and her solo was great even if she felt like it wasn't. Here is her choir and her solo:

I thought they did a good job especially since it was a group of kids who have never sung together and only had 3 hours to practice the song.

After all the choirs sang each night, the audience got to hear Michelle Weir sing. Sarah was way excited because supposedly Michelle is an amazing jazz musician. Well, she was excited until she had to listen to her sing for like 45 minutes straight...each night....

Okay, she probably is an amazing musician as far as composing, arranging, piano playing, etc. goes but it kind of was torture to have to listen to that for 45 minutes. I understand that this is how jazz is but it kind of reminded me of listening to one of my five year old nieces sing a song that they are making up as they sing it. Except the niece is cute so it's actually fun to watch. Am I dead wrong about this? Does everyone else think she's amazing? I don't get it. She did get a standing ovation so I must be wrong.(?) I do have to say that I really enjoyed the band that played with her. Especially the pianist. Amazing!

My talented daughters singing Beauty and the Beast...

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A nice little reminder

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I was reminded by a post on Facebook from a friend today of how thankful my girls need to be for the choir dresses that they get to wear...

That's me in the middle in 1989.

Oh, the humanity.

(Bright spot of my week: I'm done with the recipe book!!!

Not so bright spot of my week: I'm so low on sleep that I can't sleep.)

I can't get over this!

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I don't know where online I found this picture from 1963 but I am so weirded out by how much this kid looks like Nate! Seriously rethinking the reincarnation thing.

Krummenacher happenings...

2010-10-01T23:50:00.012-07:00

(Cousins singing "I'm Yours" with Nate on the ukulele)

Where have we been? Let's see, as for me, I offered to edit our ward cookbook so that we could get it out in time for Christmas gifts. I didn't realize when I offered to do this that there were almost 800 recipes. So, if I'm not at Krazy Sub, I'm editing. It's been fun seeing all of the recipes that are going in to the cookbook. I'm kind of excited for it to come out. In fact, I couldn't resist making one of the banana bread recipes last night. If you get one of the cookbooks, you'll have to try Cindy Avery's banana bread. Really moist and delicious!

The girls are both working at Krazy Sub now so they are busy either with school or work or friends. I don't see much of them at all, come to think about it. I kinda miss them! They had a choir concert together last Tuesday and their choirs all did great! Sarah is in two choirs this year, because she loves it so much. Tonight she tried out for the All-state jazz choir. Cross your fingers! She'll find out on Monday if she made it. It's a really hard choir to make so she said she won't be too heart broken if she doesn't make it (but she really, really would like to!). Rebecca just started going to Jazzercise with her friends about 3 times a week. It makes it so much more fun to go with friends so she is really enjoying it. That girl has a lot of rhythm so Jazzercise is the perfect form of exercise for her!

Nate loves junior high. He's been playing basketball after school at the junior high and liked it even though his team lost all of the games in the tournament by a landslide. His Grandpa Frank had to go to his games because they were all on the night of the girls' concert. Thank goodness for grandpas!

Nate told me that he saw a boy sitting by himself at lunch during the first week of school so invited him over to sit with Nate and his friends. Turned out the boy just moved here from California so it was rough for him to start junior high with no friends. Nate and this boy have become fast friends since then. I'm so proud of Nate for seeing the needs of this boy and not being afraid to help him out. I have always been so shy that I just wait for people to come to me even when it should be me that tries to make others feel welcome and comfortable. It's amazing how much we can learn from our children!

Jake isn't loving 5th grade as much as Nate is loving 7th. My shy boy is not loving the fact that his brother is not at the same school as him this year. We went through a rough patch last week with Jake really not wanting to go to school. It reminds me of the time he was just starting Kindergarten and asked me while he was crying, "Why do I have to go to school? It's so hard! We have to color and sing songs and play. Why can't we just watch movies? Can't you just teach me, Mom?" I thought it was so cute when he said it, I had to write it down. Jake has always been very content to stay home and just hang out with me whereas his brother has always had to have something going on. We did finally get it out of Jake that he was being picked on a little by a boy in his class. Once we got that figured out (and I bribed him with Golden Spoon if he didn't cry in the mornings before school) he's been just fine. We told him that he has to learn to not be afraid to tell the kid to stop bugging him. He actually stood up for himself with this kid a few times after that. I'm proud of him for having the courage to not take the bullying and to stand up for himself. It's not easy for a painfully shy kid! I think he'll be just fine. (I'm sure it didn't hurt that I called the teacher either).

Lucky me, I just looked at my mother in law's blog and found a picture of all four of my kids working with their grandma at our ward humanitarian day on September 11th. They are seen here stuffing balls for toys. The ward ended up making over 100 of them that day along with all of the hygiene kits, quilts, coloring books, school supplies, etc, etc, etc. It was a perfect way to spend the day on 9/11 remembering those who are less fortunate than us. I'm so glad she has a blog that I can steal pictures from since I've been so bad at taking pictures lately!

Bright spot of my week: Found out I'm down 15 lbs since I started Weight Watchers

Low spot of my week: Totally forgot I signed up to bring Texas sheet cake to a funeral luncheon! What?! Luckily by the time I remembered, I had time to go to the store, buy some cake, and bring it to the church with 2 minutes to spare. Ugh, talk about feeling sick!

Our Stake's "Just Dance" Dance Festival...

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Sarah is in the middle in the Charleston dance and Rebecca is in the yellow and purple in the 50's dance. I wish you could have seen them better. They both got really into it! I'm so glad my friend, Kim got this on video! (She has a daughter named Sara so that's why you hear all the yelling for Sara.) The kids complained and complained about this festival but in the end they all had a blast doing it. I'm so glad the leaders put in so much time and effort into planning this for our youth!

(I think I've given up on catching up the blog from the summer so I'm just moving forward.)

I'll get there...

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I'm in a blog funk. I guess not so much a blog funk but more of a "this is going to take way too much time to blog my whole summer" funk. I'll get there. Really I will.

For now, check out Rebecca's new blog HERE. I love what she's doing.

Also, I'm starting Weight Watchers tomorrow evening if anyone wants to join me. Gilbert/Southern location Tuesdays at 6pm. Right now it's just $20 to join and $13/week after that. I'd love some company!

Update: Actually going to the Wednesday 5:30 class now.

Silhouette

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Ever since my friend, Mary got this machine, I have been kicking myself that I didn't get one when she did and take advantage of a great deal she found. Little Birdie Secrets is doing a give away for the Silhouette. So here is my blog post about the machine so that I can have one more entry in the drawing for this awesome machine.

(I always think I'm going to win and I never do.)

Check out the Silhouette on Little Birdie Secrets. Oh the fun I could have...

Activity Day Girl Fun

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I had tons of fun teaching the girls how to make these pop tab bracelets. The girls and I were a little frustrated at the beginning because it was a little hard to explain but once they got the hang of it they started talking about all the different colored bracelets they wanted to make at home.

Happy Independence Day! (take two)

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Well here's my cake. Not as pretty as the one I tried to copy because let's face it, I don't really have cake decorating skills. BUT, I was so excited that it turned out! And it tasted really good so that's all that matters in the end don't you think? I used this recipe that I love because it holds up great and I love almond flavoring in baked goods. I used the cream cheese frosting recipe that the 17 and baking girl used and it's really good too.

Here's what it looked like in the middle. Pretty cool huh?

Only Jake came down with us to Brent's parent's house at night because he was the only one ready to go when we wanted to go (they live like 10 houses down from us). I kept wondering where the rest of my kids were when finally about 45 minutes later Sarah, Rebecca and Nate showed up in these outfits. Rebecca's glasses are those 3D glasses we got when we saw Toy Story 3. She added star stickers and made herself some beautiful 4th of July glasses. Sarah's scarf and flower are made out of an old skirt and Nate tied a flag around his neck to make his outfit as awesome as it is. And no, you can't just go and buy that amazing skirt of Rebecca's anywhere if you were wondering how you could get your hands it. Sorry, it's just a blanket. You would have never guessed would you? Crazy kids.

Hope everyone had a great Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

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I'm attempting this cake today. Wish me luck!

Gotta love summer! The heat wears everyone out!

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Bounce U Family Night with the Krummenachers

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Joni was extra nice and booked us a night at Bounce U for family home evening last week. With a family this big you can get it pretty cheap per person. Everyone had a great time!

I think this picture of Andy wins for best picture of the night. Hands down.

I had to post this last picture because I laughed when I saw myself in the picture. I was stung by a scorpion the night before and apparently told my story way too much because you can see by my pose in this picture caught by Glenna that I'm talking about my sting on my finger yet again. I apologize to all my friends and family who had to endure my complaining about my finger so much! (It's still numb if anyone was wondering)

Happy 15th Rebecca!

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Steve fried chimis all evening. What a trooper in the Arizona summer heat!

After the party wound down, the girls ended the evening the right way...

Nothing better than chocolate cake! We love you, Rebecca!

Lady got tons of posts on this blog when she was alive so I didn't want Charlie to feel left out...

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Charlie has enjoyed our white trash above ground pool almost as much as the kids have this summer. I got home from work and found these pictures on the camera. He actually fell asleep on that thing.

I warned them...

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I found about 20 pictures just like these on my camera...

Just saying girls, if you don't want pictures like these and these put on the blog, use your own camera. Love the look though!

I'm sick of sickness around here!

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We've had sick child after sick child after sick adult around here for a few weeks. Nothing major, just colds that seem to keep us down for a few days. Rebecca got it first two Fridays ago. She still had a fever on Monday and Tuesday so we kept her home. I was so nervous to do this since there were only a few days of school left but she did fine and got all her work done. Nate got it a few days after Rebecca but seemed to do a little better than she did. He just kept taking cold medicine and seemed to do fine. I got it on Monday. I was fine as long as I had my Excedrin but if I ever lapsed on that, I was feeling pretty crummy. On Wednesday I was doing a little better with the cold when a stupid stomach ache kept coming and going all day. I tossed and turned all night when I finally started poking around in my stomach to see if it hurt more in one spot over other spots. Sure enough, as I hit my right side, I about flew out of the bed it hurt so much. After just going through the appendicitis thing with Nate, I kind of knew it was my appendix. I woke Brent up and told him, "Crap Brent!, It's on my right side!" I had a little hope that it might be something else but thought I'd better get it checked anyway because I remembered the doctor telling me with Nate that if it burst he would be in the hospital for around five days compared to only over night if it didn't burst. At five in the morning I got up, showered, cleaned my house, got the kids off to school, went and made four dozen cookies for Nate's class party, dropped off stuff at both the junior high and the elementary school, then had my friend drop me off at the emergency room. I figured if it was appendicitis, I'd better get everything done first. Sure enough, after drinking 32 ounces of some really gross iodine stuff and having a cat scan, the doctor said it was definitely appendicitis. She was a little concerned because they thought they saw that it was abscessed but luckily it turned out to just be scar tissue from my hysterectomy last December. Seriously, this was the worst possible time for me to get this because all of our employees had to be at graduation the next day and I was scheduled to work all day and all night. We got it all figured out, I had my surgery, I'm now home and all is well. Except for my Jake is now sick! He came home from playing at cousin's yesterday at around 3pm and went straight to bed. He had a really high fever all night and right now he's in my bed sleeping. Will it ever end?! I figure we have two people left in the house to get it and then we'll be done. Crossing my fingers they stay healthy because I'm sick of it!

My boys...

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Today Jake got to demonstrate how to make popsicles for his class. We made some in advance for him to share with his class last night. Actually, I just wanted to make sure he actually knew how to make them! He said he did a good job. I'm proud of him for not being afraid to do it in front of his class.

I have wonderful memories of going to my Grandma Willis' house and eating these popsicles that she made for us. We looked forward to them during the summer every time we went to visit her. When my kids were younger, I would take them to visit her and she would have the popsicles made for them too. I love that they got to share in the joy of my grandma's popsicles! Seriously, the best popsicles ever!

Here's the recipe just in time for the summer:

Nate came home with an award from school today. He said he was really surprised he got it and I hate to say it but Brent and I were too.

He was one of only about six kids in the sixth grade to recieve the "Outstanding Sixth Grade Math Student" award. He has said every once in awhile through out the year that he likes math. Hopefully this gives him a little boost in his confidence in the subject. (Can you tell by his blue teeth that he ate a popsicle right before I took the picture?)

Gear up! It's a long one...

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After hours and hours and hours of putting together the pictures to update the blog, I remember now why I stopped updating it so much. It's now 1:12am and I don't want to go to bed because I finally am so close! I've just put a bunch of pictures together from the last few months and I'll briefly explain what they are. I know I've forgotten a lot but I'm just happy to have remembered anything at all, to tell you the truth! So here we go...

February we went to California: We tried to surprise the kids and some were fooled. Others were not. I won't mention names (Sarah, and Nate). This first picture is of us after the kids realized where we were going. I have to say it was pretty funny to see the two unnamed kids who already knew where we were going (Sarah and Nate) try to pretend that they didn't have a clue. Too funny.

Our first day in Disneyland was cold and rainy they whole time so instead of going the second day, we decided to see the sights of California. We all loved that day because we had no schedule and could just do what ever we decided to do. We mainly went to Hollywood, Santee Alley, and the beach. Loved it!

We spent the third day in Disneyland again and had a blast. I forgot to mention that the first day we were there we got to hang with the Beechers. We had a great time with them. The picture below (bottom left) is of my kids showing us how boring the "It's a Small World" ride is. Whatever.

A few weeks after we got home, Nate got his braces on!

Jake's birthday was March 13th. I'm a horrible mom because he really wanted a friend party and I just never got around to doing it because all of our weekends were so crazy. Next year Jake, next year. Luckily we had cousins around because Kelly and Cole were out of town and Brent's parents who live 10 houses down from us were taking care of their kids.

We went to the dollar store for the dollar store game, to the park for lunch, bowling, then to Grandma's for cake. I can't believe my baby is 10 years old! UGH!

Steve and Glenna put together a shrimp boil for the family one Sunday. So much fun!

We had a few days (Easter and Mother's Day) when we sold cinnamon rolls to earn some money for camps. I had such a good response that I'm thinking about doing a Cinnamon Roll Saturday once a month. We'll see...

Jake had his fourth grade Famous Arizonans Wax Museum. Jake decided on Wyatt Earp. Jake enjoyed doing it. I just have to say as a mom, thank heavens this is my last wax museum!

Sarah went to prom with a friend from choir...

Nate got his appendix out...

Sarah made Regional Choir...

Because she made Regionals, she had the opportunity to try out for the All-State choir which she then made it into. We are so proud of her! The sad thing was that the day she had her concert in Flagstaff, I was in the hospital with Nate after he got his appendix out. Darn that appendix! I had to miss the concert! Luckily she still had great support. My mom and dad, Brent's dad, Brent, Rebecca, and Jake all were there to see her. I just hated hearing from everyone that it was the best choral concert they had ever been to. I did enjoy spending some quality time with my boy, Nate even though he had to go through pain to get it.

In extended family news, we got some new nieces in the Krummenacher family! ON THE SAME DAY! Kelly had her baby at around 4am by emergency c-section. Amy's water broke later in the day and she had her first baby at around 7pm. They even had them in the same hospital and were just a few rooms away from each other. They are both darling and doing well after a few bumps along the way.

That's all folks. It's now almost 2am and I am going to bed!

A little late but here are the kids' talents from Christmas Eve.

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This is the SNL sketch they were copying:

Valentine Banner

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First of all I have to talk about these cute kids. On Wednesday night all of their schools were in a choir concert together. They were so excited that even though they are in three different schools, they were going to be in the same concert. I'm not sure if that will ever happen again for them so it was a fun night.

My mother in law opened up the Red Door Society again this week. I am so excited about it. The Red Door Society is just a fun name for our sewing class Glenna put together to teach her daughters and daughters in law how to sew. Seriously, I couldn't have a better mother in law.
This week we thought we'd go simple and make a valentine's day banner. Our simple plan didn't end up so simple but it sure did end up cute. Here are some of my sisters in law hard at work. We ended up taking most of it home to do ourselves.
And here's my finished product. I wasn't so sure I'd like it when we were picking out the fabrics. We had a really hard time deciding what to do but I really am happy with it.

We're going to Disneyland! I just got this e-mail and our vouchers are printed and ready to go! Can't wait!

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Congratulations! Your free tickets are just a few steps away!Way to give back to your community!

We’re thrilled that you carried out your volunteer service. Your help was appreciated more than you’ll ever know. And so now it's time to celebrate you!Just print out your vouchers to redeem it for your FREE tickets to a Disneyland® Resort Theme Park.

Flowers...

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For Christmas I made a bunch of flowers for the girls for their hair. I have had tons of fun scouring blogs to find new ways of making flowers. I tried a new tutorial tonight found here.

I searched through the girls' clothes and found three shirts they don't wear anymore:

And this is what I ended up with:

This is so much fun!

Finally updating! Here's what we did in December and January:

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Nate turned 12 on December 18th! Brent took Nate, Jake and Nate's friends Tanner and Drex to see Avatar at the Imax theater in 3D and then to In N Out Burger for dinner. I met them afterwards at the shop with his "cake". He asked for fake fried ice cream because he doesn't like cake. Yum!

A few weeks later Nate was ordained a Deacon. I was so mad that I forgot my camera. This is the best we could get off of Sarah's phone. I'm so proud of Nate. I don't know what we would ever do without this fun, hilarious, sweet, good natured boy of ours!

Here's all of the kids waiting patiently for us to check to see if Santa came Christmas morning.

He came!

New Year's Eve, we went to a murder mystery party put on by some new friends in the ward. Brent's character was an actor coming to the event to promote his vampire movie. We thought it would be funny if he dressed up like Rob Pattinson/Edward Cullen from the Twilight movies. He was decked out with glitter and all. We all had a great time.

New Year's day we went to the gravel pits with the McGraths to enjoy the snow. It was in the high 50's that day so we were able to enjoy the snow without freezing our tails off.

Nate has been wanting a ramp for his bike and finally gave up on us ever buying him one so he decided to make one the other day. Brent came home to it almost finished by Nate and his friends.

It works! Nate and his friends have been outside on the ramp ever since. Yay for playing outside! And yay for January in Arizona!!!

I was called to be an Activity Day Girls leader. I work with a lady in our ward that lives just down the street from me and we have the 10 and 11 year old girls. Today was our first day and I think I'm really going to like this job! Fun girls and I love working with Sandra!

This is what we made today: I got the idea from the U Create blog. Click HERE for the tutorial.

Last night I ended up typing up a Book of Mormon reading schedule to get them finished with it by July 31st. I looked at the clock when I was done and it was 3:30am! I need to plan better!

Merry Christmas everyone! I loved this video!

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Sunday afternoon update...

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I felt good enough today to make cinnamon rolls for the family party tonight. I mean, I felt good enough to make the dough and then Brent had to take over to roll them out and bake them. I'm still counting it.

Later, while I had my back to the kitchen and was reading blogs and generally enjoying the computer, the dog enjoyed something else...

How does a dog this size get up on a counter? Really?! He licked one, ate the center of another and ate half of another. That pan didn't get to the party. Stupid dog.

Jake and I didn't get to the party either. Jake is sick and I'm sore and tired. And still mad at the stupid dog.

Sunday morning update

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Had my hysterectomy on Monday morning and came home on Tuesday around 11:00am. I hadforgotten how much I hated hospitals and was so happy to get home as quickly as I did. My doctor told me he got really frustrated during surgery because my uterus was very hard to get out laparascopically. He said it was over 1000 grams (normal uterus is 80 grams). It took him around a half hour to get it detached but over an hour to get it out of me. He said it was very frustrating but he really didn't want to cut me all the way open so kept at it until he got it out. I think he said he cut it into four sections to finally get it out. My cousin who is an OBGYN in Colorado told me that most surgeons would have just cut me open and that I had a really good surgeon if he took the time to get it out without cutting me. I'm so thankful! I am already feeling a lot better. I don't have much pain I just feel worn down and kind of sick if I over do it. I think I'll be back to my normal self within the week!

In other news, Sarah went to winter formal last night. She asked a friend of hers from our ward

and she said she had a blast. She looked beautiful. I'll add pictures when I get them. I did get one of just her that I'll add to this post when I finally get out of bed today! (yes it is

11:12am) I'm loving this lazy Sunday morning!

Celebrated 19 FABULOUS years together with my husband yesterday.

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Love that man!

(I'm pretty sure we were like 12 years old when we got married)

Rebecca's braces are off!

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Doesn't she look gorgeous?

What did we do on Saturday?

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Well, I made these....(which took me way longer to make than they should have)

(Yep, that's right! 32 days left to get everything done!)

And when I went to upload the pictures, I found out the kids had a modeling session together...

Nate's friend Mason (Tanner)

The lovely Nate

The even lovelier Rebecca

And I'm pretty sure this is Sarah?(!)

Then I went out to eat with some really fun people and we went to see this movie after dinner. Great movie! Very heart warming. Not sure why it's pg13 other than maybe a tiny bit of violence? Perfect for getting you in the spirit of Thanksgiving!

Roll time again...

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Remember these?

I think these rolls were about a fourth of what I ended up selling last year. I might be crazy because I've decided to do it again. This time I'm making them Wednesday too so hopefully it will be a little easier to get them all done without waking up at 2am on Thanksgiving day. I sent out an e-mail tonight at around 7pm and when I got home at 10:30 I had 26 dozen sold. I don't think it will be too bad this time because I waited a little too late to let people know I decided to do it.

We'll see...

Make a Necklace like one from Anthropology:

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I saw this great idea on the infarrantly creative blog

She found this necklace at Anthropology for $58:

Then made it for around $5.00!

Here's the tutorial.

I might have to make it for my girls.

Shhh...don't tell!

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Is it sad that I compare my weight loss to what size Krazy Sub shirt I'm wearing? Yes. Yes I think it is.

Craft night at the Krummenachers

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I saw this wreath on the nanniegoat blog and thought it looked easy enough for me to try. It ended up being more work than I thought but I still got it done in one night and like it so much better than my old Christmas wreath. I found all of the ornaments at Dollar Tree so it was very cheap to make too! Check out the tutorial here. I ended up buying heavy duty wire at Home Depot instead of using a hanger like she did. I think the hanger would have held it's shape better than what I used but I wanted it a little larger than what the hanger was going to be. At first I made it really big but it ended up looking like a very long oval so I ended up having to make it smaller than I wanted anyway!
I also taught Rebecca how to make this tutu tonight and I think it turned out really cute! I think she learned that she needs a little more tulle next time but she really enjoyed making it and now wants to take orders and sell them as a way to earn some money for Christmas. I think we decided to make it worth her time she will sell them for $15.00 and maybe give a discount for anyone ordering more than one. She's really looking forward to doing this and I'm just glad that she's taking some initiative to earn some of her own money!

Halloween '09

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Jake as Mario

Jake and Jackson as Mario and Luigi

Nate as a fat tourist

Nate's friends came to get him: Drex, Tanner, Mason, Nate, Brigham, Dallin, Michael, Jake

Natalia (Nate's costume zipper broke halfway through the night so this is what he came up with)

Sarah couldn't figure out what she wanted to be last minute so she put on a cape and called it a costume. She showed up to dinner and found her aunt Kelly dressed in the same outfit:

Sarah and her friends Lia and Kyleigh. They were all on the phone and wouldn't get off for the picture!

Rebecca with her friends Katelyn, Shaye, and Michelle. She went to Shaye's house so we didn't get to see her that night but she got a picture for me with her phone.

I had to post this because it was hilarious. This is Brent's brother Adam on the left and his friend Greg posing as Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze as Chip and Dales dancers. So funny.

Mmmm...Caramel Apple Night!

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After I saw Kristen's post when they made caramel apples, I haven't been able to get them off my mind so we had caramel apple night tonight. Brent made the caramel and dipped them for us while we went shopping for yummy stuff to put on them. Poor Sarah worked tonight so she missed out but I'm sure she'll be happy to eat them anyway! Here are some of the finished apples:

A couple things...

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1. Brent had his birthday on Thursday. As it sometimes is when we get older, it wasn't a huge blowout celebration but I think he had a good day. I made him a really yummy veggie omelet for breakfast with mushrooms, garlic, onions and spinich. He opened the few gifts we gave him then he was off to work! He came and worked with me at Power and we were able to eat some sushi for lunch together.

Later I went to his spinning class for the first time (if you don't count the time I went and lasted only 15 minutes). He's been wanting me to go for years now and I've always been apprehensive because I know how hard his class is. I have to say, I actually liked it and even made it through the whole class without passing out! I was a little wimpy when it came to doing all the climbs and standing but I felt like I got a great workout and might even do it again sometime.

After class a few family and friends came over for some cake and ice cream. I made german chocolate cake since it's his favorite. I had some issues with it this time but I don't think anybody noticed that the cake totally fell apart when I turned it over onto the wax paper after it came out of the oven. Or that a whole pan kind of cooked too much. I think once you put that yummy icing on the cake, you don't notice much!

I am very aware how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband. It was so nice to be able to spend the whole day with him. Even if it was all about work, we still had a great time together.

2. I got a call from the doctor's office earlier this week that they were going to have to cancel my surgery that was scheduled for tomorrow. They said there is a nationwide recall on a piece of the surgical equipment they have to use for my surgery. I could do the abdominal hysterectomy but I really don't want to be down for six weeks when I could have a recovery of only two weeks with the LAVH surgery. We now have it on hold until the part is fixed. Nice that I don't have to worry about surgery tomorrow but a bummer because I'm just ready to be done with this thing.

Jake got glasses!

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We were at a store a few weeks ago when Jake mentioned to me that he was happy he was moved up front in his class because now he can see the board. This was the first I had ever heard that he had a hard time seeing. We started testing what he could and couldn't read and decided it was probably a good idea to get him checked out. Sure enough he needed glasses.

His glasses finally came in today. There is nothing better than watching somebody get glasses for the first time. He kept looking around at everything as we were driving in the car and kept saying, "cool!" over and over. I think he looks pretty dang cute in them too!

This week's random happenings

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We started the week with General Conference and had our semi annual waffle brunch at Steve and Glenna's between sessions. Rebecca got a hold of the camera and had some fun taking pictures with the cousins:

We've had lots of that stinkin' flu around our house over the last few weeks. Nate had it last week for 4 days and then Rebecca got it on Monday night. She went to her choir concert that night and when we came home she had 103 fever. Oops. I knew her voice was gone but I had no idea that she was actually sick! Jake then came down with it on Thursday. That same day our dog was throwing up so Rebecca and I decided we should get a picture of all the sickies in our house:

As of right now, we are all well. I sure hope we are done with this thing! It's crazy how many people have it right now. I've never seen any flu spread as fast as this one has. One day last week they said 136 kids were home sick from our elementary school. Rebecca said it's just as bad at the junior high.

Sarah was asked to go to Mesa High's homecoming dance which was held tonight. She went with a boy she didn't know very well so she was a little worried about going but she said she had a good time. I think it helped that she is friends with all of the other people that were in her group.

These two pictures above are Sarah and Jake on their date last night at the corn maze.

Tonight all dressed up for the dance. Look familiar?

More Homecoming pictures...

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Sarah's first date and Homecoming

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Can I tell you how much I love Facebook? Brent and I were out of town when Sarah went on her first date so we didn't ge

t to share in the fun. So tonight I was on Facebook and noticed that one of Sarah's friends had posted some pictures with Sarah in them. Low and behold I found a picture of Sarah on her date! Here she is with the boy she went with and below are all the

girls that went on the date too.

Looks like they had a great time!

Tonight is Homecoming. We were very rushed to get Sarah ready on time so it's amazing she looks as good as she does! She has

wonderful friends who loaned her the jewelry and shoes and an even more wonderful grandma who took her dress in for me. They were going to Brent's uncle Roc's house for dinner, then to the dance, then to Jesters. Hopefully I can get some more pictures of the whole group later but here is a picture of Sarah and Holden:

Surgery update

2009-10-01T19:20:00.000-07:00

I had my hysteroscopy on Wednesday and I have one word for it: PAINFUL. Before he started I told the doctor that I felt like the fibroid was shrinking. He kind of shrugged it off and went on with the procedure (joking with Brent and the nurse the whole time while I felt like I was going to die). Afterward he told me that my uterus is huge. Normal size is around 40-60 grams, really big is 200 grams, mine is around 600 grams. Yay me.

I guess that's why it's so easy for me to stick my stomach out and look very pregnant. I've been known (and I'm not proud of this) to pretend to be pregnant when the only close spot in a parking lot was a pregnant lady spot. My kids were mortified. Sorry pregnant people, it was a very low moment in my life and I've repented and promise to never do it again. In my defense, I am carrying around a very large fibroid tumor that gives me back aches and makes my hips go out on me.

My hysterectomy is scheduled for October 26th. That gives me almost 2 weeks after the surgery before I have to be at church for our first primary presentation practice. He's doing the surgery laparoscopically so it should be an easy recovery. Let's hope all goes smoothly!

I knew there was something I forgot...

2009-09-29T08:58:00.000-07:00

Sarah turned 16!

(Way back in July)

She got a knock on the door at midnight from her sweet friends Melissa, Lia and Hayley. They decorated the yard with hearts and gave her a little gift. What a great way to start the day!

We decorated the house and made waffles with strawberries for breakfast.

Her friend Sabrina planned a party for her that we had at Sarah's grandparent's house.

She had a great time! Luckily for us (her parents), she still doesn't have her driver's license and she has only gone on one date (should I have said that?) so far. I like that we are SLOWLY easing into this 16 year old stuff! Sarah has been a huge blessing in our family. She's always happy, very responsible and just really wants to do what is right. We couldn't have asked for a better first born child!

Catch up time...

2009-09-26T16:40:00.000-07:00

I keep forgetting to take pictures of things so no pics to go along with catch up time from me but I have a few I've stolen from Glenna and Joni.

Here are a few highlights I've missed from the last few months:

1. Krummenacher cousin's summer choir...

The aunts took turns during the summer having the kids practice at their homes and Glenna directed it. I actually never took a turn so I really appreciate everyone doing so much for my kids without me doing anything in return! Glenna was so wonderful to put this together. I know that every one of those cousins loved it. Even the older ones! I actually think the older kids enjoyed it the most!

2. Brent and I took a trip to California with our good friends Clint and Mary. We don't ever get away without the kids so it was a very welcome trip. We relaxed on the beach, road bikes, read, and basically just chilled. I loved it so much and am thinking I shouldn't do that very often because it took me awhile to actually like being at home after that trip. I just kept wishing I was sitting on the beach reading. Glenna and Steve took care of the kids and I can't thank them enough for doing that for us. They had their hands full because they took care of a few of Kelly and Cole's kids at the same time. No pictures of our trip but Glenna took some of the kids while we were gone.

Tying Jackson's baptism quilt

Singing a song they made up for Jackson's birthday

Enjoying some afterschool cinnamon toast

Popcorn and Redbox movie night

Glenna took the kids to the Humanitarian day with our ward

Playing the dollar store game

3. Sarah was asked to Homecoming by one of her really good friends Holden:

She had to dig through the ding dongs to find the name of who was asking her.

We just happened to be at Grandma and Grandpa K's house so she had lots of help looking for the name.

Steve was eating a ding dong that had already been searched and low and behold he found a letter in his mouth. We thought we were looking for a whole name but he put each letter wrapped tightly in a separate ding dong so they were really small and hard to find.

I guess somebody ate the "e".

4. I was given the chance to go to Tennessee to visit Kristen for one night a few weeks ago. Cole had an extra ticket and was so so so nice to let me have it. I can't tell him enough how thankful I am for him giving me that ticket. I really needed that time with my sister. No pictures but we really did have a nice time.

5. Lots more has gone on but mostly we are just doing our normal things, working tons, school, church callings, baseball, etc. Life is good but very busy. I will go in to the doctor on Wednesday to have a hysteroscopy and biopsy. I will know then how they will do my hysterectomy and when I will be having it so I'll have an update on that later. I'm both sad and happy about this surgery coming up. I was just going through all of our children's old books this week to give away the books we don't need anymore and got very sad that I'm done with that stage in my life. No question anymore about it. I am officially done. I had to go and read my teenagers some of my favorite children's books that I read to them when they were little. They thought I was off my rocker! I know they secretly liked it though. I might have to keep a few just so I can read to them and bug them every so often.

I loved this...

2009-09-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

www.anothertestamentofchrist.com

I know it's been awhile since I posted but I wanted to share this that I got in an e-mail today. So beautiful!

One day soon I'll get back to posting!

Krummenacher "sisters" trip

2009-07-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

I was able to go on the sisters trip this year with Brent's family. We went to San Diego and just shopped, went to the temple, sat on the beach, talked, laughed and all around just had a great relaxing time. I needed that trip really really bad so thank you, Krummenachers for including me and being so much fun! Here are some pics I stole from Glenna's blog:

(Thought I'd better explain this picture: Glenna made these cute "what not" bags for each of us. They each have our own names on them that you can see if you look closely. Love them!)

More Reunion Pics... (I didn't know how to get the one of the fake Micah off! Sorry Micah!)

2009-07-30T10:52:00.001-07:00

Willis Family Reunion

2009-07-30T10:33:00.001-07:00

We had our Willis family reunion a few weeks ago in Clay Springs. We haven't had a reunion since Rebecca was an infant 14 years ago so it was really nice to be able to see everyone and be able to catch up. I didn't get any pictures while I was there so I am so thankful to my family for posting so many pictures on photobucket. I couldn't choose so here they ALL are! I think there are over 500 pictures so if you have a few hours, feel free to watch the WHOLE slide show!
Here's a brief synopsis of what we did:
Day 1: Eat, play, talk, have fun.
Day 2: Eat, play, do the awesome crafts that Mary and Rob planned, water olympics, watch the amazing family video that Tait put together, family talent show, talk, dance, have fun.
Day 3: Eat, play, family pictures, geo tracking, pinata, sit around fire and listen to Grandma tell us stories about her life, smores, talk, have fun.
Day 4: Eat, play, clean, talk, go home.

Wicked

2009-07-15T18:12:00.000-07:00

Sarah, Rebecca and I went to see Wicked at Gammage on the fourth of July with a bunch of my family that were in town for the reunion. We had a great time! I loved every cast member and it was a lot of fun going with so many people from my family together! Sarah and Rebecca chose Wicked tickets over a birthday party this year. It might feel a little wierd not giving Sarah a sweet 16 party in a few weeks but she was so glad she got to go.

It's been awhile...

2009-06-27T08:04:00.000-07:00

I'm not dead if you were wondering. I have just been extra busy lately. Here's my day yesterday so you can get the gist.

Woke up at 6 after going to bed at 12:30am, was woken up at 2:30am because Nate's friend who spent the night was stung by a scorpion, after staying up with him until I felt he would be okay, I was back in bed at 4:30, up again at 5am because I heard him crying, settled him down and then back in bed at 5:30 to then wake up at 6am.

Set up for our primary water party, had the activity, cleaned up, then home at 11:15am.

I was muddy head to toe so I showered, blow dried my hair (half way), stuck my hair in a ponytail, dropped my kids off to Albertsons because I forgot I was in charge of treats for the cousins music time, then was at work by 11:35am. (yes you read that right, I showered and was at work in 20 minutes. Some make up might have been done in the car...)

Had the busiest lunch we've had in a long time, left to get Sarah and bring her back to Krazy Sub at 4pm, then off to Costco to get food for the Danielsons who are staying with us for a few weeks.

Got home at 5:40 and had to be ready to go out with our friends by 6:00pm. Biggest feat of the day: I only fell asleep once on the date and in my defense, they were talking about mortgages and finances at that point in the night.

The kids:
Sarah got her permit yesterday! She's also working quite a bit for us at Krazy Sub this summer. She's already earned enough money to go to EFY next year.

Rebecca got a B in her first semester of Algebra in summer school and is doing well in her second semester that started this week.

Nate is trying to buy a bmx bike and thinking of every possible way to get some money out of us for it. His latest suggestion was that he go to work at Krazy Sub and earn $4.00 an hour wiping tables for us. Uh, no. If you have a job for him, let me know and I'll bring him right over! Other than the bike thing, he's having lots of fun with friends this summer.

Jake is doing swim team and seems to like it a lot.

They have all been really helpful trying to get our house a little more organized for our visitors who come tomorrow. They can't wait to have their cousins stay with us.

Funny video of the day

2009-06-17T14:32:00.001-07:00

The kids singing tonight

2009-06-16T22:39:00.000-07:00

Rebecca was wearing the nerd costume glasses all night. Don't worry, we didn't buy those for her!

Happy Flag Day!

2009-06-14T15:47:00.001-07:00

My summers while I was growing up

2009-06-09T20:19:00.001-07:00

We were just discussing the other night that as children we had to just entertain ourselves and find things to do in the summer. It seems like now days kids need their parents to entertain them or they just sit around and watch t.v. and complain about how there's nothing to do. I told the people we were talking to that I even made a pool out of a trash can for heaven's sake! The next day I was looking through my mom's pictures to find pictures for our upcoming family reunion and found the proof! I think worse than the trash can is my brothers in the background who made a pool out of the wagon! I forgot that we did that too. We also used to walk backwards up a hill in the snow 50 miles to get to school which is kind of wierd since I grew up in Tempe, Arizona...

Rebecca is 14 years old!

2009-06-08T21:54:00.000-07:00

My 9lb 9oz, 22 inch baby turned 14 years old on Friday, the 5th of June and is still just as sweet as the day she was born. Dang I love that girl! We are so privileged to have her in our family! For her birthday she was kidnapped by her new Mia Maid class the night before and they all spent the night at her Mia Maid leader's home. Because she was kidnapped right after she got home from summer school, she had to do homework as soon as she got home on her birthday.

If that wasn't bad enough, she then had to go to school from 12:30 to 5pm! She had a great attitude about it though and never once complained.

While she was at school Jake, Nate, Tanner C., Tanner D., and Colton D. (Nate and Jake's friends) all blew up balloons and decorated the house with streamers. I thought that was really thoughtful of those boys. The day before that, they all plus their cousin Jackson spent the entire day doing yard work for Glenna to earn money to buy Rebecca presents. Seriously sweet and thoughtful boys!

Her best friend, Taylor who goes to summer school with her came home after school with her. She opened presents, had her favorite meal, bow tie chicken pasta that Brent prepared and then just hung out and played Sims the rest of the night which was all she looked forward to doing all day.

She got this bike that she asked and asked for. I actually might end up stealing it from her because I'm in love with it too! I found it on Craigslist brand new for a great deal but ended up having to go to some guy's condo in a scary part of Phoenix to get it! I'm so glad I had the sense to bring my friend, Mary with me!

We ended the night with some cheesecake for dessert. I couldn't find the candles I bought so this huge candle from my candle holder on the mantel had to do! (Look in the background at Jake. He is enjoying that drink!) I also love that she couldn't get off that bike to blow out her candle.
I love you so much Rebecca! Thank you for being such a good girl and bringing such joy into our family! I hope this was a wonderful birthday for you!

Free chocolate tomorrow morning!

2009-05-28T18:27:00.000-07:00

I found this post on one of my new favorite blogs: http://fistfullofcoupons.blogspot.com/

Check out the blog, tons and tons of great coupons and shopping tips.

Every Friday morning(beginning at 9:00a EST)May 8th through September 25th, Mars will be giving away a FREE chocolate coupon(up to $1 value) to the first 250,000 who submit their information online at: RealChocolate.com

You can get 4 per household!

Dinner with Charlie

2009-05-25T22:22:00.001-07:00

We were having dinner a few weeks ago and as I came up to my seat to eat I found Charlie in it. I guess he is feeling quite at home with us now! Maybe it's time to look up some dog trainers because we just might be failing in that department!

my dream bike...

2009-05-18T23:37:00.000-07:00

I saw this bike on Nie Nie's blog and fell in love. I want it I want it I want it! I want to be that crazy lady you see riding her bike everywhere she goes. I want to ride it to get groceries, and to go on bike rides with my kids, and maybe even to ride to work! Think of all the exercise! Isn't it adorable? This site is giving two away on July 15th which is one day after my birthday so I think I should be one of the two dont you?

2009-05-18T22:58:00.000-07:00

Jake had his third grade program on Friday and he did great! I have to say I am so so so happy that Jake is my last third grader! They have so many projects that it's really nice when the school year is done. Before school even starts they have to make a paper doll that is dressed as an ancestor. Mid year they have to make a settlement (see here). After that, they spend tons of time on a China book that is amazing. This time they had to make a sock puppet made like an animal from the rain forest. In the past the animals we had to make were easy but Jake chose to make a monkey this year. I looked up how to make a sock puppet monkey online but when Jake and I were almost done making it I realized that it was not a puppet but just a sock monkey. (Remember these?) I'm blaming the diet for my stupidity. I told Jake that he could just hold it up and move it around like it was a puppet but he really wanted a puppet that you could move the mouth on. I tried to cut the back out of the monkey's head so the he could put his hand in and move the mouth but that did not work. So...it was back to the drawing board. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make a monkey puppet! Again, I blame the diet! Finally I found a website that explained exactly how to make a puppet with a mouth that moves and we were back in business! I actually think it turned out looking like Fozy the Bear but Jake was happy with the final product and that is all that matters!

Did ya ever want to learn how to make a bouncy ball?...

2009-05-11T08:46:00.001-07:00

Make A Super Bouncy Ball! - The funniest home videos are here

I can't wait to make these with my boys! One summer project figured out, about 100 to go...

Duncan Trip

2009-05-06T07:45:00.001-07:00

Brent's uncles planned a little reunion with the Arnetts to Duncan to see where Glenna's parents grew up. I wasn't able to go because we needed one of us to stay and work the shops but thanks to Glenna's blog I was able to get some pictures of the trip.

They found an old church building in Duncan to rent for the whole family to stay in. Luckily our family members were some of the first to get there so they got dibs on the big room with all the beds. I was a little lonely at home but seeing this picture I can't say I'm not a wee bit happy that I slept in my own bed. I guess all of the adults in our family stayed in the same room as all of the children.

Here's breakfast the next day. Looks like they were all having a great time even with no sleep.

This is the house Glenna's family lived in when she was born. The owner now uses it as a barn.
One of the stops on the tour was the cemetery where many of their ancestors are buried. This is Glenna's Aunt Doris sharing memories of Glenna's Grandparents. I'm so glad my children had the opportunity to hear these stories.
Sarah found a horny toad while they were at the cemetery. She named him Ahijah after one of her ancestors she heard about.

Some of the Krummenachers at the cemetery. From left to right: Sarah, Brent, Lisa holding Macey, Kate is in front of Lisa, Kim, Emily, Glenna, Steve, Andy.

Sarah, Emily and Rebecca goofing off.Looks like Nate is up to no good.

The whole group of Arnetts

Cake pops, take two

2009-05-03T16:17:00.000-07:00

Brent's cousin Megan is getting married soon so Glenna offered to help do the food for her bridal shower. Glenna in turn asked if I could do the cake pops for this shower like I did for the shower Sarah and I threw last month. I didn't like the way they tasted when I made them the first time so I was worried about making them again but this time I think they were a much bigger hit.

Changes I made:
1. Better flavors (lemon, pumpkin, cherry chip...I really wish I wasn't dieting!)

2. Made homemade cream cheese frosting and used much less of it.

3. Totally skipped the step where you roll them into balls and refridgerate before forming the cupcakes. It's just not needed if you don't put too much frosting in.

4. Only used the almond bark. Chocolate didn't taste good to me.

I had a lot more fun making them this time! Makes me want to maybe make these cute cake pops for mother's day! (check out bakerella) I found these pictures on Megan's blog and had to show how out of control that shower was. And Kristen thought the shower I threw was out of control...Not even close! Those are some talented ladies! (My cake pops are in the pot to the left)

Wait! There's more!...

And no, I didn't eat even one thing on that table (just patted myself on the back)! The diet is going strong, down 9 pounds since Monday. Hopefully this week will be as good!

Random

2009-04-24T23:20:00.000-07:00

Since I have no camera, I have no pictures but I still wanted to write a little about our week. Nothing special happened but I feel like I'm forgetting to write a lot of the little stuff that happens. The little stuff is the stuff we will forget later and my time with these cute kids is slipping away so fast that I better start writing these experiences down more often.

Nate has a new obsession and therefore, so does Jake. We have alot of extra old bikes sitting in our garage so they have been taking them apart and making them into new bikes. The most important thing Nate says they are trying to do is to make the bikes weigh less. The latest bike they re-did was 42 pounds to begin with and he got it down to 20. Scares me a little thinking about what they might have taken off the bike to make it weigh so much less! I just love that they are outside using their hands and brains rather than being inside watching t.v. or playing video games. Jake even told me that he doesn't like to play on the computer as much as being outside now. Miracles do happen! We'll see how long this lasts with the weather getting hotter and hotter. In Arizona, we stay inside in the summer, not the winter.

Rebecca was asked by some classmates to do the art for a project they were doing in a class. She was really happy to say yes and loved doing it. She got some great compliments by her teacher and classmates. She and I had a nice conversation tonight about how proud I am of what a great girl she is. I've walked in on her reading her scriptures every night lately without ever being asked or reminded. She really wants to be her best and only hangs out with friends who want to choose the right too. Rebecca's best comment this week: I was tired one day after staying up way too late the night before and working all day so I brought home ingredients to make meatball subs. She saw what I was making and said, "I'm trying to eat better and this house makes it impossible!" She then proceeded to make a salad for herself and had some strawberries to go with it. She has given me more motivation to make more of an effort to cook healthier meals for my family even when I'm tired.

Sarah still hasn't tested to get her driver's permit. She has been eligible for a few months now but just doesn't even seem interested. I figured why push it?! She finally admitted that she's afraid she will make the same mistakes I made when I had my permit and mistook the gas for the brake when I was trying to park. I ran into the carport pole and the car that was parked on blocks. This made the car run into the house which then broke my brother's water bed and also caused the whole carport to come halfway down. Oh, such fond memories. Did I mention that my parents were out of town at the time and gave me strict instructions not to drive the car? Sarah would never do that though!!! Right Sarah???

2009-04-20T22:41:00.001-07:00

My car said 100 degrees today. I'm not ready.

Easter

2009-04-13T09:01:00.001-07:00

We celebrated Easter with the Krummenachers this year. My (new) camera was dropped by one of my children so I am at the mercy of everyone else to take pictures for me. I took the tent pictures with my phone but I didn't like how they turned out so I'm so glad Glenna took lots of pictures this year! My mom took pictures of the kids dyeing eggs on Saturday so I'll post those later.This is Emily, Nate and Mitchell. Nate and Emily went over early to help Grandma set up all the tables.
Rebecca, Sarah, Grant and Tate did all the Easter egg hiding for the hunt.

Going clockwise from Rebecca: Grant, Mitchell, Nate, Emily, McKay.

Clockwise from Jake: Jackson, Abby, Jessica, Loryn.

Here are all the hunters waiting very patiently for the egg hunt to start.Nate and Mitchell really were excited to hunt for eggs, really!
Adam, Sarah and Tate watching all the kids hunt for their eggs.
Happy Easter!

Fun with cousins

2009-04-10T22:59:00.001-07:00

Kelly and Cole went to Hawaii on Monday so we got the chance to watch two of their kids while they are gone until next Monday. We have enjoyed every minute of having them here. They fit right in with our crazy family. Wednesday night Brent came home with a tent for Nate that he's been begging for. He'll need it for his scout overnighters and he still had some of his birthday money leftover to pay for half so Brent gave in and got it. I told the kids that they would be able to sleep in it on Thursday night since there would be no school on Friday. The result.....

This is Jackson, Jake, Nate and Emily at 6:30am Thursday morning. I woke up at 6:00 to help Sarah get off to school by 6:40 and I saw all of these kids dressed and brushing their teeth so they could set up the tent before school. If I had only known years ago that this was the key to getting kids up! They were done setting it up by 6:30 and didn't need to go to school until 8:00!

Here's Jackson and Jake having breakfast this morning in the tent.

Yes the tent was set up with a t.v., boombox, dvd player, and even a guitar! You can tell Rebecca had a hand in getting them all set up. The fun part was cleaning it all up tonight at 10pm before they went to bed because they decided they didn't want to sleep in it a second night.

Apparently I'm a Racist...

2009-04-08T00:20:00.000-07:00

So I was counting out the money for the day shift today like I always do when an African American lady walks in. As she was walking up I quickly wrote down the amount I just counted and the amount that was on the register to add up after I helped the lady. I put the money in my pocket and shut the register then asked the lady if I could help her.

She stepped back and asked in a very irritated voice, "Do you need me to step back? I saw you look at me then slam that register closed as fast as you could. If you need to count your money and are afraid I'm gonna take some, I'll just stand back."

Huh?!

I told her that I was just trying to put it away fast so that I could get to her as fast as possible and that it didn't even cross my mind that she would maybe take the money.

She said, " I saw you stick it in your pocket as fast as you could when you saw me. I know where that money is. If you need me to stand back, I will because I don't want you thinking I'm gonna take that money."

What?!

I apologized that that's what it looked like and assured her that I really was just trying to get to her as fast as possible. So she went ahead and ordered...an ice cream cone. As I was taking her money I asked her if people do that to her often because I couldn't figure out any other reason that she would automatically assume I thought she was going to take my money.

She said no, but then went on to whisper (loudly) to her husband about how I thought she was a horrible person. All I can say is,

wow.

Happy Conference Weekend!

2009-04-03T22:27:00.000-07:00

2009-03-29T17:47:00.000-07:00

My weekend:

3000 6 inch subs made: check

150 cake pops made, bagged, and tied with ribbon (thank you friends!): check (see here)

baby shower thrown: check (see here)

house cleaned: oops...

My budding artist...

2009-03-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

Rebecca spent hours looking at our Norman Rockwell book while sketching this picture. I'm so impressed with how good of an artist she is with no lessons other than a few tips from my mom here and there. It looks a little wrinkled up because it got lost under the couch a few weeks ago and Nate just found it tonight. Rebecca was so happy to have found it because she was heartbroken when she lost this picture after spending so much time on it. I'm thinking maybe it's time for some lessons so she can get even better.

If you want to call me stupid, you're allowed...

2009-03-20T22:59:00.000-07:00

Yep, that's right. We....got....a.....puppy. His name is Charley, he's a chihuahua, and he's adorable. Jake named him because we got him the day before Jake's birthday. The kids liked the name because Charley tends to nip at fingers and they wanted to be able to say, "Charley bit me, and that really hurt!" like in this video. I have sworn forever that I would never, ever, ever, get a puppy again but here I am dreading going to bed because I know that as soon as I fall asleep, I will be awakened by a cute little whimper needing to go outside. I have actually put off blogging about it because I feel so dumb with our dog track record and all. I even heard through the grapevine that some close relatives of ours are just waiting for us to get tired of the dog so they can have him. I hate to break it to you, and you know who you are, but we actually are doing okay with him. I'm tired, I won't lie, but I'm not overwhelmed at all. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm baby hungry and Charley is filling that need. Yes, I've become one of "those" women. For the first time in Krummenacher history, we are actually doing okay with a puppy. Where's Spice you ask? The stray dog we took under our wing got out of the gate left open by neighbor kids and attacked our neighborhood dogs one too many times. He has found a new home at a nice farm.

My baby turned 9 on Friday!

2009-03-15T23:17:00.000-07:00

Jake had his birthday on Friday. We had a very low-key celebration since this wasn't his party year and he hasn't yet learned how to scam a birthday party even on your no party year like his brother has. Jake got a new Rip Stick, a Club Penguin Gameboy game and a new outfit. We are so glad we have Jake in our family! He's our quiet boy in public but at home he loves to joke around as much as the rest of our crazy kids. Jake is our boy who just figures everything out. He learned how to tie his own shoes, and has always been very good at figuring things out on the computer. I remember when he was just around 3, he wanted to watch a movie so instead of asking me to put one on, he brought a stool over to the t.v., figured out the buttons to push, and started the movie all on his own. He is very inquisitive about everything and loves to learn new things. My favorite thing about Jake is how much he thinks of others. One time I told him how boys should open doors for girls when they are older. After that, I would see him running in front of me whenever we would go somewhere just so he could open my door for me. I love this boy so much!

Fun Website

2009-03-08T00:34:00.000-07:00

I found this fun website that a friend posted on facebook. It tells you what the number one song was on the day you were born. You know you want to check it out!

http://www.joshhosler.biz/

Here's my family's:
Brent- "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
Laura- "It's Too Late/ I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King
Sarah- "Can't Help Falling in Love" by UB40
Rebecca- "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams
Nate- "Something About the Way You Look Tonight/ Candle in the Wind" by Elton John
Jake- "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child

Nate's surprise

2009-03-04T07:01:00.000-07:00

I was turning off lights in bedrooms on my way out of the house to go to work the other day when I noticed these papers on everyone's pillows. It made me laugh a little that Nate took the time to do this right before he left for school.

What the?

2009-03-02T22:36:00.000-07:00

I have to know what everyone is thinking about this! I'm so mad I didn't have a little party to watch the show so I could talk about it with people who have been watching. I liked both girls but I always felt that Melissa wasn't really sincere about her feelings for him. Now I'm just kinda thinking Jason is just a big fat jerk who doesn't deserve either one of them. So mean to break up with Melissa in front of America like that. I always wanted him to pick Molly but now I just think she deserves someone better.

Frank's Birthday!

2009-02-27T17:49:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was Frank's 76th birthday. Doesn't he look great? We went to his house that night and enjoyed some fabulous german chocolate cake made by my mom. Frank has been in my life since I was a Senior in high school in 1988. I've grown to love him like my own dad and need to let him know publicly how thankful I am that he is in my life. He is always willing to do anything for us. Not just like some people you know who say, "let me know what I can do to help" knowing they really would rather not, he genuinely wants to help and does all the time! He's been an awesome second dad and an amazing grandpa to our kids! I don't know what we would ever do without him! Thank you for everything Frank! We love you more than you could know!

My Little Girl is Growing Up!

2009-02-23T21:18:00.000-07:00

Sarah came into my room tonight a little excited but pretty bummed. She was asked out on a date and she had to turn him down because she isn't 16 yet. I'm so proud of the young woman she is becoming. She always makes the right decision without even blinking an eye about it. This was a church thing so she could have tried to justify it but she wanted to do what has been set as the standard by church leaders and didn't even come and ask me, she just knew to say no. She kept saying over and over, "Why couldn't I have been born just a few months earlier?!" I told her we tried! It's so hard for her to see so many other Sophmores (and some of her Freshman friends) dating and she has to wait for the summer. I couldn't ask for a better first born to set the example for the rest of my kids.

Krazy Sub post of the day

2009-02-20T13:01:00.001-07:00

A lady came in and wanted a 4 inch turkey even after being told our subs come in 8 and 12 inch sizes (the menu says so!). I offered the kids meal in turkey but she only wanted the sub. She finally ordered the 8 inch after sitting and staring at the menu for a long time while other customers waited patiently for her to make up her mind. I do not go into a McDonalds and order half a hambuger or into Little Ceasars and ask for 3/4 of a pizza. I don't quite get this thinking. It happens all the time!

We made a 3 foot torpedo that was ordered earlier this week for today. An hour after the pickup time passed so I called to see if they were coming. The lady said, "Oh, we decided not to do that today". REALLY? We ordered bread special for you, we wasted tons of product on you, and you just decided not to do that today? REALLY? Idiot.

Nate's solos today

2009-02-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

Nate had several parts in his 5th grade Black History performance today. Here is the one I liked the best. Mary told me yesterday that during activity days all the girls were complaining that Nate had all the parts in the program because their music teacher thinks he is "spectacular". I have to agree, he was spectacular! Good job Nate! I am so impressed with how comfortable he seemed with every part. Not nervous at all to do all those parts in front of the whole school and parents. He absolutely does not take after his mom!

KRISTEN IS COMING! KRISTEN IS COMING!!!

2009-02-09T17:38:00.000-07:00

My evil plan worked, I will have to remember to write nice posts about my sister more often. I am taking off work and we are going to party! All of my friends and Brent's family beware: I will not be available March 4th through the 8th because MY SISTER IS COMING! woo hoo!!!!

KRAZY KRUMMENACHERS

What?!

More fun with the slide blower

Dinner menu

Random happenings at the Krummenacher home...

Dinner menu for this week:

A couple things I loved on the blogs today...

Had a nice, full day...

Chicken Parmesan

Jake and the Derby

Dinner menu for this week:

What's wrong with this picture?

Official Winter Formal Pictures....

Arnett Family Reunion 2010

Christmas

Nate Turned 13!

Halloween. Yes, Halloween.

Winter Formal

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did!

It's beginning to look a lot like...Halloween

Garage Sale? Not sure how worth it this is!

Sarah's Jazz Bash

My talented daughters singing Beauty and the Beast...

A nice little reminder

I can't get over this!

Krummenacher happenings...

Our Stake's "Just Dance" Dance Festival...

I'll get there...

Silhouette

Activity Day Girl Fun

Happy Independence Day! (take two)

Happy Independence Day!

Gotta love summer! The heat wears everyone out!

Bounce U Family Night with the Krummenachers

Happy 15th Rebecca!

Lady got tons of posts on this blog when she was alive so I didn't want Charlie to feel left out...

I warned them...

I'm sick of sickness around here!

My boys...

Gear up! It's a long one...

A little late but here are the kids' talents from Christmas Eve.

Valentine Banner

We're going to Disneyland! I just got this e-mail and our vouchers are printed and ready to go! Can't wait!

Flowers...

Finally updating! Here's what we did in December and January:

Merry Christmas everyone! I loved this video!

Sunday afternoon update...

Sunday morning update

Celebrated 19 FABULOUS years together with my husband yesterday.

Rebecca's braces are off!

What did we do on Saturday?

Roll time again...

Make a Necklace like one from Anthropology:

Craft night at the Krummenachers

Halloween '09

Mmmm...Caramel Apple Night!

A couple things...

Jake got glasses!

This week's random happenings

More Homecoming pictures...

Sarah's first date and Homecoming

Surgery update

I knew there was something I forgot...

Catch up time...

I loved this...

Krummenacher "sisters" trip

More Reunion Pics... (I didn't know how to get the one of the fake Micah off! Sorry Micah!)

Willis Family Reunion

Wicked

It's been awhile...

Funny video of the day

The kids singing tonight

Happy Flag Day!

My summers while I was growing up

Rebecca is 14 years old!

Free chocolate tomorrow morning!

Dinner with Charlie

my dream bike...

Did ya ever want to learn how to make a bouncy ball?...

Duncan Trip