The Platt Family

Labor Day Weekend

2011-09-17T15:38:00.005-06:00

Labor Day weekend was a lot of fun. Everyone got up there Friday night other than mom and dad. They had a couple of set backs (dad in charge of a funeral Friday afternoon and then grandma Beryl taking a trip to the hospital unexpected). Jon didn't join us this weekend cause he went out with his family elk hunting to try and help them get their elk. But the kids had a lot of fun playing in the sand box. We missed seeing Annie and her family as well. Rulon & Tam came up Saturday morning to tell the family their sad news of them getting a divorce. Hope all goes well with both of them. But we just visited and enjoyed the fall air up there. It was a great weekend and was a blast. Thanks everyone for making it enjoyable.

Girl Weekend Out July 29 & 30th

2011-09-17T15:31:00.002-06:00

I have no pictures to go with this post but my mom, her two sisters, and all the girl kids and grandkids came to cedar to spend the night at Cozy's and have a girls night out. It was so much fun. Mostly everyone was able to make it. We had an enjoyable time. Some of us got up early Saturday morning and went yard saleing. Then we just sat around and kept visiting. Everyone went home early afternoonish. It was a great memorable weekend that we need to keep doing every once in awhile. But that night when i got home we got the EXCITING news that MEG IS PREGNANT!!!!! WHOO HOOO!!! we are super thrilled and can't wait.

24th of july

2011-09-17T15:03:00.003-06:00

The 24th of July was great. I am sorry i am now just blogging about it, but hey, least I'm doing it. The girls loved the parade. Mylee loved the rodeos too. They had a lot of fun playing with the cousins. It was a fun weekend.

4th of July Weekend

2011-07-21T17:10:00.007-06:00

The first picture was taken memorial weekend showing all the damage and trees that came down from the moisture this last winter. We had over 50 trees down on my dad's property. So we all went up the 4th of july weekend to clean up. WOW!! was it a work out. We stayed up playing cards late at night. Yes COZY WON JON!!! we always have to keep playing one more round just to see if Jon can pull ahead. He hates when he loses to her. It's quite funny. But the cabin looks good again other than there is no shade anymore cause of all the trees that came down. Love all of you and it was a fun weekend with everyone.

catch up

2011-07-21T16:56:00.003-06:00

So after we had the birthday party in march, came Easter. We went out to Hamlin Valley. We met Russ and his family out there and also there was mom & dad and Trav & Meg. The kids had a blast playing and the Easter Bunny found all the kids. We had a fun Easter Egg hunt for the kids. It was a good time. Next came Mother's Day. Just want to say thanks to all the wonderful MOM'S in my life especially my MOM. She is the APPLE to my kid's eye. She is such a wonderful example in my life and I love her very much. Thanks to all you do for us mom, we appreciate it. And to Nancy, I wished you were here more and more. Mylee is always asking me if we could go to heaven and bisit (thats how she says visit:) Grandma Platt and Jesus. I wished we could. Anyways after Mother's Day I had girls camp the middle of June. It was fun. The girls tried pranking us but didn't get us very good:) Next was Father's Day. Just want to tell Jon how much i love and appreciate everything he does for us. He is the best husband anyone could ask for. I look up to him a lot and appreciate the example he sets for me and my kids. Our Anniversary was the weekend after Father's Day. We didn't do anything other than we did go out to dinner. It was nice. It has been a good 5 years together. Lots of good memories. I LOVE YOU JONNY CAT!!!

Nancy 1st Birthday!!

2011-07-21T15:48:00.007-06:00

I know I am only 4 months past but least i am trying to catch up. Nancy turned 1 on March 20th. She was so cute. She took her first step the night before her birthday. Her birthday fell on a Sunday so we had her party that night. We had all the family over for dinner and cake and ice cream. The cake was Jon's favorite part. I put him in charge of it. I made the cake and he was in charge of decoratiing it. Well he goes in the girls room and gets in the barn and gets some puppies and a bear. He makes it look like the puppies are chasing the bear. WOW!!! Leave it to Jon to think of decorating a 1 year old's cake like that. We had a fun time getting together and visiting. Nancy thought the money was the best. Look at her face:)

Catch Up!!

2011-01-22T14:32:00.009-07:00

So i really need to play catch up to what has been going on in our lives. Christmas came and gone. Mylee got what she wanted - a toy box and play dough. Nancy got a dolly and a turtle with balls, which she loves. Jonny got what he wanted - a GPS tracking unit for the hound dogs, and i got surprised with a new video camera. It was a pretty good day. We spent it in Newcastle until christmas evening and then we went home. It was nice to visit all the family. We sent Leon on a scavenger hunt for his new bow all of us kids went in together and bought him. It was quite comical. He pretended like he didn't like the scavenger hunt but i think he really did. We are now into the new year and are grateful for what the last year has brought us. We have all stayed pretty healthy and cant complain. We recently had Teque and Carter's birthday on the 12th of January and then Jon's birthday on the 15th. Nancy started crawling a couple of weeks ago and is into EVERYTHING!! gosh i forgot what it is like having to keep an eye on a little one CONSTANTLY! Mylee is still in preschool and is loving it. At the first of this year she moved upstairs to the big kid primary which she loves singing the HELLO song. She misses playing in the nursery but she thinks she is a big kid. We have been very blessed. I love my family:)

Christmas Eve is HERE!!!

2010-12-24T20:10:00.003-07:00

So Christmas is finally here. Mylee is super EXCITED for santa to come TONIGHT!!! We got over to here to NewCastle at about 4. We ordered all the kids matching pajamas and ironed on their names. They turned out SO cute. Mylee has asked Santa to bring her a toybox and playdough. So we will see if she has been a good girl this year after tonight. Everyone from Jon's family is sleeping over to Leon's except misty and her family. They are coming over early in the morning. So we have a FULL house but it is SURE fun. It is a little crazy though:) We hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope Santa Claus finds you tonight...We love you all.

Shark Museum & Air Show

2010-11-23T18:41:00.012-07:00

The first weekend in November we took a trip to Vegas to spend the night. We took Jace and Carter with us. Turley, Misty, their kids, and Karol & Dana went also. We left Friday afternoon after Jon got home from work. We went down to Mandalay Bay to see the sharks which the kids EXTREMELY loved. They got to see Alligators, sharks, lion fish, sea turtles, stinging Rays, star fish, octopus, and much more. Mylee was scared of the alligator. She thought it could get out of the glass cage and get her. After we got done there we went to Circus Circus and let the kids ride all the rides. They had way to much fun. Then we headed to Chana's to spend the night. Her and Casey weren't there but they were so kind to let us sleep there. The next morning we got up and headed for the air show. Nancy wasn't too fond of it cause the loud planes breaking the sound barrier. Mylee liked it for about the first couple of hours and then got tired. The Boys loved it. After that we headed home. It was a fun little family trip.

HORRIBLE!!

2010-10-13T15:45:00.003-06:00

Ok so i am horrible at blogging. i keep telling cozy to just blog for me, but to no surprise she tells me NO. So here i am blogging but i have no pictures with me. Not much has happened with the family since the horrible friday the 13th week. Mylee's forehead is getting better. Nancy is getting big. She has such the cute personality. Mylee turns 3 in 3 1/2 weeks. It makes me so sad how fast they grow up. She gets to go to pre-school starting on her birthday and that makes me REAL sad to think she is that big. Jon has just been working non stop. I love him and appreciate his hard work. I have officially went back to work at the store. It was a nice 5 1/2 months off but school had to start and i didn't have the school kids to cover my shift anymore. I did drop all my afternoon so i only work 3 mornings a week. So its not too bad. we are all doing good and can't complain about life.

Friday the 13th!!!

2010-08-29T10:21:00.004-06:00

So on Friday August 13th, i woke up and thought to myself- this is NOT going to be a bad day. (little did i know what kind of events would happen in the next week) My mom and annie were on their way driving to Utah so annie could stay a week with us. Well as the day progressed, Nancy started to be more fussy and wouldn't drink her bottle. So i ended up taking her in to the doctor and she had 2 ear infections. Well i thought, that aint to bad. Well that night mylee started to get sick and running a fever. She had no other symptons other than a fever. She fevered all night and into saturday. I had a family reunion and after we got done with it i threw a surprise baby shower for my sister cozy. Well that night mylee was still running a fever. Jon and my dad ended up giving her a blessing. Not but 10 minutes after they gave her a blessing, she jumped off my lap and said, "mama, i no sick. i better" Well sunday was stake conference for our stake. We didn't go to church and stayed home with all my family and visited. Well about 5pm is when it all started. Jon was swinging carter out on the tire swing and mylee was out there. She pushed the empty wooden swing and it went and hit carter in the ear and came back and wiped her out. It hit her in the forehead and split it open to the skull. So here is the over view of the week to follow:
Friday, the 13th - nancy double ear infection; mylee fevering
Saturday, the 14th - family reunion; surprise baby shower for cozy; mylee fevering; priesthood blessing for her;
Sunday, the 15th - stake conference; mylee hit in the head; 10 stitches
Monday, the 16th - sore forehead; mylee fevering again; doctor appt.= step throat;
Tuesday, the 17th - annie's birthday; mylee swollen face; doctor appt= possible skull fracture or tissues draining
Wednesday, the 18th - doctor appt = forehead looks better,no skull fracture
Thursday, the 19th - NO DOCTOR APPT;
Friday, the 20th - Doctor appt= took 5 stitches out
Saturday, the 21st - Relaxed and cleaned house
Sunday, the 22nd - Annie went home
Monday, the 23rd - Doctor appt= took remaining 5 stitches out.

Mylee's new hair cut!!!

2010-07-26T15:32:00.005-06:00

Before

After
So i got Mylee in the tub and we went through the usual process of her crying and fighting me to not wash her hair cause it hurts. We go through this when we comb it too. So i decided right then that we were chopping her hair off for the summer. Jon was working nights and so i decided i would take it upon myself to just do it without asking him...BIG MISTAKE. He freaked. He LOVES the new haircut but he HATES how it makes her look older.

Special Weekend!!

2010-06-26T13:20:00.007-06:00

I had the most AMAZING weekend (2 weekends ago) in a LONG time. Me and ALL of my old high school friends got together Friday night. I hadn't seen or talked to more than half of them since graduation. It was so good to see all of them. Mylee went to Meg and Trav's for the night (thanks). We met at the Temple and had one of Tiff's friends come and take our pictures. Then we went and did Sealings. It was an AWESOME experience. We were the "daughters" getting to sealed to their parents. They split the 9 of us into 3 groups. The couple that my group was with said they didn't have any daughters, only boys so they were glad we showed up the same time they did - so they could have "daughters". Afterwards we went to Applebees to eat dinner. Then Kari has as AWESOME uncle that hooked us up with some rooms at the Marriott Hotel. We stayed up past 1 in the morning catching up on every one's lives. Woke up Saturday morning and all of us departed our own ways with some of them driving 13 hours back home. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful experience since that was probably the last time we will all be together again:( Especially thanks for the few that drove so long just for the one night so we could get together. I appreciate all of you and for the great examples you have been throughout my life. You guys are WONDERFUL!!!

1st Fishing Trip of the Year

2010-06-01T18:20:00.004-06:00

We didn't do much for Memorial Weekend. Sunday we just went for a ride after church. Monday we woke up and went to Jon's Dads house. We did a whole bunch of yard work, planted the garden and Then went out to the cemetery to put flowers on Jon's moms Grave. After that we met Cozy and Joel up to the Newcastle Reservoir and went fishing. Mylee caught the first fish. It was a lot of fun.

Nancy's Baby Blessing

2010-06-01T18:14:00.002-06:00

Yes i know i am bad at blogging...here are some updates. We blessed Nancy on May's Fast Sunday. Jon was EXTREMELY nervous but did an AWESOME job. I am so proud of him. Nancy looked so beautiful. Her dress, booties, and bonnet was made by my Aunt Patsy who put many hours into making it.

2010-04-10T13:00:00.002-06:00

here are a few more pics of the little one.....jonny is still out of town and wont be back until a week from tomorrow. Mylee is still loving her baby sister and cant get enough kisses. I am doing good...dreading going back to work. I am beginning to get very impatient on misty having her baby. She was dilated to a 4 when she went to her appointment wednesday so we all are just waiting...cant wait to finally see the little girl.

Our New Little Nancy Joan Platt

2010-03-24T14:58:00.003-06:00

Finally she is here. After waiting not so patiently ALL day Friday, Friday Night, and Saturday Morning, I finally got the call to come to the hospital. We arrived at 10:00 am Saturday morning and they got me situated into my room. My nurse - who is the most AWESOME nurse anyone could have asked for - got me hooked up to my IV and got everything ready and made the phone call to my doctor telling him i was there and ready to go with whatever his orders were. He came and broke my water and we waited patiently for things to progress. We played a little bit of Farkle with Jon and Cozy arguing who was playing the "dumbest". But things progressed really fast. I got my epidural when i was to a six plus. They called my doctor. He was there within 5 - 10 minutes and came and checked me. He asked the nurse what i was to before he checked me and she told him and then he checked me and ask her how long ago it was that she checked me. She told him maybe 5 minutes ago and then he said i was to a 9 plus. He told her he would go get changed to get everything ready. Things weren't going good with the baby. Her heartbeat dropped down to 56 right after my epidural and they couldn't get it to go up. My nurse looked at me and said this baby is coming within the next 15 minutes no matter what as the NIC-U nurses came into my room preparing for the delivery. I felt sick inside. I didn't want an emergency c-section. I looked at Jon and the look on his face said it all. He was scared crapless. But i tried to keep positive. My doctor came back in the room and checked me and i was ready to go. I started pushing and before you know it, she was out. It was a little scary but she was healthy and we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful baby than what we got. I had her at 4:37 pm. She weighed 6lb 15oz and was 19 1/2" long. She looks just like her big sister but with dark hair and lots of it. Mylee was bald until she was one. She is a good little baby and her big sister loves her to death and can't stop kissing her. We got home Sunday afternoon. Jon hung out with Mylee all day on Monday and left out of town Tuesday. We miss him and wished he was here. He didn't want to go but that's him for ya....willing to do anything to provide for us as a family and I am SO GRATEFUL for him and I LOVE HIM so much.
Here are some pics of our newest little addition to our family.

NEW BABY???!!!

2010-03-19T19:18:00.002-06:00

So i had a doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon and was to a 3 and almost all the way thinned. He told me that he would be seeing me within the next day or 2. Well we just found out that Jon is leaving out of town for 2 to 3 weeks and so i called my doctor this morning to see if he would start me on Sunday if i hadn't had the baby yet. He called me back and said if i start you then it is going to be tonight. The hospital said they had a lot of people to work in over the weekend and that it would be best if i came tonight. So it is now 7 tonight and i am waiting for the hospital phone call to tell me there is a bed open for me to come down. I REALLY REALLY didn't want to be started cause i have just heard horror stories on how long the labor is, but it's either that or not have my husband there with me. So i am a little nervous. But my doctor has great confidence that once i am there and he breaks my water that i will go on my own. So we are praying that is what is going to happen. So hopefully the next time i post you will know if its a GIRL or a BOY!!!

Baby Coming ANYDAY!!

2010-03-13T15:15:00.005-07:00

Well this is something that i really don't like to do but these ones of mylee are too cute to not post. I hate putting pregnant pictures of me publicly. I have 11 days left until i am due. I went to the doctor on Thursday and he told me that i would probably have the baby before my next appoint next Thursday so we are patiently waiting. I keep telling myself, Maybe it will come tonight. But its not happening. I am so EXCITED to find out if its a GIRL or BOY!! I hate Jon for not letting me find out but when its this close to having it, it's so much FUN not knowing. Don't tell Jon i said that or he won't EVER let me find out on any of them. Mylee is still insistent that it is a "sisters". That is what she calls it all the time. She says she is excited to hold the baby but we all know her WORLD is going to be ruined in her eyes....Hopefully this one isn't a daddy's kid like her or she wont know what to do having to share her daddy.

Slide Fun

2010-02-20T07:43:00.003-07:00

On February 13th, We went down to st. George to go to the temple with April & Mike and Tyler & Daleece. Cozy met me down there to watch Mylee while we were in our session. She took the kids to the park and let them play. Mylee didn't want to leave. She loved every minute of it. Oh how i can't wait for summer to be here so we can play outside. After we got done at the temple we went out to dinner and then i met cozy and got mylee and her 2 kids so they could go to dinner by themselves. I brought the boys home with me and then had Russ and Lacey's kids over also for a cousin sleepover. Well we all know that Teque is a crybaby and wouldn't stay so it was just the rest of them. The "Valentine Cupid" Came and left each kid a pop, popcorn, and a card with money in it. this is the sleepover that carter and jaylee look forward to every year. It was fun and i am glad they all got to come and spend the night.

sledding and snowmobile

2010-02-20T07:29:00.008-07:00

On January 30th, cozy and her family came over and brought their snowmobiles. Mylee was so excited to go. They just drove around in the fields by my moms and then they went over on the hill past the corrals to go sledding. Joel would haul the kids up to the very top on the snowmobile and then the kids would sled down the hill. They had a blast. He took mylee a couple of times half way up and let her sled down it by herself. It was the most funniest thing to watch as she would face plant it in the snow when she got to the bottom. But every time she got done, cozy would ask her if she wanted to be done and go home and she would say NO!!! Thanks for the good time she had cozy.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

2010-02-07T19:44:00.002-07:00

Today is my mom's birthday. I just wanted to do a little post and tell her how much i appreciate all she does for us and tell her how much i love her. She is visiting Annie right now down in Tuscon and isn't home. Mylee is having withdrawals but we have her front room decorated for when she comes home tomorrow. Mylee loves her Nana and it isn't going to be easy for her to share her Nana with this new baby coming. But we love you mom and thanks for everything.

Jon's Birthday!!

2010-02-07T19:10:00.005-07:00

Well I am a little behind updating my blog. Not much has happened since Christmas. Jon's Birthday was fun. He went hunting early on his morning, so when Mylee woke up he was gone. We decorated the front room with balloons and streamers and the Happy Birthday Banner. Then we wrapped some presents for him. So when Jon came home he was surprised. Mylee loved every minute of it. She kept saying Happy Dada!! Happy Dada!! Happy Dada!! I decided to have a birthday dinner for him but had it the night after his birthday. I asked what he wanted for his birthday cake and he told me cherry cheese cake. So i made him a homemade one but talked my mom into making a bikini cake. My dad had got one when i was little and so i talked her into doing one for Jon. So we lit the candles in the cherry cheese cake and him and mylee blew them out and then came out the surprise cake from my mom. He was SO surprised. It was funny. All of his family loved it. He said they were all jealous cause their mother-in-law wouldn't make them a cake like this. We had a good time.

Christmas

2009-12-28T14:08:00.005-07:00

Christmas this year was so much fun. We went to Leon's the afternoon of Christmas Eve and hung out. Lacey and Russ ended up coming down and spending the night there too. Santa came and visited the little kids that evening to tell them he would be back to leave them there presents. Mylee hated him. He tickled her for heavens sake. But anyways, we woke up Christmas morning and to our surprise Santa had come and left a whole bunch of toys. Mylee got a barn, fences, and farm animals. She loved it. All she wanted from Ho Ho was a Cow and Gucky (lucky, the horse). So she got that plus more. It was fun to see how she reacted to it. She kept telling me that Ho Ho was nice to my my and he brought her a cow. She was very excited. Then about noon Misty and Turley came over and she got to go for a ride with Teque on his new Bike. It was the cutest thing ever. Then Tammy and bingham came right before we left to go to the cabin. But we got up to the cabin around 5 that night. My whole family was up there but Annie who we didn't get to see this Christmas. It was fun. We had a good Christmas dinner up there and played games. Jon stayed up until 2 in the morning playing cards with my parents & cozy and Joel only so he could beat Cozy in the game they were playing. She was getting extremely pissed off about the situation. He loved every minute of it. But we spent all day Saturday playing games and the boys and men riding the snow mobiles. It was fun. Jon got his usual scavenger hunt from me to get his gift. It was fun. We came home Saturday night. It was a good Christmas season this year and we are thankful for all of our many blessings. Thanks to Everyone for everything they do and have done for us.

My Birthday!!

2009-12-28T14:04:00.003-07:00

My birthday was the day after we spoke in Church. I went to work that morning and then came home. All Mylee wanted to do was paint my fingers and toes and so that is what my birthday present from her. As you can tell, she did a FANTASTIC job. I love you sissy and thank you!!

You better Sit Down!!

2009-12-28T13:55:00.002-07:00

Yes you better sit down to read this little paragraph. So the end of November, i went to tithing settlement but went by myself cause Jon was still helping Rawlin. So i get there and we get tithing settlement all out of the way and my Bishop says, So can i ask you a favor? I said sure. He said, so can we give you a new church calling, will you be willing to get released from primary and serve in the Young Women's presidency? I said yes i guess. Then he said, oh I wish Jon was here to ask this next favor. Will you guys talk in Church on December 13Th. I started laughing. I told him i would but i told him there was no way in Heck that he was going to get Jon to say yes. I told him i wasn't asking him for him, that he had to be the one to ask him. Well i show up to church that next Sunday and Bishop stops me in the hallway and says, Hey i got him to say yes. I about pooped my pants. Well about Wednesday Jon comes to me and says, will you get me Bishops number. I said sure and gave it to him. The next thing i know he is on the phone with Bishop telling him he is backing out and that he hasn't been able to sleep the previous 2 nights and that his stomach has been hurting him just thinking about it. Well to no surprise by my Bishop, he didn't get out of it. We talked in Church and Jon didn't pass out. I was very happy with him and how good of job he did.

My DREAMS came TRUE!!!!

2009-11-22T14:24:00.004-07:00

Picture of the Manti temple the night before we went through.
ok so yesterday was the BEST day of my life. Jon & I were sealed in the Temple and then we had Mylee sealed to us. We went up the night before and stayed the night in Ephraim. It was fun to spend that time with my family since we don't do it very often. Mylee loved it. Then we got up Saturday morning and got ready....leaving Mylee with Cozy until later. But let me tell you how AWESOME the experience was. I am so thankful for Jon and for his good example he is to me and Mylee. It has been so wonderful seeing him grow in the church and have the spirit with him. It was very hard to fight the emotions i was feeling yesterday in the temple when you could feel very STRONGLY Nancy's spirit there as we were sealed. When they brought Mylee into our sealing room, i lost it. I couldn't hold back my tears anymore. She looked so BEAUTIFUL in her white dress and as she stood at the alter with us. It was an AMAZING experience and i cannot wait for the day that i get to go and share that same experience with my sister Cozy when they choose to make that step in life. I also want to publicly thank everyone that came and supported us. I know i made you all drive further away to do it in the temple of my dreams, but hey, it only happens once and i have always loved that temple. Thanks for the examples you have all been in mine and Jon's life. We love you all and thanks for sharing our beautiful day with us.

Us coming out of the temple.

Mylee's 2nd BIRTHDAY!!

2009-11-22T14:17:00.005-07:00

Mylee blowing out the candles.
Playing and feeding her new monkey.
So i have been quite the slacker about updating my blog. So i am finally getting around to Mylee's birthday. She turned 2 on November 9th. We had her birthday party on sunday the 8th. She had a lot of fun playing with all her cousins. She got a lot of presents. She loved blowing out her candles which was a lot different than last year when she cried if she seen her cake. On her birthday after i got off work we went home and she seen her cake and wanted to blow out candles again. We ended up blowing them out 7 different times throughout the day. It was quite funny. But i can't believe that she is all ready 2.

Mylee's very first HAIR CUT

2009-10-15T15:56:00.006-06:00

Before picture

getting it cut

her holding a piece of her hair

after picture

So i am so tired of her crying when i comb her hair so we decided to trim it. Emilee did a great job!! thanks and it looks really cute.

DI Dress Up Finds

2009-09-12T20:24:00.004-06:00

So for any of you that doesn't know....We call my mom the DI QUEEN...But if it was up to me - Cozy would top her and be the DI Queen. Every time we go to town we have to stop at the DI. Well this last time we stopped I bought this suitcase full of princess dress up clothes and shoes. Mylee loves wearing my shoes so of course she loves the ones in here cause they clunk on the floor. What a princess she is.

New Baby

2009-09-12T20:18:00.002-06:00

So i guess i better fess up that we are expecting #2 since i can't really hide it anymore. I am a little over 12 weeks along...due March 24. Jon and I are fighting over finding out what we are having. We didn't find out with Mylee which was really fun, but I really want to find out with this one but of course, Jon doesn't. So i guess next month we will see who wins that argument...(probably Jon) But we are excited and can't wait. Mylee loves having a Baby Ah Ah (Monkey) in my belly. She totally thinks i have a monkey in my belly because we were looking at pictures of her at the hospital right after she was born and she thought it was a monkey. So cute how she thinks that. I am a little nervous how she is going to react having another baby in the house competeing against being da da's girl. I guess we will see what she does.

Elk hunt 09

2009-09-12T20:16:00.002-06:00

Well i finally decided to update the blog...so you are getting aug and some of sept fun that we had. We went camping with Turley and misty and Dana & karol opening weekend of the deer hunt and camped for 10 days. It was a blast. Mylee loved every minute of it especially because her favorite...Teque...was there. She would live at aunt Misty's if i would let her. The picture of Jon and her with the spike elk is actually Turleys elk. Thanks for such a fun time..

2009-08-11T16:36:00.001-06:00

Well I am getting worse and worse at updating my blog. A lot has happened since i last updated. Annie got to come out for the 24th of July and stay the whole next week after until Trav's big day on Aug 1st which is when he took meg to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity. I am so excited for him. I am also so PROUD of him. Here is a picture of Mylee and her Uncle BUB!! They had a dance after the reception and all she wanted to do was dance with Bub. But I will try and get more pics of the week annie was here.

"Why the Background?" AGAIN!!

2009-07-22T16:17:00.002-06:00

Ok, so many of you are probably wondering why i chose this background again. I did a post last june of 2008 with this background stating that i had goals to go to the temple and be sealed to Jon for Eternity and have Mylee sealed to us. Well i chose the background again because GUESS WHAT??!! MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE!!! We have chosen Nov 21, 2009 to be sealed together. We are going to be sealed in the Manti temple but i couldn't find a background with that Temple. I just wanted you all to know how happy I am that Jon has chosen to change his life and make us an Eternal Family. I am thankful for him and for all that he has done and does for me and Mylee. We love him very much and I know that Nancy is VERY PROUD of you Jon. Her presence is going to be so strong in the Temple when we get to go...I can't wait. I am also thankful for the Savior and for his atoning sacrifice, for Him making it possible that we can repent and live with him again. I love you Mylee and Jonny and i don't know what i would do without either of you.

My New BIKE!!

2009-07-10T16:18:00.003-06:00

Here is my new bike....I am SOOOO excited. I have been wanting a bike forever, now we just need one for jonny and a trailer for mylee.

Mylee's Ride with Bompa

2009-07-05T19:13:00.006-06:00

So last Thursday, Mylee got in trouble because she went downstairs at my moms and got into Cozy's nail table and so i got after her and she started crying...Well while she was crying, My dad called my mom to ask her a question and heard Mylee crying. So he told my mom to bring her down to the farm and he would give her a ride while he was planting hay. So we went out to Marv's and got him a shake and took it down so Mylee could ride. She loved it. There was a little seat with a seatbelt right next to his that was just her size. She thought she was quite a big girl. I took a trip around the pivot and back and then my mom switched me off and went a turn with them. Thanks Dad for taking her....SHE LOVED IT!!!

I wan ooouuut!!

2009-06-05T19:29:00.003-06:00

So i was in the other room when i heard Mylee giggling while she was playing in her room. Then a couple minutes later i hear her say, "I wan ooouuut!" So I went in there and she was in her doll stroller sucking her doll plug. It was so hilarious. I started laughing and then she laughed thinking it was more funny than what she orginally thought. Oh Mylee, how you are growing up so fast. I love you Sissy!!

Jons big BEAR hunt!!

2009-05-31T15:05:00.005-06:00

Well we just got back from 9 days of camping...Jon drew a bear tag over to the La Sal Mountains by Moab. We had Sara's high school graduation last friday and we all headed to Moab right after. We got there about 2 in the morning, rained on us the whole way over. When we arrived we tried pulling down into camp and got stuck in the mud. It took us an hour to get unstuck and finally we crawled into bed around 3. I told jon that i wasn't going to go when they got up at 5:30 that i wanted to stay at camp and get things situated. Well little did i know that he was going to KILL his bear the morning we got there. But i thought that he would have at least came and got me and mylee. But anyways, it weighed about 350 - 400 lbs. Huge bear...GOOD JOB JONNY!!! we are proud of you. So the rest of the camp we just relaxed. All of jons family came after graduation and all left monday afternoon but leon and russ and his family. sara stayed home since she thought she was old now and can do what ever she wants. But it was nice to have the rest of the family there to spend some quality time together and have fun. Wished some of my family could have come and supported us but oh wells. It was fun and i don't want to come home and back to reality. Thanks for the good time everyone....we love you all.

Happy Be-lated Mothers Day!!

2009-05-12T19:43:00.002-06:00

OK, so no pictures on this post, but i just wanted to wish all the moms in the WHOLE world a happy mothers day and to tell my mom that i love her and I appreciate EVERYTHING she does for me and my family. We couldn't do it without her. I love being a mom to Mylee...it is a very fun. I learn new things every day and there are a lot of "things i will do different with my next one". But I love the sweet but naughty little girl she is.. she is now 18 months old. Growing so big and so fast. It makes me sad to think she will no longer be my baby...she is growing to be a little girl. I love her with all my heart and I hope she knows that. I have to give a big thanks to Cozy for all the late night calls with "Cozy, what should i do about this?" She has saved my life a million times and has been there to answer all my first time mom questions. Thanks cozy, your AWESOME. Then i have to say how SAD i am that Mylee's other Grandma is not here with us. We miss her SO much and love her. I keep telling Jon that the reason Mylee is so naughty is because Nancy told her up in heaven that she needed to come down her and punish jon for all the times he was a little poop head, but then i think, why would she punish me for it twice (Jon & Mylee) ha ha. But i love you Nancy and we miss you tremendously. Thanks to all the moms in the world.

Happy Mothers Day Mommy...

2009-05-10T23:23:00.002-06:00

I took it upon my self to update Jessie blog. My My just wanted to let her mommy know she loves her with all of her heart. Even though she would love to give mylee away she couldnt have been sent to a more loving mom than jessie.... Jess you are a great mom... Love Cozy

I finished the ALS 5K!!!

2009-04-01T18:00:00.006-06:00

Before the Race

The Finish Line

After the Race

So Misty and Rhonda talked me into doing a 5k walk/run for research for ALS. I was quite nervous. I am EXTREMELY out of shape. We were supposed to be there at 8:00, which the race started at 8:30am. So we left at like 6:45am. Good thing because we got lost. We drove around and drove around and finally found it like 15 minutes before it started. Sara decided at the last minute to go online and register and come with us, but she is a retard and forgot her inhaler. The first part of it was all down hill and the last was all up hill. Once we started we decided to run the downhill part. After running a little bit, Sara started to have troubles breathing. So i kept walking faster and got a head of them all little bit. Then i decided that i was just going to run what i could, so i was kind of rude and ran most of it. My goal was 40 minutes...DONT LAUGH!!! I had know idea if that was good or bad, but i figured it was good for me because i have never done one of these before. I finished 40:18....i almost did my goal. Misty and Sara ended up quitting a little bit before half way, and rhonda finished. I am sure Nancy was looking down laughing her guts out but we did it for you mom!! But after the race, we decided to a little shopping. Cozy met us down there. We were about half way through the day and we went to Target. I learned a very valuable and expensive lesson. Mylee fell out of the shopping cart and landed on her head. I ran and picked her up and checked her pupils. She then started puking...so i told Cozy that we needed to go the emergency room because that was one of the first signs of a concussion. We get there and they checked her over...they decided not to do a cat scan on her. she just had a big bump on her head. So without insurance, that is going to be quite the bill.

Loving 80 Degree Weather!!

2009-02-21T08:37:00.002-07:00

No pictures for this blog, but just wanted to let you all know that i am loving life right now in Tuscon visiting Annie. 80 degree weather and you guys have SNOW!!! Ha Ha. We left Enterprise on Thursday at 12:10 AM and drove all night ariving in Tuscon around 10:30 am. We didn't tell Annie we were coming, we just showed up to her work and surprised her. It was AWESOME. My My misses her daddy and Papa. She wakes up everymorning and started yelling for her Daddy. She did get to talk to Papa last night and thought she was pretty cool. But for the bad news of the trip, Papa called me yesterday morning and said that Grandpa Gardner went to heaven. It is such a blessing that he doesn't have to suffer anymore, but we will sure miss him. After I told Carter that he had died, he asked me, "Well Jessie, who came to pick grandpa Gardner up?" I told him Jonny's Mama did and then he says, "Well what did they drive to Heaven?" I started laughing...I thought that was so cute. Kids are so innocent when it comes to things like that. But i better go, I will post pictures of the trip when we get back home. We are leaving for the ZOO!!! Mylee can't wait to see the MONKEYS! Sorry for the SNOW for the rest of ya!!!

One of the last goodbyes to Grandpa Gardner

2009-02-08T19:34:00.005-07:00

Mylee kissing Grandpa goodbye!!

Well here is a 3 generation picture...wish mom was here so she could be in it.

Well as some of you might know, Grandpa Gardner is on his last days. He has failing kidneys and Bone Cancer that is in later stages than what they expected. We went there last Sunday and he was in good spirits, being his normal self. He was complaining about a stiff neck and said he was in a little bit of pain. Mylee was being naughty and kept getting his phone and trying to call Papa and so i went and got her and told her no no and she stuck her tongue out at me and ran off. Grandpa started laughing and couldn't stop. I told him she was acting just like a Gardner. He commented that he was so happy that she made him laugh. He loves when the Great Grand kids come over. But anyways, they ended up taking him to the doctor on Monday and they gave him a morphine patch, and things haven't been great since. Last Sunday was his last day since he was himself. We went there last night and he just slept and wasn't really coherent. But when we went there today, he was awake and just smiling. He tried getting Mylee to come over to him, but she wouldn't because she don't really like him. I think she is just scared of him. He said he was thirsty and they got him water, but he wanted what was in Chana's fountain Pepsi Cup. So we poured him some Pepsi. But as we were leaving we told Mylee to wave to Grandpa and tell him Goodbye and she wanted to kiss him. That just made Grandpas day. I am so Happy that he was coherent and that Mylee kissed him because that is probably the last kiss she will get before he gets to go see Grandma Platt up in heaven. I am so thankful for family and the time we have got to spend with grandpa. He has changed so much since Grandma died. I am very proud of you Grandpa!

Annie here is the new one

2009-02-01T16:33:00.001-07:00

Sleepover Time!!

2009-02-01T15:19:00.002-07:00

Last week Jay wanted to have a sleepover after she danced at the basketball game. She loves sleeping over and we love having her. Her favorite thing to do is pick out a movie to watch and pop popcorn and mix peanut M&M's in. She is such a good little helper when it comes to picking toys up and being Mother Hen to Mylee. We always have to cook French Toast when we get up the next morning. It was fun and Mylee can't wait until the next one.

WOW!!! Jonny needs a HAIRcut!

2009-01-15T11:23:00.004-07:00

So does ANYONE agree with me that Jonny is in need of desperate haircut? He has been growing his mop out since the end of August. The first deal he made was "I am not cutting my hair until after we catch the first cougar of cougar season." Well that came and gone in November. Then it was Christmas. Then it was the first of February. Well he came out of the bathroom today looking like THIS!!! That was it for me. No more wings when he wears a hat. I told him he was going to cut it today. So being his birthday today, he let me cut it telling me that only because it was his birthday. So here is the after shot of the haircut.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-29T18:50:00.005-07:00

Christmas this year was quite the Christmas. We slept over to Leon's Christmas Eve and the whole family was there except Casey. We had a good time playing games and having fun. Then Santa decided to come and we got up Christmas morning with more toys than anyone could imagine. We opened presents and ate breakfast. Mylee got a Spin and Bounce Pony and Jon got a new digital Camera. Then we went to Grandma Bea's for a little bit. After that we met Cozy and Joel in Cedar and headed up the mountain. We were trying to beat the storm that was coming in. The first part of the ride up the mountain wasn't bad. Then it got really bad. They closed the road pretty much right after we got up there. It ended up snowing 18 inches just christmas night. But we got up there and Mylee decided that she was going to have the Flu. So i dealt with throw up and Aunt Cozy helped out quite a bit. She finally quit throwing up Friday morning around 10:00. We played games and then Joel and Jon decided that they were going to go on a little snowmobile ride. They dressed warm but didn't take a flashlight or anything. They had been gone a while and we were playing cards, when someone piped up that they should have been back and it was getting dark. So Cozy got a little nervous. Me and her put on our snowboots and went outside to see if we could hear them. She turned to me and asked if we should go after them and i looked at her and asked if she was stupid. I told her that we would die if we did. So we went back inside and chilled for awhile. This whole time i kept saying prayers that they would be safe. 6:00 pm passed by, it was now dark. My brother piped up saying that he was getting nervous because the snow was too deep to go after them and we were litterally snowed in and couldn't get any vehicles out. So he asked my dad to say a prayer out loud and he agreed that he would. So we all gathered in the living room and my dad offered a prayer, and asked several times that Joel and Jon would be smart and use their heads under the circumstances. He ended the prayer and not but 1 minute later, Joel and Jon showed up. Cozy's snowmobile had broke down on them and they got stuck. But we are grateful that they were safe. Then Saturday we called and they said the road going from Duck creek to Cedar was going to be closed for at least 2 more days, so we were packing up to go through panguitch when Annie decided that she was going to have the flu. So it was a long ride home for her. And just out of panguitch Carter decided that he would have the flu too so Cozy had to dump her purse out and he threw up in it. But we made it home safely Saturday night. It was good to have all the family here from both sides. I love you all.

PRIME RIB!!

2008-12-14T19:08:00.004-07:00

Ok, so what can i say...my father in law loves me..... He fixed me his speciality - PRIME RIB - for my birthday. It was so yummy and I had to post a picture of it so that you could see it Cozy . ha ha. Chana - you missed out because it was so delicious.

We are having a WEDDING soon!!

2008-12-14T14:47:00.002-07:00

Ok so i have no picture but you bet your bottom dollar that i will get one posted as soon as i can get a hold of one. But Casey FINALLY FINALLY did what we have all been waiting for...Chana got a ring. We are so SUPER excited. We don't know when the date will be. But just to let you know, Chana....CONGRATS..We LOVE you and are HAPPY for you.

Mylee Turns 1 !!!!!!

2008-11-11T21:22:00.002-07:00

On Sunday November 9th, Mylee turned 1 !!! Can you believe it? It makes me so sad to think that she is a big girl (so she thinks). I invited mine and jon's siblings and our parents and grandparents over and we had dinner and then cake and icecream. Mylee got spoiled with presents loving everyone she got. I decided that she doesn't need Santa Claus to come because she got so much for her birthday. When it came time to do her cake, it was her nap time. She started bawling when i put the cake in front of her. She didn't want anything to do with it. It was quite funny. I am glad that everyone that got to come came. I am thankful for such a BEAUTIFUL and HEALTHY baby. I love her with all my heart.

2008-10-26T14:22:00.002-06:00

Well these are a week late but what the heck. This is the little deer i got on opening morning. We had gone with Jon's family camping out at Utah Mines near Indian peaks. Well we were kind of limited to where we could go because it was cold and we had Mylee, so we basically just cruised around in the pickup. It was 8 in the morning, opening morning and Turley called on the radio for Jon to tell us Misty had got a deer. So he told us that they were up to Atchison. So we got up there and Jon helped Turley clean it out and they were just getting it loaded when i spotted my buck up on the hill just coming over the top towards us. So Jon grabs the gun and off we go hiking straight up. Well i about DIED!!! I stopped and told Jon that i couldn't go any further and he told me that we only had to go a little more and we could probably see him. So I got up and started walking again. Well we seen him and Jon said, "if you want him then you better shoot now." I picked up the gun and couldn't even hold it up. I told Jon that he had to help me hold it. WOW - I KNOW - WHAT A WIMP I AM - So he helped me hold the front of the gun up and i closed my eyes and shot. I hit him right in the heart at about 200 to 250 yards. Lucky shot. But we ended up coming home Sunday afternoon and hunting here the rest of the time. Jon got him a little 1 x 3 on Tuesday night. We had quite a fun hunt this year.

Need a Photographer?

2008-10-21T18:33:00.003-06:00

If you are in need of a photographer for family pictures or ANY kind of picture, you need to check out Tiffany D Photography. She took some of Mylee last Thursday and they are to DIE for. Please check out her blog
http://photographybytiffanyd.blogspot.com/.
You will like all her pictures, I PROMISE. Thanks Tiff for the AWESOME pictures.

Food Storage

2008-10-16T19:20:00.003-06:00

So my Aunt Georgia and I discuss food storage quite a bit when we work together at 6 in the morning on Wednesdays and yesterday she brought me this paper that i am going to copy. It is From Hurricane Ike that hit. It smacked me in the face. I have a little bit and I keep working on it but WOW - not nearly enough as I need. So please read it and get prepared. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Dear Friends: We have a 6'x6' hole in our roof, no electricity or running water, Trees down everywhere. How ever, because we listened to the counsel of our prophet we are prepared. In fact it seems to me that it's only the members of the church who seem to be calm, prepared, and helping one another with trees in roofs, flooding, etc. There is a POD or Point of Distribution in> Tomball where we live. There you get water and ice IF you have enough fuel to wait in the 3-hour lines. We don't have to do that because we have 3 full water barrels, 75 juice bottles filled with water, and our pool, which is dirty, but we use it to flush. It is very difficult to get gas. Police guard the stations when fuel is delivered and you might wait half a day to get up to the pump just to have them say, 'Too bad, we are out'. I am grateful that we have a generator. We run it 4 hours a day to keep our fridge and light. I am grateful that we have had fuel for it. You can't even by gas containers as they are rationed. We can only by bread once a week and limite d to 2 loaves at a time. Water is rationed by the case at the grocery store - 3 cases per family. The ATM machines do not have power. For the past 6 months I have stashed small bills away because I have had such a feeling of foreboding. We have >cash because of that. LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT. Get cash in small bills because the stores can't make change and credit and debit cards often don't work. I had to pay 5 dollars more for an item because they couldn't make change for me. and . . . PHONES ONLY WORK OCCASIONALY. Believe it or not...I have not had a bath in 4 days, Today was the first day I got to wash my hair with pool water. I haven't fixed my hair in a week!!! It just doesn't matter anymore. We cannot do laundry because we don't have water. So, we wear our clothes until they are literally disgusting. When we do finally get water we will have to boil it since it is contaminated.I am grateful for my parents. When we got low on generator fuel they drove 45 minutes to help us. They filled up their cans and brought us 10 gallons of fuel, which kept us going until this morning at 6:oo, am when we finally found some gas. A prepared Family and a loving extended family is the key to survival and making it through right now. I know that my parents would drive to the end of the earth to help me and it's nice knowing they are there. I know that I would do the same for my children. I want all of you to know that I have such a testimony of following the counsel of our living prophet. There really is safety and peace in your heart if you are prepared. Please get your generators, 5 gas cans full of gas, canned goods, baby items, baby wipes to bathe, and all the water you can store...even if you have to trip on it in your home. Have your lanterns, crank flashlights, tarps, rope, etc. ready to go because you never know when it will be your turn to endure the test. It's overwhelming, but it's going to be ok eventually. I have a> home, I have food, and I have water, because I listened to the counsel of the prophet. Please make sure you do the same. It's time to have your life in order. Tomorrow may be too late. "

Family Pictures

2008-10-09T14:57:00.002-06:00

Well here they are...it was a lot of fun. We got together afterwards and ate dinner and Mistys. It's always fun when the whole family is there.

Papa and his FAVORITES

2008-10-09T14:55:00.001-06:00

We had family pictures taken last Saturday evening and this is one of the cutest.

The Favorite Car

2008-10-05T15:22:00.005-06:00

This car is the car that causes fights at grandma's house when all the kids are there....it definitely gets used. Mylee thinks that she is quite the big girl now that she is big enough to sit it in, especially when its with her 2 favorites - Carter & Jaylee.

WOW!!! Finally Updating!

2008-10-05T14:31:00.001-06:00

These pictures were taken a few weeks ago but they are the most updated ones i have f her....The Platt family got family pictures taken yesterday, so i will be putting them on sometime this week when we get them back...hopefully they turned out cute.

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-11T18:32:00.003-06:00

So I am only 2 weekends past of doing labor day, but the heck....least i am updating. We went up to the cabin and stayed from thursday night until monday afternoon. It was a bit chilly. Jon left us on Sunday Evening and met Uncle Scary (stanly) down to Duck Creek Village and went over to the boulders and went bear hunting and came home Monday night. The night he left, Mylee decided that she wanted to be sick and was up all night. me and her finally fell asleep at 5:53am after her being uncomfortable all night, throwing up, and running a fever. We got about an hour and half later and was up for the rest of the day....but we had a great time and it was fun to get together will all the staheli clan.

Cowgirl My My

2008-08-24T17:18:00.005-06:00

Leon gave Mylee one of his old cowboy hats and so me and cozy took these pictures....which turned out to be pretty darn CUTE!!

Trip up the Mountain

2008-08-03T15:06:00.003-06:00

On Friday Aug. 1st Aunt Cozy took Mylee and we went up to the mountain. Russ, Jaylee, Papa, Me, & Jonny left late in the afternoon and then Chana and Sara came up after chana got home from work. And let me just warn you, i am not a horse person. That trail in certain spots scared the holy poop out of me. I told Jon that i was NOT coming down that way. And to begin, Jon told me that this was only going to be an hour ride up to the top....boy was he lieing. We were about 1 1/2 hours into the ride and Leon told me that we only had about a 1/2 hour until we were to Big water. Well about 20 minutes later he told me the EXACT same thing. And the bad thing was that he was following me. Well we finally get down to this little meadow with a little stream and Leon gets off his horse and says "Well, where should we set up camp?" I looked at him and started laughing. I said, "Get your butt back on your horse and lets go to Big Water." Little did I know, we were there. So we all got off the horses and started fishing. Chana and Sara showed up about 20 minutes later and started fishing. I believe that i was the one that caught the most and the biggest. But holy crap, the mesquitos got me the best. My neck and back is still covered in big red welts. When we decided that we had enough fish to eat, we stopped fishing. Russ was our camp chef...cooking us potatoes and fish. It was delicious. As we went to bed on the grass, Sara started freaking out about ladybugs. Everybody just ignored her, thinking that she was way over exaggerating. Well we woke up the next morning and realized that maybe she wasn't. And i told them that the orange ladybugs bite but the red ones dont. BIG MISTAKE...i didn't hear the end of that from Leon. But there was quite a bit of them on this little bush. Anyways, russ cooked up breakfast and hurried to pack up because he had to get back to go to the Temple with Sharla and Shain. So him and Jaylee headed off and we finished packing the horses and getting ready and we started off. I was dreading that part the whole entire time. But to tell the truth, it wasn't as bad as i thought. It was quite fun and I keep telling them that i will NEVER go back because it was scary, but i probably will.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

2008-08-01T15:32:00.000-06:00

Time for some memories! Here are the rules.
1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember! If we're only blogging friends, write about a post that is most memorable. If you don't have a blog and don't know how to sign in, please comment as anonymous.
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll be sure to write one about you... either on your blog, in my comment box, or I will email you back!
3. If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all!

2008-07-20T18:45:00.001-06:00

Cousins that LOVE each other!!

CUTE!!

2008-07-20T18:37:00.000-06:00

Papa and his FAVORITES!!

Cabin Fun

2008-07-20T15:52:00.003-06:00

So i decided that it is past due of updating the blog....i was doing so good at first but now i am not so good. But last weekend we decided to go up to the cabin at the last minute on Saturday. We left Enterprise around 2:30 in the afternoon and then went to Walmart after we got to Cedar because we needed to get my my some diapers. We got done there and decided to head on up. Cozy called right after we got done at Walmart and said that Travis had just gotten up there and that there was a diesel wreck and that we might have to wait a few minutes because they only had one lane open. Well we got up just past Milt's steakhouse and got stopped. We could see where the truck had lost the brakes and they had it somewhat cleaned up enough and were letting the people come down the mountain and we were just waiting to go up. Well a Motor home got their brakes hot and ended up hitting a boulder and some other cars. Well then like 10 minutes later here comes up 2 more ambulances and 1 more firetruck and then they ended up closing the road for over 3 more hours. So we had to turn around and go up through Brian head. Mom and dad ended up coming up. We ended up getting to the cabin about 7:45 pm. But mom and dad only stayed for 2 hours and then came home. Travis, Lindsey, and Madyson went home about a 1/2 hour after that. Us and cozy's family stayed the night...it was quite fun. The picture of Mylee SCREAMING is because of uncle Bub....The weekend before that - which would have been the 4Th weekend - he started the vacuum and stuck it to her belly and scared the poop out of her. He traumatized her. But unfortunately, uncle Joel has to pay for it too because she cries if she sees him too.....sorry Joel...kiss butt a little more.

4th of July Weekend

2008-07-08T20:24:00.002-06:00

On Thursday night, the 3rd, we rode down to gunlock and went to the rodeo. We met Bingham and Tammy down there and Jon & Bingham roped. They didn't do that great. A 6.45 won and they got 6.74 plus 5 because jonny only got 1 leg. They would have taken 2nd place but oh wells.
On the 4th, I had to be to work at 5:30 in the morning and worked until 11 in the morning. Then after that we rode to Newcastle and hung out. Russ and Lacey had left Taylin with Tammy because they rode up north to get their "new" car they just bought. And while we were down to Leon's house Jon went out and got a hound puppy. Taylin loved it so she was sharing it with Mylee. She kept kissing it and then she would hand Mylee the puppy to kiss and she didn't like that too much but it was pretty dang cute. That night we went to the rodeo again but this time they didn't do good. Bingham didn't catch. But they still had fun.
Saturday we rode up to the mountain to see my family. It was pretty fun. We talked Russ and Lacey into coming up and eating dinner and watching the UFC fight with us. Us girls went down to the little parade they do at Duck Creek Village. Jay had a lot of fun..they threw her lots of candy and a Frisbee. Then we went back and watched the fight. It was an AWESOME fight..so I hear...i fell asleep the last 2 rounds of the main event. Rampage looks like one MEAN TOUGH guy that i wouldn't want to get pissed off. After the fight we headed home..it was pretty late. Thanks Russ and Lacey for coming up to the cabin.

Family Camping Trip to Pine Grove

2008-06-24T19:44:00.003-06:00

This past weekend we went camping with Russ and his family. We headed out Friday evening and camped at Pine Grove. We took Cozy's boys and JayLee was glad because she had Carter to play with. Jace just drove the four wheeler all weekend getting stuck in the mud and having fun. The boys brought their coyote dogs and went coyote hunting while us girls stayed at camp. We went fishing quite a bit and caught a fish about every time we casted out. It was pretty dang fun and none of us wanted to come home.

Mylee's First Baby Tony

2008-06-17T15:44:00.003-06:00

This has got to be one of the cutest baby horses i have ever seen.....We keep telling Papa that it is Mylee's, but i don't think it is working. But maybe if we keep saying it is, it might turn out that way---ha ha. On Father's Day we cooked a good dinner and then ate cheesecake. It was a lot of fun. Then Jon decided that Mylee needed to ride HER baby tony (that is what Jay calls baby horses). So Jon held him and i put her on him and she started kicking, getting all excited. It was so dang cute. So he had aunt Chana come out and take a picture of her. CUTE CUTE CUTE

Opening Ceremonies

2008-06-17T15:19:00.004-06:00

Last Thursday we rode over to Cedar and went to Kaylie's house and had dinner with all of her friends. We weren't really invited and i had only met Dan and Abbey before but they were very nice and let us eat dinner with them....thanks guys for letting us intrude. Then we went and watched the fireworks at the College. I was quite surprised that Mylee didn't scream....she loved them. She just sat there and stared up in the sky watching them, not minding a bit how loud they were. It was quite fun.

Weekend Fun

2008-06-10T10:19:00.003-06:00

Jon & I watched Cozy's boys over this past weekend and they had a blast. Cozy came out Thursday and did nails and left the boys and then her & Joel went up north to buy them a new pickup. So Friday night Jon & Jace rode the horses out to the arena and roped all night. Then Saturday we got up and went to New Castle. Carter loved playing with the puppies that were at Jay's house. We went to the railroad tracks to smash pennies and were out there for 3 hours and didn't see a train. So we came back and went down to grandma Bea's and visited for a little bit and went out her back door and her sprinklers were on so we all decided to run through them. I guess i shouldn't say all of us because it was only Tammy, me, and the kids that dared run through the sprinkler. But after that we went back down to Papa's house and the kids got in the handcart and Jace pushed them around. That evening they roped again in New Castle. Sunday we went to church and then went back to New Castle. The kids wanted to ride in the cart again and they wanted to take the puppies for a ride so that is were these picture come from. The boys didn't want to go home.

Why the Background

2008-06-08T15:29:00.003-06:00

So you may wonder why i chose the temple background when Jon & I haven't been sealed together. I have plans to go there and get sealed to Jon and have Mylee sealed to us - its just a matter of time. I am so proud of Jon and how far he has come since i started hanging around him. One of the happiest days of my life was on Nov 8, 2007. We had only been married 5 months and he decided to quit chewing. I had NO idea he was quitting. He was headed bear hunting with Cody to the boulders and i asked if he needed some money for chew. He told me No and i left it at that. Well through the weekend i got thinking about it and realized he had not bought any for quite some time. So i called him and asked him why and he told me that he was trying to quit and that he didn't want to tell me he had quit and just wanted to see how long it would take me to figure it out. Well he hasn't touched it since that date. He has totally cut WAY WAY back on drinking. In fact i can't tell you the last time i have seen him drink. It really surprises that he doesn't drink with his dad. In fact he has been getting after Leon to cut back and realize that he is wasting his life away and that he needs to be here to watch his grandkids grow. I am so thankful to the Lord for Jon. My mom and dad wasn't to excited when they found out that we were getting married. My siblings all gave me crap. But i think that they didn't know the real Jon that i knew. I knew that behind all the chewing, smoking, & drinking there was a guy full of potential to be a great husband and dad. Boy was i RIGHT. And i do have to say that in my opinion he is the favorite Son-in-law. (sorry Cozy-haha) Ok maybe not but they have come to love him as one of their own.
Jon actually went to church with me today and helped me with my primary class. I teach CTR 6 which is 5 year olds turning 6. I have 12 of them in my class and believe me -with all their energy and mylee, it is a handful. But when i got called to this position, it was Blane Farnsworth that i had the interview with and he told me that they were wanting to call Jon as my helper. He asked me if it would push Jon further away from the church if they did or if he needed a little push to get him going to church again. My honest opinion, he needs a little push. I went home and warned him that Blane might be calling him. Well that was at the first of the year and nothing has been done. Jon keeps asking, "I thought Blane was going to call me?" He is joking but i think he needs an "excuse" to go. So there is hope for him to start getting active in the church again and for us to be sealed. Him and by brother have a bet going on jokingly of who is going to go through the temple first. It is quite entertaining for the most part. I know that my dad has had quite a bit of influence on Jon. And Jon keeps telling me that maybe my dad was put in as Bishop to help a certain person. I honestly believe it is Jon.
I keep praying that i can be a good example jon and that someday he can take me and Mylee to the temple so that we can be a family for the eternities.

Bear Hunt 2008 in Moab

2008-06-08T14:50:00.002-06:00

Finally a BUTTON bracelet

2008-06-08T13:34:00.002-06:00

So I made this bracelet for Mylee like 2 Months ago and when Lacey watched Mylee next, she seen it and wanted one immediately. Well i told her i would make one and obviously it took a LONG time. She told me that she would just take Mylee's and i could make her a new one but i was mean and told her no. But i finally finished it and gave it to her and she was so EXCITED. She told me that we had to take a picture of her and Mylee wearing them. So here it is.....REALLY CUTE GIRLS.

Cutest Girl Ever!! (to me anyways)

2008-05-31T17:27:00.002-06:00

I think that i have the cutest girl there ever could be but maybe just because i am the mom. These pictures were taken outside of The Cooper's house. We just pulled up and started talking them and Tom came around the corner of his house and seen us. We just started laughing and told him we came to use his yard. He didn't care. Then Carter was throwing his dog's rope so that he could fetch it and he threw it and hit Tom right in the head. It caught Tom off guard and was quite hilarious.

Memorial Weekend at the Cabin

2008-05-29T17:12:00.009-06:00

Me & Mylee went to the cabin for memorial weekend. We had a blast. We got up there and ate dinner Friday night and just relaxed having a good time. Saturday morning, Mom, Cozy, Lindsey, & I went down to Wildflowers (our favorite store in Duck Creek) to shop. We had gotten warned that there were 2 BEARS roaming around the neighborhood and that we should watch the kids if they were outside playing. Carter had asked if they were the same bears uncle jonny had caught and sent pictures of on his Mama's phone. But when we got back to the cabin, Dad had discovered a leak in the water line outside by the pavilion. So the boys went outside and dug it up and us girls stayed inside and made us button bracelets while we watched the movie - P.S I Love You. After the movie was over we had Travis and Lindsey's birthday dinner. We ate Ribs, Funeral potatoes and cherry cheesecake. It was YUMMY!!

Our new BISHOP

2008-05-28T17:55:00.005-06:00

This is a picture of Carter holding Mylee, standing by Madyson on the Sunday before Mothers Day, May 4. Dad got put in as Bishop of the 3rd Ward. We knew that they were almost a whole year past due of getting one and we kept asking dad who he thought it might be. He would tell us quite a few names of men in his ward. Jon & Joel kept warning him that it was going to be him but he kept laughing at them and denying it. But lo and behold, it was him. We are glad it is him & not any of us but we know that he will do a great job...Now jon can't tell him no when it comes to saying the prayer before dinner....right jon?!!

riding cowgirl

2008-05-23T14:44:00.001-06:00

We came and spent the night at aunt cozy's because Jon went bear hunting in Moab with his family and i was stuck home because i had to work. Cozy went down stairs and pulled out this horse for Mylee to ride and she loved it.

Why?!

2008-05-23T14:26:00.000-06:00

So I was at my sister's house and was googling to try and find a photographer, but accidently ran into her blog and loved it....so i decided that i would set up one of my own and maybe some of you will enjoy it.

The Platt Family

Labor Day Weekend

Girl Weekend Out July 29 & 30th

24th of july

4th of July Weekend

catch up

Nancy 1st Birthday!!

Catch Up!!

Christmas Eve is HERE!!!

Shark Museum & Air Show

HORRIBLE!!

Friday the 13th!!!

Mylee's new hair cut!!!

Special Weekend!!

1st Fishing Trip of the Year

Nancy's Baby Blessing

Our New Little Nancy Joan Platt

NEW BABY???!!!

Baby Coming ANYDAY!!

Slide Fun

sledding and snowmobile

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Jon's Birthday!!

Christmas

My Birthday!!

You better Sit Down!!

My DREAMS came TRUE!!!!

Mylee's 2nd BIRTHDAY!!

Mylee's very first HAIR CUT

DI Dress Up Finds

New Baby

Elk hunt 09

"Why the Background?" AGAIN!!

My New BIKE!!

Mylee's Ride with Bompa

I wan ooouuut!!

Jons big BEAR hunt!!

Happy Be-lated Mothers Day!!

Happy Mothers Day Mommy...

I finished the ALS 5K!!!

Loving 80 Degree Weather!!

One of the last goodbyes to Grandpa Gardner

Annie here is the new one

Sleepover Time!!

WOW!!! Jonny needs a HAIRcut!

Christmas 2008

PRIME RIB!*!*

We are having a WEDDING soon!!

Mylee Turns 1 !!!!!!

Need a Photographer?

Food Storage

Family Pictures

Papa and his FAVORITES

The Favorite Car

WOW!!! Finally Updating!

Labor Day Weekend

Cowgirl My My

Trip up the Mountain

A Trip Down Memory Lane

CUTE!!

Cabin Fun

4th of July Weekend

Family Camping Trip to Pine Grove

Mylee's First Baby Tony

Opening Ceremonies

Weekend Fun

Why the Background

Bear Hunt 2008 in Moab

Finally a BUTTON bracelet

Cutest Girl Ever!! (to me anyways)

Memorial Weekend at the Cabin

Our new BISHOP

riding cowgirl

Why?!

PRIME RIB!!