Free Dr. Pepper

Thought some of you would like to know......


Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise


LOS ANGELES — Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality.

The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.

"We never thought this day would come," Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper's vice president of marketing, said in a statement. "But now that it's here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us."

Beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m., coupons for a free 20-ounce soda will be available for 24 hours on Dr Pepper's Web site. They'll be honored until Feb. 28.

Dr Pepper is owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

Halloween

Thanks Redbox for helping to introduce The Mario Brothers to my children. They are obsessed now. We spent Halloween in Burley. Tyson was once again gone. I am getting to fat and lazy to tend these kids on my own, and I didn't want to take them trick-or-treating solo. It didn't matter anyway they both ended up getting sick and we stayed home. But thanks to the two trunk or treats, and Trey's school party for plenty of candy. I consumed it all in about 3 days.

Jackson Hole

After being left home alone for weeks at a time, I decided that the kids and I would accompany Tyson to Jackson to finish up a house he sold there. The first night we stayed in this sweet place called La Terra in Teton Village. It is totally eco friendly and ulta modern. The rest of the week we were cooped up in a cabin a few blocks from downtown Jackson. It snowed the whole time. I hate snow. I hate wind. I hate coats. Luckily, the owners of the home that Ty sold are super rad, and let the kids and I tag along and play mario brothers at there house. They even made us the yummiest food the last night we were there.

Things I am not Thankful for this season....

High School Musical 1,2,3 (so happy I have boys, so I will never have to watch this gay crap)

Cold weather

Being sick

Glucose tests

Service counter at Wal-Mart

Petting zoos of any kind, anywhere

Oh yeah.

Trey started preschool. He likes it. I love it. It is at the Messiah Lutheran Church down the street from us. I attended the Lutheran church growing up, so thought it would be good to introduce Trey to other faiths. They do Bible study, pray, and have preschool church a few times a month. It seems okay. The books in their library titled "How to Talk to Your Mormon Neighbor with Love" kind of creep me out. I guess they must just want to shout obscenities at us. Damn Lutherans.

Dogs?

Does anyone know of a good poison for dogs? Our neighbors two dogs bark constantly, every night. I hate them. I want to kill them.

Stupid fish.

About a year and a half ago I bought three little goldfish from walmart to put in our pond. We saw them for a few days and then they disappeared. We thought they must have been sucked up in the filter. No big lose. Since then I have drained the pond a few times for cleaning and two weeks ago let it pretty much dry up because it really needed cleaning, and all the rocks the kids throw in needed taken out. Well I never got around to cleaning it, and I go out one day to Tyson filling it up looking all proud so whatever it can be gross, I am fat and pregnant and don't really give a crap. Then Tyson's parents come down for the weekend and his parents are disgusted by the moss and gunk and I say "clean it yourself then" because I am so nice. So Ty's dad grabs the clorox dumps a 1/4 of a cup. In real measurements like half a bottle. That thing reeked for days. I was so scared to get near it for fear it would burn my nostrils and stain my clothes. Anyway. Minutes later a fish appears. Seriously like what the?? Where did this thing come from? We retrieved it because it was fading fast. Lonnie (Ty's dad) swore he saw two. After poking around awhile we couldn't find anymore fish and figured he was just senile. We let the pond dry up and put more water in about a week later. We put Duck (who knows? the kids named him) back in the pond. Felt so proud for saving the life of one of our fishy friends and went on with the day. Half hour later go back outside and holy crap there are three fish in the pond now! How freaking psycho. How they survived the toxic waste I will never know. All three frolicked for a few and have not been seen since. I hope next summer they reproduce and have crazy mutated babies thanks to the clorox. The end.

Bye Bye summer...

Tyson decided after a year and half to redo our dilapidated swing set. The kids and I set the slide up down the hill in the back yard, and put the sprinkler on to enjoy one of the last nice days of the summer. Too bad I am a fat butt, or I would have joined in.

It's a ???

BOY! We found out a long time ago. Due date is January 22. We have no clue on what to name this lil guy, help us please with some name suggestions!

We crashed our friends Brad and Tifani's ward party at Lake Lowell. I have never been to the Caldwell side, and I am a sucker for free food. The weather was good and the food was awesome. Thanks Brad for teaching Trey how to pee in the lake. What would we do without you??

Here are some pictures of some recent fun times with friends. Our friends Trent, Deena, Mikayla, and Carson got some horses and invited us out to ride on them. Posie the pony, is a miniature something or rather... Sorry ! I hate horses and most livestock, so I watched from the sidelines. Nixon LOVED it. Trey was more interested in flirting with Mikayla his girlfriend...

The main reason for our trip back to Nebraska was to attend my ten year class reunion. I had the best time. I realize how much I miss my friends. I graduated with a class of 36, with 23 of us attending since we were in kindergarten. My friend Rich put it best when he said our school friends are like the A team and everyone you meet after that is the B team. I haven't made or had memories like the ones I made in school. Did I mention I was voted most outspoken? Some things never change....

My reunion consisted of meeting at the bar on Friday night, having a get together at the lake on Saturday afternoon, a dinner that evening, and the bar afterwards. Doesn't sound to exciting, but I can't seem to get enough of drunk cowboys dancing. Wish I would have taken more picts, I was too busy talking.


Some fun facts where I grew up (Bridgeport) is located on the Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, Pony Express, and some others. I remember growing up there were some idiots that would re-enact the wagon trains during the summer. All their wagons would be strolling down the streets and there horses crapping everywhere, dressed up like freaking pioneers. Anyway, one of the historical points along the way is Courthouse and Jail House rock. We use to climb them back in the day. Now I guess you can, if you want to die.

Nixon's Birthday's

This year Nixon's birthday (which is on July 1st) fell in between two big family functions. On June 27-29 Tyson's family was here for the Downs' family reunion. We were able to celebrate on Sunday with them. It was pretty impromptu and I am not a baker/party thrower, so he got some good ol' walmart cake.

Then on July 2nd we left for Nebraska. My ten year class reunion was over the 4th of July weekend. Nixon also got to celebrate with my family. My little brother Connor was in charge of the cake. This is the first birthday for both of our kids to spend with my family, so it was a fun time. My grandma and step-grandma, brother Dallas, sis-in-law Di, and their kids Austin and Zach helped us celebrate. And, yes, Nixon is still in his jammies. He really doesn't like getting dressed, changing diapers, etc. all part of the fun trip called the terrible two's.

Nixon

On July 1st Nixon will be turning 2. He is a funny little guy. He loves his little blue blankey and his kitty. He is constantly stuffing his blankey down his shirt or up his pants. I have searched the whole house for this dumb blankey at nap time when he had it down his sleeve the whole time. In this picture blankey is in the hat and he is giving kitty a ride....

Ron Paul

I had heard that Ron Paul was coming to the College of Idaho, so I made a note of it thinking it would be cool to attend. A couple days after Trey broke his leg I thought that it would be really cool if I took the kids and somehow got Ron Paul to sign Trey's cast. So, Friday rolls around and I am preparing all day. Trey helped me make a sign, and I printed out a map of the college so we would know where to go. We get to the college and thanks to our handicap sign we get front row parking. The auditorium was packed, so Trey, Nix, and I get to the very back row sit down and enjoy the speech. The kids did so well. They really got in the groove of clapping and cheering by the end. It was hilarious. I am not a political fanatic or anything, so I was a little out of my element. But hey I guess it's good to expose your kids to stuff right. There are like 5 minutes left of his talk (which I didn't know) and Trey is yelling I gotta go pee! Great all the exits are blocked by the crowd. I found a side exit open. I drag the kids out this side door and it is the exact spot I want to be. Minutes later Ron Paul and his head dude walk right by us. They are going to the area out front designated for autographs, picts, etc. I grab our stroller, which is in the car also right next to us and we plow through the masses. I have Trey holding his sign on my shoulders and am pushing Nix in the umbrella stroller. We get to the chaos and win over some kind peoples hearts with our signs and they let us go ahead of them in the line. And that's when it happens. Ron Paul signs Trey's cast. I did it. I had been so excited for days about the possibility of it and it worked. I know I am freaking crazy and who gives a crap about Ron Paul. But holy freaking cool. My kid is awesome. Everyone is gonna want to sign his cast now. Oh and Trey never went pee. He made it all the way home.

I won!

So a couple of Friday's ago Tyson and I went to this open house for this new drink called JUS that our friend Eric is selling. They had a drawing for some prizes and lucky me won!! I won a 20" Sharp flat screen tv. It is like the coolest thing ever. Yeah me! Oh and my camera sucks, so no pictures. But it's really cool. And you should check out JUS it's the best antioxidant drink ever in the whole wide world and buy lots of it.

Boys...

Well today started out as a good day. First of all it is 4-20, Tyson and I had started our smoke a-thon in support of our favorite holiday, (not really) and second it was stake conference, so no church... That was until around 2:30 when Tyson is feeding the kids and is apparently too blazed. Long story short, Trey fell with his leg stuck through the back of the kitchen chair and landed on the chair on the floor, which subsequently led us the emergency room, and Trey with a broken leg... Poor little guy was a trooper and was conned into the x-rays with some Thomas stickers. Tomorrow we take him to the doctor to get the cast on.

The Bears....

This Saturday there was a kid expo at Sportsman's Warehouse. There were all sorts of fun activities and you could get your picture taken with a bear cub from Bear World. Luckily, Tyson's parents were down for the weekend. The line to get your picture taken was over 45 minutes long. Lonnie stood in line while Ty's mom and I took the kids around to different activities. We made trail mix, and Trey got his face painted. The boys also got to climb around in one of Nampa's fire engines, and see the police departments K-9 patrol. Too bad my camera batteries ran out, because they thought the engine was rad. Trey totally freaked out at the last minute when they were handing him the bear, so that's why I hopped in the shot.

Tagged... Yipee.

Six things you don't know about me are.....


1. I really, really, really want a tree house. A ginormous one with a fireman's pole, and a trap door, and windows, and big enough to sleep in.

2. I took shop 4 years in high school and started majoring in Building Construction Technology in college. I worked at a lumber yard for 5 years. And I am not a lesbian.

3. I almost moved to Germany to be a nanny. I was all ready to go purchase my ticket and expedite my passport when I got another offer in Pennsylvania. I put the two in a hat and pulled out Pennsylvania. I lived there for 16 months.

4. I love to go swimming and can do flips off the diving board, and one of my favorite things to do is see how many flips I can do under water in a row. Every time Ty and I go swimming it is like the first thing I do. He counts, I flip.

5. I was in the National Honor Society in school. Got good grades and never studied. I tried to drop out twice because I would get depression really bad during winter. Somehow I pulled thru.

6. I want to learn how to weld, make my own jeans and swimsuits, cook really well, skateboard, and asparate.

I have lots more so somebody better tag me again.. I guess I will tag Tifani, and Mischa..

I was so Stupid.

So it's not a secret I was a pretty crazy kid during/after high school. One of the dumbest things I did was get a tattoo on my arm. Okay so I don't think all tattoos are white trash, but seriously this one is. I HATE it. I started getting it lasered off. So if any one needs a reason to why they shouldn't get one they can look at this picture. It smells so bad while she is burning it off, I have to wear this welding mask like thing while she uses this laser marked DANGER EXPLOSIVE all over it. The crapiest part is it will cost like $800-$1000. Those bumps on it are puss pockets. Yum.

California

Here are some pictures of our vacation to California. We stayed 8 days in Carlsbad. Did the usual touristy stuff of going to Disneyland, Sea World, and the zoo. The weather was awesome. We went with my brother, his wife, and their two kids. This is the first vacation my brother and I have been on since we were in elementary school. Trey and Nixon loved, loved, loved Disneyland. Trey got to talk to Crush from Finding Nemo, and give knuckles to Buzz Lightyear and Woody his idols. Tyson got to dance along with his new fav High School Musical. They do a parade during the day and that was the one thing he just couldn't miss. Okay not really. Much thanks to our friends in California for the pass hook-ups. And get this. We play this game to see who will the see the first person they know when we go on trips. I have never won. What are the chances since I grew up in a town of 1,500 people, and 3/4 haven't been out of the state. It wasn't until we were boarding the plance to fly home that Tyson recognized some dude from Ricks. Chandler aka "Tuff". I want to win at this game just once.