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.