A beautiful sunrise
sun rise over the mountains
Ryan, Courtney and Joslyn waiting for the bus
Thursday, November 30, 2006
the boys in their pink - Tough Enough to Wear PINK!
Grandma Nila called a lady that lives in Pine Valley that raises miniature horses for special needs kids and our kids got to go spend an hour or so petting, brushing and loving them.
Great Grandma Camp!
Joslyn and Chad petting the miniature horses
Courtney petting Chance
Chad, Bryan and Joslyn brushing the horses
Grandma Nila called a lady that lives in Pine Valley that raises miniature horses for special needs kids and our kids got to go spend an hour or so petting, brushing and loving them.Great Grandma Camp!
Joslyn and Chad petting the miniature horses
Courtney petting Chance
Chad, Bryan and Joslyn brushing the horses
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Ockerman Family
Happy Thanksgiving!
What a wonderful time of year this is! One only has to stop and think of all their blessings and what a list you can come up with! These are some of ours:
FAMILY - all of them!
The Gospel
good friends
a good paying job
a warm home
cars that run - and we can afford gas now!
good food to eat
warm blankets and someone to snuggle up with!
hot chocolate on cold mornings
kids that want to do their best
wrestling season!
people who love and teach my children
good books to read
computers and technology
and football season - GO COWBOYS!
Happy Thanksgiving!
What a wonderful time of year this is! One only has to stop and think of all their blessings and what a list you can come up with! These are some of ours:
FAMILY - all of them!
The Gospel
good friends
a good paying job
a warm home
cars that run - and we can afford gas now!
good food to eat
warm blankets and someone to snuggle up with!
hot chocolate on cold mornings
kids that want to do their best
wrestling season!
people who love and teach my children
good books to read
computers and technology
and football season - GO COWBOYS!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
I finally did it! I got a new Christmas tree - artifical of course - but it's new not 16 years old! I splurged and got one with lights already on it, the best thing I've ever done! I always hated putting the lights on , after untangling them! I bought it right before Halloween and now it's sitting in the livingroom all decorated and looking so nice! I know, some people will think we are pushing it a little bit (maybe a lot!) but it's made our holidays a little bit brighter! We put it up on the 7th and decorated it on the 12th. This will be thge longest wait for Santa ever! Chad wakes up every morning asking if he's come yet or not, especially yesterday because we had snow and he thought - well all the ingredients are right, the tree's up and decorated and it's snowing, surely the jolly old fat man has arrived in the night! So anytime he wants to show up, we're ready!
I finally did it! I got a new Christmas tree - artifical of course - but it's new not 16 years old! I splurged and got one with lights already on it, the best thing I've ever done! I always hated putting the lights on , after untangling them! I bought it right before Halloween and now it's sitting in the livingroom all decorated and looking so nice! I know, some people will think we are pushing it a little bit (maybe a lot!) but it's made our holidays a little bit brighter! We put it up on the 7th and decorated it on the 12th. This will be thge longest wait for Santa ever! Chad wakes up every morning asking if he's come yet or not, especially yesterday because we had snow and he thought - well all the ingredients are right, the tree's up and decorated and it's snowing, surely the jolly old fat man has arrived in the night! So anytime he wants to show up, we're ready!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
Well Halloween is almost over! Chad is having a party in his class today. He has the cutest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outfit, I actually bought it, I never buy costumes, but it was cheap, so it came home with us, but he put it on last night and just as I got it zipped up, he said "NO!" He has a clothes thing, he doesn't like to wear new clothes or anything different, so needless to say he went trunk-or-treating last night as himself! That will also be the costume he wears today for preschool. Courtney dressed up as a vampire, she wore bright red lipstick, I think she felt very grown up. Joslyn was a cat, MEOW! Ryan sat in the van with me, even though I was amazed how many of his friends and kids older then him came by for candy. Courtney's school had a dance the last two class periods, i thought she would hide in the bathroom the entire time, mainly because that's what she said she was going to do, but she did dance with 2 boys. I'm kinda glad she isn't boy-crazy, some of those girls in her grade, look like they're 21! Joslyn's class had a party, I played Halloween BINGO and 'Don't Eat Pete' with them always fun!
Well Halloween is almost over! Chad is having a party in his class today. He has the cutest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outfit, I actually bought it, I never buy costumes, but it was cheap, so it came home with us, but he put it on last night and just as I got it zipped up, he said "NO!" He has a clothes thing, he doesn't like to wear new clothes or anything different, so needless to say he went trunk-or-treating last night as himself! That will also be the costume he wears today for preschool. Courtney dressed up as a vampire, she wore bright red lipstick, I think she felt very grown up. Joslyn was a cat, MEOW! Ryan sat in the van with me, even though I was amazed how many of his friends and kids older then him came by for candy. Courtney's school had a dance the last two class periods, i thought she would hide in the bathroom the entire time, mainly because that's what she said she was going to do, but she did dance with 2 boys. I'm kinda glad she isn't boy-crazy, some of those girls in her grade, look like they're 21! Joslyn's class had a party, I played Halloween BINGO and 'Don't Eat Pete' with them always fun!
Friday, October 06, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
Well we went to parent-teacher conferences and good news - they're all good kids at school! Ryan's Russian science teacher said "I wish I had a whole class of Ryan Ockerman's" With his accent, it sounded pretty funny. His music teacher offered to drop off his trumpet, so maybe it would get practiced, I took her up on it! Courtney is having to deal with being Ryan's little sister. She likes her reading and writing teacher, Mrs. Turnbow. Joslyn's teacher says "she's a fun girl" which means she has some things she needs to work on like spelling, reading and tests on books she's read. Over all I guess they're all doing pretty good in school. Thank Heavens!
Ryan is having his Missionary Experience Saturday the 7th. He has to be to the stake center by 7:00 AM (!) dressed as a missionary and ready to teach a REAL investigator a REAL lesson from the Preach My Gospel book. So scary for ME!
Well we think we have a buyer for our house! It's a couple from Alaska! They've seen it twice and now that our contract with our realtor is up, we can sell it and make some money! They've given us a verbal offer over the phone and we're going to get some papers filled out and get the ball rolling.
Well we went to parent-teacher conferences and good news - they're all good kids at school! Ryan's Russian science teacher said "I wish I had a whole class of Ryan Ockerman's" With his accent, it sounded pretty funny. His music teacher offered to drop off his trumpet, so maybe it would get practiced, I took her up on it! Courtney is having to deal with being Ryan's little sister. She likes her reading and writing teacher, Mrs. Turnbow. Joslyn's teacher says "she's a fun girl" which means she has some things she needs to work on like spelling, reading and tests on books she's read. Over all I guess they're all doing pretty good in school. Thank Heavens!
Ryan is having his Missionary Experience Saturday the 7th. He has to be to the stake center by 7:00 AM (!) dressed as a missionary and ready to teach a REAL investigator a REAL lesson from the Preach My Gospel book. So scary for ME!
Well we think we have a buyer for our house! It's a couple from Alaska! They've seen it twice and now that our contract with our realtor is up, we can sell it and make some money! They've given us a verbal offer over the phone and we're going to get some papers filled out and get the ball rolling.
Monday, September 11, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
School has started and I think it's more work for me then the children! With homework and flute practice, I have yet to see the trumpet and Ryan assures me I won't either, piano practice and soccer two days a week, I haven't had time to think!
We had our first soccer games last Friday - "under the lights" and the rain clouds! It was so cold and wet! Joslyn's team lost, but played pretty good, now I can see who to play what position and who not to play what position! Courtney's team won! She played GREAT! Joslyn did good, she just doesn't have her mother's (and father's) competitive spirit!
Ryan went paintballing with the teachers and priests quorum last week - lots of fun! He only had 3 or 4 welts!
We have been showing our house a ton! But only 2 very low offers! What's wrong with people?!?!
We had a great time in Boise rocking out at the concert! People watching was a whole lot more fun then seeing 50 year old guys trying to move like they did 20 years ago!
School has started and I think it's more work for me then the children! With homework and flute practice, I have yet to see the trumpet and Ryan assures me I won't either, piano practice and soccer two days a week, I haven't had time to think!
We had our first soccer games last Friday - "under the lights" and the rain clouds! It was so cold and wet! Joslyn's team lost, but played pretty good, now I can see who to play what position and who not to play what position! Courtney's team won! She played GREAT! Joslyn did good, she just doesn't have her mother's (and father's) competitive spirit!
Ryan went paintballing with the teachers and priests quorum last week - lots of fun! He only had 3 or 4 welts!
We have been showing our house a ton! But only 2 very low offers! What's wrong with people?!?!
We had a great time in Boise rocking out at the concert! People watching was a whole lot more fun then seeing 50 year old guys trying to move like they did 20 years ago!
I was rear-ended in Smithfield 2 weeks ago, that poor van is just going to roll over and die one day - I just hope it's not too soon!
Chad McKay turned the big 5 on the 5th of September! He's waited his whole life to be 5! As soon as he could talk (granted it wasn't until he was 3) he's told people he's 5. And he had been telling us for the last year or so he was going to change his name because, Chad McKay, doesn't sound good! (What does he know?) So it was going to be Harry Potter, which I could live with, but that morning, he informed me he was now Godzilla. It's hard to call your kid, Godzilla, in Wal-mart, but I did it! But it got me to thinking, I HATE hearing "MOM!" yelled through the house, it drives me crazy! So I've changed my name to "Princess". I think it sounds just right!
We won a free NEW video rental at the Duck Race at last week's high school game. We raced the ducks in the canal - can you say hick? But hey we won!
Friday, August 18, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
School starts on the 23rd! YEAH! I can hardly wait! Ryan is going into high school! He is a freshman at West Side H.S. Courtney will be in Harold B. Lee M.S.'s 6th grade. Joslyn is entering into the 2nd grade and Chad McKay will be in his 2nd year of Mrs. Rosaline's preschool. Craig has been gone to Cody, Wyoming for 4 days and now he's gone to Boise for overnight then back on Sunday, overnight again. We are going to Boise for Labor Day weekend to go to the Def Leppard/Journey concert with Craig's brothers and sister-in-laws. Ryan is getting his braces put on the 20th of September. Chad just had 4 cavities filled and Courtney had 3 filled. We've attended 3 weekends of reunions - American Falls, Idaho Falls and Pleasant Grove. Lots of fun!
Craig and I will celebrate our 15 1/2 year wedding anniversary on the 23rd.
School starts on the 23rd! YEAH! I can hardly wait! Ryan is going into high school! He is a freshman at West Side H.S. Courtney will be in Harold B. Lee M.S.'s 6th grade. Joslyn is entering into the 2nd grade and Chad McKay will be in his 2nd year of Mrs. Rosaline's preschool. Craig has been gone to Cody, Wyoming for 4 days and now he's gone to Boise for overnight then back on Sunday, overnight again. We are going to Boise for Labor Day weekend to go to the Def Leppard/Journey concert with Craig's brothers and sister-in-laws. Ryan is getting his braces put on the 20th of September. Chad just had 4 cavities filled and Courtney had 3 filled. We've attended 3 weekends of reunions - American Falls, Idaho Falls and Pleasant Grove. Lots of fun!
Craig and I will celebrate our 15 1/2 year wedding anniversary on the 23rd.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
We had a busy couple of days with Ryan's birthday - the 19th - the plan was to borrow the lightbox projector (?) from the Guard and show a movie outside on a king size sheet, but the weather decided to not cooperate and it rained cats and dogs about 20 minutes before the party was suppossed to start (9:30 p.m.). So we moved it inside and stripped one wall of any curtains or decorations and hung the sheet up there. 75% of the people invited, showed up and with my kids and 2 cousins we had 33 people in my dinigroom and frontroom to watch "Suits on the Loose"! We had a great time and lots of fun! We received a call that night in the middle of the movie from Craig's brother, teeling us that he was a grandpa! His daughter, Rachelle, had just delivered a healthy, but small, 5 lbs. 14 ozs. 19" long baby boy, Kameron Michael McKay. The next day we went to help with the library program in town and then swimming at Downata Hot Springs, then home to turn on the irrigation in the pasture. Friday we went to Idaho Falls arounf 11:30 a.m. to help Craig's brother, Kevin, unload a trailer, because they are moving there and I had 2 of his kids. Then we went over to see the new baby and then down to Tremonton, to deliver Dean's boys and Michelle's son, Alex to her for a weeek or two. We got home that night around 11:30 p.m.! Saturday wasn't too busy, we went to Logan to see "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", it was okay, not as great as we thought it would be though. Ryan was ordained a teacher today - Sunday. My mom made the 7 hour trip up to see it. He was immediately invited to go on a teacher's camping trip in Wyoming! And if he goes to his cousin's for a week right after that, he will be busy until school starts!
We had a busy couple of days with Ryan's birthday - the 19th - the plan was to borrow the lightbox projector (?) from the Guard and show a movie outside on a king size sheet, but the weather decided to not cooperate and it rained cats and dogs about 20 minutes before the party was suppossed to start (9:30 p.m.). So we moved it inside and stripped one wall of any curtains or decorations and hung the sheet up there. 75% of the people invited, showed up and with my kids and 2 cousins we had 33 people in my dinigroom and frontroom to watch "Suits on the Loose"! We had a great time and lots of fun! We received a call that night in the middle of the movie from Craig's brother, teeling us that he was a grandpa! His daughter, Rachelle, had just delivered a healthy, but small, 5 lbs. 14 ozs. 19" long baby boy, Kameron Michael McKay. The next day we went to help with the library program in town and then swimming at Downata Hot Springs, then home to turn on the irrigation in the pasture. Friday we went to Idaho Falls arounf 11:30 a.m. to help Craig's brother, Kevin, unload a trailer, because they are moving there and I had 2 of his kids. Then we went over to see the new baby and then down to Tremonton, to deliver Dean's boys and Michelle's son, Alex to her for a weeek or two. We got home that night around 11:30 p.m.! Saturday wasn't too busy, we went to Logan to see "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", it was okay, not as great as we thought it would be though. Ryan was ordained a teacher today - Sunday. My mom made the 7 hour trip up to see it. He was immediately invited to go on a teacher's camping trip in Wyoming! And if he goes to his cousin's for a week right after that, he will be busy until school starts!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Ockerman Family
The Ockerman Family
Well Ryan's off to scout camp, and it's amazing how quiet the house is! He also received his "mission call" from the stake. They are training to be missionaries for 3 monthes! He was called to Seoul, South Korea! He has to learn some Korean and things about his country! We're lucky though, his Aunt Benn, has a friend over there serving in the Air Force that we can contact. It was so exciting and nerve-racking! I don't know what I'm going to do in 5 years when the real thing comes along!
Our garden is starting to blossom! Big yellow ones on the squash and dainty white ones on the peas. I wish I was a better gardener, but I just don't love the digging around in the dirt that much!
Well Ryan's off to scout camp, and it's amazing how quiet the house is! He also received his "mission call" from the stake. They are training to be missionaries for 3 monthes! He was called to Seoul, South Korea! He has to learn some Korean and things about his country! We're lucky though, his Aunt Benn, has a friend over there serving in the Air Force that we can contact. It was so exciting and nerve-racking! I don't know what I'm going to do in 5 years when the real thing comes along!
Our garden is starting to blossom! Big yellow ones on the squash and dainty white ones on the peas. I wish I was a better gardener, but I just don't love the digging around in the dirt that much!
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