abby+santa= tears not of joy

abby loves playing with other kids

just some pics...

some pics from September, October, and November... i realize i need to take more...

the bathroom in texas...

The Befores:...

AND the AFTER!- i could have photo shopped but i didn't, and i didn't take the best pics AND we are not done.... we still have a few wall boards some caulking and hardware and white outlets to put up... oh and matching rugs and curtain... but you get it.

I'm still alive

i know i haven't posted since the move... if you want pictures look on facebook.
here's the short story of whats going on. we moved to texas and we are living in my parents old house, the one i grew up in. my sister is in the master and we use the 3 upstairs bedrooms. the week we moved in we started painting and we basically haven't stopped. we did a thorough job of the ceilings, baseboards, closets, new light fixtures and all that other good stuff, it took like 3 week to do one big bedroom. then a waterfall formed in the garage every time some one showered upstairs.... we are still remodeling that all DIY..... new floors cabinets painted, new pipes in the walls new tile,, etc.... i post pics soon. during all of our spare time tyson flies of course. i got a seasonal job at kohls. and sometimes we have time to play with.... oh ya ABBY. i feel like she's forgotten most days, but not for long because she's been getting into trouble lately (like ripping up dvd covers). for halloween she went into cara's shower and shaved off the skin on her lip. i almost went into shock from seeing her bloody face- i thought she was throwing up blood. so she had a minor bloody lip for halloween and she was a hot air balloon girl. we love hanging out with tyson's sister and her husband in coppell or when they come here, but this week she's out of town. she went to visit tyson's mom because she is in the icu with brain aneurysms and 2 surgeries, so it has been a very hard time for us as a family to be away, we try to skype often. we are excited to have bruce and katie here for thanksgiving and hope the bathroom is ready by then!

abby's been exploring lately....

she's going through a phase obviously. i don't even think she knows what sticking her finger up her nose would be used for. haha. but she does it a lot, and sometimes sticks it in her mouth afterwards (with nothing on it)...what the heck, sick! but the weird thing is there are no boogies and she hasn't had a runny nose for months. knock on wood.

 abby is certain that the cup holder on the tray is a dicard area for food... this is a major improvment from throwing on the floor, and quite handy, surprisingly. her favorite food is still pickles but she doesn't really like the skins. she loves gushers, broccoli, reces pb cups, pickles, turkey slices, hot dogs, milk in a bottle only, pretles, fried egg whites not yoke or scrambled, water sucked from a freshly soaked tooth brush, otter pops, rice krispy  treats, toast with butter, coke (no we don't give this to her but if she can get her hands on it at grandmas she'll chug it and then BEG for more), flavored rice....etc.

she is very opinionated and knows what she likes and wants. did i mention she is personality type RED just like ME.... i know i'm just scaring future friends off.... but personality types have been on my mind since i've been reading "the people code"  by taylor hartman.

and of course being a red i'm always doing projects and finished hanging these a few days before we decided to move....what ever.

(i know everything i'm posting is random) this is the view from one of tyson's job sites, he's very excited to have a change of pace going to flight school ( which is good for him since he's a white :)).

abby loves to put on make up and jewelry. sometimes i find her in the bathroom with an unclasped necklace on and rubbing her head and face with my blush brush and powder puff. she also loves to put on lotion and brush her teeth... when we're done after like 8 minutes she usually cries because i take the tooth brush away.

gone are the days of playing at the pool a block from our house every day.... so sad. abby loves swimming and being under water doesn't phase her. if we weren't going to be wicked poor next summer, i'd do swim lessons.

BUT on the other hand, Here are the days of going to tanner's football games, which we really enjoy! tyson made that face on purpose because he doesn't appreciate pictures....ha jokes on him, that's all i have so i'll put it up!... AND he won't know for like 4 months because he doesn't read my blog, and he won't care at that point because he's white....hmm.

to abby, moving is all about kicking your feet up in a box just your size and sittin' in front of the fan eatin' your rice krispy treat. ..... i wish moving were that easy for me!

in the midst...

in the midst of all this uprooting of the family and starting to pack boxes and diligently working to finish projects that i don't want to follow me to the new house (i.e. clothes etc that need to go to DI, and a quilt i've been working on for 11 months), I could really use a slice of the magic of christmas. good thing there's only like 108 days till christmas eve. can't wait!!!!

(no you crazies, that's not my house.)

thai food

1 can coconut milk
.5-1 tsp. red or yellow curry paste or I use about 2 tsp yellow curry powder (yellow is more mild)
1 lb chiken in bite size pieces or how ever much chicken you want
3 Tbs. brown sugar
1/4 cup fish (or soy sauce i use soy sauce)
1 Can chicken broth
1 red/green pepper, diced
fresh basil to taste
ANY other veggies: peas, mushrooms, carrots, bamboo shoots or i just add a whole small bag of stirfry from walmart

Mix curry paste/powder with small amount of coconut milk. add rest of milk in saucepan and simmer for 5 min. to combine. add rest of ingredients and simmer for 20 min until chicken is done.
If more curry flavor is needed, remove some of the milk from pan and mix it in, then replace. If less curry flavor is desired use more chicken broth or add a dollop of plain yogurt to individual dish.
Serve with cooked rice.

note:
-this is not like an authentic taste, it is americanized so you should like it.
-it would prob feed five people, with only rice as a side dish.... unless you are Samoan or if anyone in your family eats as much as tyson's sister on the soccer team or brother on the football team.

poppy seed chicken

easy delicious and filling, its one of tyson's favorites!

1 big can or dream of chicken soup (or 2 small cans)
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons poppy seeds (cheapest to buy in bulk)
chicken breasts (boneless skinless, as much as you want or enough to fill 9X13)
1 sleeve of ritz crackers crushed in to dimesized pieces or what ever size you want
1 stick of butter

Pan cook or boil the chicken till fully cooked.
Mix the sour cream and cream  of chicken soup and poppy seeds in the 9 by 13 pan.
put the fully cooked chicken in the 9X13 pan and mix/cover the chicken with the soup mix in the pan.
melt the butter completely in a separate bowl and add the crushed ritz crackers. stir till butter is absorbed.
sprinkle the crackers on top of the chicken with sauce
pu tin the oven at 350 till heated or slightly golden brown on the very edge of the sauce (20-30 minutes)

serve over a bed of rice if desired.

devour.

easiest pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

1 big can of pumpkin ( about 15 oz.)
1 bag of chocolate chips
1 spice cake mix




and wala! you will have a TON of delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies... unfortunately you can't half the recipe, so you'll need to give a few plates to your neighbors, we always give away 4-5 plates. mmmm.

fall is just around the corner and i've decided to embrace it!

moving from the best place

ok, so the last post was kind of... misleading and ironic but yet true. We are officially moving to Plano Texas. at least for 9 months anyways. everything has pretty much fallen into place ish. basically tyson's job was going to end soon and our lease is up this month. and my parents want renters for their old house, and about a million other reasons..... so we will be leaving utah october 1st and driving a truck down there with our stuff. tyson should begin flight school a few weeks after that at ATP to finish his commercial and other licences. (yes it will be like 50k, just so you don't have to go look it up). school is three months and then they give you a guaranteed job for 6 months. we are glad we will be there for the 9 not most hottest months of the year (yes i have to say it like that). after that we hope tyson gets a job with a regional airline (17-23k salaried), and that we will have free traveling benefits soon! unfortunately i think this turn of events will postpone our excursion to thailand. I am exhausted from planning the move already... selling a car, packing up our cute apartment, getting credit for the thanksgiving plane tickets i already bought, putting abby in a new school (o wait just kidding!), making many a phone calls and so on. for the past two weeks tyson and i have had so much anxiety that we can not sleep, this does not help our cause for relaxation. we are very excited to journey on the road that lies ahead.

the best place to live!

i don't know if i have expressed how much we love it here in farmington ut. we do! the people are so nice. the neighborhoods are a great mix of modern and vintage country. for example, i visit teach a girl who lives in a house that used to be a hotel in the 1860's. we live 2 blocks from the best city pool. there are many trails and ponds within walking distance, like lagoon trail. we feel safe here. AND apparently we live in the heart of the 12th BEST PLACE TO LIVE according to MONEY MAGAZINE for 2011!!!

Click here if you want to know why Farmington is so awesome!

Ps. north salt lake (only 10 mins away) is also on the top 25 list!

AND murphy texas, bordering Plano, where my parents live and included in plano school district is also on the top 27 list!! and the colony #68 is only 20 minutes from my parents house too!.... haha maybe 100 is too many to be on the list, but farmington did make #12!!

farmington parade (2nd week of july)

we could hear the parade from our apartment so even though we all don't wake up till 1130 we made an exception and got out of bed to see the parade! it was awesome! the best floats i've ever seen in person, really! unfortunately we didn't get any candy because abby had a blow out, which is why i'm holding her awkward, but it was still fun.

a tribute to 11 months

it has been great having hannah as my best friend for the past 11 months, but alas, they are moving to washington st. I am very sad to see her family go, and i speak for abby as well because bailey is her best friend. we wish them well on their journey!

this is at bird world in northsaltlake. best pet store in utah.

abby didn't want the lady at the shop to take the camera

happy birthday to the palmer family

since almost everyone in the palmer family lives so close we just celebrate one big "birthday" a year at 7 peaks waterpark. best idea ever, thanks rosemary and dave!

up to mischief...

i found abby in my room looking at some free baby magazine and i peeked in and she was wripping it up visciously and crying..... i guess she doesn't want us thinking about any other babies....

abby's favorite thing is bubbles and lotion. she thinks that desitin is lotion so anytime she can get at it she puts it all over like lotion or make up like she's seen me put on. and aside from liking to pull out the wipes she also likes to suck on them, so we have to keep an extra eye on her.... but sometimes she manages to get into mischief...

harry potter is over, but he will live on in our hearts

Tyson, a true fan (he finished all the books like within a few days of them being printed) had to have the scar to see the last movie. surprisingly i have never read any of the books and i have a bachelors in english, but i have loved each one of the movies as they have come out, and i'm sad there will be no more. (we saw it the weekend it came out).

4TH of JULY

fourth of july is big on the Palmer side of the family. we always go to the Huntsville parade (because it's the best with the most candy and crazy floats... and to see aunt pauline act in the play).