The Simpson's

I want to be a better me!!

2012-01-08T08:24:00.000-08:00

I have a lot of goals this year of 2012. One of them is to be a better blogger. I have enjoyed going back and remembering thing that we have done over the years. I even went back and looked up a recipe I posted 3 years ago. So this is going to be my year to blog. I won't promise a blog every day nor one every week. My goal is at least twice a month with the hope that I can get around to weekly post. I have a lot of goals for this new year and with all of them in mind my over all goal is to be a better me by the end of the year!

Bath Time!

2011-12-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

Scarlett loves the bath! I am going to try and update more often but here are just a few new pictures of Scarlett! Her blue eyes look great in the blue Bathtub!

Scarlett is 5 Months!!

2011-09-05T19:19:00.000-07:00

Oh how the time flies! We are doing great now! IT has been a rough few weeks but since I started taking an antibiotic for the mastitis that I have had for months, I am doing much better! Which in turn is helping with getting things done around the house and having more time with the girls! Over all we are all as happy as Scarlett is in these pictures!

Our trip to Napa!

2011-07-29T08:50:00.000-07:00

So Scott helped the HR department at work decorate for the christmas party (back in December). As a thank you they gave Scott a two night stay at the Napa Westin Hotel. It was Amazing!! We had a lot of fun relaxing and enjoying our new little family!!

Scarlett's blessing

2011-07-27T11:40:00.000-07:00

We blessed Scarlett on July 3rd. Here are a few pictures from that day!

7 weeks tomorrow!

2011-05-23T15:52:00.000-07:00

i cant believe how fast time is just flying by! We are doing great. Scarlett has been out and about more. i am a bit of a "germ freak" so taking her places has not been on my to do list. these are some of the photos my sister took this last weekend! enjoy!!

One month old!

2011-05-06T07:40:00.000-07:00

i did not take these pictures yesterday these are from easter. But Scarlett did turn one month yesterday. Time is flying by faster than it did when savannah was a baby.

Scarlett Ava Simpson

2011-04-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

Ok I know she is two weeks old but she came a week early so in reality I am only a week late! She is a great Baby and is doing so well I don't know what life was with out her! When she was born she weighed in at 7 lb 1 oz 19.5 in long. Today at her two week check she is not 7 lb 15 oz and 20 1/4 in long.

She is sleeping really good just up twice at night for food and a diaper change! Savannah is in love and wants to be by her sister at all times except for when she is crying. Here are a few photos we have taken over the past two weeks! More to come I promise!

BEACH TIME!!!

2011-03-25T14:53:00.001-07:00

So I think Savannah is sick of the rain! She was in her room one day and decided that she needed to dress-up in all her beach clothes. Then came out and asked if we could go to the beach, because she was all ready to go! Ya still too cold and wet to go to the beach.

Daffodil Pictures!

2011-02-26T16:43:00.001-08:00

Savannah and I went to livermore today and took some pictures. Savannah's Great Grandpa Simpson is buried in Livermore so we stopped by to say hi!

We then went to the Daffodil hill and took some cute pictures! It was freezing and windy so some of her smiles are a little funny!

don't be shocked!

2011-02-08T20:10:00.000-08:00

Ok I know I am bad at this blogging thing. The end of the year got to me!

We had an amazing christmas! Lots of fun with friends and family. Santa brought Savannah a bike! She loves it and wants to ride it everywhere!!!

The Baby is growing like crazy! I am getting bigger and bigger every day! ( according to savannah) Every morning she wakes up and says "oh mom you got bigger last night! " Thanks Savannah you know just what to say to make mommy feel better!

She has been struggling with going to primary and to preschool. She puts on this big show and says she doesn't want to go but after she gets there she has a great time! This week has gotten better and I hope we have over come this problem!

Other than that we are just plugging along. lots of changes happening this year with the new baby coming and all we are just taking life one day at a time!

Scott was employee of the month in December, and with that came a night stay at his hotel. We had a great stay the weekend of my birthday in January. Here I am in the room, and some pictures of the view from the 31st floor of the Westin St. Frances hotel in SF. Nice place to stay!!

two posts in one.

2010-12-05T16:22:00.000-08:00

So tree number two is done. WE call this "Mom's Tree!" It has snowmen on it and I love snowmen. Im in the picture to show off my tummy that has popped out this week. Not the best picture but I am looking pregnant. I guess I should since tomorrow i will be 22 weeks. Wow time is just flying by. WE are hoping to finish Scott's tree today but he is a little more particular about how his looks so it might take a while!

one down two more to go

2010-12-03T18:49:00.000-08:00

Christmas is a BIG deal here at the Simpson house. WE have three trees!! Thats right THREE!!! This is the small tree with all the miniature ornaments on it! We call it Savannah's tree. It stays in her room. She is becoming quite the Christmas fanatic! She loves to decorate right along side her daddy who was born to decorate! So if you don't want your tree decorated Scott and Savannah will do it! They are a great team!

Thanksgiving!!! (we went to Disneyland!!)

2010-12-01T08:13:00.000-08:00

Savannah had so much fun getting all the autographs and

pictures with all the Princesses and Characters!

Happy Halloween

2010-11-04T20:11:00.000-07:00

Savannah was a candy corn princess this year for halloween!

She picked out her costume all by herself!

PUMPKIN DINNER!!

2010-11-03T10:08:00.001-07:00

Pumpkin dinner is a long time tradition in our family. It is a dinner that we serve on Halloween to help keep our tummies warm while we are trick or treating. I love pumpkin dinner and so does Scott. So i have continued the family tradition and make it ever year. The last few years I have made smaller pumpkins so that I can give them away to my family who still loves this wonderful dinner!!

Bath Time

2010-10-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Savannah's Favorite time of day! Tonight the bubbles got a little out of control!

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-16T19:53:00.000-07:00

We went to the Livermore Pumpkin patch! It was so much fun!!! They have a cow train that went really fast and Savannah had a blast.

She got to measure herself next to the giant pumpkin!

I think october is her favorite time of the year, she had so much fun!

She even got a pony ride! Which right now was the best thing ever.

HAPPY OCTOBER TO ALL!!

MY SAVANNAH TURNS 4!!!!!!!!

2010-10-11T20:27:00.001-07:00

WOW the time has just flown by! I can't believe she is 4 years old Today!!! We had a great Family party on Saturday with all of her cousins!! Then on Sunday we took her up to the temple after church and took some pictures of her. She is a great joy in my life and I look forward to this wonderful 4 th year of her life and all the wonderful things she will do this year!

Craving pickle's and Ice Cream!!

2010-10-06T09:42:00.000-07:00

Yup that's right!! Not really I don't have any cravings at all, In fact its hard to remember that I am pregnant because I don't feel anything. Maybe a little more tired than normal but I really feel like that tired fog is lifting and I am doing much better.

So I am 13 1/2 weeks pregnant. The baby is due April 11th. We are excited that this pregnancy stuck! I had a miscarriage back in March, and no luck getting pregnant till August. We told all of our family this Sunday! It was a big surprise!! Everyone keeps asking how did I keep it a secret for so long and its very easy if you forget that you are even pregnant in the first place. Savannah had this shirt on! It was fun to let her tell everyone!
Everyone keeps asking how savannah is taking it and well, the best thing I can say is she is doing just fine. She knows there is a baby but she doesn't really talk about it too much. She does say when my baby comes out then we can play princess and pony's and all her toys!

Well here we go on another adventure in our crazy life!

Time for school

2010-09-20T18:06:00.001-07:00

Savannah started pre-school today. She has been really excited about it, talking about all the things she will be doing with her new friends. As we were waiting for the door to open for class to start she suddenly blurted out that she didn't do her homework for school. I told her that she needed to go to school to get homework first. She was a little shy at first until she started noticing the toys. They have my little ponies, playdoh and an ironing board. She gave me a kiss goodbye and went right to playing. She should do just fine. Her teacher, Miss Karen, has been doing this for 20+ years and was great. Look for more posts on her further adventures.

Some new pictures

2010-09-03T11:22:00.000-07:00

My Family got together for family pictures a few weeks ago. I haven't had a chance to blog about it yet and I will but here are just a few mostly of Savannah.

She is not a toddler anymore she is defiantly a little girl! Time has just flown by!

"BUT MOM . . I want my hair BLOND!!

2010-09-03T11:11:00.000-07:00

Savannah dosen't quite understand that her hair is long and blond.

I guess they sound so close together that she thinks its the same word.

We have not gotten to the point of really cutting her hair she lets me brush it every day.

Im not ready for her to have short hair.

So don't worry Savannah it is still Blond and long.

Simpson Family Photos!

2010-07-13T18:21:00.000-07:00

So we took some new family photos on Sunday!

Of course i got a lot of cute ones of my Savannah!

And here is Grandma and Grandpa with the three Simpson grandchildren!

Here is the whole family including Great Grandma Simpson.

Paul, Eric, and Scott.

Great Grandma Simpson with Savannah, Eli and Robin.

Eric, Alexis, Eli and Robin

Robin, Eli and Savannah

So here is our family photo it is showing savannah's true colors!

I think it should be our christmas card!

But it will be probably be this one!

Paul and Angie!

And last of all Savannah being cute!

A post for Mr. B!!! Or anyone else who misses the country bear jamboree!

2010-07-05T18:13:00.000-07:00

Mr. B works with my mom at an elementary school in Fremont. He is a Disney fanatic!

He is very upset with the fact that deep in the heart of critter country,

they took out the famous country bear jamboree!

Replacing it with the pooh bear ride.

Pooh Bear is great for anyone under the age of 5, but what about the rest of us who actually enjoyed sitting down and watching the animatronics of the country bears?

I know Mr. B has boycotted the pooh bear ride,

because he misses the country bear jamboree, but not all of it is gone!!

Hidden in the ride three famous faces still exist!!

Disneyland part 1!!!

2010-07-05T17:23:00.000-07:00

S0 Savannah filled her marble jar and we promised her a trip to Disneyland! We were already planning on going but the two worked out in one trip! I don't have a lot to say about the trip, I think the pictures sum it up! We had so much fun!!!! Savannah was so excited to see everything and ride on everything!

It think it is safe to say with all those smiles that it was a great trip can't wait to do it again!!!!

Gardening!!!

2010-07-04T20:55:00.000-07:00

Savannah wanted to plant a garden! We are late in getting it started but here is our attempt!! Savannah is having a blast with it and that is all that matters!

The things savannah gets into during mommy's shower!

2010-06-01T22:08:00.000-07:00

After I got out of the shower the other day this is what I found!!!

Savannah got into the freezer and got out the ice cream and a spoon and went to town!

I had to take a picture she is so funny!

Swimming Class!!

2010-05-31T09:07:00.000-07:00

Savannah and I took a parent and toddler Swimming class! Each Saturday was different thank goodness this last one was the warmest one. We had to be strong with the cold water and the cold May weather! Savannah did great she learned how to kick and walk along the wall by herself. She even jumped in to me. Blowing bubbles was not her favorite. She doesn't like water in her face. If we do another class I think it will have to be in the summer time! It was cold!

Scott's last day of school!

2010-05-31T08:56:00.000-07:00

Scott has been going to school on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5pm-8pm. This is all part of his job with the Stationary Engineers Union. He has completed 1 out of 4 years. So while he was at his last class before summer, Savannah and I baked him a cake! Straight A's for him in both welding and electricity!!! DAD we are so proud of you!

Mother Daughter weekend away!

2010-05-08T20:05:00.001-07:00

So I don't have a lot of words to say about this weekend! Savannah and I got in the car on Friday morning and drove to my sisters house to visit! After just a few hours there we drove to my best friends house to visit and spend the night! I got some great pictures of my friend Amy's daughter. We went out shopping and got the girls matching outfits.

Savannah loves her baby Elizabeth! They are so cute together!

Do you think the flowers are too BIG??

Oakland Zoo

2010-04-11T09:13:00.000-07:00

I had my nephew Robin with me this past week, I decided on

Wednesday to take him and Savannah to the Oakland Zoo.

WE had so much fun looking at all the animals. We rode the train .

The only problem was how busy it was!

WE had so much fun!!

Monterey!

2010-04-10T08:14:00.000-07:00

Scott and I both had the monday after Easter off, so we went on a little day trip. We took Savannah to the monterey bay aquarium it was so much fun! Not too much to write about but lots of pictures Enjoy!

We went to Bubba Gump's for Lunch before heading home!

So Good!!!!! So not on the diet!

Easter!

2010-04-07T07:45:00.000-07:00

WE had a great Easter. Savannah is finally understanding it a lot better. She was so excited to see what the Easter Bunny Brought for her.

Laundry Time!

2010-04-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

I love that Savannah likes to help with the house hold chores. She is such a big helper around the house. Laundry is her favorite, she would rather do that than clean up her toys. I usually do laundry when I am home from work so she is there to help me. She is so much fun!

Above: she even cleans the lint trap when she is done!

I like how she almost has her whole body in the dryer to get the clothes out!

Easter Preparation

2010-04-02T14:43:00.000-07:00

Savannah had so much fun decorating eggs today. I know it is a few days early but we had time today. I don't know if we will be so lucky tomorrow!! I love decorating eggs! They all come out a different shade of color and savannah had fun mixing the colors towards the end of it and making her own colors! Happy Easter!!

Bubbles!!!!!

2010-03-27T14:37:00.000-07:00

I love spring can you tell? Savannah had her friend Reagan over today to play. We enjoyed the sun outside with bubbles!

SPRING IS HERE!!!!

2010-03-24T09:19:00.000-07:00

If the daffodil pictures were not convincing enough that spring is here, here are some pictures from Oakland Temple on Sunday March 21st. The second day of spring!

Daffodils

2010-03-06T22:43:00.000-08:00

So we got together today with a friend or ours to take some pictures of out girls. There is a hill in livermore that is covered in Daffodils. Some photos turned out better than others but we had so much fun!!!

Sleepover with cousin Mallory

2010-03-05T19:27:00.000-08:00

Last month Mallory spent the night with us while her parents were packing and moving. Savannah loves her cousin and they had so much fun together. they like to wear the same PJ, and even tried to sleep in the same bed. Here are a bunch of pics from that fun sleepover!!

Looking forward to spring!

2010-03-02T17:55:00.000-08:00

I know this will upset anone who does not live in CA!! But, I had to post these pictures of Savannah!! We are looking forward to longer days and more sunshine!! Sunday before we went to church I caught some great pictures of Savannah out in the yard. But the past two days it has rained!! YUCK! I AM SOOOOOO READY FOR SPRING!!

The Marble Jar!

2010-02-28T19:46:00.000-08:00

So Savannah started to be naughty around the house and would say "NO!!" to anything we asked her to do. So instead of loosing my temper I bought a marble jar. Its simple really if she is good then she gets a marble if she is bad a marble gets taken away. When the Jar is full we are going to go to Disneyland!!! Well, It might be a few years before she sees disneyland again, But, We are working on it!!

The Blessing of Ella Pearl

2010-01-27T19:46:00.000-08:00

Today I am grateful for a lot of things. Most of all for what Ella Pearl has taught me in the last 4 months. What an amazing child and what an amazing family! I am so grateful for the friendship that I have with this family and for what they have taught me. I am sad to see this family loose Ella for this time on earth but knowing that they will all be together again someday makes me smile on this sad day! Love you Atwood family!! God be with you till we meet again. http://www.theendlesspileoflaundry.blogspot.com/

My baby is not a BABY!!!!

2010-01-27T15:53:00.000-08:00

WELL . . . we made it thorough christmas and new years and my birthday now the year can start. I decided to post a picture of savannah's last day in Nursery. She is now old enough for primary!! Apparently I am as well. They have also called me as the sunbeam teacher. I am not savannah's teacher they have split the large class into two nice size classes. WE are surviving barely, church is at 1:00 in the afternoon I don't know why but it is?
Moving on Scott is doing very well at his job! He loves it. Medical and dental benefits started in december and we are so happy to not have to pay out of pocket anymore!!
Other than that we work and work and work some more!! Life is just plugging along and we are enjoying the ride. I am trying to get all my pictures organized on my new computer and as soon as I do I promise more posts. Don't worry we are still here and still alive!

HALLOWEEN!!

2009-11-22T22:29:00.000-08:00

So out of all the princesses my blond hair hazel eyed daughter could be for Halloween this year she picked snow white! She made a very cute Snow white. we went to several different parties where she was able to dress up and was so excited to do so. holidays are so much more fun now that she is understanding them and participating more. I love it!

Princesses on ice show

2009-11-12T06:29:00.000-08:00

Part of Savannah's Birthday gift was tickets to see Disney Princesses on ice. A few of our friends from Church were all going together so we got 3 tickets. Scott was unable to go. (due to his new job!! Thats another story) So we named a few people that savannah could take with her and she picked "Haddie Starwars" (My mom) Haddie was thrilled to go with us. We took bart and then walked to the oakland arena. We had so much fun. It was a good show. I still think savannah would have enjoyed it more if she was 5. but none the less we waved to the princesses and had a really good time!

Savannah turned 3!!!!

2009-11-11T22:24:00.001-08:00

Savannah had a great 3rd birthday. Here are some photos to prove it! She had so much fun with her princess party. i still can't believe I have a 3 year old but hey time fly's when your having fun!

Savannah trying to be mom and dad!

2009-11-11T08:08:00.000-08:00

So savannah got into my make up one day and put mascara on. she came out into the kitchen and said "Look Im a mom!!!" how could I not take a picture of this!

It was not more than a day later she colored with ink pen on her face, and said "Look im daddy!!"

I know the pictures don't show it very well but . . . it made me laugh.
I am trying to get better at this blogging thing. I just up loaded a lot of pictures off my camera last night and will be blogging a lot soon!

2009-09-20T22:04:00.000-07:00

This is Scott. Shaleah has decided I should type stuff because she feels that I think of more entertaining things to write about. Of course she may want to edit my more creative writings. I am noticing that I may want to type in word and paste to this html editor since there is no spell check. And now... the rest of the story...

So... apparently I spelled everything in the last paragraph correctly because there is spell check on this. Nice. Savannah is turning 3 next month. Shaleah and Stefanie took Savannah to the park to do a photo shoot to send invites to the family for a party. As you can see she is getting bigger. When we took her to Disneyland and Legoland around mother's day she was almost 34 inches tall. By the end of summer she is well over 38 inches tall. If you ask Savannah about her size she will let you know "mommy wants me to stay small for her"

Speaking of speaking she talks non stop at home. When she is in public she is all or nothing. Shaleah took her to a hair appointment the other day and a little old lady was asking about her name, age, etc and Savannah informed her "I can talk" and proceeded to answer her questions. Savannah loves to jump, bounce and run any chance she gets. She also is big into "helping you." She can be with mommy, daddy, or grandma, etc. and needs to be involved in every step of every task you undertake. I hope she always wants to sweep and clean. She has the energy and personality of several kids packed into one. Maybe that's why she's an only child.

Shaleah is still a bow making machine in her free time. she may be adding some pictures of them soon. She needs the computer so, I'll be back later.

Back on Track . . .

2009-05-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

Well I should say back on treadmill but that sounds strange! I am the worst blogger ever. I really want to do better. When it is quite and savannah is napping and I have 2 hours to myself my mind starts to argue with itself. You should go exercise says my fat belly, you should work on bows or blog says my mind, you should sit and be lazy watch some TV, says my tired body. More often that not lately the fat belly wins. I have been spending a lot of my "me" time working out on my days off. On the days I do work I just get up before the rest of the world and work out then. Some friends of mine have started a Biggest looser weight loss blog that I have been contributing too for the past 5 weeks. We all put $10 into the pot and whoever has the biggest % of weight loss after 10 weeks gets the pot. I was not doing very well with it for about 4 weeks. I was not putting the 110% that I know I can put into something when I put my mind to it. But something snapped inside of me and I just started to run. I told myself "I know i can do this, I know I can eat better. I know how easy it is to eat 200 calories, but I also know how much it takes to burn 200 calories." I only had two more baby LB to go. Well I did it.My baby weight is gone. Now don't get excited. Its no where near time to put that weight back on. I would never dream of starting another pregnancy at this weight ever again! I am now going to loose what i call "My Happy Married weight" Ya I have 30 of those LB to loose. There is no way that all 30 LB will come off in the amount of time I am giving myself. But hey I am going to try my very best. I am going to take this new sense of power and (pardon the pun) RUN WITH IT!!! There is just a sense on Empowerment when you accomplish a goal. So with that I have posted a few pictures of my new favorite things in my new life!

My shoes, ipod, water bottle, exercise ball, weights, Bob and jillian on DVD, and most of all my treadmill. I am really enjoying this new lease on life. I hope it inspires you to be the best you can be. I may not blog more often but hey its worth it!

Our Bow blog!

2009-05-26T23:45:00.001-07:00

http://ssbows.blogspot.com/

We are working on red white and blue bows get your orders in!

OK OK OK OK

2009-03-12T16:48:00.000-07:00

I warned everyone when I started this that I am really bad at updating my blog and I don't have much to say!
So since the last up date (january 8th) lets see what has happened. I turned 30 on January 25th. My wonderful husband Scott planned a surprise party for me. It was fun for everyone to get together.
Savannah is growing by leaps and bounds. She knows so much more than I think a 2 year old should know. Here is my most updated picture.

She really keeps us on our toes. Savannah and I were at a craft store yesterday, a woman that works there was putting something on a low shelf and had a hard time getting back up. The woman said "OMG" and savannah being the fearless two year old looked at the woman (with pointed finger out and other had on hip) and said "we say oh my goodness not oh my God, you need a time out!" I explained to the woman that we don't use the lords name in vain in our home. She apologized to savannah and said she will try to say oh my goodness instead. I informed savannah that she needed to thank the lady for saying sorry. Savannah said "thank you for saying sorry." And we turned to keep looking for our buttons.
The reason for shopping at the craft store was to buy a few more bow making supplies. For those of you who I haven't told yet, I am going public and selling my bows.
There is a store in Castro Valley called "Village Crafters". It is in the village shopping center behind Ross. You rent space in there and they sell your product for you! I am really excited about getting my bows out there for sale. I took some photos today of a few bows to give you an idea what they will look like.

I can't take all the credit. my sister Stefanie has been helping me out and is making bows to sell as well.
I have been so busy during Savannah's naps making bows. I really have a hard time doing any computer work or bow stuff while she is awake. She is quite the helper. She got a great idea the other day that she needed to clean Auntie Tami's Shower. (my co-worker spends the night once a week at my house so the office is auntie Tami's bedroom and the hall bathroom is auntie Tami's bathroom) Here is Savannah cleaning auntie Tami's shower.

She is just so much fun! Anyways I think that all the news I have for now. We are just moving along and living life.

Mom we don't say . . .

2009-01-08T22:13:00.000-08:00

So savannah has gotten really good at telling EVERYONE what words we can and can't say. We don't say Crap, stupid, and oh my gosh. So the other day Savannah Was saying her ABC'S and it came out ABCDEEEHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. When she was all done I asked her "What about F and G" (go ahead say it to your self for a minute) So ya it sounds bad. I had scott rolling on the floor and saying mommy we don't talk like that. Who knew the ABC's Were so bad?

Too Many Christmas Cookies. . .

2008-12-26T11:45:00.000-08:00

So I have been wanting to make these Neiman Marcus/Mrs. Fields cookies for a while now, so I figured I would make them for Santa.

The Recipe is quite Large it makes 112 cookies. So I started to read the recipe 2 Cups of Butter. Ok so thats 8 Sticks of butter? Who knows What I was thinking I don't know. So I doubled the butter but not everything else. When I was done mixing it all together the dough looked a little wet I read the recipe more closely and then thought about what I had done. The Word C R A P passed my lips, With Savannah following it will "We don't say Crap mommy, We don't say Crap mommy, We don't say crap mommy!" She thinks because she is telling me that we don't say it, that's it ok for her to say it over and over and over again. At least 10 times.

Back to the cookies. So I then proceeded to double the rest of the recipe. Much to my dismay the doubled batch did not fit in my kitchenaid 6 quart mixer. Who knew I would ever need one of those restaurant style mixers.

So I finished it by hand and then proceed to roll and bake all 224 cookies. That is a lot of cookies. I just wish we had taken a picture of the pile before we started to give them away. If you are interested here is the recipe. . .

(Recipe may be halved):

2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet..Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.. Have Fun!!!

Christmas time is here . . .

2008-12-17T09:26:00.000-08:00

Just in case I don't have your address for Christmas letters here is ours for this year!

2008 has brought a lot of joy and happiness.

We moved into the house on Christmas Eve last year and are still working on it. What’s the saying? “A carpenter’s house is never finished.” We hope that we can get the final details finished in 2009. For Thanksgiving we traveled to Cedar City, Utah and spent a few days at the Petersen family reunion. It was great to catch up with the family and meet all the new additions.

Savannah turned 2 in October and can spell her name, identify her colors, count to 20 and recite the alphabet. She loves to sing “Once There was a Snowman,” “Happy Birthday” and “The Wheels on the Bus.” She talks non-stop identifying landmarks on drives in the car, asking where friends and relatives are and what they are doing, requests her favorite TV shows by name and is into cars, animals, princesses, makeup and Christmas. A few of her favorite phrases are: ”I don’t think so” at bedtime, “We just look, we don’t touch decorations” and “How ‘bout....” to negotiate for what she really wants. Savannah loves to spend time with her grandparents, and cousins. Cousin “Mal Mal” (Mallory who is six weeks younger) is her absolute favorite to play with.

Shaleah continues to work 3 days a week for Dr. Sylvester’s dental office. The other days are full of household chores, shopping and playing with Savannah. She also finds time to make bows and is starting her own website: MommyMakesBows.com

Scott took a test for the Stationary Engineers Union and placed 13th on their 1300 person waiting list. If the economy ever turns around they will start hiring again. For now he remodels bathrooms and maintains restaurants.

We hope that this Christmas Season finds you happy and healthy. To keep in touch the other 11 months of the year, email us at: sssimpson@hotmail.com. We have also started a family blog at: ssssimpson@blogspot.com. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Scott, Shaleah and Savannah Simpson

reasons for not blogging . .

2008-11-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

so I got into the twilight books and now I am on book 4. Every chance I get I read and when I am not doing that I do have a daughter, husband and house to take care of. I know I need to update my blog but hey. . . it's not my fault the books are so good! I promise soon I will be done!

Happy Birthday Savannah

2008-10-12T11:06:00.000-07:00

Savannah turned 2 yesterday.

She really got into opening presents and enjoyed blowing out the candles. We got here a small fish tank since she still really loves Finding Nemo. Most of her gifts were clothing and dress up accessories and like most little girls she was really thrilled.

MY HAIR (part two)

2008-10-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

Well this is before . . .

AND. . . NOW. . . .

My Hair. . .

2008-10-07T08:26:00.000-07:00

So I have had my hair the same way for I don't know EVER!!!! At least 8 years (Thank you Shauna). I have changed the color a few times and color doesn't scare me. I have done red, dark brown and blond. But the Cut has always been the same. It's a safe Cut I can put it up and out of my face for work. I can leave it down. I have choices with this cut.

I have a hair appointment today and I wanted to be different. I finally talked myself into going SHORT!!!! My best friend Amy has her hair cut short and in an A line fashion. I wanted to try something to that effect. Anyways my dear sweet sister (who makes everything look perfect on her) (Love you stef) came to my work yesterday and her hair was cut the EXCAT way I wanted to cut mine. I was shocked and in disbelief when I saw her. Now What do I do. Do I copy my sister and look like twins or do I just leave it the same way it has been for ever???? My appointment is at 12:30 today. I will let you know!

More pictures from Utah. . .

2008-09-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

Paul and Angie on their Sealing day!

Savannah with Uncle Paul and Auntie Angie

My favorite picture, a reflection of the SLC temple.

Savannah Running

My Beautiful Daughter!

Another Month has slipped by...

2008-09-30T12:04:00.000-07:00

Is that my daughter or what???

Well a lot has been going on. Let's See if I can catch you up. I am still working out almost every day (except Sundays). But still no weight loss per say. I have lost some inches but my scale says the same number.

Savannah is half potty trained she is really starting to understand the concept I have her in pull ups that have princesses on them and she tells me "pee pee on the potty not the princesses." She is really starting to understand to much. Scott and I are already starting to spell things around her. The other day Scott wanted to put on Nemo for her to watch. I said no more N E M O and then Savannah piped in and said N E M O. It is just crazy how smart she is.

Speaking of nemo Savannah has her Halloween costume and it is Nemo. I figured this might be the last year I pick for her. Next year she might want to pick one herself. I know she is going to be into the Disney princesses before you know it.

Scott is doing great!!! He has a new job. Not a steady job yet, he is out on his own again. The flooring business was just not working for him. The business was sold to another owner and Scott decided to go in another direction. He is remodeling bathrooms for friends and also doing handy man type stuff for a restaurant here in the bay area. He has applied for a stationary engineer job and passed the test. He is ranked #13 out of 1,300 people. So as soon as they have a job open for him he will be ready to accept that. Even though he is not sure when and where his next paycheck is coming the stress of the previous job is no longer going to give him a heart attack at 35. I don't know if I have ever seen him as happy as he is now.

We just returned home from a weekend in Utah. Scott's brother Paul was sealed to his wife Angie on Saturday September 27th 2008. It was an amazing weekend. We could not be happier for Paul and Angie. We love you both!!!

Savannah had fun on the Airplane. She was so excited until the plane got too high and felt the need to inform the flight attendant that the plan was too high. I tried to explain to her that we have to be really high, that's where the planes fly is really high.

While in Utah I was able to attend The RS Broadcast at the conference center. First of all I called to 1800 number to get tickets because my sister in law (because she lives in Utah) was unable to get tickets. They sent a parking pass with the tickets. My sister in law thinks I a so Awesome. The parking pass allowed us to park across the street form the conference center. The tickets were on the floor. She said she has never gotten such great seats EVER. She was quite impressed. I think I was more impressed with the hush that fell over the crowd when our prophet walked in the room. We all stood up and there was not a sound in the room. I could not believe how quite it got. What a Spiritual experience to be in the same room as the Prophet of the church. I was over come with the spirit. What a great conference.

Scott Had Savannah while I was at the conference and was able to spend time with his Brothers. What a great bond they have with each other.

Well I think that takes care of all that is new. I have some new pictures of Savannah. Since her birthday is coming up next week I am trying to put together an announcement with her photos. She is so funny if you ask her when her birthday she will say "October Eleven". And if you ask her how old she is, she will say "TWO!!!"

I just can't believe how fast the last two years have gone by. Scott has also taught her what 3.14 is. We ask her "Savannah What is 3.14??" She is answer with "Pie!!!"

2008-08-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

So . . . Ya it's been over a month. Where does the time go.

We have been busy working at work and at home. And here we are at the end of august. I will have some more time on my hands over the next two weeks. My boss is out of town so I am off for two weeks. My two goals is the get the rest of the trim painted in the house and to get savannah potty trained. If anyone has any good ideas that worked for you I would love to hear them. I know she is ready and I don't want to miss out on the opportunity to make this work.

Savannah is growing like a weed I just can believe my eyes. When she talk's I can't believe my ears. She has so much to say. I am looking forward to two weeks at home with her.

I will have to take some new pictures this week so you can see how big she is.

I hope I have some fun things to post over the next two weeks!

Bows for Sale!!!

2008-07-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

So in making bows for Savannah I have a lot of supplies and ribon. I have made a bunch of extras and have been selling them. I just wanted to get it out there if anyone who reads my blog wants to buy hair bows for much cheeper than they are in the stores. I have them for sale!

the weeks just keep flying!

2008-07-07T07:21:00.000-07:00

I know I am not the best at keeping this updated but here is the last few weeks all wrapped up into one blog.

It turned out that we had about $2,500.00 or so stolen from Scott's truck. Every time he is looking for a tool or working on a project it seams he finds something else missing.

On July 1st we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has been 8 years. Two maybe but not eight. We got a sitter for Savannah (thank you Gretchen) and we went to dinner. If you ever get a chance and want to have a fun dinning experience you have to try Simply Fondue. It was so great! It is located in livermore, what a neat place. My friend Shauna told me about it. Not a kid friendly place but a great adult evening.

The house is coming along, I was hoping to get some final painting done this week but Scott worked on the outside this weekend and not the base board and trim. Someday I will not live in a construction house. (I HOPE!!!)

My walking is going great. I still have not lost any weight per-say but my clothes are fitting a little differently. If anyone has words of advice for helping the weight loss process or other exercise's that I should be doing please let me know.

Other than that we are all happy and healthy. What more can you ask for?

What a week or two . . . I lost count

2008-06-22T21:56:00.000-07:00

I know I am not so great at this blogging thing.

Thursday June 12th, Savannah had a Dr appointment today. She is 25 LB 2 feet 9 in and her head is 19 in (it keeps getting bigger). Before the Exam her Dr asked me a few questions, one of was, "how is her vocabulary, does she know at least 20 words." I had to stop for a minute and think. My response was, "Yes she knows about 100 or so." This girl can TALK!!! She repeats everything I say. It is crazy how much she picks up on. Next time you see her ask her to say her ABC. . . because she can. Ya all of them. she is not even two yet. Sorry that is just me bragging! One really funny game that her daddy likes to play with her is to ask her really hard questions about what color something is . . EX: What color did the union solders wear in the civil war? Savannah hears "what color" waits for Scott to stop talking and answers Blue. He then follows up with "what color is behind the stars on the flag. . . And you get the idea. She always answers blue. So scott only asks questions where blue is the answer. It really gets people at first but by the third question they figure it out.

Moving on My walking and exercise is going great! I have not lost anything to write about yet but I am feeling so much better that it makes me want to do more. I have high hopes. My friend that I walk with suggested that we make a half way goal, I really like that idea and I need to come up with something.?? Who knows??

In other news, don't be alarmed but we were robbed today while we were at church. We did not notice it until scott was putting out the trash cans for trash day tomorrow. Our recycling bucket is missing, the lock on the truck is broken and some tools are missing. What is this world coming too?? It is just crazy!!! We met a very nice police man that very impressed with the house and has seen us working on it over time. He took a report and that is that.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-06-13T12:20:00.001-07:00

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Photo was taken by Auntie Puff. Savannah just loves to smell flowers

The Weight Challenge

2008-06-07T21:56:00.000-07:00

I know that I will never be as thin as i was the day i got married but, hey there is hope. I was talking to Scott the other day and I told him, "I need an incentive to lose weight!" He asked me what I wanted. I told him if i lose as much as I want to I will need money to buy new clothes. He was quite for a while then asked me how much I wanted to lose. I responded with Somewhere between 30-40 LB. Again with the silent treatment. Then he responded, "I will pay you $30.00 for every pound you lose between now and your birthday (Jan 25th 2009)". YOUR ON!!! I have excepted this challenge with hope that I will be buying myself a new wardrobe for my birthday! I have a friend who came up to me the next day and asked me if I wanted to start walking on my days off. I jumped with joy and have walked 3 days this week. She is a great walking companion to have. She asked me the second day we walked if i was ready for some hills. I kindly reminded her I have not exercised since before i was pregnant with Savannah. Her response was . . "don't worry it will only hurt a little, you will get over it!" She really pushes me and that is what i need. I will keep you updated on my progress but, my fear is unless i cut off my breasts and a leg this weight will never go away!

I HATE Sundays!

2008-06-01T21:11:00.000-07:00

I know the title is a bit harsh but, I dread Sundays. Savannah is a great sleeper and I am proud of that. I have her on a Schedule. The problem is Church interferes with that. We are the lucky ones that have Church from 1:00-4:00. YUCK!!! So we have a backwards schedule, sacrament is last. She is in Nursery now and that is GREAT!! That is if we make it to nursery. More often than not she is sleeping and we will just go to church late. I'm sorry but sleep is important to my daughter. I just don't like to looks and the comments when we come late. Oh well life goes on. We are already in june and that means just 7 more months then we can have the 9:00 time back. I never thought that I would be happy with 9:00 church. Man, having a baby does change EVERYTHING!!!!

Savannah's ABC

2008-05-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

Savannah is starting to really form sentences. Her vocabulary just makes me smile. The other day we were moving her foam alphabet mat from my room to her room. We said all the letters when we placed them down on the floor, and she would jump from one letter to the next. A few hours later when Scott came home Savannah was so excited she took her dad into her room and said "daddy look. . . L, M, N, O, Q!!!" She was so proud of herself. So now instead of asking her where are her ABC we say, "Where are your L,M,N,O,Q's?"

Ok Ok OK ....

2008-05-26T21:57:00.000-07:00

I know everyone is in to this blog thing. I will try to see what i can do. I can't promise much but I will try.