Must go Private!

When we put our house up for rent on Craigslist.com someone took our name and decided to scam us. Long story! Anyway, to avoid anything else we are going private asap! Please email me at jenieverett@yahoo.com or just leave a comment so we can keep in touch. I will write more about this fantastic scam!

Don't Take Me to Vegas!!!

Do not take me to Vegas! Any type of lucky streak that I had has long since gone. I would only bring bad luck to anyone trying to hit the jackpot. Where is this coming from? Here's the story...

For the past week there has been a really terrible odor coming from our garage. I really had no idea what it was. At first I thought it was old grass that was still in the lawnmower. Nope! This Saturday I went out to the garage on a mission to find the smell. Oh I found it...and it was awful!! I looked around, and then the freezer caught my eye, and then my heart sank. NO!!! The freezer had somehow had been turned off. It may have been during the storms because as soon as I pressed the GFI button it was back on and running just fine. We had a ton of meat and bread and otter pops inside the freezer. It smelled so bad! I now have an idea what dead bodies smell like after sitting in the sun. I am sorry for the description but it gives you the idea of the far out smell. Really, I am sure people looking at the house to rent thought I was storing dead bodies somewhere. Katie and her friend literally hid in her room while I cleaned out the freezer the smell was that bad. Infact, Ashlyn (Katie's friend) found some old perfume bottle and began frantically spraying everywhere to cover the smell. It helped! We were all on the verge of throwing up!

Oh and remember that whole luck thing? Just my luck, the garbage was just picked up that day. So now my family and the whole neighborhood (sorry Jana!!!) gets to smell rotting meat in the garbage can until this next Saturday. Tonight, I mowed the lawn so now hopefully the smell of drying grass will cover the smell of death!

I am just waiting for the little black rain cloud (thank you Jana for that most fitting expression) to blow away and go elsewhere!

However, I am lucky in many, many ways. I just mowed the lawn and it looks rather green, our house is starting to smell better:) and our family is happy and healthy. I guess things really aren't that bad after all!

Party at Katie's House!!

Since we are moving shortly, I have been hosting little parties for Katie and her friends. They are not really super structured and the girls just have fun. Tonight however was movie night. The girls all made a bed out of cusions that we layed on the family room floor. Believe it or not they actually lasted about an hour watching the movie and eating lots of sugar. Yep, I sent them home on a sugar high! Sorry, moms! However, even with the movie and yummy treats they went straight to the dress up. They are so cute and Katie is going to have such a hard time leaving them! She has known most of the girls since she was 1 years old. At least we will have great memories to take with us!!





Notice Kellen had to join in on the fun. He sat and watched a My Little Pony movie with the girls.

Fun With Grandma Everett

My sister-in-law Stephanie just had a baby and my mother-in-law came down to visit her and see the grandkids. She took us out to Build-A-Bear one day and the kids had a blast!

Katie stuffing her new bear


Katie's new best friend known now as Sally.


Kellen is fluffing his new puppy. His new puppy's name is Dadoo GooGoo. Translation:Diaper Daddy (kellen's idea!)


Katie and cousin Jack


Kellen just loves to stick out his tongue!

Kellen's First Crush!

Kellen is in love with Hannah Montana. It does not matter if she is wearing her blonde wig or if she is just Miley Cyrus. Kellen knows Hannah! He yells out her name if we see her picture at the grocery store. He loves to carry around the Hannah Montana doll that sings (yes, it's Katie's) and play the music over and over. I must say I am a little worried. For a day or two he was calling himself Hannah. Really though, he is very boyish. He is just a little boy with a big crush on Hannah Montana!

We miss Goo-Goo!!

We miss you, Tom!! Hopefully, we can be together again soon! We love you!

From Katie: You are nice and you are handsome! I love you dad!

From Kellen: Goo-goo!!! See goo-goo.

Katie's Video

This video is actually a few months old. However, I finally found a way to upload it. The class that Katie was in didn't get their costumes in time for the dress rehersal so here she is in her little blue leotard. She just loves being on stage! She is so serious about it and really concentrates on her moves. She had the best time showing her little dance to Grandpa, Grandma, Erica, and Uncle Scott.