13 on Friday the 13th

The only Friday the 13^th of this year turned out to be Patrick’s 13^th birthday.

13 on Friday the 13^th….. Pretty crazy, how often does something like that happen?? Despite the superstitions that follow 13 I have to say that the past 13 June 13^th that I have experienced has been pretty great.

Which brings me to I have a teenager. There is no way I am old enough to have a teenager. He got to celebrate it for three days. On Thursday the 12^th we went to Sizzler with Gma and Gpa Bateson and then let him open his presents. He got a Ripstick, a fly rod fishing pole, some lures, and some PSP games and movies, and pants. Gma and Gpa Bateson got him Guitar Hero III, shorts and Lures.

Then on Friday we went to the museum to see the Pharaoh exhibit. While at the museum we got our names printed off in Hieroglyphs, his name looked much cooler looking than mine. Then we went to Leatherbys and had chicken strips and ice cream, which was really yummy. He then went to Blast off with his friend and got the all day pass. Then his friend spent the night at the Bateson’s, Ronda bought him a birthday cookie, since Patrick does not like cake.

Then on Saturday we celebrated with my family. It is my Mom’s and Nephew’s b-day all in the same weekend. We had cake and ice cream and Patrick got more presents. He got another pair of pants (he really needed pants) and another PSP game a gift card to CD world and some Money. He really got spoiled. Thank you everyone for all the gifts. I know he loved them all.

We then went swimming. Everything with my family is an adventure and this was not lacking the adventure. My sweet little nieces decided to dunk everyone they could under the water. It was a lot of fun… Even the super hairy ape guy made it fun and of course not to forget the sexy swimsuit. Nothing is better than a family outing.

It was a good weekend, as much as I love to see Patrick grow up it still makes me sad. I can’t believe that I have a teenager.

B-Day Pics

Fly Fishing


Guitar Hero III - Boy was that a hit. GMA and GPA B got it for him


The beloved Ripstick..... He rode it most of the weekend

Riding the Ripstick



Two Best Friends - Aren't they cute


The three birthdays we celebrated, My mom, Kolton, and Patrick

The Coveted bag


Hallie picked out this card for Patrick

Coming Home

This weekend I came back to Idaho Falls so that we could finish up some stuff on the house. Well I walked in and it was so empty, making it surreal. I spent the whole weekend cleaning and changing out knobs and painting while Matt put up sheet rock. Then I weeded the flower garden and it made me sad. I wanted to have a summer where we could hang out and I could work in the yard putting in flowers and camp as much as we could.
Now it is as if we are running a marathon. Trying to get stuff done so that we can get the house on the market. I am in Burley alone and Matt and working his but off to get the house done to be put on the market. So I had to cry for a bit.
I know all of this is for the better and I know I will love it. It just sucks right now.
However, I love my job. I have been a bit overwhelmed, it is so much to take in. I love it though, it is a big responsibility though.

Many Posts in one

So a lot has happened in the past week and a half, or however long it has been since I have posted so I am lumping them all into one.

Family Time
The Sunday before Memorial day my two sisters and I went, with our spouses and kids to Star Valley to put flowers on relatives graves. Well those who know us know that it was not only about flowers, there was so much more. I had so much fun with them. I love family time. Jennifer always has a camera, this time she did not and the whole time we kept saying "we wish we had a camera." Well first we went to Afton and ate, that was an experience, the first place was pretty full and the hostess said to us "I don't care if you go somewhere else" and walked away so we ended up at a Mexican restaurant that had one worker, one worker total! But it turned out good. Then we went to Grover and put flowers on my Aunt Linda's grave and my great grandparents. Then we stopped at my Aunt Carrol's house.... Enough said, then we went to the "scary grave sight" It was not so scary anymore and we sent the whole time justifying why it freaked us out when we were kids. Then we stopped at my Uncle Allan's house and then to my grandparents grave, that was surreal since we all viewed them as a parental figure. The best of all was when we stopped for Kelly to go to the bathroom, we went to the playground and teeter tottered. It was much more fun than it all sounds.....

Burley
I am now a local of Burley, ID. The town is not too bad, the move sucked it was all ok until I was driving away from IF, I cried the whole way. Then we unloaded everything and everyone left and I cried for about an hour, Matt was good, he just let me cry. Then I cried off and on all day Sunday because Matt was going to leave, he stayed until the morning, then I cried today when he left. I have not cried this much in a long time.

Drivers License
I finally got it changed!! I am officially a Bateson... Thank God for small towns,.