Makeup Mess...

So Landon got up last night while he was supposed to be sleeping in the bedroom and got into the makeup that I had in a drawer in my closet area... yeah... so here are some wonderful pictures so you can see yourself what happened at 10pm last night. The camera didn't do the greatest job showing it to you and to tell you the truth I was scared to death when I looked up in the living room (where I was reading Twillight again) and saw my little boy. But the makeup actually made him look like something was wrong with him when I first looked up my heart almost stopped... thankfully it was only concealer!

This is him with the drawer on top behind him with the makeup concealer (which I don't use but of course have) was located.... how did he get up there because there was nothing he could climb on! Oh and ignore the mess behind him please! :)

It got on his face, neck, ears, hair, head, pajamas, hands, even on his feet somewhat! He is a very talented and quiet monster!

It was caked onto his hands... so I tried to get a photo of it. In this one below though you can see it on his right eyebrow! He got it EVERYWHERE!

He is still smiling though... probably because I couldn't keep a straight face either... :)

This is him trying to show me his neck which had the concealer on it as well... it's blurry because my camera was out in my car and was fogging up...

This would be the second rag I used to get the concealer off as best as I could. Ugh... I had already given him a bath and should have just done it again... but it was 10pm and I was so tired... so I just gave up and wiped him down.

So the night was an intersting and funny, but a little frustrating at the same time. But seriously how can you try to discipline a little boy that has an infectious smile and who is used to melting your heart with it????

Trip to Utah - Grandma's Funeral

We started our trip at 6:20am from Kennewick and headed on the road going a huge 30 miles per hour because there had been a freezing rain storm the night before into that morning. So there were tons of accidents on the sides of the roads with people going too fast. We kept a slow pace, but like the phrase, "slow and steady" we made it to La Grande, Oregon at around 10:30 in the morning. Little did we know we were going to be stuck there for over six hours!

Here is Jennifer, Linzey, Landon, and Bubby at the resturant's table and corner we occupied while waiting those long hours. Then I took a shot of Jennifer and Nicolas... can you tell that Jennifer was thinking, "Can you just get that camera out of my face!" hahaha, you have to love family!

My brother-in-law, Thomas, made some claw type things out of the kids papers that they had on the tables in our area and then posed like a dork for some pictures. What we do to keep ourselves entertained during times of boredom... Then there's Samantha (my niece) and I. And Landon and I... he was so tired and bored!

Leah finally got him to sleep and layed down on the chairs with him. It was so cute. I also fell asleep on some chairs for a cat nap. Soon after this we were off on the road again. They had just opened the highway again a couple of hours after this. It was dark by that time.

We went to the funeral on Monday at Goff Mortuary. It was nice. I was able to participate in dressing my Grandmother. Aunt Vicki and Grandma's sister, Aunt LaReta helped as well. I thought it was cool that there were three generations of family there helping Grandma. Her sister, LaReta, really surprised me with how much she looked like and acted like my Grandma Waggoner. I enjoyed visiting with her.

Here are the kids: Linzey Linton, Seth Freer, Nicolas Gonzalez, and of course Landon Fullmer. lol... do you see what Landon is doing to Nicolas??? Little Stink... or like my grandma would have said... little shit! :)

Here is Emily, Andrea, and Kristine. Then Seth, Nicolas, and Landon.

Here we all are!

Landon was playing with Nicolas and ended up sitting on him!

Dad and Ruth Sawyer... and Dad and his sister, Vicki.

Here are photos of us girls with Dad and Ruth.

Here is my sister, April, and her husband of over 10 years, Ernest (Bubby as is known to family).

These are the surviving siblings of grandma with her kids.

This was some photos of Aunt LaReta (grandma's sister) and me and then the sisters. We love you Aunt LaReta!

Landon woke up from his nap and sat with PaPa.

While we were out to eat, Mom was playing with Landon and giving him kisses and he did something funny and they both ended up laughing hysterically. I love these photos of them. :)

Then the trip back home started. Here are some photos of Landon, Linzey and I. Then of Sammy, Samantha, Jennifer, and Nicolas in FerFer's (Jenny's) van.

Of course we couldn't have done it without our trusty driver... Thomas! You are awesome Thomas! I love the moves you had trying to keep yourself awake with the rest of us in tow behind you! Love ya!

Christmas Time Photos

Finally I get a chance to organize/edit/rearrange the blog I threw together before the New Year's.

Santa Clause came to the house and Landon loved it! He sat on his lap and then gave him a hug before he left.

Then after Santa left Landon started looking out the window to see where he was going... it was so cute. I'm glad he's not scared of Santa... even though it would be so fun to have one of those pictures of him screaming on Santa's lap that you just smile at everytime you see it. :)

Then Landon dove into the presents after we returned from the funeral in Utah... I had forgotten in the rush of everything that we still had some under the tree. Thanks again Santa Clause!

Thomas playing with the kids as I was trying to sew together some cushions for his duck blind in the kitchen. But as you can see I got distracted by photo ops. It was fun to see him playing with the kids as I got something constructive done that has been on the To-Do List forever! Thanks Thomas!

While at Leah's the kiddos went outside in the snow to play. They had a blast! I did too getting photos. That day was a fun day!

Earlier I made sugar cookies from scratch for work and family and friends. Landon, as always, joined me in the kitchen with mixing, rolling out, and cutting the cookies. He loves to help in the kitchen! And I enjoy having him! He got flour everywhere trying to help put some down before the dough. It was cute.

I took family photos of the Linton Family. My sister, Thomas, Linzey and Zoey are pictured.

This was the first day of Snow in Kennewick! I grabbed the camera on the way into the house after work and errands.

Merry Christmas from the Fullmer Family! :)

Grandma Waggoner... the best woman I know...

Last night, December 23rd, 2008, my Grandma Waggoner passed away. Donna Waggoner was an amazing woman who lived a very full life and was loved by many. She was always very active in the church and was truly a missionary to many. She was the last grandparent that was living in my family and she will be missed by many friends and family members. She touched a lot of people's lives and gave freely of herself to others everyday and especially in their times of need. I will miss her terribly until I'm able to see her again.

I have to admit that it was very shocking to be contacted on Monday and be told that Grandma had suffered a severe stroke and was in the ICU portion of the hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had just talked to her that weekend previous and she sounded just fine. She told me how much she missed Landon and couldn't wait to see him again. I just wish that could have happened just one more time before she left us. There are times when I feel sad because I miss her and want to say goodbye and just don't really want to face the fact that it will be a long time till I see her again, but then she would have had it this way if she could. She never did want to be put into a nursing home and didn't want to have others take care of her. So this would have been the way she had wanted to go, with her boots still on, as others have said. I'm glad she is finally out of her pain and that she's able to be reunited with her love.

She was always very independant and loved to clean her house and make her "Famous Jello Salad" during gatherings. She enjoyed traveling around the world with Grandpa Wetsel Waggoner. Her greatest enjoyment though would have to be having family around her, especially at the holidays. Grandma loved to spoil us kids. She was always kind and gentle and still makes me laugh when I think back to her always calling us "little shits." hahaha. (Thanks for that memory Grandma.) She loved to "play with" our backs to make us go to sleep and run her fingers through our hair. She would sing to us and loved to watch the little grandkids run around her condo terrorizing it with all it's breakables that she still had. I remember those things being there when I was a kid. It's hard to believe how fast time flys. Grandma always knew what was going on and always had advise to give... even if you didn't want to hear it. I wish I would have heeded her advise more carefully at times. It was always right on the money.

My Grandmother was a strong woman. She survived breast cancer and then cancer in her shoulder and always kept her head up. I remember her loving Grandpa so much and it hurting her to have to see him go through the pain and different things that happened when he was in the nursing home. She loved her husband so much. I hope to be able to find a glimpse of that love that she had for that man. Grandpa Waggoner treated her so well and even though he wasn't by the letter-if-the-law our "biological" grandfather, you can guarentee that we didn't know that or care. He was by every account in our books our Grandpa and we loved him greatly. They together were an unbroken force that constantly knocked me off my feet when I thought about them and their love, which continues to happen even now. I think that they were made for eachother and predestined to live out their lives enjoying one anothers love and company. May we find comfort in the time that we have left without them here to guide us and enlighten us anymore.

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Waggoner. You were the best grandparents a kid could ask for or dream of having. You were such amazing examples, and I will never forget you or your passion for family, the gospel, and life. God Bless You Till We Meet Again. I love you both, always.

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

This weeks word has been: SNOW! lol... it's everywhere and seems to never cease floating from the sky. The roads were so bad that our ward was cut down to just sacrament meeting. I couldn't even make that because I was partly snowed in at my sister's house in Pasco. I stayed there 2 nights because I didn't want to face the roads and drivers on those roads as well as the trips back and forth from Pasco to Kennewick, so I stayed with them and had some fun! The kids went out twice during the day after a half hour of prep time (putting on hats, mittens, long socks, stuffing pants into socks, putting on winter overalls, tucking in shirts to mittens, putting on coats, zipping them up, me putting on boots, then another hat to top it off...) they roll out the door into the snow and can't hardly stand up on the back patio because it was tile and so it became an ice rink with the layer of ice on it. But you sit back after they are outside with their red cheeks and appreciate how fun and creative they are. You snap pictures here and there and they end up coming inside crying because they are freezing, hands are numb, or they have snow in their face from a face plant or snowball. :) Then the stripping of the winter gear happens. The taking off of everything just put on about a half hour earlier. And once it's off they want back out about 15 minutes later! Pchah!

This workout seems to help with all the Holiday Treats I have been baking and recieving though! I found this awesome recipe for Chex Muddy Buddies that I will post later for you all to enjoy! It's divine! and of course the cookies, salads, fudge, and the list goes on and on... yeah... can you tell that the New Years Resolutions haven't come into play yet? hahaha

We have gotten about a foot and a half of snow (more in some places) here and it's starting to loose it's charm on me. I love the snow and to look at it and feel it at times, but when it's preventing you from getting to work on time and feeling safe on the roads then it's not so fun anymore. We are expecting more on Wednesday into Thursday too! At Leah's house we had to shovel 3 times one night and then again in the morning... it was dumping snow. Some people are plowed in and I almost was this morning. I had parked my car on the street so my sister could rightfully use her driveway for her vehicle. In the morning I came out and there was about a foot of plowed up snow right next to my door. Fun? Not really... some digging, sliding and such later... we were on the way to the daycare place and thankfully haven't been in an accident yet... although there has been some close calls (2).

Anyways... once I get the cord to hook my camera up... I will upload photos of the snow and Landon and Linzey playing in it. I hope you are safe and enjoying the Christmas activites of the season. HoHoHo and Merry Christmas! ;P