The Stacey Family

1st Teeth

2011-04-27T22:57:00.000-07:00

On monday my baby girl got her 1st teeth! Both of her front bottom teeth came in on the same day... they are pretty darn cute, but Scott and I have already almost lost a few fingers!

Easter 2011

2011-04-27T22:51:00.000-07:00

I am clearly not cut out for this whole blogging thing... I have had a running list of what I needed to update it with since my last post. And quite honestly.... Ive finally come to terms with the fact that its never going to happen. The list is getting too long and daunting. So we are going to skip over all the major life events.... marriage, house, baby.... and just going to start with the present... and the present is Easter....

Brooklyn's first time coloring easter eggs! In other words... Jenn and I made super cute eggs, and B threw them on the floor :)

The easter bunny snuck in and left surprises on Easter morning.... B's basket kinda dwarfed the other one, but Im sure her daddy understands.

Easter Egg hunt! Scott finally has an excuse to be a kid again

B and her Momma

I never really thought B looked like her dad until we took these pictures and now I think she is a little clone of him!

These are a few of my favorite pics we got of Brooklyn.....

!!!

2009-07-28T12:30:00.001-07:00

I was trying to actually do something with my blog and I messed it all up! Lame!

My Daddy Came to See Me!!!

2009-03-23T16:04:00.000-07:00

My Dad came down the first weekend of March, and it was so good to have him here to play for a few days! We did an incredible amount of eating... went on a backstage tour of Jubilee... which was AWESOME.... scored free tickets to Nathan Burton... and went to play in Primm .... amongst other random stuff.... We basically kidnapped JJ for the wknd... which was fun, and she is a lot more likely to happily pose for pictures!! Love you Dad, glad you could come down!!!!

JJ and I with the showgirl tour guide at our backstage tour.... we had to follow her up and down stairs and she was in a thong. JJ and I investigated...
I made everyone pose for these pics and not a one of them made it big...

Me and Scotty

At the roller coaster ride in Primm.... I dont know if any of us were walking straight when we got off, but it was fuN!

WOW!!! WE BOTH MADE IT TO THE SHOWCASE????!!!!!

At the temple...

Eating ice cream in the cute shop, the owner latched onto Dad when he found out he was from Oregon, he started calling people and telling them someone from Oregon was in the store.

I was supposed to be looking at her lovingly.... um...... yeah.

Me and two of my boys waiting for our car.

I made him wait in line to pose for this.... too bad he lost a dollar

Dad made me try on Mom's wedding dress... so I made him try on the hat!!!

Love you Dad!

Jenn's Bridal Shower

2009-03-23T15:22:00.000-07:00

Wow.... I REALLY SUCK at this whole blogging thing. These pics are from a month ago.... but regardless... here are the PICS FROM JENNS BRIDAL SHOWER!!!

We started off the party by getting MAC MAKEOVERS... so we would look SUPER HOT FOR.....

STRIPPER CLASS!!!!!

We are now CERTIFIED LAS VEGAS STRIPPERS! With licenses and all!

We were in a huge hurry.... but I couldnt resist posing with the pink gorilla...

We then headed home for a more traditional party of sorts..... We tried to make dirty cookies, which was hilarious, but they just looked like big blobs!! I had a dirty ice cube tray too but it broke in half!

So we just had to settle for food of the cute and yummy variety...

I had a really hard time trying to find some non lame bridal shower games.... but I knew MY SEARCH WAS OVER when I found this one.... WHO CAN GET THE TWINKIE IN THE CONDOM THE FASTEST?!

It actually turned out to be a lot harder than one would think... and quite messy! But so much fun!

The second game was a bingo game where you only get to cover your number if you answer a question correctly as to whether it was about the Bride or Groom.... I originally bought the game, then returned it and made my own... it turned out really good.....

Jenn with all of her presents!!! Love ya chica! And miss you already... Come visit :(

MY DYSON

2009-02-16T11:47:00.000-08:00

My sweet and loving boyfriend bought me my dream vacuum!!! A Dyson DC17 Absolute Animal! I am basically giddy about it! I even went

home and dreamt I was vacuuming my bedroom, it was filthy and I busted in with my vacuum to save the day! How sad is that??? Holly had lost a very lucrative bet, therefore bound to buy me one herself. But now she is off the hook and might have to take me on a cruise instead. It was a very unwise bet on her part :) But the fact of the matter is that I now have my very own Dyson and I am so freaking excited! Thanks Honey!

Pay It Forward Fun

2009-02-16T11:26:00.000-08:00

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch though...Post this same thing on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift!

Craft Time!

2009-02-02T21:50:00.000-08:00

THE POMANDER I JUST FINISHED MAKING......

........ AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM

Didnt it turn out cute??????? It was so easy too! No Scott and I are not engaged... however this hypothetical wedding is only like 7 months away, so I am experimenting in the craft department. I had a lighter pink that was pretty... but it was going to cost at least double to make them... the flowers did not go nearly as far as I thought they would! Now of course, we are discussing no pink.. since I started a project and all. Therefore, due to color issues, I think I will move on to making calendars. I have a cute template for them. And its already January.

Rewind

2009-02-02T00:19:00.000-08:00

Phew! I finally posted my pics from the last 2 months! Yay me! Its starting to occur to me that I kinda suck at this whole blogging thing.... LOL! Oh well huh? On the schedule for February... V-day, Scott and I's 2 year anniversary, and Jenn's bridal shower... including Stripper 101! All of which will be super picture opportunities! This is a preemptive post to cover February :) So concider yourselfs updated!! Okay j/k Ill try to add pics as it goes along....

Girly Day Out

2009-02-02T00:07:00.000-08:00

Holly, Jenn and I went to Bridal Spectacular, and of course had to turn it into a picture taking opportunity! We had fun and it was good to have an afternoon with the girls!

We had to improvise writing space to sign up for drawings....

And it was a good thing that we did because I won this "Favor Cake"! It is made up of a bunch of little boxes that you fill with candy... I was so excited when they called!

Everywhere we turned there was more cupcakes and cake tastings! It was SOOOOO good! But we were definately on sugar overload when we got out of there!

I had to take a picture of this dress because I am quite certain that I am In LoVe with it...

HaPpY nEw YeArS

2009-02-01T23:59:00.001-08:00

Scott and I had a fun New Years with friends, games, and good junk food... It was a lot of fun and I am glad we were all able to get together! Here's to Divine 09!

Random Christmas Pics

2009-02-01T23:53:00.001-08:00

Mom and Dad in the snow
Me and my Daddy

My Mommy

Russ and Sadie in her Christmas outfit

This was from Christmas Eve... and I forgot to put it in that post... but they are so stinking cute!

Christmas Eve

2009-02-01T23:43:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve was fun as always... We did a fun little dance routine this year with Mom lip sync'ing to Toby Keith... turned out really good, especially since we had like 2 nights to practice it!

The 2 armed gift wrapping contest... they tied our middle arms together and we werent allowed to use them.... Russ and I's gift was beautiful.... we didnt realize it wasnt a contest on how it looked, it was a contest on who did it the fastest. Oops.
Mom and Art...

Me, Russ, and Grandma Donna

Our amazing little dance routine to Santa's Got a Hot Rod Sleigh.... its behind us so you cant see it very well... but Mom made a really good "hot rod sleigh"

The winners of the snowman decorating....

Gingerbread Cookies with my Babies

2009-02-01T23:35:00.001-08:00

I had a horrible time trying to get home for Christmas due to crappy weather... I got there a day later than planned meaning I wasnt going to get much time with my girls, but Angie brought them out to Grandmas and we all had a slumber party! I picked up a cute gingerbread cookie decorating kit to keep us busy...

Kelsy's cookies didnt last very long... I think she was the only one who ate hers.. . Maddy is missing her two front teeth and its stinking adorable.

My BrOtHeR

2009-02-01T23:24:00.000-08:00

My baby bro came and it was so great to have him here!! HAHA Scott kept talking about what a great mood I was in the whole time he was here... I just needed some family time! Russ didnt really get much of him gambling time in... but I kept him busy with other stuff... I wish we lived closer so that we could play more! Love you Brother!

We went to the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village...

Where we got to ring the bell in the little firemans house....

And sit in Santa's sleigh!

We also went ice skating out at Lake Las Vegas...

Russ has asked me every time he has come to visit to take him to Terribles Casino so that he could join the players club and get this free hat.... He had himself all hyped up and was so disappointed when he actually got there... but he still got the hat!

Disneyland

2009-02-01T22:57:00.000-08:00

Our little princess Holly always wants to go to Disneyland for her birthday.... and her mean mean roommates always say no because it is right before Christmas... but this year they granted her birthday wish and said yes! We had a really good time and the weather was perfect... Holly was like a little kid she was so excited... Im glad we got to go and make her happy!

Me and the boy toy waiting in a forever long ride
WE CAN FLY!!!

Me and my girls... one of the better Christmas decorations... they were actually kinda disappointing! I was expecting way more than there was!

Our Birthday Girl!

We were so scared to go on the Tower of Terror... can ya tell?

Our little clan in California Adventure

The lights on the castle were amazing....

Me and my Good Sport posing for OnE more picture!

Gingerbread Houses

2008-11-26T18:18:00.001-08:00

We decorated gingerbread houses on the 2nd day of November.... and listened to Christmas music, and watched one of the Santa Clause movies. It was quite festive really.... Although slightly premature. Jenn and I had put up our Christmas decorations the day before and needed to do something to enjoy them!

The 3 Day

2008-11-21T09:48:00.001-08:00

Well.... the Breast Cancer Walk started this morning.... and I am at work. I am really sad that I did not get to do it this year.... but there was just too much going on this year to focus on fundraising.... I think I raised a total of $90 out of the $2200. However, I still have high hopes for '09! My plan this time is to sign up as crew because there is not a fundraising minimum for crew members... and then if I happen to be able to raise the money, I can switch to a walker... but still be able to participate regardless. And with no fundraising minimum... that pretty much nixes 99% of the excuses to not sign up with me... so I should have plenty of company :)

16 Days!

2008-11-21T09:31:00.000-08:00

MY BESTEST BROTHER WILL BE HERE IN 16 DAYS! I am So ExCiTeD and already planning our week! He is getting here the day I get back from Disneyland.... December is going to be a busy month! Maybe I will remember to upload some of the many pictures I will be taking!

Halloween!

2008-11-01T09:49:00.000-07:00

Halloween is generally my favorite holiday, however this year was 100% scaled down and 100% more modest (be proud mom) than the last couple of years! We didnt have a party this year... and Jenn, Brady, Scott, and I decided to go out to the corn maze, which is always a lot of fun! We also went to Scott's neighbors haunted garage which is AmAzInG and WaY better than anything we have paid for to go see! Too bad I didnt get any pictures of that.... but here are some from the corn maze!

Oregon

2008-09-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

Here are labor days pics! It was so good to be home! And Scott actually said it was a lot of fun and he wouldnt have minded staying longer... go figure! A couple of my pics wouldnt upload, but here are most of them...

Dad volunteering at the community center....

Us supporting the community center...
We found picture backdrops behind the stage!!
I have cute ones of mom and they wouldnt upload!!!

These pics are from the day we went to the Sumpter flea market and

they have an old mining dredge that we went through. It was pretty neat

How could you NOT miss this?

Me and my bro

Russ worked all day and then we made him cook dinner!

Me and the bf

My mama
And daddy
Scott made us a cake
I think this was the cake in progress....

P.S .... Mom remind me and I will send you a disk of all the pictures.... There are several that wouldnt work on here....

Weekend at Tahoe

2008-09-15T22:49:00.001-07:00

I was going to post Oregon pictures from labor day... but I have a couple that didnt upload to my computer... sooooo maybe tomorrow? These are from the Lake Tahoe trip the next wknd. It was a work retreat for the company I started with last week. Scott apparently finds a one day recovery time between trips more of a pain than an adventure, so Holly went with me. It is beautiful up there, and we had a lot of fun!

This is Holly losing at checkers.
.... and this is me WINNING at checkers.

We didnt rent a car so we had to sit around waiting for the bus....

and yes, we learned our lesson.

We spent some time wandering around the olympic village....
The weather was perfect!!
We didnt spend very much time at the actual lake,

but we did at least go down and touch it.

This week

2008-08-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

Well I am going to be starting a new job... again... doing the same thing... again... I don't believe my current office will be open very much longer, so I am going to be starting with a new company in a week and a half. It worked out kinda nice... I gave my two week notice yesterday... and my last day is tomorrow afternoon! This is working out nicely because I am leaving early tomorrow to drive to Oregon, and now I am not in a huge hurry to get back for work! I am excited to be able to go home for a few days to see the fam, I really miss them! Hopefully Russ will be home from the fire when I get there, he has been gone all week.. However if I get there before him, I can claim my bedroom which he has taken over. Just because I am not there doesn't mean that he can claim it! Last time I came home he refused to let me have my room and slept on the floor to spite me. Which means I couldn't sleep because I was awake all night feeling guilty that he was on the floor. Dad has claimed Scott for a fishing trip at some point... sad that his daughter is finally coming home and he makes plans with the boyfriend..... I was invited as an afterthought.... but its just not the same that way. Hopefully I will get some good pictures while I am home... and hopefully Scott and I both come back alive after that long in the car together.... we kind of have different opinions on how road trips are supposed to work... I believe one should stop to sleep, and shower and brush their teeth .... Scott believes one should drive and drive and drive and then sleep when you get there. So sorry mom and dad if we show up grouchy and smelly! Maybe I will have to make a bed out of the backseat....

Ouch

2008-08-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

In an attempt to be healthy I went to the gym on tuesday and got my ass served to me in a kickboxing class. I was expecting a nice slow warm up... some nice easy kickboxing... and a nice long cool down. All to take place within an hour. But instead I got an hour and a half of constant ass kicking. And now.... I hurt. Apparently one should not delve into such things when one has not exercised for a very long time. I am able to move a little more freely that I could yesterday... for now... I am going to go to another class. Why? Because its time. Unfortunately my constant soda addiction and love of eating out is catching up to me. Im tired. Im gaining weight. And Im grouchy. So here I go. If anyone gets a call in the next couple hours... please answer... its me needing you scrape me up off the gym floor.

Joe and Kaceys Wedding Pics

2008-08-20T23:37:00.001-07:00

Team Name

2008-08-06T23:12:00.000-07:00

I changed my team name for the 3-Day walk... it was Breast Friends, and I changed it to Walkstars! I put it on a shirt tonight, and it actually looks pretty good. I would take a picture... But I have to get up and go to the airport in 6 hours and I havent packed yet :( Anywho, let me know what you think...

Catalina

2008-08-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

Well since Im headed out of town again tomorrow, I figure it's about time to post some pics from the last trip. And since Alena doesn't seem to believe I go places without photographic proof... maybe this will placate her for a few days. Hopefully I don't have to prove my next trip since she is picking me up from the airport! And I'll admit it right now... I REALLY fell short on the whole picture taking aspect of this trip...

This is somehow my favorite picture from the weekend, not hard since I didnt take very many... Anywho apparently its normal to take a mini boat to the dock from your big boat... These of course would be the mini boats.
Unfortunately this is about the extent of our playing on the beach.....

Because of these lovely bacteria warning signs that were lining the water!!

We ate lunch here, over the water actually... It was quite cute...

And here is the bird who sat over us at lunch repeatedly spitting on us and our food! LOL really!

Weekend Vacation

2008-07-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

It seems I have been traveling extensively this summer.... Which I am not complaining about... time just goes by entirely way to fast, and that speeds it up even more! I am leaving today for Catalina... It is a work trip. I have to sit through a meeting tomorrow morning... and in turn, I get a paid for island vacation. Not a bad deal if you ask me... I am not throughly excited yet... but I will be once I get home to pack and get going.... So think of me as I am basking in the sun and playing in the ocean this weekend! I will get some pics to post next week....

Guilty Pleasures

2008-07-22T09:16:00.000-07:00

I used to go to get massages at a place that was very basic in decor and didnt really do much in the mood setting arena. Plain lobby. Plain hallways. Straight to your room and out the door. So last night I was wowed when I walked into the new place.... They had already wooed me with the ad stating my first massage would only be $39 .... they wooed me even further when I called to make an appointment and she told me to bring a swimming suit .... as they had a jacuzzi for me to use before or after my massage. When I arrived, I walked in to find a salon on my left... a reception area on my right.... and large glass doors stating "Quiet Zone" directly ahead... They greeted me by name and asked if I had my swimming suit, I didn't... but not to worry, they had a steam shower that I could relax in instead! They led me though the doors.... The low lighting was accentuated with waterfalls built into the walls, and couches gathered around water and complimentary snacks to lounge while waiting for your massage therapist.... I was brought to the locker room, where I was given a key to my locker supplied with sandals, a plush robe, and a towel. They told me to take my time... use the jacuzzi, sit in the steam shower... use the regular shower... whatever I wanted.... then put on my robe when I was ready and go lounge on the couches where I would be greeted by my therapist. I was in heaven. All of this for $39? This was worth it... I felt pampered and I hadn't even gotten my massage yet! I puttered around the locker room in my robe and sandals taking it all in... and decided if I was going to be on a table for an hour I should use the restroom.... Which is where it started.... the toilet wouldn't flush. Just my luck... I jiggled the handle.... examined the bowl... the tank...nothing... Great... Now I was going to have to tell my masseuse that I couldn't flush the toilet... Awkward. So I put down the lid and went to wash my hands... I squirt a bunch of soap in one hand... and turned the handle with the other. Nothing.... I tried in vain several times thinking water would someone miraculously appear on the next try. I went to the next faucet.... same thing. I decided my last resort was to try the shower... So I wander in with my handful of soap... and ...nothing! This was not exactly in compliance with my relaxing experience I had thus far... this was in fact quite the opposite... I wandered through the waterfall ridden hallways out into the lobby in my robe.... everyone just kinda stopped and stared and I explained my situation.... which brought on all sorts of apologies... apparently they had to turn the water off to fix a hair sink and forgot all about it. So there I am ..... in a robe.... and no plan of attack for the soap. One of the girls and a guy from the salon took me back to the Quiet Zone arguing whether I could just stick my hand in a waterfall or not... when we finally decided to fill some cups from the water cooler and head back to the locker room, where the nice lady played faucet for me and poured water on my hands so I could rinse them off. My massage was great and exactly what I needed.... but OF COURSE there had to be some random incident or it just wouldn't be me would it?? Despite the lack of agua... I will probably go back the next time I need a massage.... and drag friends there as well... I was a sucker for the bone dry Quiet Zone.

Movies at Lake Las Vegas

2008-07-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

Probably my favorite thing in Las Vegas in the summer, is movies at Lake Las Vegas. Every thursday night from June through August, they set up a big screen by the water... and you bring out blankets and pillows to lay in the grass and watch the movie. Its free. Its fun. And I pretty much think its adorable. The weather was crappy last week, and its turning out that way this week too, hopefully it is clear tomorrow night so we can go out!

Grandpa Russ

2008-07-16T16:49:00.000-07:00

My Grandpa Russ died almost 2 weeks ago, on the 3rd. He was an amazing man, and truely a great example in everything that he did. I am so lucky to have had him for a Grandpa, he was with me every step of the way for over 25 years, and I will miss him so much! This is the most recent picture I have with him, it was when I was home to visit and we went for a walk... he was absolutely adorable! Love you Grandpa!

Oregon, Wedding

2008-06-27T14:54:00.002-07:00

Last weekend I got to go home for Amie and Andrews wedding. It was beautiful! They got married at Walmart :) (haha okay so it was an old walmart turned church) so there was a lot of decorating to do, which was a lot of fun and turned out great! I know there are many people anxiously awaiting pictures... .and unfortunately the lighting was bad in a lot of mine! However some of them are in a slideshow below... and I will add the link to the rest of the pictures below... Scott came home with me this time, which I was really excited about, and it only took about 2 minutes of the silent treatment to convince him that he wanted to go! I know I have a really overwhelming amount of family, but he claims it was fun and didnt want to shoot himself. It was really good to be home, and I had a hard time leaving, but I will be back in a month for the next wedding! Im excited!

Okay so the link I am trying to add is getting cut off when I post it... so just click "view all images" on the slideshow, and then on the new page, click on the album "Amies Wedding" which will show up right above the pictures, then on the right side, choose "view all"... there are 11 pages)

2008-06-27T14:54:00.001-07:00

The Blog

2008-06-27T14:39:00.000-07:00

I finally gave in and started a blog. This is probably more for my entertainment than anything else... but I think it will be nice for family purposes, since I dont see the rents signing up for myspace anytime soon. My attention span doesnt usually last very long but I will try to keep this updated for the 2 people I know that will read it (Mom and Lena, dont let me down!) I also think this is a good way to keep motivated for my 60 mile walk for breast cancer... I need someway to hold myself accountable because I am really not good at the whole fundraising aspect... which is kind of important since it is required... and really the whole point! And I know many other teams who have started blogs to keep people updated on their progress. Progress report thus far: $70. Only $2,130 to go!