yo gabba gabba

Yo Gabba Gabba (elijah wood)



i love this show. it's what i am raising all 8 of my children on. and they will be awesome children.

just so you know.

so far i have kept up on all 3 of my goals.

and blake is coming in ONE MONTH!

in order of importance

blake watson richards. or as i like to call him, richard. my play mate. my lover. my best friend.

this summer, i went to visit him in Boise. it was sort of a gongshow figuring out my travel plans. I was stressed because i felt like i should be home getting ready for school and applying for byu and other 'important' things, and blake felt like we should spend as much time together as we could before i started school back home and was tied down with those commitments.

school five days a week + a boyfriend that lives 12 hours away + no incoming funds all summer = many phone calls, not enough time together, and no xoxo's!

so that was my struggle. stay only one week in boise and be 110% prepared for school? sounded like a good idea to me at the time. but this is something you should know about me that I have recently discovered:
often, I think of an idea out of the blue. and i think its a REALLY REALLY good idea for about a week. and then it hits me.. that my idea was horrible and not logical in any sense of the word and ridicuous.

so that's how it was with the boise trip. one day it hit me- be with blake while you can! school schmool! so i told blake to go ahead and book my flight home and to count on me staying for 3 wonderful weeks!

i love being with blake. i love rafting with blake, eating pita pit, skiing with blake, going to Xav, jumping in the fountain downtown fully clothed, going to the state fair and blake getting sick (not me!), running errands with blake (i even enjoyed when we went to the bank.), mowing with blake, and going to the doctor with blake! i can't get enough of him! i miss him and can't wait until october 13th when he comes to visit for an entire month.

thank you blake! thanks for being the best ever. thanks for being there for me and being patient with me. thanks for trying to understand where i'm coming from and trying to make me happy, even when i make it reaaaally hard. thanks for sticking through this with me. we've been thrown a few curve balls but i know we can get past anything. you are amazing and also very handsome. see you in 37 days!

p.s.

i'm not very good at this.

dear brains for hair,

you deserve a face lift.

i'm working on it.

love jessica.

i can dream...

I know anyone that knows me and looks at this will think... Jessica would NOT wear that. and maybe I wouldn't... in public. but i really really REALLY want it to prance around in at home! and for my husband one day maybe... think good thoughts, think good thoughts.

idaho and 3 goals

so far my Boise trip has been just dandy. a couple awesome rafting trips, some helping out via babysitting (i think i won't have kids for ten more years.), and just hanging with blake. i haven't taken any pictures so don't expect any. it's hot today, and I'm coming home in a week, and I am excited.
i have made a goal or two. if i blog maybe i will actually do them.

1. learn 'don't stop me now' by Queen on piano. (never heard it? that's a sad sad life my friend..) I've got the sheet music and man is it way more advanced than my skill level! practice practice practice i suppose.
2. I am going to go to church in my own singles ward every week.. for all three hours too! AND go to institute.
3. I am going to run/work out AT LEAST three times a week. don't wanna get to crazy and tell myself i'll do five days a week when i know i won't. so three it is.

now sit down and enjoy this freaking video! I'm going to the record company to buy me a Queen vinyl!

almost there...

In the morning I am leaving for Boise. EEK! I am so excited to see Blakey-poo. I'm staying for three weeks. And I'm gunna go rafting, and go to Merrits, and to see Xavier RUDD! I can't wait! Xav is amazing! and so is BLAKE!



I thought I would post some photos from our little family vacation to Lundbreck Falls. I wish I was still ten and that everyone could come on family vacations and that technology wasn't so available EVERYWHERE you go. I don't care how convenient cell phones in Waterton are... I wish there was no service there! I guess what I am trying to say is... I would like to take off into the woods one day. Like on Into The Wild. HA okay no not at all like that. you get it though right?
wow, good thing I take pictures of people... ha. I love that cloud picture. I love Mother Earth.

Next on my vacation list is Waterton- August Long. Camping with the Heggie fam. Very much fun. My first time ever hiking to Bertha Bay. and WHY?! It's an awesome place. Jumping off the dock was awesome. The length is awesome, just a 45 minutes jaunt. Even when you got a baby on your back, it's still awesome. And after a hot hot hot hike, the cold cold cold water is awesome. and Tina and my's (correct grammer?) photoshoot, we were feeling pretty awesome... unfortunately I can't post those. and Tina has all the other good pictures from this hike. Dang it.

ok erin jane.

i took your test.

folk fest

can't wait!

better things to do than blog

So I've sort of stopped blogging. It's not a priority anymore (like it was before..?) So I'll just leave you with that and go on with this post, which has absolutely no rhyme or reason.

1. I love Waterton. I'm sure if you read Amy's blog you will find out all about the entirety of the trip. One detail she failed to mention is that we had a special visitor.. BLAKEY POO!! I am so glad he came. We fished, saw bears, and he jumped off cliffs (I think I am afraid of heights? Vimy scared me being up so high. It's a freaking long way down!). Also, Blake's brother Hayden came up too.. one last hoorah before he goes to college and the mish.

the red rock hot tub. ya, NOT.
this is Blake, being SABERTOOTH without even knowing it... so fierce and manly. (I love wolverine.)

so after Blake went home (sad.) there took pace a little Vegas House reunion. and it just so happened to be in the bathroom at Nate's reception. Classy ladies.
I miss those days... but the current days are awesome! it was great to see jane and karl and ash all in the same place at the same time.

then.. i hiked the summit. with some of the best company around. and might i add that i am grateful for the NOT ridiculous pace that was set and the time that was allotted for fishing!!!! I recently have found true love in fishing, thanks to Rich. my fishing rod has now caught at least 6 fish, and I have taken the responsibility of gutting my fish (two now.) AND the last one I even put out of his misery myself.. which was a little much for me.. but us humans gotta eat, right?and ever since then, as an unemployed adult, I have been doing whatever I can to not go flipping crazy! I am just counting down the days (NINETEEN!) until Grandma D, Mom and me roadtrip to Boise to see my lovely blake. I am definitely enjoying our above-ground pool and spent 2 hours on saturday jumping from the trampoline into the pool. also, going on runs with Lucy and Sage are great and I busted out the ol' paint-by-numbers yesterday.
NOTE: today I watched Dances with Wolves. It was so sweet.
and all this hiking, fishing, being in the mountains has made me SO excited to start school in september. Environmental Science. YES. my classes include: plant taxonomy, soil research, physical geology, terrestrial ecology, scientific and technical writing, and... BOOOOO... stats! already having to take stats ONCE in hawaii, I know i am in for a tough semester. But i am so excited to be learning again and actually using this mushy grey intestine-looking thing in my head.

06.06

I had a vundabar birthday! Thanks everyone!

It started off with some delicious breakfast at Goldy's downtown with Richard, and some walking through the local market. After some eggs, maple sausage, potatoes and an english muffin, we headed to the Record Exchange, where I bought my second vinyl... Billy Joel, Piano Man!
Then back home where me and Kara soon left and went and got... pedicures! Nothing more mature and lady-like than a pedicure right?! That's what I said. A few errands and a DQ dipped cone later, we were back home just in time for me to shower and get ready for my not-so-surprise party.
On Friday, after I got home from work, Tim says something to me along the lines of "Do me a favor, since I'm gunna be up till three in the morning making this pulled pork for your party.." uuuuh.. what? But anyways, so I found out. The point is Blake tried to surprise me. He's so sweet.
So at 6:00 the Cole, Richards, Stone and Dudley families gathered for some delicious food! Pulled pork, tri-tip steak, watermelon, buns, coleslaw, pasta salad, and of course, Dairy Queen ice cream cake! It was delish.
And Blake got me a fishing rod! He is the bomb. and Kara got me some awesome gumboots, so I can trudge around in the muck when I'm fishing. Movie tickets and a Sonic gift card will also help me and Blake have one (or many) wonderful evenings, while I'm smelling great with new lotion.
The day successfully ended with some lightning watching and Donny nearly getting stuck in the mud. It was a good day. I have a great birthday because when I fill out forms for anything, I don't even have to look at which is the month and which is the day, because they are the SAME! So I just slap down 06 anywhere I please. It's awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

children

searched through 3,605 photos to find these gems! starring: brogan, paisley, anya, sierra, emma, piper, blake, and me!

my new roommate

her name is Peaches and she has eight legs.
if she scares you maybe you should stop coming over..

almost-not-a-teen wish list dramas

06/06 is a special day for me. it's the day i turn 20. and i couldn't think of anything good i wanted for my birthday. when i was at home for a while, i used my moms sonicare toothbrush everyday and it made my teeth feel soo clean and fresh and noticably whiter! so i thought maybe i wanted one of those. then i thought... that i have never owned a hair straightener. a fact about me is that i just never do my hair. sad but true. am i a girl? i think so. prove it, you say. FINE! a straightener is on my birthday wish list. ok.. 2 years ago my greatest friends got me a pair of birkenstocks. and in hawaii i wore them every day and i wear them everday when the weather permits. so you can image the state they are in.. so then i thought maybe new shoes would be great. THEN i get an email from ticketmaster telling me that aerosmith and zztop are going on tour, and its currently the presale! so then i thought i might like that. then i changed my mind when i saw that the cheapest ticket was 115 bones (+tax!). then i saw that xavier rudd would be in calgary on july 5, and decided THAT might be great. but then... while at best buy with blake, hanging on the net talking to my mom.. i saw that the calgary folk music festival would be rolling around in july. i thought back to when i went to the edmonton folk fest with mango last year... and how much i loved it. so i checked out the artist lineup. each week until May 14 they have announced one artist that will be there and guess who is on the list.... iron and wine? yes. but thats not what caught my attention...

Loreena McKennit.

now i don't expect you to get excited about that, but she has been a part of my life since forever. she reminds me of waterton in winter and byu-hawaii. she is like home to me. i love her, and so does my dad. so we are going, and thats final.

happy birthday to me.

kwilt

i made this with my own two hands and my moms.
i sleep under it.
took 3 years.

my boyfriend

is named blake richards
loves the color green
loves to ski
hurts himself a lot
likes the cold
is very strong
wants to be a firefighter
has a bubble butt
doesn't like dogs
has many scars
has a third nipple
is handsome
i love him

rata-tat-tat

Ratatat is coming to Boise.
March 28, 2009
$17

i'll probably need a dance partner.. Blake doesn't seem too keen.

Also can I just say that i fell back in love with my Bose headphones? GAH.





don't expect any words... ratatat doesn't do lyrics, and i love them for it.

first time for everything

including dog attack! tuesday february 10 was the fateful day. while at work, Jack was inside in the kennel and Jill was outside. I tried to let Jill in the kennel and Jack was trying to get out, so i grabbed his collar and all of a sudden... i was dog bait! It was scary needless to say, and i am officially scared of Jack. but nothing can shake my unwavering love of dogs.

back to iderho

You better believe that I am back in Boise again. One time a friend in Hawaii asked me, "if you could have 3 houses anywhere in the world, where would they be?" And I faithfully answered Raymond, Waterton, and Boise. and I stand by that answer! anyways, Blake came to visit twice in the time that i left, Dec 12, and the time i came back, Feb 1, and after those visits I decided it was a good idea to come back! So, with help from Kara and Blake's mom and others, I found work with a family of 6 girls, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 bunnies, a mother and a father, a new house and a busy work schedule. I have been helping out with the Cole's since Feb 2 and things are great! A typical Jessica workdays consists of: 9 AM, go to work. 10 AM, go get Lexi(12) from the math and science center and take her to her other school. 10:30 AM, Paisley(1) down for a nap, tidy until she wakes up. 12 PM, lunch. and then various errands and chores and cooking and playing with the children throughout the day. most days I go till about 4:30. I really like it!

Here are a few photergraphs of Blake in Canada, since I am soooo behind in the blogging times.

a little something

i owe this to Evan Vilos. max got an electric guitar for christmas and has been shredding it up. it reminded me of this sweet vid. enjoi.

lazy jezebel

well i have been home about three weeks now.. here's the update:
i am no longer going to school for unit clerk. silly jezebel can't make up her mind. we will see where the winds blow her now. working when needed at the hardware store is filling up her calendar for now. and by filling up i mean not really.

so the grandma jammies this year were phenomenal.i guess you probably wouldn't understand if you have never been to waterton. and if you're not a dudley. the point is, i love them and i love to be a dudley.

and this year was the first in 41 years that the Raymond Sugar Bowl basketball tournament was not held in the Cultural Hall. the new high school gym was the location. and it was just like old times. Raymond lost 104-107 in the final, but alls fair in love and war...?

and Payton got his mission call to Indonesia. this actually happened in november. but he leaves February 25, speaking indonesian of course. he is my best buddy. we even dress the same!i love my puppies even though i'm allergic. after this photo was taken my lungs closed up and i had to be rushed to the hospital and have an i.v. the works. ya, it's that bad. but my parents told me it's me or the dogs. ruff life. (i made a joke. ruff... as in bark. get it?) (and that whole hospital thing was a lie. but i really am allergic.)

tis the season

i am going home in 9 days and it's weird! I'm sad.. is that so wrong? I will miss my little Boise family! but I also am really pumped to a) see my FAMILY, b) play with my DOGS, and c) enjoy some SNOW. I truly do love So Ab.
I have just been doing the usual.. plus playing with my new found friend Blake! took us three days and a little bit of dramas to get christmas lights up on the house. but all is well! and christmas is practically here! for FHE on monday, we went and got a REAL tree. i haven't had a real christmas tree since i can remember. we had a little bit of dramas with that as well.. tree tilting every which way, falling over, ornaments breaking, broken tree stand. but now we're set and I'm so excited! Lucky for me Kara is as gung-hoe as my family at home, and she's got christmas music playing all the time. today we are starting to make chocolates too! it's really beginning to look a lot like christmas. YAY!

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because brian loved diane

yesterday was my grandpa dudley's birthday! he is the best. he is the hardest working man I know. this summer he helped my mom build a new deck on our house. he is always making neat stuff, and his next project is a cedar chest for me. him and my grandma put together.. well, you are always in for a treat. I LOVE my family and I am sooo thankful grandma and grandpa fell in love and made a bunch of kids, who then made kids, who are starting to make their own kids! we have some awesome memories. when I was in grade seven I lived in the Northwest Territories with them for a month and a half. I loved it! and i still love them.
-dog sledding
-mini family rodeos
-july first pancakes for grandma's birthday
-grandpa's crazy stories. if they're true or not, we'll never know
-grandma's love for the gospel and serious knowledge!
-going to grandma and grandpas house at lunch with payton in high school.
-mornings at grandma and grandpa's when i was little.. walking to the T and back with calypso.
so there you have it, just some memories/things i love/reasons why i am excited to go home in 22 days!

strangers

i don't know this person. all i know is that she is charming and i love her blog. am i creepy?

http://thehappychick.blogspot.com/

tag'd?

amy tagged me a long time ago to do this.

seven random things about me:

I. i like to suck on ritz crackers until they are really soggy. then i squish them through my teeth. what inspired me to finally do this tag was when i was eating crackers actually. which is right now.

II. my favorite snack of all time is a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwhich dipped in milk. i love soggy!

III. i just love to sit in my bed. sit in my bed and eat, sit in my bed and read, sit in my bed and write in my journal, sit in my bed and talk, sit in my bed and make ridiculous crafts.

IV. i, like my beloved sister, am a mega clean freak. my room pretty much has to be clean ALL the time, especially for the amount of time i am in there. sitting in my bed. and i HATE when there is crap on a wood/lino floor and you get it stuck to your feet. so sweeping is important.

V. i don't really like to watch movies. and when i do, i would rather watch one i've already seen and know i'm going to like. my all time feel good movie of the century is Elizabethtown. LOVE IT.

VI. i'm sort of bi-polar. watch out for those mood swings.

VII. if i knew absolutely nothing about the gospel and had no idea what was right and wrong i would probably have a quarter sleeve and say bad words all the time and do crazy drugs. it's a sick fantasy of mine. but i'm a good person i swear!

i tag: all ya'll! karly, ashley, jane, nate, zac. thats all.

in the christmas spirit

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i didn't even try to make this post rhyme.

a month from today i will be back in alberta to stay! let's have three cheers for SoAb! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray!
and i paid my tuition yesterday! i can't WAIT to be back in school!