Day 10: Songs you listen to when you're bored, happy, sad, mad, hyped.

Bored: Country...any country...i turn on Pandora and listen to country...i love it...old and new country!

Happy: 80's music...CHER on Pandora. AWESOME station. it makes me reminisce my childhood and teenage years. I was surprised that I knew pretty much every song that played...i might just turn that station on right now.

Sad: Hope Floats soundtrack. Lets just say it does not make me feel any better, but it is what my mood wants. :)

Mad: not really sure...

Hyped: Bon Jovi...especially "Shot Through the Heart" and "Livin' on a Prayer" It reminds me of my bro Kip and when we were younger...Metalica also has some great hyped songs.

Day 9: Something you are Proud of in the last few days.

Yesterday I went shopping and got some really awesome deals...at least for Hawaii.

canned corn and green beans 50 cents each.

cream of chicken soup 79 cents each

jimmy dean sausage BOGO...$3 each (very good deal here)

I can not remember the other deals, but I was pretty happy...i might even go back today and get some more. :)

Day 8: Short Term Goals for this Month and when you'll accomplish them.

Short term goals:

1. unpack all boxes

2. Finish my curtains for the kitchen.

I will complete them by the end of the month...well maybe the middle of January...I think that is a little more realistic with the holidays coming up.

Day 7: A picture of someone or something that has the biggest impact on you.

Right now in my life this little 25 lb squirt has the biggest impact on me. She has blessed my life immensely as I have been able to stay home with her everyday. This little person has the ability to make me feel some of the most extreme feelings. For instance when we had a war of stubbornness yesterday during dinner. She sat in her high chair for nearly 2 hours until she finally took a bite of her dinner...then of course she ate almost the whole bowl of chile. It was one of the most frustrating hours of my life. Then about 30 minutes later while I was laying on the couch, she came and snuggled with me for about 15 minutes just laying with me. I could not have felt happier. Then this evening when I turned on some music and she put on her santa hat that covered her eyes and started dancing. I could not stop myself from giggling a little. On a

daily basis, she makes me feel pure joy, pure frustration, sometimes scares me half to death. She makes me so proud and she is not even 2 yet. Yes, she definitely impacts my life the most...at least for now. :)

Day 6: Favorite Super hero

I do not have a favorite super hero...i really don't... never have and most likely never will...and I am ok with that.

Day 5: Picture of Somewhere You've been

THAILAND

one of my favorite places. I love the food, the people, and everything about it. Phil and I have gone 2 times, and would love to go again....and again.

These are pictures from the first time we went and we went with some friends of ours. It was a blast. The pictures are from an elephant safari. FUN!

This one is a beach on a little island Koh Tao in Southern Thailand.
Villiage in Northern Thailand jungle. Yes, that is the entire village.



This is a Buddhist Temple in Chang Mai. (sorry for the sideways pictures...i do not know how to edit them once they are on here.

Day 4: A Habit I wish I did not have

That is easy.

Picking...I know gross right?!? I have actually gotten a lot better, but I have scars on my legs and arms from when I was little.

It is worse when I am concentrating...I will pick without even realizing that I am doing it. The worst part now is that Jessie is a picker. When she is sleepy she will pick at her eyelashes or her lips. I am always telling her to stop. Hopefully she will break the habit before I did!

Day 3: A picture of you and your friends

oops I forgot yesterday, so I will double up today.

Besides my husband and daughter, my very best friends are my sisters. I HAVE 5 AWESOME SISTERS! Seriously they are the greatest, they are so great that I am going to tell you about each of them.

So starting from the left:

Elizabeth- This sister is just 15 months older than me. She lives in California and has 4 gorgeous kids. Her kids always look awesome! complete with bows in their hair (the girls anyway), which Elizabeth makes. She is really crafty, which is great, cause I can get some fun ideas. She is really competitive at games which makes it really fun to play with her. She has a silly side which I love.

Jill -This sister is younger than me, but much wiser! Seriously she is an old soul I think. She is the most sweet, sincere, loving and pure person I know. I got to spend a week with her and her cute little family last month and I just loved the time I spent with her. I did learn that she has a bit of a sassy side...but only to her awesome husband. :)

Katie- Katie is the baby of the family and probably one of the most fun people to hang out with. She is very fashionable and cute. She is always making up names for everyone. For instance, she gave me a nickname just a few years ago...Ren...I love it. When we were little we used to be best buddies, complete with a secret hand shake thing. Katie is also really really smart and will be graduating college in April with a degree in BioChemistry.

Me

MaryBeth-MaryBeth is the oldest sister. She is the most beautiful of us all....everyone says we look like twins. :) Seriously though we have been asked on several occasions if we were twins...which she loves because she is almost 10 years older than me. I love it too, because she really is beautiful as you can see. I am the most like MaryBeth and weirdly our husbands are freakishly alike. It makes it a lot of fun to spend time with them. MaryBeth is really sweet and really good at including everyone. She does the best manicures and pedicures complete with cute little flowers.

Suzy-Suzy is the athlete of the family. We are all pretty athletic, but Suzy makes us look like a bunch of couch potatoes. She must completed an iron man in May and has a ton of athletic records from high school. She played college basketball and track, and is now a college basketball coach. Suzy is the type of person that would give you the shirt off her back if you were in need. She is amazingly giving. She is also the best Aunt in the world. It is not fair to the rest of us Aunts, because she spoils the nieces and nephews so bad. they all LOVE her!

This is the baby sister, Katie's, wedding.

This is only a little piece of what my sisters are like. I am so blessed to have them in my life. I just wish I could see them all a little more often.

Day 2: Meaning Behind Blog Name.

Well I think our blog name is pretty self explanatory. Maybe I should be creative and change it to something fun or interesting or clever. Most likely I will not and it will forever be the Heileson Family Blog. I am ok with that.

Day 1: Recent Picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself.

1. I have run 2 marathons and would like to get back into running and run more.

2. I do not really like to spend time by myself. I prefer to be with family or friends. I guess I bore myself. Maybe I should work on this.

3. I am proud of my passport which includes stamps from Peru, Chile, Argentina, Thailand, Nepal, India, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece. I would really like to add more stamps!

4. I have never dyed or highlighted my hair, and I do not plan to until I am more gray that red.

5. I enjoy decorating, but I really am not very good at it, so I either do not even try, or I scrap the project once it is done because I do not like it. I do enjoy the process though.

6. When I was in high school I wanted to be a cardiologist. I still think it would be awesome, but not conducive to raising a family which I want even more.

7. I love vinegar. Vinegar on pretty much anything is great, and sometimes, I will just take a swig of vinegar because I like it!

8. I am a Pittsburgh Steelers fan!

9. We really do not have many pictures of me because I am usually the one behind the camera.

10. I LOVE to cook and I am pretty good at it. Unfortunately the way I like to cook is kind of expensive.

11. I have all my future childrens' names picked out and have had them picked out for quite some time. :)

12. I love being pregnant! Everything about it; they way i look, the way I feel (most of the time) the whole labor and delivery. I loved it and my husband often told me to stop rubbing my belly.

13. I hate to clean. When I do clean, I am way too thorough, and it takes me about 2 hours just to clean a bathroom. That is probably why I hate it.

14. I love all food. Really there are only a couple of things that I have tried that I do not care for...olives (although i will eat them) and liver (which i will not eat...i can not even stand the smell of it,)

15. I had a pretty hard time thinking of 15 interesting things...as a matter of fact, I think that the interesting part is debatable.

30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge

Each day of the month, write a blog post according to these guidelines below:

Day 1-Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 2-The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 3-A picture of you and your friends
Day 4-A habit that you wish you didn't have
Day 5-A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 6-Favorite super hero and why
Day 7-A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 8-Short term goals for this month and when you'll accomplish them
Day 9-Something you're proud of in the past few days
Day 10-Songs you listen to when you're bored, happy, sad, mad, hyped
Day 11-Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12-How you found out about blogger and why you have one
Day 13-A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14-'A picture of you and your family
Day 15-Put your ipod or shuffle on-first 10 songs that play
Day 16-Another picture of yourself
Day 17-Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18-Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19-Nicknames you have and why you have them
Day 20-Someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future
Day 21-A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22-What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23-Something you crave for a lot
Day 24-A letter to your parents
Day 25-What I would find in your bag
Day 26-What do you think about your friends
Day 27-Why you are doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28-A picture of you from last year and now-how have you changed?
Day 29-In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 30-Your favorite song

Pumpkin Patch

Here are some pictures of the pumpkin patch last weekend, and then carving pumpkins with some friends for family home evening. We had a great time, and it was my first time carving pumpkins EVER. Mine is the one with the witch.

I love her so much!

She loves wearing hats and shoes and carrying around purses. Phil took this picture this morning while i was working out. When I came home, she was in the window waving with this exact same smile. Seriously I am one lucky gal to have such a wonderful little girl.

New House

We are finally moved into the new house. Here are a few pictures..but of course not the most recent.

Part of the master bath...unfinished

Apartment shower...almost finished in the picture, but finished in real life!

Jessie's bathroom

Phil and his dad (mostly dad) gathered , dried, stripped, sanded(a lot), drilled holes into, fit spindles and rails and posts into each other and worked lots and lots of hours on this ohia wood railing. I must say that the hard work paid off because it is absolutely gorgeous...and everyone that see's it comments about how beautiful it is. Thanks dad! It takes some serious talent to do what you did!

My Kitchen..I LOVE IT! there is so much space that i have a place for everything. I feel like a chef in my kitchen!

Jessie "helping" grandpa sand the ohia..

Granite for the laundry room

Jessie's huckleberry room!

kitchen paint

Phil and I laid almost all the tile in our house, except for the apartment. We had some great friends come and help out with that. Phil's brother Jeff and my nephew Levi helped grout some, but i was the queen of grout and I had the hands to prove it. Grout is really hard on the hands and I had sores on them for over a week until i finally went out and spent $3 on some rubber gloves.

Trip To Utah

This trip was back in June. We had a great time, but wish that Phil was able to come with us. While in Utah my grandma got really sick and they thought she was going to die, so we (all of my 11 brothers and sisters except 1 whose wife was about to have a baby) decided to go to PA and see her. Fortunately Grandma got better because she is a stubborn old woman who refuses to die :)...not that we want her to die...you know what I am saying. Anyway, the pictures are not in order, and there are a lot of them.

Uncle Jon was sharing his corn with Jessie, but she finally decided to get her own!

Thanks Aunt Beth for the ice cream sandwich!

My first popcycle.

My nieces Lindsey, myself and Missy at the opening night, first showing of Eclipse! We had a great time.

The whole time we were at the Holtons, Jessie loved pushing this bin all around the house. She loved when Jonathon would chase her!

At the park.

Aquarium in Cabela's.

Jessie and Jessie. They were both so confused everytime we would say the name Jessie. My Jessie really loved the dog Jessie, and the dog Jessie was very tolerant of my Jessie. See how confusing it is, now imagine being a 1 year old, or a dog! :)

My grandmas farm in Pennsylvania. Growing up we used to come here and we loved playing around the barns. This is where my mom grew up.

Jessie and Uncle Kip. This is where Jessie gets her dimples!

There were so many people at my moms house that we decided to go swimming on Saturday night and take along the shampoo and soap to wash up all the kids for Sunday. I must say that it worked quite well, and we did not run out of water on Sunday morning.

Jessie got into the redvines on the way to PA.

The drive to PA was long, but all the kids did soooo great!

Jessie was playing with Duggans hair and giggling! His hair was sooo soft! OF course Duggan enjoyed it as long as Jessie did not pull!

Me and MaryBeth, my sister. Jon watched Jessie over night and us girls got "away". :) We had a great time.

The Zoo in Utah

Baby Ollie

Jessie loves trampolines!