Simmon's Life

Wow! A little Behind.....

2011-09-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

Ok so it's been about a year and half, literally, since I have blogged! I definitely want to do better at that! So many fun things are happening in our life and I need to be better about documenting them! So I am going to try to blog my little heart out!

I'm Back!

2010-04-11T19:06:00.001-07:00

Please check out my photography blog also....simmonsphotos81.blogspot.com....and contact me and simmonsphotos81@yahoo.com if you would like some pictures done!! Thanks!!

It's been a while!

2010-04-02T18:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone it's been a while! i will try to be better about it! Ok so we are pregnant and it's a girl! We are so excited!! This is the new thing that has happened in our life, everything else is pretty much the same! Hope all is well with all you faithful bloggers!

Congrats La Naia!

2009-08-29T17:36:00.001-07:00

This is Dane's little sister! She is having a baby girl sometime in October and while we were down in California we got to go to her baby shower! So fun! She looks adorable with her little baby belly and she is going to name her Aaliyah Monet...beautiful! We wish her the best and love her very much!

Cute!

My gorgeous Mother in law!

Granny! Hopefully they will move out here!

This is one of Dane's good friends from growing up! Aren't they handsome? They were fun to see together laughing and joking about old times!

Group Fitness Convention!

2009-08-29T17:32:00.000-07:00

So this year the convention was in Anaheim! SOOOO fun! We got to take all sorts of classes, including one by Tony Horton (P90X) as well as a FAME class with choreography from the upcoming movie...So fun! I have been doing this with my mom for years and this was our last one together...:-(. I can't tell you how fun it is to be able to share this passion with my mom and to be able to take hip hop classes together and work it out! I have the best mom!

Waiting for P.F Changs...so delicious

The view from our hotel room!

This was our first night! little did we know just how much fun we would have!

New pics coming soon!

2009-08-24T18:24:00.001-07:00

I promise! I'm just sooo busy! Priorities...oh p.s. Check out my photo blog for my cousins wedding!

Hey you!

2009-07-14T21:42:00.001-07:00

Hey you....yea you....have you checked out my photography blog lately? lol...go to it, starting to get more pics would love for you to check them out! Go to simmonsphotos81.blogspot.com I will try to update more!

remodel!

2009-07-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is phase one of our "remodeling" of our townhouse! We thought that the bathroom would be the easiest to start with so that's where we did! Dane did such a good job changing out the faucet, Lights, etc..he had never done that before and he did it like a pro! Plus, believe it or not, He picked out the light fixture, ah heck, most of the decorations! He's the man! So here's some pics!

Ah the Toilet paper holder and the new waste basket...lovely!!

Dane got the mat that actually matched perfect with everything...i must say great job

Will you ever believe we got this at Lowe's for $7.00? Yes, this is not a typo..seven dollars! haha, it's a great story

These are the little light switch thingys he picked out! Lol, I would have never thought of it!

This is the faucet we both picked out, loved it the best!

Here is our clock we already had, but Dane picked out the towells!

We had this pic of a map of Bermuda that looked great against that red

Here is an out side view of it all!

To Bone and Back!

2009-07-12T21:03:00.000-07:00

There is a race that I love to do that is called To Bone and Back! It is such a fun relay race and this year turned out to be great! Here are a few pics! From Top to bottom, this is who ran what leg...
1- Kim Scwarze, my Boss
2- Kory Wheatley, My other boss's friend
3-Sharla Dobson, the wife of a PT I work with
4-me
5-Kayla Bolton...my friend!!!
6- Derrick Northrup, My other boss
7- Cameron Taylor, my "little brother"
8- Amanda Moon, friend!

It was a blast, thank you all for running! ok just realized the pics are backwards, 1 starts down here and 8 is all the way at the top!

Family fun!!

2009-06-02T21:55:00.000-07:00

Ok we had a family get together on Memorial day, so fun! From Top to Bottom...Nephews..wow, boys will be boys, spying on the neighbors! ha ha! Next is Abby! So adorable, she loves to pose for the camera, so this was one of many. Next we got the two Yay-hoos as my mom said about me and my sister when we were younger, but this is Hannah and Jess, cousins, hilarious! They are cute friends. Then Dane and his little shadow, whenever we hang with the family, my nephew Tyler always runs to Dane first, totally shafts me and loves being with his uncle Dane. Next is Tanner, he will always smile for me when I ask and the little dude will hold it til the cows come home. So cute. Then Spencer, I told him to smile and he poked his eye for a good 2 minutes...not exactly what I was looking for but adorable all together!
Next the kids love to play on the swingset, so cute! Natalie is next, she also smiles good for the camera, she is such a sweetheart, really quick to give hugs..I love em! Nathan is next, you say smile and the boy cheeses it out, he has done this before! ha ha, cutie. My mom and dad are next, so in love and so cute. I love them. Dane is after that, looking like a model...woo hoo he is a hottie! But more importantly a great guy. Next is my bro with his new baby girl Brianna, (don't know exactly the spelling) but she is adorable, so tiny and just a beautiful girl. Last but not least is my sister who is pregnant, giving us attitude! Love it Sis!! She looks great and I can't wait until I have another nephew!

Have you said "Thank you" Lately?

2009-05-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

I don't usually get mushy on the blog because it is hard for me to open up at times, but I feel like it is ok to open up every once in while. Now this will be the Inner Jen speaking lol, so i'll try to leave the funny comments and jokes out. As most of you know, I am a Physical Therapist Assistant and I do home health. There is such a variety of people that I see and as we do therapy, I like to talk to them and get to know them a bit. I hear story after story about what happens to these people in a lifetime (and You can only believe the sane ones...dang it..there goes a joke..sorry) but it makes me realize on a daily basis about how blessed I really am. It breaks my heart when a patient is all alone with no family to visit, or to take care of them, or to call. I see kids with various problems and it makes me think of my nieces and nephews and how grateful I am that they are healthy like they are. I have my legs, my hands, my arms, my eyes, and I don't face physical pain on a daily basis. I have never lost a child, or watched as my family got in a wreck, or had to send my husband off to war only to never see him again. I could go on and on but I don't want to lose your attention. We all have problems, health issues, family issues...etc. But if you can call one person when you are in trouble and need help and know they will be there, then you are blessed. If you could put on your own clothes today, then you are blessed. If your child can run outside and play, then consider yourself blessed. I will always be grateful for what I have and I am glad that I get reminded of that on a daily basis. So this is my thanks for today, my thanks for what I have in my life.

Par 5!

2009-05-23T22:49:00.001-07:00

Ok so Dane and I have been learning how to Golf and we are really enjoying it! Here are just a few pics I managed to shoot as we were golfing last week with our friends Holly and Kila! Golf is so relaxing and fun, I recommend it to anyone.

Fun times!

2009-05-23T22:35:00.000-07:00

Fun fun times! This is me and my friend Holly, we threw my friend Stephanie a Bridal shower and had a blast doing it! Everybody that came wore black (or was supposed to!) and Stephanie, the bride, wore white! Sounds cheesy but it was a lot of fun! She is such a great friend! We always have so much fun together! Notice Holly's adorable hair....cut and colored by Tiffy! Wonderful job sister!!

Familiy times

2009-05-22T18:53:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics from my family! My nieces and nephews are so dang cute, I couldn't get them all to get in the pics but here's a few of them. And my wonderful mom and dad! Arent they so cute. And my pregnant sister, she looks great! She is having a little boy! Another nephew...I'm so excited

Park City!!!

2009-05-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is a late post but I just got the pictures up from our Park City trip with our friends Beth and Cody. They live up there now that they are married so we decided to visit them and have some fun! Check out that tree, I guess everyone just donates their shoes to make that look awesome and crazy like that! We had a lot of fun.

whoops!

2009-04-22T17:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks to one of my friends...thanks bethany! I realized that I wrote the photography site address wrong...it is now corrected but here it is again for you......simmonsphotos81.blogspot.com whoopsies! that's the real one...check it out!

CHECK IT OUT!

2009-04-19T15:09:00.000-07:00

Check out my latest photos at simmonsphotos81.blogspot.com !! Here is a sample!

Back in time

2009-03-22T16:34:00.000-07:00

So I am having way too much fun with Photoshop, I have been editing old pictures and have been here for hours!! These are pictures my sister took of me and Dane when we were engaged, she did such a great job, I am going to post a few of them for fun! I had a great time editing them!

Congratulations Beth!

2009-03-22T13:11:00.001-07:00

This is two of my very best friends! We've been through a lot together (as cliche as that sounds) but the best year of my life I owe to these guys! I have really learned a lot about lightening up, having fun, enjoying life, and getting my priorities straight from these two. I could go on and on about how great each one is, but I shall not! I'll get to the point! Beth (on the right) just got married! She made a beautiful bride and it was great to see how happy she was! I love her! Congrats Beth and Cody!

Friends!

2009-03-22T13:05:00.000-07:00

These are our friends Jen and Matt Smith with their adorable baby Kaiya! We went to the ISU men's basketball game, sat right under the basket where you could smell the sweat and see just how aggressive it really is! We had a great time!

Jazz game!

2009-03-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

So for Valentine's day (i know I'm way behind) we went to the Jazz vs. Lakers game! It was so fun, we ate at PF Changs...yummmmmmm and then hit the game. It was great, especially cuz the Jazz won! haha

Simmons Photography page!

2009-02-26T20:22:00.001-08:00

I decided it was time to start my photography page! Go to www.simmonsphotos81.blogspot.com and you can see more of what I love to do! Hooray! I am excited about starting this, and welcome anyone to contact me and we can get going on family pics, senior pics, baby pics...etc. I hope you enjoy the pictures and also here's a little sample of some of my most recent....

Ahh Island Park

2009-02-08T14:03:00.000-08:00

So we went to Island Park Last weekend with some of our friends and had a great time! The snow was beautiful, and I had to get a few pics of the scenery! We had so much fun

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These are the cutest babies in the world!

Superbowl!!!

2009-02-04T22:03:00.000-08:00

Ok, so my brother in law Mike and his son Tanner are Die hard Steelers fans! The rest of our family was going for the Cardinals, it was hilarious to go back and forth, yelling and cheering and getting in each others faces just for fun! He brought his own terrible towells to swing, so we got some red ones to swing for the cardinals, it was all good! It was definitely a Father son sort of deal today, a man's day as my nephews flex their muscles! hahaha

Back to driver's ed....

2009-01-18T18:16:00.000-08:00

Ok, so when we came out of Applebee's, we notice that my car was well....sticking out! I don't know why I parked so bad or what happened, but here is living proof that I have troubles parking! hahah, Dane told me so!

Ladies night! ...and Nash!

2009-01-18T18:14:00.001-08:00

So this is Mari, Rachel, Kayla, me, and baby Nash. He crashed ladies night! It was a good time, a lot of laughing and eating of ice cream and such things! I had a great time.

Snowboarding!!!

2009-01-18T18:12:00.001-08:00

So with what little snow we had we went snowboarding! It was great and I loved taking pictures up there. This is Cameron and Spence, Cameron is better than me and he is 12...wow, i need practice!

Poor Tanner!

2009-01-18T18:10:00.001-08:00

This is my poor little nephew, he had his teeth worked on at the Dentist and they numbed his lip. Well, he was chewing on his lip the whole time it was numb and this is what the poor thing looked like! He was a trooper though and played with his cousins all day!

Christmas pics...finally!

2009-01-18T18:02:00.000-08:00

So we had a great time at Christmas! I always love being with my family and enjoying the holidays! We have this tradition to get together on Christmas Eve and have a Thompson party and just have a great time and I always love that tradition. Plus, Christmas Dinner at my mom's house with Prime Rib...Let's get serious! Wow it was great, we are so blessed and fortunate to be able to celebrate like that. Unfortunately it was our last Christmas dinner, We won't be able to do that in the future because of another conflict which is too bad, but I'll cherish any time that I get with my family.

Family

2009-01-09T15:55:00.000-08:00

I love this picture! It is one of my favorites and I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. Parents will probably understand better than I do the trust that your child has in you from Day 1. These are a few more pics I got to take of this adorable family. I hope you all enjoy! Life here is good, just working away and Dane is as well! We are just enjoying the New Year and taking in everything that we can!

CUTE FAMILY!

2008-12-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

My friend Shayla has the cutest family ever I swear! I got to take their pictures on Saturday and just wanted to share a couple with you because they will make anyone smile....here they are. Enjoy

Beautiful

2008-12-07T20:45:00.000-08:00

And who said Idaho wasn't pretty? Loved this sunset...

The Nutcracker!

2008-12-07T20:39:00.000-08:00

My cute little niece Abbey was in the Nutcracker Ballet this weekend and it was so adorable to watch! She did a great job, remembered all the steps and when her time came to pick a present on stage, she searched for the biggest one! lol!! She looked so beautiful and it was so fun to watch. Good job Abbey!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-12-02T22:14:00.001-08:00

Hooray for Thanksgiving! We went to good ol' California to be with Dane's family and it was a blast, we had lots of great food and enjoyed fun company. The picture with the crosses and the flag was at the beach, they were doing that to honor the soldiers that have died in Iraq. It was cool, I haven't edited these photos yet but I can't wait to do something cool with them! Also in the picture where i am laughing and Dane is doing a hilarious model pose we were trying really hard to get that bubble in the picture and so we were trying to move around and hold the pose!

Twilight

2008-11-17T17:12:00.000-08:00

I am not quite into twilight just yet, but I plan on reading them, I was just curious to see who I was because my friend Liz had this on her site and it was kinda cute! So here i am!
Who are you?

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

For Kinz!

2008-11-16T22:37:00.000-08:00

Kinz This is for you babe!

New Fam Pics!

2008-11-16T20:08:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to take the Sargents Family pics! Here they are, they were so fun to shoot!

Costumes

2008-11-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

Ok so my nieces and nephews are way too cute for their own good! I love their costumes! My Bro and Sis are hilarious as well and both looked great in their costumes! We went to Grandma T's house and ate her delicious homemade donuts! Yummmmmmmmmmm!!

Thriller!

2008-11-07T16:48:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics from Thriller! A tradition me and my mom started in our hip hop class, every year we teach the Michael Jackson Thriller and this year my class was awesome about dressing up!! So much fun!

More Photos!

2008-10-25T21:45:00.001-07:00

Ok ok, so here are a few more edited photos that I have been working on, just like to share them with you all! The little girl hated my guts! She thought that I was the meanest woman in the entire world, I mean who makes you dress up in a chicken outfit and takes you outside to take pictures! How rude am I? haha, just joking. I am doing a few jobs here and there and would love to make more of a business out of it. Hope you enjoy!

Statue?

2008-10-20T23:18:00.001-07:00

Ok so here was the question I recieved....."If there was a statue to honor you, what would it be made of and what victory would it commemorate?" Here is my response....
Statue in my Honor? Wow, intense. Ok so it will be made of a few various things...It would be composed of Stainless Steel For a few reasons, 1 because I view myself to have a tough exterior, durable, and when something gets thrown on me it is easily wiped away. The inside of the statue will be made of coal...don't jump to conclusions...the reason is because the more years I experience in my life I believe shape and mold me and will in turn make me more beautiful like a diamond. Where my heart is supposed to be there will be a picture of my family because they are the one thing I depend on to live. My mouth will be an MP3 player playing my favorite music, religious and non religious because that is what brings me peace and happiness. In the palm of my hand the word "Hope" will be engraved because most of my life so far I have held on to Hope. The victory it will commemorate is simply surviving. Surviving everything life threw at you, you threw at yourself, and doing your best to put it all together to make sense.

I just pictured it...it's not a pretty statue!! But hey, it is what it is. So I pose the same question to you.

Shout out!!!!

2008-10-20T22:41:00.001-07:00

Ok ok, so I have got to give a BIG shout out to my Wonderful sisters and Awesome Mother!! I finally learned how to lift pictures from other blogs and I stole this one from my moms! Lol...anywho, they surprised me on my birthday by coming down to Pocatello and taking me out to lunch!! It was the best surprise ever and I couldn't stop smiling, I love my sisters soooooo much (and of course the mother!) We had a great time at Chilli's and got rather close to each other because it literally took like 30 minutes to get this one picture...lol. They then proceeded to shower me with gifts that I needed sooooo bad like smelly good lotion and candles and under tank tops and socks, it was the best! We then went Bowling and I will tell you what, my mom is one fierce competitor..she got a Turkey! For all you non bowlers it means 3 strikes IN A ROW!! We about died! I believe Aimee did too but that's no surprise, she's an athlete through and through! Every smell was making poor Ranay dry heave (she's pregnant) and Me, Marisa, and Tiff were ripping it up with our Spare and Strike -O-meters. Haha! It turned out to be the best Birthday ever. I love my Family!!

Having fun!

2008-10-17T18:12:00.000-07:00

So I recruited Spence and Carrie and the boys to be my Family that I practice Family shots on, we had a great time and here are a few pics....
They have been so good to me and Dane ever since we have known them! Always feeding us, bbq's, going out, giving me a chance to be a big sis (I don't have any younger brothers or sisters!) and hanging out playing games, sports, laser tag, watching movies, they are our Family here and I am grateful for all the great memories!!

Picture Practice

2008-10-03T15:59:00.000-07:00

So I am working on becoming a decent photographer and here are some of my latest pics that I have done! I love this baby, she is so cute, she wasn't very happy with me but we made it through... It was a lot of fun and I am discovering that I really do enjoy photography. It is definitely something I see myself pursuing and I can't wait to get better and better! Hope you enjoy the pics!

Sharks.....AAAAHHH!!

2008-09-04T20:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so my worst fear in the entire world is sharks, so it was on my Bucket List to dive in cage with sharks all around me.....so We did!!! I did hyperventilate for real, but Dane was very brave and saved me and calmed me down...thanks babe!

ALOOOOOOOOOOHA!!

2008-09-04T20:28:00.000-07:00

Here they are....our pictures of our trip! I hope that you enjoy looking at them as much as we enjoyed taking them!!

HAWAII!!!!

2008-08-30T17:10:00.000-07:00

Just to let everyone know, pics from Hawaii are coming soon so stay tuned...they are so beautiful, Hawaii is amazing!! Here is me so very happy cuz I am in the best place in the world...Also, this is Dane in the sand with his flip flops, I had this picture made up in my mind before we even got there and made him pose! I love him...good sport!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-07-20T16:11:00.001-07:00

Check out my Slide Show!

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ALOHA!!

2008-07-20T15:53:00.000-07:00

Aloooooha Ladies and Gentleman! My awesome family got together this weekend for a good old fashioned Luau! There Was plenty to eat, delicious cake, pork, salads, fruit, and banana slush..I love food. We had some great games, Hoola hoop contest, Limbo, and there was a contest for the best dressed! We just had a good time, I love that my family loves to get into things like this, it is always a blast! Plus, it got me and Dane excited for our Trip to Hawaii coming up on August 15th!! Woot Woot!

Old Friendship never dies!

2008-06-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

My wonderful friend Amber! I love her so much, she is the proud mother of 2 with another on the way! I don't know how she does it. She lives in Las Vegas and was up for a few weeks so we got to get together and catch up. She is such a cute mom, her kids are adorable! And I tell you what, her reflexes have definitely gotten faster...she can catch a cup dropping to the floor and still carry on a conversation with me! It was great.

Gone Fishing!

2008-06-04T21:57:00.000-07:00

We decided to try and be true Idahoans and fish a little! I spent most of my time practicing taking pictures while Dane fished away! Don't you love his hat! We went with our friends Ryan and Ava and none of us caught anything, but we had a great time! We went back to Lava for a bbq and I thought the scenery was beautiful. It is kind of fun being a grown up with a job where you get to have weekends off, we get to spend a lot of time together this way. Hope you enjoy the pics!

Enjoying the Hot Weather!

2008-05-18T21:30:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day and we decided to use the hot weather to our advantage! We had a great time in Lava Hot Springs and had a grueling game of 2 on 2 water basketball which really turned out to be 1 on 1, (Jon and Dane) because Erika and I just had a blast fouling each other! Jon did some crazy things off the high dives, and we all enjoyed a day with no work...all play!

Job hunt!

2008-04-19T17:23:00.000-07:00

We went to Boise for a job interview and had a great time! We both got to get dressed nice and when the interview was over we went to a Basketball game. I got these pics of the halftime entertainment because they blew me away...and yes, they were jumping off trampolines!

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The Biggest Loser!

2008-04-19T17:10:00.001-07:00

Wow, this was amazing! I am so proud of everyone in my family that participated in this and I think that you have all taken something valuable away from this. I am so happy that I have a family that loves each other and loves to do things like this together! Ranay and Tiff were the grand prize winners! yayayay! And Derick won the drawing for 250 dollars! Well earned, everyone worked so hard. There's also a few pics of just family hanging out, Natalie and Nathan were inseperable, Tyler was a little crack up, and Jessica and Hannah rocked out in guitar hero! Good times and I love my family!!!!!

I'm Back!

2008-04-19T16:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been a while since I've blogged...i'm a blog slacker! Things have been so busy with work and Dane's school that we have been going 100 mph and believe me it's hard to blog when you are going that fast! Dane's Mom came out for his birthday during spring break and we had a great time! They don't look alike do they? She was showing me her basketball skills and they were as you can see very good! Texas Roadhouse is always a must! We had a good time with her out there and only wished she was closer!

I want to play!

2008-02-26T22:05:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I decided that the Simmons family needs to get in on the fun here! It is so fun to read about everyone since we don't get to see everyone on a daily basis. Hopefully you will enjoy ours as much as I have enjoyed reading yours...I'm not gonna lie, Ours might get kinda crazy! But it will keep things interesting!