I had to start a new blog...

Apparently I ran out of space on this blog

Soooooo....

Instead of purchased space I have started a new blog.

Join me at http://the8haynies.blogspot.com/

Call Me Weird

I can't download any pictures right now because they are telling me I have no more "free" space and I need to purchase some more!  BAH!!

Anyway I just wanted to say that over the past 2 weeks I have spent more  continuous time with my children than I can remember and I LOVED IT!!! So call me weird, but I had a good time being stuck at home.

I loved that we were all snowed in unable to get out of our driveway.  We would sleep until 9 or 10 and then enjoy a breakfast of hot chocolate, eggs, biscuits, pancakes, muffins, grapefruit and milk!  Then we would spend about an hour making beds, doing dishes, vacuuming floors etc. Next we would bundle up and head outside to play in the snow for a few hours! We would slide down the front yard/driveway, make igloos, sno angels, shovel off the porches, decks and stairs.  After we were frozen we would come in and enjoy toasted cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.  Then we would watch a movie, or do a craft.  Lacey, Lexi and myself made some cute yarn wreaths that I will post as soon as I purchase some of the above mentioned space!  I loved that the outside world just left us alone and there were no requirements from anybody...we did just want we wanted and felt like doing for 2 whole weeks!!!!.

The snow has now turned to the ugly gray slushy stuff, the roads are pretty much cleared and tomorrow we have school and work.  Time to put are noses back to the grindstone...

It was a fun and relaxing break  :)

Do you have to purchase more storage space?

My pictures won't upload to my blog!  They are telling my I have no more free space and I need to purchase some more!  Has this happen to anyone else?

Fourteen Inches of Snow!!

We've made history
A record snowfall of 14 inches
fell in Tulsa Tuesday.

Schools have been closed since last Tuesday(2/1/2011)
and Lexi has declared that we have had enough
Family Time
to last a whole year!!!

Since we haven't been able to go ANYWHERE
we've bundled up and
gone outside to play!

This is how red-necked this family is...
LaVor gave us the wrecked hood from the Jimmy
and we tied a string around the front
so we could haul it up the front side yard
and we slide down the hill!!
Talk about FUN!!!

Aparently these girls thought they had to be all
pretty and put on make-up
to go sledding...

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We cleared the deck off and from that snow
Sam built a couple of igloos

He turned this one into a tunnel.

Chase had fun getting on top of Papa's truck and
jumping into the bed full of snow!

This is Sam's winter gear...

I guess we might need to invest in some boots for the kid!

Zulu on the deck.
The dogs gave us a scare during the storm.
We let them in the front yard thinking they would stay with us
but they bolted and we had no way to follow them or go find them because our cars were undrivable.
They didn't come home that night and the temperature went below zero.  I was afraid that they would freeze to death or that someone would pick them up and take them.  (We didn't have tags on them because they chew their collars off each other)
Lacey had the bright idea of posting on Craig's list and lo and behold the next morning a lady called and said she had our dogs.  She found our names and number from the posting that Lacey did on Craig's list!!!
We had some happy kids! ...and dogs when they came home!

Nuna shoveling 6.2 tons of snow off the deck.

Sammy

Rooney

Davis could not get enough snow or icicles to eat.
He would gather handful after handful
and then he would cry because his hands and face were cold.

This kid just had fun playing, sliding, jumping and making snow angels.

We would play in the snow for a good 2 to 3 hours
and then we would come in and eat
grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.
(Anytime we get so much snow there is a scare that the power will go out..
luckily we have had power this whole week
and so we were able to stay warm and cook our food...Thank Heavens!!!)

We just found out school is closed tomorrow (Monday)
and we are in for another snowstorm on Tuesday!!
Looks like another week of
way too much family time!
Hope we (I) survive!!!

Sunday--2/6/2011

Another Sunday has come to past.
We had the missionaries for dinner (all four of them)
This will be Elder Enfield's last dinner
because he returns home on Friday.
We wish him the best!

Beautiful Girl Inside and Out

What a pretty girl this is
She bore her testimony today
She acknowleged her friends and family
who have taught and helped her
to live righteously
so one day she can return to her
Heavenly Father.


I love this pretty girl

Chase Funny

Today during dinner Chase went to put a bite of chicken in his mouth and right before he popped it in he asked, "Is this hot?...Not 'cute' hot..."  We all looked at him and then we cracked up!!  Didn't even know he knew there was such a thing as 'cute hot'.  Bytheway, we asked him if his mom was 'cute hot' and he replied, "No!"  Sorry Lacey. He wouldn't tell us who was 'cute hot'...he would just smile and get embarrasssed.

The Joys of 9 am Church

It's Been a Year

One year ago we bought our house.

We added some space in the garage entrance.

Sam has mastered climbing the rocks in the family room.

We laid sod on the front side yard.

just to have it all washed away in a torrential rain storm.
We have since planted grass by seed and it has done much better.

We tore out these bushes and planted grass and put flowers in.

Trimmed the trees.

Planted the front flower beds.

Chopped down several trees.

Raked up over a hundred bags of leaves
and that is not an exageration!

It's been a good year
and I love my house!





Sunday 1/24/2011

Cold and dreary outside
Warm and cozy inside
(My eyes half closed as usual...)

Cute little family



Cute boys

Here is our picture a year ago...
(my eyes closed of course)