Where did November go?

Oh my gosh!! How did November go by so quickly!?! I blinked and we are in December! So, lets see if we can recap some of the wonderful month of November!! Unbelievably we had a whole month off with no sports. We were able to watch some movies and have some down time at home. We started a little Christmas shopping and spent some time with Grandma Mary. We went to April's for Thanksgiving. She made an amazing dinner with turkey, potatoes, stuffing and all the trimmings. Christopher, Jared and some friends, Crystal, Matt and the kids and Mom came in time for pie. It was wonderful and everything tasted so yummy! We went day after Thanksgiving shopping! Got some good deals and spent some time having fun! It was a pretty mellow month!

October!!

We have had a great October! Jamie and Cory have come over to hang out. We got to carve pumpkins and we got to paint pumpkins! We played in the leaves and have had such a great time! It has been a beautiful month and we have all had some great times. I love the fall!! Have I mentioned that before?!! :)

Jamie sang in the choir

Jamie sang in her church choir this weekend. We went Saturday night to listen. She looked beautiful and sang beautifully! What an amazing woman!

Cory's Senior Pictures

After family pictures Cory finally agreed to take some senior pictures! They turned out pretty great! What a handsome fella!

So we finally got our family pics taken this weekend! I was sooo excited! We went down by the creek and Steve set it up and Sarah was nice enough to click the button. I got them to pose for 6 shots!! They turned out beautiful!! Thanks family!! I love you and I appreciate it! So I will share here and then you will all get one for Christmas of course!!

Our trip!

We had a fun extended vacation while we are in Hailey. We stayed some extra time after all our friends left. We wandered up to Sun Valley and Ketchum saw some sights, took some pictures and ate some lunch. The area was beautiful with the leaves and the colors and the mountains. The weather was absolutely perfect! Then we tooled on over to Craters of the Moon! What a fun time with Steve and Zac! Here are some of the pics since we took, I don't know.....550!

Zac's last game

Zac's last game was Saturday in Hailey. We had a beautiful day to play and hang out with friends. We all had lunch and then to the pool for the boys! I think that was their favorite part of the trip!!

Senior Night!

Cory had his senior night game on Friday. It was a proud night! Can't believe he is a senior already!

Back to normal?

What a crazy week! Steve was out of town so it was just Zac and I. We managed to only be late once and that was for football practice. We had a nice week we couldn't be happier that he is home now!!
He arrived in time to attend Cory's Friday night game with us. There were a lot of great plays! Fun to watch!
Then we had Zac's 9am game on Saturday. He did really well and I am very proud. We had some friends come to watch which was a lot of fun! We volunteered for the concessions which was actually fun. Then we watched our friends play a little football and then headed home.
We were all tired and it was chilly outside so we curled up on the couch to watch some tv and just hang out together. IT WAS WONDERFUL! Jamie came over and hung out with us and then Kelly came over too. I made chicken enchiladas and we watched tv and hung out and Zac and Steve worked on the pumpkins. It was so great!!
Then my love got up this morning to go fishing with his dad and Zac and I hung out here. I worked on his football pictures (almost done thank goodness) and he carved pumpkins and played football. Of course football has been on all day!! Now Steve is headed home and we can get ready for the week ahead!!

Fall is here!

Good Fall Morning!!
The air is chilly. The rain is here. Oh how I love Autumn!! Jeans and sweatshirts, yeah!! Curling up with a good book while it rains outside. Oh how I love Fall!!
We have had a busy but fun weekend. Steve is out of town so it has just been Zac and I since Thursday. Since Zac had no school Friday he came to my work and hung out. Can I just say he is so well behaved! He watched movies or played video games but he also came out and helped me hang clothes and check in freight! What a good helper! Then we had football practice and then across the street to Cory's game.
Emmett played at Kuna Friday night and what an awesome game!! Cory played so great! He had a ton of great plays which I have on video so I will have to have Steve help me add to here. (The whole video camera to blog thing I haven't tried yet!) He made some great catches and some key blocks. We went into overtime but unfortunately they won. But thanks to our friends and family who came out to help us cheer him on! I know it was cold and I appreciate you suffering with us!
Then Saturday Zac had a game. Another great game! Zac played 5 different positions and was just amazing! He was so gung ho and having fun! It was fun to watch and...... we won!!
After the game I had to work so we went to work for a few hours and then we were invited to go to the movies with out friends Debbie and Lizzy! We went to "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Great movie! So funny! Thanks for the invite friends! We will have to do it again.
My niece Jessica also had her final volleyball game. They have a great season and I am so proud of her! I am very sad we didn't get to see her play though. Great job Jessica!! We will make it to basketball I promise!
One last shout out! Debbie's niece is in color guard I think it is called (the flag girls with the band) at Columbia and they were at a competition and took First Place! Way to go Teliah (hope I spelled that right!)
Now I am enjoying some quiet time before we go to Mom and Dad's to celebrate Amber's birthday. I am so bad, nothing like getting a gift last minute.....hmmm we will need to make a stop on the way there!
Well, I am now done bragging on my boys! I am just so proud of them and how hard they work!
Enjoy the Fall!!

Celebration Park!!

What an exciting day we had today!! I was lucky enough to go on a field trip with Zac and the rest of Miss Schwartz's class to Celebration Park! I had never been there before and it was so much fun!
First we went on a tour to see the petroglyphs. Our guide was amazing and he showed us many of the pictures and told us what some of their theories were for what they meant. He also gave us some general history for the area. It was so fascinating!
Then we went to try our hand at the Atlatl. How have I never heard this before? When you throw a spear with your hand the front doesn't go as fast as it could because of how you throw it. So you us an Atlatl and it makes it go faster. Crazy huh?! The girl who helped was sooo nice! Also if you hit the Mammoth target you got a dollar and guess who hit it?? Yep me! Crazy! Anyway the kids all had a great time and it was Miss Schwartz's favorite part of the day!
Next we had a great guy telling us about life in the area from the Ice Age on and it was amazing! We saw fossils and arrowheads and hunting techniques! He told it in such a way that you were learning but having fun! One thing that stuck in the kids' mind was how much a hammer was a hunting tool back when!
After lunch we took a walk up to Guffy Bridge. The stories they told were so cool and the things that happened! My family is all very into history and the stuff was just so cool. We can't wait to take Steve back!
Well, speaking of Steve, he says he wants to eat dinner with me so I must go!

Chow for now!

Weekend Update!

I am cooking some hamburger for our dinner (good ol' yummy burritos!) and so I thought I would take a minute to say hi! We had a pretty mellow weekend. I got a head cold and was kinda yucky on Friday, pretty miserable on Saturday and still not great on Sunday. But I woke up this morning able to breath and feeling much more up to snuff.

Cory had football on Friday at Bishop Kelly! We all went and cheered him on. He had some great catches!

Then Saturday we were off to Mountain Home for Zac! We Won Our Game! Yeah Vikings! The boys played really hard and Zac was in the whole game! I was so proud of him. He played center, running back and on the line for offense and defense. Yeah Zac!

Looks like my hunka hunka burnin' love might not be going to Arkansas which I have to say doesn't make me all that sad! I am soooo spoilt!

Jamie was going to come over for dinner yesterday but I wasn't up to snuff and she has a TON of homework so she stayed home. I promised she could come over soon and I will cook for her!

Well the timer is going off so I must go before I burn it! I am awful! I have to set a timer for a reason! Anyways I have to make sure we are ready for our field trip tomorrow! We are off to Celebration Park! I hope everyone is well!

THE PROMISED UPDATE!

Where to begin?? Lets take a look back at the end of school year and the summer.....Zac and Cory played baseball. They both did really great and it was a lot of fun to watch.
Zac and I took a short trip up to Cascade in June to watch Jessica, Bailey and Josh play softball and baseball. We took lots of great pics and got to relax and hang out!!
Zac took swim lessons again this year! I am so proud of him. Due to his parents lack of interest he was behind for his age but between this year and last year he is doing soooo great!! Now he can save me!!

In July we invited Chrissy to go to the park with the 3 of us to see "Hotel For Dogs". We brought our lawn chairs, blankets and snacks and camped out and had some fun! What a relaxing time!

Josh and Jessica came down the end of July and spent some time with us. Jess stayed a few nights with us and then went to visit Chrissy. Josh stayed for about 2 weeks. He and Zac had such a great time! They played football, video games and went to Boys and Girls Club. Zac loved the B & G Club this summer. It was just the something different he needed this summer.

Cory participated in Bam Jam in August. That's a 3 on 3 basketball tournament that goes on downtown. Unfortunately he, Sarah, Chelsey and Dustin were far better than the rest so it wasn't much of a contest. But it was a lot of fun to watch them and we watched the slam dunk contest too. It was pretty great. The kid who won had a guy sit at a table and eat while he jumped over him and the table and dunked the ball. He was totally cool!! It was a fun weekend!

Jamie stayed very busy this summer. She was working so much we didn't see her a lot but she did manage to come to the water park with us a few times. Then she came to stay with us for a bit while she looked for apartments. We loved having her here! Zac especially had a fun time while she was here. He loved seeing her and hanging out with her all the time. Steve also but he wasn't as vocal about it. I loved hearing her go on and on every night about her day. I miss that. Now she is back in school and has her own apartment so haven't seen her as much but we are proud of her!

Football practice started in August. We have a new coach this year and some new and some old teammates. It was hottttttttt!!! for the first few weeks but is not so bad now. Zac is having fun and we have now had a couple of games. Kelly, Jamie, Casey, Grandma Rose, Grandpa, April, Jeff, Jessica, Bailey, Josh and Christopher have all come to watch. He thinks it is so cool when people come to watch! Thanks to everyone who has made it! Now we do homework, go to school, go to football practice, go to games and that is about it! But Zac is growing up so fast! He is such a great kid.... we are soooo lucky.

Cory is playing now too. He is still a wide receiver and helping on defense but this year he has started kicking the ball more too. He has kicked a few field goals and pat's and has been doing most of the kick offs. Oh and last week he was in the Homecoming Court. He was named the Duke! It was cute! We don't see much of him but he came to Grandma's last week and we played spoons and football! Fun was had by all. I can't believe he is a grown up senior now. Crazy!

So lastly, my husband and I. We are doing fine. Working, going to sports and a little fun here and there. The typical adult life I guess. But we have each other and our great family so I would say we are above average in the lucky area. Life is pretty great most day! Except today my hubby is in Eastern Idaho for work and they want him to go away for 2 weeks. Now I know some people do this all the time (Debbie and Christine!) but I am very used to my husband being home and VERY involved so I am a little freaked out. We will see how it goes but I am not going to be happy probably.

There are things I am sure I missed but now you are caught up! I will get you some pics and I will do better! Welcome back!

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

So I am sitting here wandering through websites and I remember my long lost blog. Last year it was a way for me to share pictures, thoughts and moments with my friends and family. But over the summer I turned to facebook. Yes, I admitted it. I have spent more time with my facebook then my blog. But I have decided that there are many big and small moments that don't make it on facebook that I want to share. So here is my vow......I, Tammy Holm, do vow to keep my blog updated. To share the moments that in some ways may only be important to some but are all important to me.....starting tomorrow!! ;-) So look for email updates!!

Oh my has it really been that long since I wrote!! I am soooo sorry! Things are good here. Between the end of school and summer beginning and work and crazy but good! I will find time soon to put up more stuff promise!!

Spring.... for the moment!

As I arrived home tonight I noticed how beautiful my flowers look!! Pinks and Purples and Blues!! It makes me happy just to look at them!! Spring is here people!! As least for today!! You know how Idaho is.... if you don't like the weather.... just wait 10 minutes!! Oh but I have a smile for now!! "Blue skies smiling at me, nothin' but blue skies do I see!!"

Cory plays BaSeBaLl!!

Cory had a game tonight and I finally got some pictures!! They lost but it was not a conference game soooo. They are still in second place with only 4 games to go!! In case anyone wants to attend the last 4 are: in Kuna 5 pm the 23rd, vs Kuna in Emmett 5 pm the 24th, at Bishop Kelly 5 pm the 28th and vs Bishop Kelly in Emmett 5 pm the 29th. Then districts start the week after! Great job on your season so far guys!! Baseball may not be my favorite but it has been fun watching you!

Zac's first baseball game!!

I am such a proud mom!!! Zac had his first baseball game tonight!! He has been practicing so hard and it showed!! He hit well, ran well, he was great in the field and he was the catcher for 2 innings and did wonderful!! I am so proud of him!! The team as a whole did really great. We had lots of hits and covered the bases well......what a fun night!! Here are some pics of my little man in action!! Go Cyclones!!!!!

Senior pictures for the girls

So Sunday we went and took pictures with Sierra and Sarah (tell me if I spelled it wrong and I will fix it girls). We had a lot of fun and they are so beautiful it made it easy to take nice pics. Okay I promised the girls I would get some pics up as soon as possible. I just went through quickly and tried to grab a few different poses. We haven't played with them or anything so be nice!! Steve is going to start working on them tomorrow. Here you go!

Jamie's graduation party last year!

So as I was doing my blogging tonight I came across the pictures from Jamie's graduation party last May. There are some really good pictures that no one has ever seen so I threw some of them together. We all had a lot of fun! Hope you all like it as much as I did!

Found the pics from hockey game!!

I finally found our pics from the hockey game with April and Jeff!! Just wanted to share!!

It is baseball season and both boys are going strong! Cory has been playing really great and it has been fun to watch him play around ......oh I mean play hard. Zac is still just practicing but I am so proud of how hard he is working. We have never done baseball and he is gung-ho!! Steve hasn't taken any pics yet but here is some of them all playing around!! Kelly and Jamie and Cory have all come to play with us!! It has been so much fun and we good exercise too. But I will admit.... they don't get their sports skills from me!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY!

As I said I am behind and last week was Kelly's birthday!!! As I was looking I have a lot of pictures of Kelly in a tux and he is so handsome in them I decided to use lots of them so I am sorry his slide show is sooooo formal!! I know you hate birthdays Kelly but they look great on you!! Always look forward!!! Hope you had a great day!! Happy Birthday!!

hApPy BiRtHdAy JeNnIfEr!

Because I am so far behind I also forgot my dear friend Jennifer's Birthday!! Her cake mix is even still in my cupboard!! Bad Friend!! So here is to my beautiful friend Jennifer!! Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Rose!

My wonderful mother-in-law's birthday was March 19th. I was sick and didn't get her slide show done. So though it is almost a month late.... Happy Birthday! We love you!