The Landers Family

My Photography

2009-10-20T12:21:00.001-07:00

Take a look at my website...
www.katiescandids.blogspot.com

My Photography Site...

2009-09-15T09:38:00.001-07:00

http://www.katiescandids.blogspot.com/

you should check it out! :)

Photography....

2009-08-30T21:08:00.000-07:00

I am trying out this whole photography thing! Let me know what you think and if you want some taken of you or your family! :)

The things that keep me going! :)

2009-05-23T09:59:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been looking at the bad things in my life, and I (and my hubby) thought I should write down the wonderful things I have in my life to kind of forget the bad stuff... My list is not in order from best to worst, or alphabetical, just what comes to my mind... :)
~Being married to my best friend
~My amazing, perfect children (all 5 of them)
~Skyler
~Corbin
~Alyssa
~Levi
~Emma
~Heavenly Father
~In-laws that love me for who I am
~My hubby makes enough money in his job that I don't have to work
~a car that runs
~a nice house
~Able to have a good relationship with Skyler and Corbin's mom
~Skyler is such a good kid!
~Skyler gets good grades
~Corbin is such a big help around the house
~Corbin is such a good big brother
~Alyssa is just like me, she has a huge heart!
~Levi is a very special boy, heavenly father made a special place in my heart just for him
~Emma is my angel
~all of my fun gadgets
~DANNY

I know that there are so many other things that I have in my life that are good! Writing them down has opened my eyes to really look at the good and not the bad. Dwelling over all of the bad things is just going to make my life miserable. For the last few months I have been making my life a living hell by living each day trying to make me and everyone else happy, well I am not she-ra. I can't do everything, but I can realize the things that I do have and live my life with a smile on my face! Face it, I have a pretty amazing life! :)

chicken spaghetti

2009-05-08T12:23:00.000-07:00

Here is a recipe that I've made a couple of times that we really like. It comes from the Pioneer Woman.

Ingredients:

2 c. cooked chicken

2 can cream of mushroom soup

2 c grated sharp cheddar cheese (I don't think i used sharp)

1/4 c. finely diced green pepper

1/2 c. finely diced onion

1-4 oz jar diced pimento drained

3 cups dry spaghetti, broken into 2 inch peices

2 cups reserved chicken broth from pot that you cooked chicken in

1 teaspoon Lawry's season salt

1/8 - 1/4 tsp. ceyenne pepper

Salt and Pepper to taste

1 additional cup cheddar cheese for top

Cook 1 cut up fryer and pick out enough meat to make two cups (I just cooked chicken breast or thighs). Cook spaghetti in same chicken broth until al dente. Do not overcook. When spaghetti is cooked, combine with remaining ingredients except additional cup of cheese.

Place mixture in casserole dish and top with remaining cheese. She says you store this for up to 6 months in the freezer (I don't have room in mine!) or cover and store in refrigerator for 2 days or bake immediately and 350 for 45 minutes or until bubbly. If cheese starts to get too done you can cover with tinfoil.

Awesome blog!!!!

2009-01-21T16:34:00.000-08:00

I found this lady that has a wonderful blog for you ladies out there with little girls!!! Check it out!

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Venting!!!!

2009-01-20T18:30:00.000-08:00

Oh my what a day I am having! It really isn't as bad as others but I just want to pull my hair out! It all started with Emma waking up with poop ALL over her crib... She is the kind of baby that doesn't cry when she is messy, so she just sat in it and waited for me to wake up I guess...
Anyway, then I give her a bath and of course Levi has to get in too... Which is fine I guess, it gets it out of the day early.
I come downstairs to get Danny ready for work, like make his lunch and start his truck and stuff that wives do, because husbands aren't capable of doing things like that themselves. They would just go to work and starve to death if it wasn't for us wives. Right?
After I get Danny off to work, I make breakfast for the kids. Then check my facebook while the kids are eating... lol I look on my desk and I realized that I still haven't sent off Corbin's Pen-Pal letter.(I was supposed to send it before Christmas) Sorry Becca!!! So now it is a little outdated so I am going to have Corbin write a new one. I am sick to my stomach at this point. I feel horrible!
My mom calls me a little later and her dog Charlie that my brother and I grew up with has died this morning. I was very sad. So now I get to tell my children that their favorite dog has died... Wow what a wonderful way start to a day!
I get Alyssa off to school and turn cartoons on for the babies, so I can get the house cleaning done. Which is a never ending story! I have been trying to get it done, and it seems like I am going backwards. When I am putting clothes away, I come back to the living room and Emma has thrown all of my folded clothes all over the living room. I am tempted to just jam everything into my closet and dresser not folded because I have to fold them three times just to get them in there...
After that I vacuum the living room, and as I am putting the vacuum away Emma has gotten a whole bag of Goldfish and is doing a rain dance on them trying to jam them into the carpet. Oh my I could go on and on! When Alyssa gets home from school it takes me hours to get her to do her homework and by the time she gets it done it is time for her to go to bed. I wish she would just get it done when I ask her to so she can spend some time with the family. She literally has 5 minutes of homework... Drives me crazy.
Why do they do the things they do? Why do they put the dirty silverware away in the silverware drawer? Why do the kids throw all my dishes and silverware away in the trash? Why do they jam Goldfish in the carpet? Why do they poop in the crib and rub it all over the bars and pillow and walls? Why does Levi tell me no on everything?
Why?
Because they are my little blessings. This is Heavenly Fathers way of making me stronger and a better mommy. I love my family even on days like today. I am so blessed to have what I do, and I know that it could be way worse.
I am proud of everyone in my family! I love you guys very much!

Love Always,
Mommy

Update on our family

2009-01-19T07:44:00.000-08:00

I know it is a little late but, better late than never, right? Our family has been doing great! Danny got a promotion at the beginning of the year, he is "Dan, Dan the Safety man". He loved driving new trucks but now he is really enjoying driving new pick-up trucks... He is working on a very important job for RNI right now, He is working very hard. He did take a pretty big pay cut but I think it is totally worth having him home every night at a decent hour and home every weekend. He has worked very hard to be where he is right now. I am very proud of him!
My life hasn't changed much in the last year. Just taking care of babies, and cleaning house. The story of my life.
Skyler is doing so well. I can't believe he is almost 14. Crazy! If you didn't know the boys are living with us half of the time. Since we have been doing this, Skyler's grades have been amazing, he is getting all A's and B's... We are so very proud of him. He started playing the guitar this year and he is a natural. He is amazing. This Christmas he was playing Christmas songs for us around the tree. It was very special!
Corbin is doing just as well. He just turned 10 in December. It seems just like yesterday when I met Danny and he was just 14 months old... He is so good with his little brother and sister Levi and Emma. He is going to make a wonderful daddy one day.
Alyssa is such an angel. She is in the first grade this year and she loves going to school. On the weekends she is asking when she can go back to school to see her friends and learn. She just started a dance and singing class called Sunshine Generation. It is so much fun. She just loves to sing and dance.
Levi is an amazing child. He is definitely here in our lives for a reason. Whether it is to drive us crazy or melt our hearts, he does both. Him and Emma are the best of friends, they are blessed to have each other. Levi is really starting to talk. Now that he knows that he can communicate better he is such a little jabber mouth! We love him so very much!
Emma is getting so big. She is almost 1 1/2 years old. She is already so mature in her own ways and she is almost talking as well as Levi. (they are 17 months apart) Sometimes it feels like I have twins. She just learned how to say I love you!. It is so special, She will look at you and say "I YOU" Oh I love her so much!
Well that is everyone. We are so blessed, and I thank my Heavenly Father every day for the blessings he has given us. Wow what an amazing life we have.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-30T18:35:00.000-08:00

Santa made it to our house... We had a very blessed Christmas. The kids were very excited to open every present on sight. Hunny and Papa Landers came to our house for Christmas this year, we always love having them around.
I just can't believe how fast it came and went. It feels like just a few weeks ago and the kids were trick or treating... Where does it all go? Oh well, now we can start getting ready for the Spring and wonderful sunshine...

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas

I love the snow

2008-12-16T06:57:00.000-08:00

Here is our beautiful house all covered in the snow! I love it so much, I could have snow all year long and be happy. Skyler and I are going to go snowboarding sometime this winter and we are very excited! The kids played out in the snow for a few minutes, they didn't made it too long. They were little wimps and couldn't take it... haha We also need to get more snow duds.

Frosting holiday cookies

2008-12-15T09:59:00.000-08:00

our special christmas cookies

Corbin working hard

My little lulu

We had so much fun making holiday cookies. I just love the projects we do and I am so excited for the kids to be old enough so we can all do it together. Emma is still a little too small to frost cookies. haha

Follow my Blog!!!

2008-11-07T06:04:00.000-08:00

Please be a follower! On the right side of my blog you can see where you can be a follower, click on follow this blog and you will be able to see when anything happens on my blog! Try it out on your own blogs too!!!!

The flu has hit us already!

2008-11-06T11:06:00.000-08:00

It is only November and the whole house has already gotten the flu.... YUCK! We have been so sick here, I just hope is it the only time this winter! With the kids being in school we catch everything there is to catch! It's a real bummer! We will all be staying home so you guys don't get it! lol Pray for us, we are needing to get better over here!

Carving Pumpkins

2008-10-30T11:25:00.001-07:00

We had so much fun, carving pumpkins this year! The boys were not with us this year... But, we had fun still... Next Year will be more fun! I was very surprised that Levi and Emma were so into it... They loved getting in there and getting dirty. It was too funny. We also got the new kitty to sit inside one of the pumpkins to get some photos. It was messy but a lot of fun!

HEADBANDS

2008-10-28T10:22:00.001-07:00

When we lived in Utah there were
the cutest hair things for little
girls. Now that we are in Colorado
I can't find them anywhere... So I
have decided to make and sell them.
I am just starting out so I don't
have much to choose from but if
you have any ideas let me know... I would love some input.

Tag Your It!!!

2008-10-14T22:35:00.000-07:00

Eight TV Shows I Love To Watch

1. Big Brother

2. Desperate Housewives

3. Friends

4. Grey's Anatomy

5. Road Rules/The Real World Challenge

6. Survivor

7. Worst Week

8. The Amazing Race

Eight Things I Did Today (This is really suppose to be "Things That Happened Yesterday, but I can't remember so I'll do today)

1. Cleaned house

2. Did laundry

3. Changed like 50 stinky diapers (okay a little bit of an exaggeration)

4. Went to talk to Alyssa's teacher

5. Returned the movie rentals

6. Played on Myspace and Facebook (I know I am a loser)

7. Tried to get Levi to take a nap (he wouldn't do it no matter what I did) Little stinker

8. Missed Danny while he was out of town

Eight Favorite Places To Eat

1. Outback Steakhouse

2. Texas Roadhouse

3. Red Lobster

4. Chipotle

5. Dragon Treasure

6. Cowan's

7. McDonalds

8. Janet Jenkins house..... I miss you guys!

Eight Things I'm Looking Forward To

1. Going to bed

2. Danny coming home tomorrow

3. Losing all my baby weight

4. Getting my teeth fixed someday

5. Having a ton of money so I can get my teeth fixed someday (oh did I already mention that)

6. Alyssa being ALL BETTER

7. Going snowboarding with Skyler

8. Having Grandchildren ( I know I am getting a little ahead of myself)

Eight People I Tag

1. Dusty Anderson

2. Mindy Dare

3. Courtney Cox

4. Jen Bensen

5. Becca Farley

6. Kelly Ann Hatch

7. Sylvia Reis

8. Alissa Pruitt

My first time canning!

2008-10-06T12:00:00.001-07:00

If you know me very well I am not the type to do this kind of stuff. But, it was so much fun and so easy! I made 2 batches of strawberry freezer jam and 1 batch of sugar free strawberry freezer jam... I can't wait to find some more fruit and make more! I just wish that I would have started at the beginning of the summer! Heck, I live 20 minutes from Palisade, Colorado! I am kicking myself!

Visit with Uncle Mike

2008-09-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

Uncle Mike came to visit this weekend. He came down from Steamboat Springs to get his new car... His Subaru broke down so he needed a new one. He isn't very "proud" of the new one, but it will work. It was great to see him, the kids just loved it!
Levi was excited to see Uncle Mike this time, He went right up to him and gave him a big high five.I was glad to see him too!

Sleeping in mommy's bed

2008-09-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

Levi is so cute! He fell asleep in my bed with Alyssa's makeup on. He has been having a hard time sleeping in his own bed for the last few weeks. He likes to sleep with mommy and daddy.

Emma is officially a "walker"

2008-09-22T07:58:00.001-07:00

She is WALKING!!!! I can't believe it... Emma is going to be 1 on October 2nd. She is growing so fast, Danny is telling me that he is ready for another one.... haha. He must be crazy. I think that he just has a hard time watching them get older, and when they are young it makes him feel younger too... Little does he know, he is an old man.... hehe. Heck we already have this many why not.... We are so blessed, we have amazing children that love us very much.

Anyway, back to Emma, she started taking steps a few weeks

ago and now is walking everywhere. It is crazy how time flies. Soon she will be going to kindergarten...

Skyler went to Homecoming

2008-09-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

Skyler went to his first homecoming... Crazy huh. It was from 6-8 at the school. I can't believe he is so big. We are so very proud of him. He is getting amazing grades and is doing so well. Oh yeah, he slow danced with a girl.... hehe He is pretty proud of himself...

September Update

2008-09-09T11:57:00.000-07:00

Well I haven't been on here to post a blog in a while. So you are going to into information overload... haha Let me tell ya that it has been kinda quiet around here with school starting and all. Skyler, Corbin, and Alyssa are all in school and it makes my day a little easier at times... Even though my babysitters are gone... (No more naps for me.) Skyler went into a new kind of school. It is called an 8/9 school, so he is going to school with Freshmen. He is getting so big! It seems like it will be a nice school though, it will really help him when it comes time to go to high school. I am going to start going to Parent Accountability meetings next month. It will help me keep in touch with what is going on in the school, they are meetings that parents go to, to know what kind of testing is going on in the classrooms and you kind find out about disapline problems in the school and stuff. It is just nice to know what is happening in the school.
Corbin and Alyssa are both going to the same school. Corbin is in the 4th grade. His teacher, Mrs. Steele, is a very nice lady and I think he is going to have a wonderful year this year. Alyssa is doing great as well. She is in Ms. Pewters' class this year... The big 1st Grade... I think this year is going to be much better than last year. She kind of struggled last year. I am going to be more involved this year. Since I don't have a newborn anymore... Last year it was kind of hard. So this year I have been involved in the PTO... (Parent Teacher Organization) We have a lot of projects to do this year, and it is going to be a blast. I think it will help with all three of the kids if I am more involved... What else do I have to do?

Our New Family Photos

2008-08-13T07:09:00.000-07:00

As you can see we got new family photos. They turned out amazing. It has been a long time since we have gotten them taken. The last time we got pictures of the whole family was when Alyssa was 3 months old... So it was time. It was an amazing time and Melissa did an amazing job. If anyone is interested let me know and I will give you her card. She was affordable and she loves her job so she puts her heart and soul into them. Hit me up... That day Levi and Emma were little monsters neither of them wanted to get their pictures taken, but they turned out to be awesome. Just like Danny and I always say..... "Everything always works out". Hope you all enjoyed our new photos.

Our new family Pets

2008-08-10T09:16:00.000-07:00

We would like to welcome our new family pets. We have four new frogs. Their names are Montana, Misfit, Kachow, and Nickie. The kids are very excited to have the little guys. Roxy the cat is very excited too! She thinks she is going to eat them. haha. We are going to let them back into the wild in a few days. With school starting and all.

Our family

2008-08-04T14:01:00.001-07:00

Welcome to our Family Blog... We are all doing so well, Danny just got promoted in his job. He is not driving truck any longer. They have moved him up to Safety Supervisor. Sounds so special, what he does is drives around and makes sure the trucks in the company he works for are not speeding and their trucks are DOT safe... He loves it, and so do I... He works Monday through Friday, 8-4, It is what we have been working so hard for. It has finally come to us. We are so blessed.
Katie is also doing great! She is staying at home with the kids and she is loving it... Although she is ready for school to start. The peace and quiet during the days will be nice. She has started Weight Watchers, so any of you that have any advice let her know...

We have an amazing family and we hope you enjoy our blog... We will keep you updated as the days go by.

Skyler

2008-08-04T13:51:00.001-07:00

Skyler is our 13 year old tough guy... He is going into the 8th grade, I can't believe it... It seems just like yesterday when he was 5 years old. He is going into an 8-9 school this year... So he will be going to school with freshmen, so scary! But he will do great! He is so smart!

Corbin

2008-08-04T13:20:00.001-07:00

Corbin is our little lover, he is best friends with all the kids. He is going to be a great daddy someday. Corbin is going to be in the 4th grade this year... Corbin is 9 going on 19...

Alyssa

2008-08-04T12:16:00.001-07:00

Alyssa is our little Diva... She is so photogenic! She is going into the 1st grade this year. She is so excited "to have lunch everyday"... haha she is so cute. I can't believe she is six already... Time goes by so fast!

Levi

2008-08-04T11:50:00.001-07:00

This is Levi our 2 year old, and he is very two... He can be and angel one minute and a monster the next. We love him more than life though. He is starting to talk so much more, and making it much easier to communicate with him. He is such a lover. Him and Corbin are inseparable they are best friends...

Emma

2008-08-04T11:42:00.001-07:00

Emma is 10 months old... She is our little ham, she is a princess and she knows it. She is getting so big, she just started to crawl up the stairs a couple of days ago... It is time for me to put up baby gates again... She is starting to let go of the furniture, she should be walking any day now.