Monday, December 7, 2009
METAL CHASERS 2
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
METAL CHASERS
it all started with my wonderful adventure minded husband. one football sunday as johnny sat and cheered for his favorite teams to win, (which on football sunday is every team and we watch everygame)...ugh, and i sat and pulled the im bored and hate football face, we got a phone call from my dad and step mom saying that they were going to go out to the desert and they wanted us to go. so i was up for anything just as long as i didnt have to watch anymore football. they took us out to a place that is said to be a hide out of Butch Cassidy's so we took the long hike in the heat and not to meantion a got a hole in my pants from sliding on the rocks :( . on our way back to the truck johnny and nick were looking all over for things that might have been buried or hidden or something. so when we got back to the truck johnny said that he wanted to get a metal detector do he could find valuable things i guess. haha so then later that all he could talk about. well a week goes by and i was home cooking dinner and i noticed that johnny shouldve been home by then so i was wondering what he was up to. well i call him and he says that he got a present for me and him to share, so at this point all i could assume is that if johnny bought it on impulse then it isnt a necessity, and it probably cost alot of money. well as i heard him pull into the drive way i noticed a big box, and he came through the door and low and behold it was a metal detector! of course it was a metal detector, thats all he could talk about. so my assumptions were correct. he quickly opened the box and took it outside, now at this point all that went through my head was what kind of treasure was he expecting to find in the yard? well about and hour later he came in with with some pennies, a couple dimes, a metal heart thing, and some other piece of metal. i of course thought it was funny and this is where it all began.........stay tuned for part 2 of metal chasers!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Halloween 2009!
halloween was alot of fun this year! merrick was a pirate, johnny was a doctor and i was a nurse. merrick didnt like wearing his pirate hat so we didnt get very many pictures with it on and he wouldnt let me draw a mustach on him so wehn he fell asleep in the car i secretly drew one on him, it looked so cute! we took merrick trick or treating around to family and of corse later he ate more candy than he ever has but once a year wont hurt! after that we went to the haunted forest to help out friends that were putting it on, johnny was in it scaring poeple and i was making sure everybody paid to get in. it was alot of fun, after that my sister and sister in law were haveing a costume party so my mom watched merrick and we went to the party. that night johnny showed off his "amazing" dance moves for me, i never laughed so hard in my life! we had a blast. me and my sister busted out the old school dance moves and music we always made up dances to, it was so funny, you ahd to be there to get the full effect. there was a girl there that was dressed like a gypsie and she had these bells around her waist and johnny was asking her to teach him her moves so he was copying her and oh my heck what a nerd but it made me laugh, thats girl sure had some interesting dance moves! haha. all in all it was a fun night!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
New Words
Saturday, September 26, 2009
updating and Tennesee
ok so i havent posted anything for a while so now i am going to update everything that had been going on first off merrick is still growing to fast! his new thing is saying please and thank you and its so stinkin cute i love it. he also loves to dance and sing and of course say hi to everybody he also calls people so if you ever get a weird phone call from me it was probably merrick. lol. he is also learning to eat with a spoon and so far he has done really well its just really messy! he is alot of fun but his fits and tantrums are not! but i love him regardless of course!
johnny went to nashville for his mine rescue national competition this month, i was so jealouse! so we are going to plan a family trip back the and of course make our way to memphis where the one and only Elvis Presley lived! if you dont already know, johnny is a huge Elvis fan! so im excited for that, but in the meantime he brought back some awsome pictures! the resort he stayed at was huge! i forgot how big it was exactly but it was huge! he also went to the BB king blues club and to a restraunt that was in an aquarium, i have pictures of that too!
after johnny got back from Nashville we went camping for Labor Day weekend, it was really hot and there was alot of bees but other than that merrick had a blast in the dirt and riding in the Razor. it was fun to hang out with friends around the fire, but i was deffinately raeady for a shower by the end of the trip!
im going to put a could random photos on here to, one is funny...johnny was weed wacking all of our weeds and it was with this machine thing that is different than a regular weed wacker, but anyways...it would shoot the sticks and stuff up at him so he put on his paint ball mask! he looked like a dork so i took a picture! theres a could pictures of merrick too. one is with his football slippers, one he just looked to cute to not take a picture, and the other, he likes to throw the pillows off the couch on the floor and then lay on them while a plays with toys. its funny and cute so we took a picture of that. so now that you have read the novel i just wrote, im finally done!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Another first hair cut!
ok so merrick already attempted to have one first hair cut but all he let katie cut off was one curl so it didnt really count but the other day i took him because his hair was getting so long! so he got his first hair cut and now he doesnt look like my baby he looks like a little toddler boy, hes so stinkin cute though i love it! he did so good, he didnt cry or anything i was so happy and proud of him!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Fun Day!
Monday, July 27, 2009
updating
ok so i havent posted anything for a little bit. there isnt much new that i can share but over the past couple weeks we have been pretty busy. johnny was on his 2 week vacation so we got to spend some time together, we went golfing... yes me the most uncoordinated person when it comes to sports...i golfed! not well though but i did hit the ball!!! we went camping and thats always fun as long as its not for a long time a couple days was nice. merrick got to ride on a forewheeler and that made his day! he loved it! and he got to play in the dirt so thats makes any boy happy, and we had a deer go right through our camp! me and johnny also had our 2 year anniversary! two years already it went by so fast. we went upstate and did some fun things and had a fun day. but now hes back to work so im adjusting to him not being here all day. overall things are good and hopefully just going to keep getting better.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
4th of july
this 4th of july weekend was a lot of fun, we went camping up to bear creek campground, and my pretty much aunt and uncle re-newed their vows. they aren't really my aunt and uncle but we have always considered them that.it was neat to watch them do that and my dad did the ceremony so it was nice. i was a little concerned about hwo merrick would do because previous camping trips were more stressful than fun, but everything went great and he had a blast exploring and getting dirty. there were warnings about bears in that area i guess there had been problems there so i was freaked out mostly at night, i didnt want to stay by the fire because i always thought there was a bear in the trees and it was going to attack me. it was scary. i took my camera and i forgot to get pictures but i did get one before we went camping 4th of july but yoiu cant see his face but his outfit was cute so you can kinda see that and i got a picture of him lounging in the chair while we were packing up to head home. overall it was a really fun weekend.
March of Dimes
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Friday, July 3, 2009
nor more bottle
Sunday, June 28, 2009
little chin little chin
our friends hayden and kylie got married yesterday they have been together for like 7 years so its about time, but it was so much fun we danced our booties off all night it was a blast im so happy for them! we almost didnt make it to the ceremony, we walked in right as kylie made it up the aisle so everybody was standing so we just had to sneek in, and we did! johnny likes to say that im the one that makes us late but its completely the other way around im always ready and waiting for him, he always thinks he need 5 min to get ready but he takes much more time than that, so im just making the record clear that i can get myslef and merrick ready and be on time, so thats why we were late, but just by like 2 min. ok so i think im done updating!!!
picture overload
Merrick loves to escape from me when he gets out of the bath tub because hes "free" so one night after his bath he was running fromme with his towel still on his head and it made me laugh he walked all over the house with it on so i had to take a picture.
so my little monkey loves to crawl on the couch and run around and what not but he likes to sit up there and watch movies and he always lounges back and crosses his feet so i got a picture of that and then johnnys mom gave him some batman jammies so i dressed him in them one night and had to take a picture and then he fell asleep on the couch and had a nap. he had never done that before so of course i think its the cutest thing ever. his jammies look a little small but they arent he was just laying weird.
and last but not least merrick got a little girraffe baby pool for his birthday and we finally had nice weather to put it up so today we did that and played in the water it was so much fun to do something as a family adn merrick had a blast but it wore him out for sure. but of course i took pictures, and he got to wear his cute little swim shorts!
today was alot of fun for us and merrick but he still managed to throw a fit in there and we have ahd to start doing time out, and suprisingly he stays there till we get him but he stands there and screams at us then stops until we look at him and then he starts the fit again and then he takes a nap afterward, i guess it takes alot of energy to throw those fits. so theres my picture overload!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
just updating
Saturday, June 6, 2009
my hair cut and merrick in his bouncy
ok so everybody was asking me to get a pciture of me with my hair cut so i took a lovely picture of myself. haha. for everybody to see. thats as good as your all getting. haha.
im also posting a video of merrick in his bouncer. johnny teases him and he throws himself all over its funny.its kinda hard to see tho.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Nemo Party 1 Year Old, and 1st Hair Cut!!!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
forgot a couple things
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Easter,and Durango,and Stories, OH MY!!!
Next, we headed to Durango, Johnny had a mine rescue competition in Aztec NM, and thats only about 45 min or so from Durango so merrick and i went and we stayed a couple extra days so we could visit family, johnnys sister had a baby in Feb. i think and she is such a doll!so we got to see her and spend time with our nephew as well. johnnys dad has been fixing up some property that was his father in laws, and i couldnt believe how many things he had stored away. i mean there was so many shovels, lawn mowers, weed eaters, rakes, ladders, doors, and of course johnny prized posession the Sky Lark. this car was johnnys in high school and he always had stories about it so he took a ton of pictures of it and now he wants to get it back here and fix it up. hes so funny. while we were there johnnys dad found an old wagon and we laid blankets in it and rigged an umbrella over it so we could pull merrick around, it was totally "redneck" but it was cute! merrick sat and played in the dirt that day and i dont know what it is but he likes to rub it in his hair, he had the dirtiest bath water that night but he had fun. one day while we were there we went to the mall and we had merrick ride a barney train, you know the ones that you put the quaters in and it just moves around, yeah well we did that and he really liked it i got a little video of it. we had alot of fun, its always nice to have a little get away!
now to catch up about the family, we are all doing very well, i just had my first mothers day and it was the best. i got a very pretty necklace and johnny got a card and wrote in it with crayon like it was from merrick, it was so cute i loved it! merrick had started being a little fit thrower so its been alittle stressful at times but hes still so much fun, he really cruising now he tries to run everywhere and suprising enough, he can! hes getting so big he will be one year old on the 31st i cant believe it! hes learning his animal noises now so he knows the ducky the cow and the chicken the best we are still working on it. he loves to say hi to everybody, i took him up to Toys R Us and Barnes and Noble and he ran around like crazy i deffinately got my workout in that day, but he went up to a little girl and peeked around the shelf all shy and was saying hi to her and then he started following her around it was cute. right now since the weather is nice he loves it outside he would play out there all day if he could hes such a sweetheart and monkey all mixed in one. i did get some new pictures of him done they are so cute i love them! so i will get them and all of my other pictures on here. and finally im done i think!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
He said Dada! Finally!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Our Baby Boy Is Walking
and the video stop and goes in sections, i dont know why. so you have to help it along.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Catching Up
Monday, February 9, 2009
We Bought A House!!!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
my babys first words!!!
my tattoo
mowing the lawn with dad
helping with laundry
so sleepy after christmas
new clothes
bow on head
Presents!!!
Big Bath Time
after bath time
Welcome to our little Donan family blog!!!
Our little family
merrick j
merrick 3 months
our little man
Jungle boy
merrick and daddy
bath time
Bathtime with Nemo
merricks little bum
Mine rescue
mine rescue clothes
Lake Lynn
FIRE!!!
CAN"T SEE
Emery Miners Win Mine Rescue Contest
CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Emery Mine-Black team, from Emery, claimed first place honors in the CONSOL Energy “Best of the Best” Mine Rescue Contest held Sept. 16-18 in
A total of 18 teams from throughout CONSOL Energy and its subsidiaries from five states, including those based in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Utah, competed in the event held at the CONSOL Energy Mine Rescue Training Center at Oakwood, Va. CONSOL Energy has more mine rescue teams than any other company in the industry.
Members of the Emery-Black mine rescue team are Ron Wright, Brandon Wilde, Matt Crosland, Johnny Donan, “For all your efforts, all your sacrifice to serve on a CONSOL rescue team and to participate in mine rescue, thank you,” Hyita said. “It takes time away from your families and the whole industry appreciates your service. You are the most highly trained people we have in the company.”Corey Prettyman, Kasey Thompson and Jim Kulow, trainer.
Emery County Review