Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I love my family...

The Malone Family


I honestly love my family! They have been here for me through all the trials I have been through. I am so grateful to have them in my life and I know I would be completely lost without them. Each of them is completely amazing.

My mom has done an amazing job raising us kids. I know that I can always count on her to be there for me (she is even there for me at times when I don't necessarily want her to be). She is an amazing woman and I am extremely lucky to have her as a mother! I know that there are times when we get into arguments (I can be very stubborn) but I know that she is doing her best to look after me and to protect me and all my siblings from all the evil that is out there in the world. I really admire the way she has led our family since my dad passed away a few years ago. She is an amazing leader and great head of our family. I love you mommy! You are the greatest!

My sister Cori is the sweetest girl I know. She is willing to do whatever she can do to keep peace in our family. She also has an amazing sense of humor. She can always get me to laugh when I am feeling down!She has been a great blessing to all of us. She has plans to look into going to the Police Academy and one day she wants to join the FBI and work in Linguistics. I really admire that, it is something that I could never do. She is hoping to go back to school this fall and start working on her degree. She loves to collect movies and has about every movie imaginable! We always have a blast watching them together! She has an amazing memory and does an amazing job with memorizing lines from movies and quoting them back to us! Not only does she memorize movies but does a great job memorizing numbers of all kinds. She makes an amazing second mother to Rykert and Lilly.

My brother Ammon is a very interesting person. He has always been on the loud side and really doesn't care what people think about him. I admire this about him. I wish I could have the attitude of not caring as much. It would make being myself a lot easier. He loves music. He is always playing on his guitars and singing. He is constantly making up new songs. One day he wants to make it big into the music business, with his persistence he probably will end up doing something in music for a living. He is currently working at Radio Shack and on the side working to get a demo cd of his music out. He loves performing in front of people and is always looking for places to play his music at. He is the proud father of two of the most adorable kids in all the world.

Whitney is the youngest out of all my siblings. She is getting ready to graduate from high school at Provo High on Thursday. I am so excited that it is finally time for her to be done with school. We have become really close and can always be found together. She also loves music and has been involved in choir all four years of high school. She loves to shop and can be found at the mall, it is kinda like her second home. She also loves her cell phone and has it on her almost all the time. After graduating from school she plans on going to UVU and working on a one year certificate in Early Childhood Education. The two of us have big plans to open our own Preschool in a few years. She is currently waiting for her amazing boyfriend Dion, who is serving in the Arizona Phoenix mission. We are all excited for the time when he returns home! (We really look forward to traveling to Australia to see what life is like there, and actually have big plans to make a few trips out there in the near future.)

Rykert is the love of my life! I absolutely love my nephew with all my heart and would do anything for him. He just turned two years old on May 22nd. He is currently going through a huge train phase and loves Thomas the Train. He also loves to play sports. One of his favorite sports is basketball. He loves to get his ball and put it in the basket. He also has been learning about golf. He will take anything that looks like a golf club and use it to hit a ball... he normally uses his baseball bat to do this. He loves animals and is always wanting to chase the cats around when he is at Grandma's house. He will run around the house calling out to his favorite cat Bob. He loves spending time outdoors and has been my big helper weeding my garden.

Lilly is the cutest little baby in all the world! I love having her around. She will be one on May 31st. She is starting to walk on her own, which I am really excited about. She is a very bouncy baby and hates to sit still. She loves to ride on the rocking horse Pretty. They have become best friends!






My daddy is the most amazing person ever. Even though he is not with us here on earth I have felt his presence. He has played an important role in my life and I know that no matter what he will be there for me to guide me where I need to go. I love him so much and he has been greatly missed, but I know that he was taken from my family for a reason. He has a mission on the other side of the veil that he is needed for. I can't wait for the day when I get to see him again!



Mia is my baby cat! I love her to pieces. No matter what everyone says, she really is not the devil. Her hobbies include sleeping, eating and attacking anyone who bothers her while she does these activities! For some reason she has something against boys. There are very few boys that she actually likes, which I find to be extremely funny. I love it when she comes and cuddles up with me and purrs extremely loud. I have never heard a cat that had a purr as loud as hers! She is our only indoor cat.

One Eye... or Mama Cat as I prefer to call her is the mother cat of all of our outdoor cats. My brother Ammon found her outside one day and decided to start feeding her. She decided to stick around and then we later found out that she was pregnant. She ended up having five kittens. She is a very mellow cat and is very sweet!


Whiskers is the oldest of the five kittens. I find him simply adorable and totally love him! He is my favorite of the outdoor cats. We actually haven't seen him for a while, but Whitney and I firmly believe that he is still alive and must have found himself a girlfriend and is now helping her take care of their family. If not then we know that he is happy up with my dad.


Bobina Buttons, or Bob as she is sometimes called, is the middle kitten. She really wants to be an indoor cat and is always trying to get into the house. I am working to get it so that Mia and her get along so that she can be indoors. She is Rykert's favorite cat and he loves to chase her around. I am pretty sure that she is terrified of him because she takes off every time she sees him coming her way.


Rascal Flatts is the youngest of the kittens. He really does fit his name. Since he was born he really has been a rascal. When he was a little kitten he jumped up into the rafters of the garage and ended up falling and breaking his leg. Since that experience he has been a bit of a fraidy cat and likes to stay close to home.


Monday, May 26, 2008

My Memorial Day Weekend

Every year on the Saturday before Memorial Day we gather together as a family and head to the cemetery to put flowers on my relatives grave. This year it ended up only being my mother and my siblings and me. Here are some of the pictures of the fun time we had....




Here are a couple of the graves that we put flowers on...


Flowers on my dad's grave


Flowers on my dad's parents grave


Flowers on my mom's parents grave

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Its My Birthday and I'll Cry If I Want To...



On May 22nd we celebrated my nephew Rykert's birthday. I ended up spending the whole day hanging out with him. He had a very tough day and was in tears most of the time. In the late afternoon we took him shopping to get him some birthday presents. He is really big into trains so we went and got him a wooden train set. While we were at Toys R Us we found a Thomas the Train set that was set up as a display. We had a hard time getting him away from it. For dinner we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese. It was so much fun! Here are some of the pictures from dinner.


Here is a video of Whitney and Rykert partying and one of Ry enjoying the music...



After dinner we took the kids home and had cake and ice cream. Rykert had his own cake to play in and he had a ton of fun with that!

Thursday, May 15, 2008

I <3 my Missionary...


Dion and his Australian Pride!

I figured I would write today about my missionary Dion, who is my sister Whitney's boyfriend. Dion is currently serving his mission in Phoenix, Arizona. We are so proud of him! He has been out for 2 1/2 months. We were lucky enough to get permission to pick him up from the airport (for those of you who don't know... He is from Australia) and take him around for a few days before taking him to the MTC on March 4th.

Here are some of the pictures of us while he was here....

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Memorable Quotes from Mexico

  • Have you seen my eyes? They are glazed and bagged.... Like doughnuts!
  • I'm going to get out and stretch my butt muscles.
  • If I was a bum that is the bridge I would choose.
  • They are like look at me, my car is a flaming piece of poo.
  • I'm so glad I went shooting on Friday. It prepared me to see that gun!
  • I am so in love!
  • Listdexia is setting in
  • Come on Jaime, don't be shy. Say something spastic!
  • Aliens!
  • Ah, look at that cute bridge. It reminds me of home.
You live under a bridge?
  • Look! White aliens!
  • And it all went south from there....
  • They need to be introduced to Skip
  • Poo! She gave me poo!
  • .... Squeak....
  • I'm high... I mean um hi
  • I'm leaking
  • Nigger finger... Nigger bird!
  • Oh man I just wanna get naked.
  • You don't have teeth and there's leeches in your eye
  • Look, its a turkey!
  • This is a nice sleeping bag!
(you have NO idea...)
  • I am a genius -- that's why they pig me the big butts... I mean- that's why they pay me the big bucks
  • I'm very comfortable sitting on this bomb.
  • Just keep going til you see the toilet paper.
  • Why does everything have to be about me?!
  • Squeak and Snort.
You can't call them that. It sounds like names you would give to rats!
  • Greg, will you sleep with us?
  • You just grabbed my butt again.
Jenny, just wait until tonight...
  • Snort as loud as you can and let's see if it echos!!!
  • I'm gonna go skinny dipping.
I'll be right there!
  • Three girls asked me to sleep with them. Of course I have to do it or else I'd have to turn in my man card.
  • Oh my burn!
  • Cow... I mean Clint
  • I was going to avoid nature.... darn it!
  • Come on Jaime. Don't be rock shy
  • I did it!
  • I should shave. My legs are bushier than the President.
  • I'm a camper!
You're a good camper.... You're a happy camper.
  • When I get home I am going to go camping again. Real camping. Camping where I get to pee on rocks!
  • I wonder what it was like when Adam and Eve found out they were naked?
Hey, we're naked! And we're different!
  • I'm not surprised. Monique was involved.
I'm not gay!
  • There was a snake chasing me and it had a skunks body. It jumped at me. It could bite and spray.
  • Whose clothes are in here?
They should be yours...
Whoa! Those aren't yours!
  • Do you think they said naked or nudity? They spoke Adamic. What would they have said in Adamic?
... Hoo ha!!!...
  • Let's name them.
Before we throw them on the fire? Alright, Bert and Bertha. Lets go!
  • Vince, take your shirt off!
Whoa! That's not the first time I've heard that this week!
  • Grandma only bites the people she loves. She hasn't bitten me in years.
  • I'm like the village idiot of dating.
  • Greg, how do you close this?
  • Death to the Yankees!
Death to you Peavler!
  • You all citizens?
Si, we are Seetezens...

Once Upon a Parasite...


Clint and Rachel Jaime and Monique Vince, Lafe and Hannah, Greg, Savannah and Jenny



The Monticello Temple really early in the morning

Greg, Monique, Savannah and I left Provo on April 22nd really late at night. We drove all through the night. We had plans to take shifts staying awake with the driver but in reality none of us could end up falling asleep so we all stayed awake most of the night.


Mexico Day One:

We got to Mexico around noon on April 23rd. I was so excited to cross the border and finally be in a different country. The scariest thing was when the Mexican military stopped us at their check point and I noticed a military man with a huge gun! I have always been terrified of guns and seeing it shocked me! After stopping at the check point we made our way to the place we were supposed to meet Clint.

Monique and I in the car after no sleep

After meeting up with Clint and getting Greg's car situated we were on our way to the place we would be staying for the next week. I had no idea what I was in for.... When Clint pulled the van up to the place, I was totally in heaven! I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. I decided right then and there that I never wanted to go back to Provo again. After showering and getting settled, Monique and I decided to go exploring and take pictures of our heaven.... While we were doing this, Clint and Rachel went to go and pick up the other's who were out riding horses. Here are some of the photos we took of the place we stayed.





Once everyone got back we all loaded up in Clint's van and went out to eat. I was a bit nervous because I have a hard time handling spicy food. I was so happy to find out that I could order a sandwich and be fine. After eating our first meal in Mexico, we headed home and I fell asleep pretty fast.


Mexico Day Two:

This was the day that I had been looking forward to and dreading all at the same time. We were going to take off and go camping. The only kind of camping I have ever done is girls camp and everyone told me that it was not real camping. We loaded the van up and made our way over to Clint's parents house to get the two trucks we were going to be using. Once getting everything all situated we took off for my greatest adventure yet. We drove for quite a while into this canyon like place. It was so beautiful! Once getting there we unloaded everything and went and got into our swimming suits and headed for the lake. Once again I had a fear to face. I cannot swim and have been terrified of drowning for quite a while. I decided to face this fear head on and I at least got on the little boat...

Savannah and me Me on the boat Attempting to be modest


Once getting done at the lake we headed to a part of the canyon called The Stairs. Once again I was in awe over how beautiful this place was. We hiked around for a while and I had a blast. We even came upon a rattlesnake, which Clint took care of. I couldn't watch him kill the snake but I saw the aftermath.


Mexico Day Three:

I did it! I officially spent my first night out camping! It was an amazing experience and I loved it.... For those of you who doubted me, I just totally proved you wrong! We ended up spending the rest of the day at The Stairs... Here are some more of our pictures.


Mexico Day Four:

Today was the day that I was wanting to get away from Utah from. It would have been my five year wedding anniversary to Sean. I was extremely happy to be spending the day in a foreign country many miles away from him! We spent the morning and a little of the afternoon shopping. I ended up finding some really cool things to bring home. At lunch time we all met together and ate the most delicious sandwiches ever. They had pork, tomatoes and avocados on them. After being done shopping we went over to Clint's parents house and then went sight seeing around there. I was a little sad because my camera died and I was not able to get pictures of the temple there. It was so beautiful. Another sad thing is that the gates were locked so we could not go on the temple grounds. Overall though, it was a great day!


Mexico Day Five:

Today we got up early in the morning to make it to church on time. Clint's family is part of the English branch there so we decided to go with them. It was interesting to go to church there and to see some of the differences. I am glad that I went and was able to partake of the sacrament. After church we went over to Clint's parents house for dinner. After dinner we went home to take a nap before heading over to some of the ruins. It was at this time that I started feeling really sick and cramping big time. I ended up staying in bed the rest of the night in pain.


Mexico Day Six:

We woke up at 5:00 am this morning and loaded everything up in the van. We met Clint's mom at a gas station and she drove half of us back to Greg's car. We spent the rest of the day driving home. The whole way home I was cramping and felt miserable....

So, I have been home from Mexico for a little while and just found out that I got myself a parasite while down there. My loving sister Cori decided to name him Stan... Since coming home I have not been able to keep food down and have lost ten pounds. I am now on medicine, which will hopefully get rid of Stan and I can finally do things around here!

An Ode to Stan

I went to Mexico to get a tan
and in the process came home with Stan.
Stan is such a royal pain in the neck
I wish he would die and go to heck!
I never thought that I could hate
hate losing so much weight.
Basically all I ever do is sleep
when I am awake I want to weep.
I could use lots of hugs
and definitely need more powerful drugs!