Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Here's my promised post about Thanksgiving...

Jeff called and woke me up that morning around 7:00. I got up and got ready and Jeff got to my house at 8:30. We then headed to his dad's house. We spent several hours with his dad. We ate breakfast with him and watched the Thanksgiving day parade. Around 11:00, we went for a short walk down to the nearest park. We spent a while playing on the playground and swinging, then we went back to his dad's house. While Jeff raided his brother's closet, and came out modeling different outfits, Loren (his dad's name) taught me how to play chess. I lost royally. That game is so confusing. There are like seven different playing pieces, each with different rules of how to move and what they do. (HELP!! I'M SO CONFUSED!) Around 1:30 we headed out to his uncle and aunt's house. This was his dad's side of the family, and they are all German Baptist. Everyone was super nice. By the way...German baptist food is...AMAZING. (The best food ever. And their dinner rolls...whoa...YUMMY.) After we ate dinner there and hung out for a while, we headed over to his other uncle and aunt's house. This was a very different side of the family. His German baptist side is huge, so many cousins and children. I can't remember any of their names. But his mom's side of the family was super small. We ate desert with them (I had some more of Debra's (his mom) amazing Peanut Butter Pie...so delicious. And then we went and played some pool in their family room. Again...I lost. But it was still a lot of fun. Around 5:30 we headed back to my house. We were expecting some peace and quiet, but were greeted with a houseful of people. Our house was packed full! It was a lot of fun. My uncle and aunt were over, and ALL of my aunt's brothers and sisters with their families. (We really like my aunt's family, they are so much fun. There are seven siblings, five of them are married and each couple has 2-4 children.) Plus our friends, the Silva's were over. So we had OVER 20 children running around. I don't even know how many, plus adults. It was crazy, but fun. Everyone stayed until 10:00 then they headed home. Us Ney's cleaned our thoroughly turned upside down house up, and then headed to bed for some much desired rest. Thus ending our Thanksgiving. My family all said it was their "best Thanksgiving ever." And it was, a very good Thanksgiving indeed.

On Friday morning, Jeff came over at 8:30. We took Shelbie and Shaylah shopping. (Can you believe it? We went out on BLACK FRIDAY!!) We left at 9:00 and were back by 1:00. We went to Mervyns, Target, Walmart and the Mall. It was a lot of fun. We weren't actually going out to go shopping, just people watch, but Jeff ended up getting a few items. Lines weren't awful in Mervyns, nor in Target. Walmart was a little bit busier...but by far...the Mall was INSANE! It took us over 20 minutes to find a parking spot, and even longer to get out. Once we got in the mall, it wasn't even fun. We couldn't even really walk without getting shoved around. We left rather quickly. We ended up deciding just to go home. The highlight of that trip, was the milkshake and french fries we got from a fast food restaurant. Lol...both of the girls wanted to come with us so badly, so we willingly agreed to take them. Once we got out shopping, I gave Shelbie my phone and told them they could go on their own merry little way and shop themselves. (So that they didn't have to follow Jeff and I, as we jean shopped and sock shopped for him.) They wandered away for a few minutes, but were soon back on our heels. We didn't mind having them follow us around, but they looked so bored. They claimed they had fun, but I'm convinced they were bored. Next year, they aren't coming with us. (I was telling Shelbie though, next year, Jeff and I will be married and will be going alone. She was sad at first, but then I was telling her, that she will have her driver's permit and will be able to drive my grandmother around, which is what I did last year. She got excited after that.)

a long awaited update

I haven't actually "updated" in a long time...so here I go.







Last Saturday we all went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom again. It was a lot of fun. We all have season passes now, so Jeff and I are planning on bringing Shelbie and Shaylah at least monthly from here on out. We want to take advantage of our season passes. The weather was nice. When we first got there, it was a little cold. But it ended up warming up a little and ended up being a lovely day. It wasn't overly crowded, so the ride lines were really short. At one ride, the Medusa, Shelbie, Shaylah, Jeff and I rode it three times in a row without waiting in a line of more than three people. And yes...I rode some more roller coasters. This time it wasn't as bad. I've realized that once you know what's coming, it's easier to endure and possible to enjoy. In fact...I'd never admit this out loud...but I kind of enjoyed them. We are planning on going back again sometime next month.

I still don't have any good pictures of my kitten, but it's getting cuter by the day. I can't believe it's still alive though, as Poppet and Lolly literally fight over it. I'm feeling very irritated with all my siblings, as they are always holding it and petting it, and now it doesn't like me nearly as much as it likes them. (If you've noticed...I keep saying "it." "It" is currently undergoing a name change. Sophia just doesn't match it's personality!) It is super hyper and very frisky and playful. Sometimes downright stupid, as it calls out the older cats and even picks fights with them. If it had any sense at all, it'd run at the very sight of a few of our adult cats. Jeff won't admit it, but he likes the kitten too. I joked the first few nights I had it, that it was going to spend the next night with him. He firmly objected to that idea! But everyday when he gets here he fetches the little ball of fluff and spends several minutes petting it and loving on it. The names we are thinking of are: Tiki, Tiggy (which is what Lolly calls her) and of course we're still thinking of Sophia.

I don't think I've written about this yet...but I bought a wedding dress two weeks ago. I didn't plan on buying one this soon, I was wanting to wait until the new year, but it was a great deal, beautiful, and I couldn't pass it up. My mom and I had gone dress shopping that morning, just so we would have an idea of a size. I found the dress I wanted and the size I needed. We were going to go back in January and get it. We got home and I left to run a few errands. While I was gone, my mom called me and told me to come home to look at something. I came home and found her on e-bay looking at wedding dresses. She was watching several of them, but one stuck out. It was beautiful, same style as the one I wanted at David's Bridal (which was $500...on sale), brand new and really cheap. We decided to bid on it and see what happened. We won. We only paid $102, including shipping. I eagerly waited for it to arrive for the next week. It came on Saturday. And guess what...it barely fits! It is a corset style, (which means it adjusts)and we had it adjusted to the largest size and buttons were still pulling. Since it's an e-bay dress, and I can't return it. I'm going to have to lose some weight. My mom said ten pounds should be good. You will all be proud of me...since the declared diet beginning date, I have only eaten one spoonful of ice cream. (I'm having serious ice cream with drawls...please pray for me.)

Let's see what else...oh hey! Today I also bought the first piece to the bedding Jeff and I picked. (I included a picture of the full set, the piece I bought is the blue duvet with small flowers on it.) The two main blankets are both over $300 each!! CRAZY! But there was a sale going, and I got it for over half off. (Praise the Lord!)Hopefully next month there will be another sale and I can get the white one with pink flowers on it. It's pretty, huh?

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! YAY! Hopefully I will write on Friday or Saturday and tell about our Thanksgiving over here. So for now...

Our first baby!

This afternoon Jeff and I went down to the local pet shop. Jeff has been looking for the perfect kitten for me for a while now. We've gone to a few pet shops, he's called a few people in the newspaper, and I've even e-mailed a few people asking about their kittens. We haven't been able to find one I liked. So this afternoon, we had planned on going to look at a few kittens at some one's house. Jeff got to our house and we were planning out our afternoon. For some reason I wanted to go to the pet store by our house. Mr. Amazing that he is, agreed. We went to the pet store and walked around looking at all the birds, fish, reptiles and rodents before we looked at the kittens. They had a ton of them! Most of them were long haired. Jeff and I immediately fell in love with one of the grey tabby kittens. There were three of them, and they all looked very similar, but only one caught our eye the way this little one did. We walked out of the pet shop, as proud parents of an adorable 8 week old, female, grey kitten. As of now, it's name is Sophia. I tried to get some good pictures of her, but she is super playful and hasn't ran out of energy yet. So when she poops out, I'll take some more pictures and post more later. But for now, here's our first family photo...
Please keep this new little kitten in all of your prayers, pray that it stays healthy and guarded from what my last two kittens died from.

Flat tire...(s?)

I finally have a good story to blog...









A few days ago Jeff was driving my car, and noticed that it was "bumping" a little bit. He asked me if that was normal, and I said, "yea, I think so." The next morning my dad was out in the front yard and noticed I had a flat tire. I was like, "OK, that explains things." He aired it up and said, "Let me know if it goes flat again." The next day it was flat again. My dad went out and inspected it, and came back in and says, "Oh, you have a screw in your tire. It needs fixed." So today, my dad told Jeff to take me down to the tire store to get it fixed. I have a warranty with Big O's tires, so they repair and maintain my tires for free. (Thank Goodness!) We dropped the car off, told them what was wrong and also asked them to rotate them. Then we walked over to Starbucks and had a coffee while we waited. Thirty minutes later we walked back. The guy came into the shop, with a strange look on his face, and something in his hands. He started telling us that I need new shocks and new something something majiggers (I don't know what it was again...but my car is perfectly fine, and I don't really need any of those things.) So he talked for several minutes and then said, "We rotated your tires, and did this and this and this...blah blah blah." Then he said, "I've never seen this before...you had one screw in the same place in every tire." He opened his hand, and in his palm was four screws. None of them were bent, and I immediately knew...brothers. The guy said, "This looks like vandalism. There's no way you ran over the same screws in the same spot four times without bending any of them. It looks like they were set under the tires." Jeff and I were just smirking. Jeff says, "Yea, that's vandalism." I came home, held my hand out and asked a specific brother (no names mentioned) "Do you want to tell me something?" The guilt on his face answered my question. I'm not mad, in fact I'm still chuckling. What was he thinking!! Thank Goodness it was free! Brothers add so much color to life!

Christmas Q & A

This was a fun twist to traditional q & a e-mails. If you'd like...feel free to respond in a comment, if you don't, my feelings won't be hurt.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bag? Wrapping paper

2. Real tree or artificial? personally I like real ones, but only because they smell good. Artificial ones are cheaper, last longer and look better

3. When do you put up your tree? The day after Thanksgiving

4. When do you take down your tree? Usually New Years day

5. Do you like eggnog? No!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? um...in 1997 my grandpa made Shelbie and I wooden baby doll high chairs and a bunkbed. They were pink and so much fun! I think we still have one of the high chairs to this day.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, my favorite set was a rubber Avon set. (I liked chewing on the wisemen's heads.)

8. Hardest person to buy for? um...I've never really had a "hard" person to buy for

9. Easiest person to buy for? My parents

10. Worst Christmas gift you've ever received? umm...underwear

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? mail

12. Favorite Christmas movie? It's a wonderful life

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? September-October

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? lol...probably

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? the chocolate chip cheese ball and the cheddar cheese ball

16. White or colored lights? white icecycles

17. Favorite Christmas song? Mary did you know?

18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? Home, by my own fireplace

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? no, I don't even know how many he has

20. Angel or Star on top of tree? An Angel

21. Open presents Christmas Eve or Morning? Christmas Eve with grandparents and Christmas morning with family

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Santa Clause...aka Satan's Brother

23. What I love most about Christmas? being with family

24. Your favorite Christmas Day childhood Memory? oooh, hard to choose from. I've never had a bad Christmas memory though

Six Truths

I recieved this e-mail today...and it brought a stupid smile to my face...










6 Truths of Life


1. You cannot touch all your top teeth with your tongue.

2. All idiots, after reading the first truth, will try it.

3. And discover that the first truth is a lie.

4. You're smiling now because you're an idiot.

5. You soon will forward this to another idiot.

6. There's still a stupid smile on your face.


I apologize about this.


I'm an idiot and I needed company.

Six Flags

For the past few days I've been trying to come up with something exciting to write about, but I haven't been able to come up with anything. Today though, I realized that I never wrote about our last family trip. OOOPPPSS. So, anyways...on Tuesday (the 11th) we went to Six Flags Marine World. It was a lot of fun. We left our house about an hour late (which is quite normal for us Neys!) we got to Six Flags around 11:30ish. Before we went into the actual park, we ate lunch by the van. (We always make fried chicken and potato salad) After we ate our lunch, we headed in.

I hate roller coasters (and always have.) In my entire life, I've only ridden a roller coaster three times. I knew Jeff likes rides, and I had sworn I wasn't going to get suckered into riding a roller coaster. But...love makes you do insane crazy things. Yes, that's right...he got me on the roller coasters. Jeff talked me into riding so many rides that I have never (and never would ride for the fun of it!) in my entire life. I held onto his arm for dear life and squinted my eyes closed during almost all of the rides.

After we rode a few rides, and walked around for a little while, my parents took all the little kids (the boys down) and headed to the LoonyTunes kiddy ride area. Jeff, Shelbie, Shaylah and I headed our own way. First we went and watched the dolfin show. Then we went and rode a few rides, walked around, looked at the animals, went to the Shouka show, went through the butterfly exibit, and rode some more rides. I've never acually felt sick from riding rides, but that day, I actually felt sick. I was truly scared that I was going to get sick. Jeff was feeling the same way, so we quit riding rides for the day. After a few hours, we headed back to find the rest of the family. After we met up, we headed back to the van. We loaded up and went to Taco Bell for dinner. After dinner we headed home.