THE HASTINGS

My 30th Birthday Party in Park City

2009-12-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

What a fun night! that was definately a birthday to remember! We started the evening off by driving to Park City in a very scary snow storm. Me, Chevy, Chelsee, Randen & Ryno went to eat dinner at Dolan's Bar and Grill which was great food! Everyone showed up around seven and we hung out and headed to Harry O's around nine. We danced our butts off and had a great time! Thanks to all my wonderful friends who made it, snowstorm and all! I love you guys!

We found this sach and everyone made me wear it to the club!

Chelsee lighting the candles on the cake she brought me (what a sweetheart and an awesome best friend I might add)

Some of our group hanging out and the table we rented!

Chevy, Dave & Ty

Our crazy elevator ride back to the condo! I was laughing so hard! I actually celebrated my 21st birthday at Harry O's and it was also one to remember! But I think this one beat it by a long shot!

We had a great time! I laughed more than night than I have laughed in a long time! Good times, Good Memories & Great Friends!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-16T00:48:00.002-07:00

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New Moon Movie Madness....

2009-12-14T20:11:00.010-07:00

Here is the sequel from last year with me and my crazy girlfriends. We went to the New Moon Experience at the South Towne Expo Center and enjoyed dinner at Ruby River before heading over to the movie that started at Midnight! What a fun night!

All of us taking a break from all of the madness!

Me and my sweet sister-in-law Ellen

All of us enjoying dinner at Ruby River! I really believe our waiter thought we were crazy

Tess, Me & Ellen

Carly, Haley, Sam, Brandie, Ellen & Me before the movie

The movie was great I loved it! I have seen it three times!

Family Pictures......

2009-12-01T17:35:00.000-07:00

So we finally got family pictures taken after three years, (yes I know I am a slacker with that too not just the blogging thing). I absolutely love them, MacKenzie & Kiley did such a great job and really caught my kids personalities! Thanks Brandie for suggesting them, they are awesome. Here are just a few, and I have to say that I have the cutest kids ever!

She has the most beautiful blue eyes ever!

This is so Bostyn

Now I have to try to decide what ones I am going to have printed!

October 2009

2009-12-01T17:08:00.001-07:00

Yeah I know it is December 1st and I am posting stuff from October! I have decided I am the biggest slacker when it comes to this blog thing! I would really like to do it more but I don't ever think about it. I will take this opportunity to catch up a bit.

October was a great month for us. Braylee turned 7 years old, we went to Lagoon the weekend before her birthday, me and Chevy did the Catapult launch. It was so funny if you haven't seen it search youtube for "Chevy and Amberlie Catapult" This would be us right before we rode the ride.

We celebrated Braylee's actual bithday at the Sand Dunes for the second year in a row. I had to throw in the picture of Bella sleeping with the kids in the motorhome.

Chevy's costume was named "scary as he**" and I was a Pirate. We went to a great Halloween Party....Isn't he scary!

and we had so much fun trick or treating with the kids. We decorated the Rhino and hauled them around the neighborhood (I think this has become a new tradition.)

Bella our sweet "Hot Dog"

Bostyn the Zombie and Braylee was a Vampiress!

Happy Halloween

2009-10-20T09:47:00.001-06:00

Love Chevy, Amberlie, Braylee, Bostyn & Bella

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Time for an Update....

2009-08-17T11:22:00.001-06:00

So I have decided I am a total slacker when it comes to this blog thing.... so I guess I will give a little update.

We bought a new sandcar in June and Chevy spent most of the summer working on it.

We made a few trips to the dunes, had some fun parties with friends, lived at 7 peaks for a few weeks, my kids were in swimming lessons, I signed up for classes at UVU. Chevy is working hard as usual and enjoying his new love (meaning his sandcar). Braylee is in first grade now and Bostyn starts his second year of preschool in September. For most of you I am already friends with you on Facebook so you have been updated. I think this might work out better if I do something small once a week.

Our New Addition to the Family....Bella

2009-05-03T15:01:00.001-06:00

Meet our sweet new addition to our family her name is Bella, we adopted her from Lost Paws animal shelter. She is three months old. I really didn't want to do the puppy thing but she was so cute and the kids loved her, so wish me luck on the potty training. I think I am going to invest in the series of Dog Whisperer on DVD. She is so sweet and calm, I really hope she stays that way, I guess we will see.

Monster Truck Finals in Las Vegas

2009-04-04T16:58:00.000-06:00

What a weekend.......I have to say that we had so much fun, so I guess I will break it down by day.

Thursday we drove to St. George and went shopping, then we headed over to see my Grandma & Grandpa, It was great to see them. After about two hours of visiting we went to Mesquite and stayed at the Eureka. Braylee & Bostyn were dying to swim even though it was 50 degrees and the wind was blowing, I couldn't tell them no. Thank goodness the pool and hot tub were heated so they were warm but I was freezing just watching them.

On Friday we drove to Vegas, we went to the M&M Factory and walked the strip which was pretty scary, I think we saw our life flash before our eyes 2 or 3 times just crossing the road. The kids thought it was pretty neat seeing all the Hotels & Casinos.

After we checked into our room we headed over to Circus Circus Adventure Land. Braylee & Bostyn had so much fun riding the rides, they also got airbrush tattoos.

Braylee wanted her hair braided which only took about ten minutes, it is amazing how fast they can braid. Chevy & I had our portrait done by a Caricature Artist. At about 10:30 we went back to our room and the kids were out like lights.

On Saturday we decided to go to the Hoover Dam since the kids had never seen it and I hadn't been there since I was a kid. Chevy was a nervous wreck, if the kids even wanted to look over the side he was freaking out, legs shaking and all, he was physically sick when we got in the car to leave from his fear of heights. It is amazing to me that he will jump his sand rail and race up and down Sand Mountain at 80 miles and hour, which makes me physically sick from the adrenaline rush, But you put him on a bridge or dam and he is a mess.

After the dam, we went to the pit party at Sam Boyd Stadium. As you can see the kids were able to sit in Grave Digger, and see all the Monster Trucks up close.

The highlight of Bostyn's weekend is when he got to see Travis Pastrana. Bostyn lives for Nitro Circus on MTV on Sunday nights, he absolutely idolizes Travis Pastrana, so when he was able to see him in real life all he kept saying was "Mom, that's the guy that does the back flip on motorcycles, I see him on TV, and I am going to be like him one day." I have to say I actually believe he probably will be doing a back flip on his motorcycle one day. We didn't want to wait in the mile long line for his autograph so we walked up to the front of the line to see if we could see him and he looked right at us and waved and gave a thumbs up for the picture. It was pretty cool, I have to say I was starstruck.

After we watched the parade of all the trucks head over to the stadium, We had great seats thanks to Paul. One of the trucks lost his breaks and rolled into the stands, If I was one of those people watching that truck come at me I think I would have had a major accident if you know what I mean. During the Freestyle competition almost every single truck rolled, it was so cool to see these guys who have put everything into these trucks completely destroy them.

Maximum Destruction ended it with a back flip which Bostyn loved. We had a great time, and are already planning on going back next year, I have to say it was the coolest motor sports event I have ever been to and I would suggest anyone who likes motor sports or horsepower to go, It is something to see. It will be airing on TV soon so I will let you know when so you can see what I am talking about.

Miscellaneous this & that..........

2009-03-23T19:37:00.000-06:00

Okay so I am a total loser and really need to post something but I really haven't done anything exciting at all. We are headed to Vegas to the Monster Truck finals this weekend so I will finally have something good to post. So I will post a little of this & that.

First off Bostyn got a new four-wheeler and Chevy was trying to teach him how to do wheelies in the front yard. It was so cute he is such a great Dad, but I think Boss is still a little to small to be doing wheelies on a four-wheeler. (You never know with him though he could be doing it next week)

Another fun moment and my husband might kill me for posting these pictures of him on the blog was when he let the kids take the markers to him for about 45 minutes, I totally forgot to get a picture when they were totally done, but he was covered from head to toe.

We also had a surprise 60th birthday party for Chevy's dad and got a picture of the whole family. We had a great time I finally got to meet Chevy's grandma Marjorie, she is such a sweet lady. John (Chevy's Dad) was so suprised, he had no idea we planned a suprise party and was actually mad at us because none of us knew if we should say anything so we all acted dumb when he asked about getting the family together, knowing that we had this suprise party planned.

In the last couple of weeks I have been going through old family pictures and I can't believe how much my Dad and Bostyn look a like as kids. Tell me what you think.

New Years Eve Party......2009

2009-01-11T13:46:00.001-07:00

So me and Chevy decided to have a new years party at our house this year...... we had so much fun Jayson & Haley brought over their poker table not that we really used it and Ryan and Ali brought Rockband. We had a ridiculous amount of food as you can see.

Heidi rockin out on the drums me on the guitar and Haley singing

Chelsee singing

Chevy, Randen & Ryan wrestling I could really kick all of their butts they bend my theater couches downstairs! But men and their egos, they have to see who's tougher.

Me and Chelsee I think we took like 15 pictures to get one we both liked, she's probably going to kill me for posting this but check out this one she kept closing her eyes so she was holding them open.......

Chelsee & Randen

Brandon & Heidi

Jayson & Haley

Alli & Ryan

Carly & Austin

Chevy & Me

Me being a total geek on the guitar!

Alli, Me & Heidi rockin out and Haley singing behind the tree

Everyone playing poker

We had a blast I hope everyone else did too, we are going to have to have rockband night besides the poker nights....next year at our house ringing in 2010 sound good....

Time to catch up.......Christmas morning

2009-01-09T17:04:00.000-07:00

Okay so I haven't posted for about a month so I am going to try to sum it all up so it might be kinda long...actually I might do it in a couple of posts. So christmas eve we had to put the reindeer food out on the lawn see below me outside in the blowing snow
Braylee & Bostyn watching me out the front window
My mom and dad made cookies with them the a couple of nights before so we were able to put those out and they were so excited about the fact that they made the cookies......thanks Mom & Dad.

Christmas morning was total crazyness which it always is at our house. My Mom and Dad come over and stay all day so we don't have to leave anywhere and Chevy's mom either comes by Christmas eve or day. So it is so nice we never have to go anywhere the kids get to stay home all day and play with their toys and I get to clean up a huge mess all day which is totally worth it to see the excitement they have christmas morning.

This is right before they get to see all their toys and Chevy was teasing them so bad with wanting to take more picture I thought they were both going to have a breakdown.

The big reveal at first they didn't know what to do it was so funny

Bostyn with his T-Rex my Mom & Dad bought him & opening their ridiculous amount of presents. Between me and my Mom we go completly overboard.

Chevy trying to hook up the Nintendo Wii he was so excited about it.

We spent the day playing the Wii (me and Chevy and our competitions) and playing with toys & games with the kids and me cleaning up of course. We had a great christmas minus the fact that my Grandma & Grandpa didn't make it this year due to the weather, we missed them..........

Merry Christmas to all............

2008-12-24T19:35:00.001-07:00

Merry Christmas to all of my blogger friends & family.......

Love,

Chevy, Amberlie, Braylee & Bostyn

Hastings

xoxo

Braylee's Dance Recital

2008-12-04T22:19:00.000-07:00

Tonight was Braylee's half-year Dance Recital. Her and Avery are in dance class together and she loves it. She has been anticipating this for the last two weeks so needless to say she was so excited tonight and wanted to invite everyone but I thought I might be easier if I just post the video and pictures from the night. You will have to pause the music on the bottom of my blog to hear the music to her dance. It was to "Mama I'm A Big Girl Now" from "Hairspray" soundtrack.

I absolutely love their costumes.

Braylee and Avery before the recital

As you can see she loves to pose.

Braylee waiting for her dance to start

Dancing

My Mom & Dad - They were so proud of her

Bostyn & Brooklyn (Doesn't he look like a mischevious little stink)

Here is the video, bear with the camera movement and editing. Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom so you can hear the song the dance is to.

Twilight Movie Madness.........

2008-11-22T00:50:00.001-07:00

Okay, So I am going to admit it.....In the last month I have turned into a total Twilight GEEK!!!! I am completely obsessed. I started reading the books on October 20th because my friend Haley asked me if I wanted to go to the movie and brought me over the book. So I figured I would give it a chance even though I "hated" reading (or so I thought). So I started on a Monday night and finished the first book on a Wednesday Night. (yeah I know I am a freak I stayed up until 2:30 in the morning both nights.) I was so worried about finishing the first book and not being able to find out what happens that I went and bought all four of the books on Wendesday. I read all five (including Midnight Sun) in 3 weeks and read Twilight again before the movie came out on Thursday Night. (yes, I know total geek) So needless to say I was so excited for the movie. I have to honestly admit that I picked the movie apart the first time when I went with the girls I gave it 6 out of 10, but we went again on Friday night with our husbands and it was so much better the second time I gave it a 8.5. Chevy thought it was a really good movie and even admitted that it made him really curious and now he wants to try to read the books. (Can I tell you how much better it is when you are passionate about something and your husband totally supports it) So here are my pictures of me and the girls being total geeks on Thursday night, then Friday night with our husbands. I am going to try to go again tomorrow if my Mom & Dad will go with me and convince Chevy to go again.

This is by Red Robin in the Mall. People were walking by laughing at us.

Waiting in line in the lobby of Cinemark to get in the movie we played Phase 10, I was so excited I couldn't get into the game

All of us waiting for the movie to start we did quizzes that Haley was creative enough to make up and played "Twilight" hangman.

Me and my friend Allison

I laughed so hard, It was a lot of fun.

Me and my friend Brandie. I think everyone in the theater thought we were totally crazy because we all had our cameras so between 6 people getting a picture there were flashes going off like crazy.

Friday Night with our husbands. We went and ate at Ruby River and headed over to the Theater to stand in line. I have to say all of our Husbands were so supportive, I was so proud of all of them to endure our crazyness.

Austin, Carly, Jayson & Haley

Brandon & Heidi

Wade and Brandie were there but they sat up farther in the Theater and I totally forgot to get a picture of them.

Tagged............Thanks Haley

2008-11-19T09:40:00.001-07:00

Upload the 3rd picture from your 4th album or file and tell about it. Then tag 4 people to do the same.

This was at the Zoo in 2005, Bostyn was 1 year old he was so cute and Chubby.

I tag Ellen, Liz, and who ever else has not been tagged......

Husband Tag..........

2008-11-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

Full name: Chevy Brian Hastings

How long we've been married: 6 years

How long did we date: 2-1/2 years

Who eats the sweets: I do, he doesn't like candy or any kind of cake or brownies. Rarely will he actually eat a piece of candy.
Who said I love you first: I can't remember, I think he did

Who is taller: He is

Who sings better: That would definately be me.......just kidding, I'm not really sure.

Who is smarter: Books smarts would be me, but anything else like fixing something or knowing how something works would be him.

Who does the laundry: I do, except when I beg him to help me fold clothes.

Who pays the bills: I do, if it was his responsibility our house and cars would be reposessed, not because we don't have the money but because he forgot.......

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed: I do.

Who mows the lawn: I do 80% of the time

Who cooks dinner: Mostly me unless he has something in mind or we are BBQing

Who drives: Me, if we are in my car and He drives his truck.

Who admits they are wrong: I do for sure, he has way too much pride to admit that he is wrong.

Who asked who out first: He asked me out first and I didn't go until 6 months later and I am so happy I did.

Who wears the pants: I would say it's 50/50.

What does he do that surprises you: He suprises me with something everyday, trust me there is never a dull moment being married to Chevy.

My favorite feature on him: His eyes

Favorite quality he has: He will make friends with anyone, he has absolutely no fear of talking to people and I won't talk to just anyone, if it wasn't for him we probably wouldn't have any friends. And he is one of the best Dad's I know.

Does he have a nickname for you: Poopie, yes I hate to admit it, and Babe.

His favorite food: Crab Legs

His favorite sport: Driving his Sandcar if that is a sport & hunting

Our favorite thing to do as a couple: Going to Concerts.

Does he have any hidden talents: He is a genius when it comes to how to fix pretty much everything, he also is great at fixing the suspension on Sandrails.

What do you admire most about him: How easily he can make new friends and he is a awesome Dad.

His favorite color: Clear (I know that sounds stupid but that is what he will say if you ask him)

How did he propose: At a Matchbox 20 Concert.

I love you Chevy so much, I don't know what I would do without you in my life.

I tag everyone who reads this who hasn't been husband tagged yet!!!

Halloween

2008-11-02T22:54:00.000-07:00

What a day, I hate to say I am glad it is over but I am. The only thing is that now it means winter is on it's way

Braylee (Hannah Montana) at her school parade.

We went to main street in Springville for their trick or treat.

Hannah Montana and Jack Sparrow (we had to cut off the hair because it kept getting in his eyes.

After we were done me and Chelsee took pictures of the kids (Avery, Jayden, Braylee, Bostyn, & Riley

Chevy decided to decorate our Rhino for the kids to go trick or treating. (he's so creative)

My First Post

2008-11-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

Well I guess I am going to give this a try. Really only because about 8 people in the last week have asked me if I have a blog. And, also because my husband has been telling me I need to do this for the last year.