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Things you would learn about Mrs. Mandi Dassler from her facebook profile

Mandi Dassler is married to Frederick Dassler

she has worked for Mr. Dassler for the past 10 or so years as a hit man, her professional duties include shopping, cooking, cleaning , child care, and being sexually harassed on a regular basis

she went to Lancaster High School

she is LDS

Gerard Butler is her favorite actor

she loves sewing, recycling, capoeira, and singing in the shower

she no longer lives in the ghetto

and she is afraid of strangers

If you're board and take a look at her photos you might learn

that her husband is pretty silly

she has a son and a daughter who are also silly

her Christmas trees are usually of the construction paper variety

she lets her daughter ride on her back while she mows the lawn

she likes to decorate her kids birthday cakes and make their Halloween costumes

she was very skinny in high school and ditched a lot mostly to do ridiculous things

she always has a blast hanging out with her brother's and their families

she is extremely excited to own a dishwasher

And then if you have even more free time on your hands you could look through some recent activity on her wall and learn

her husband enjoys posing for pictures with big guns

her friends know she can sew and enjoy when she shares her talents with them

she hates when it snows in Lancaster and germ spreaders

she rarely gets out of the house by herself

she is tired of hearing people announce their pregnancies (only because there are a million of them a day)

she is in fact pregnant herself

her best friend Annie misses her

her daughter hides her shoes for 6 months at a time

she can belch louder than any of her brothers

she likes power tools

and she starts projects and then procrastinates to finish them thus turning Christmas dresses into new years dresses and then again into birthday dresses

snowboarding lessons for the boys

We all went to Mountain High last week (Holden got to skip school) and the boys took snowboarding lessons. Billy hasn't been in over ten years so he took a little refresher course he also hasn't used those muscles in over ten years and was worn out before lunch to which of course I made fun and called him an old man. I didn't get any pictures of Billy because he was up too high on the mountain for me to walk/waddle to. This was the first time Holden has even tried snowboarding and did so well and he loved it. I was so surprised how well he did, after class when I picked him up his instructor said he was great and such a good sport he never complained or cried not even saying it was too cold, when he fell he got right back up and kept going, which isn't typical for Holden so I was very happy to hear, he tried something new without being afraid I was so proud of him and no bribery required.

now that he is a "pro" he gets to spend his day off of school with his dad and uncles and cousins snowboarding next week, I think I'm going to relax in the lodge and read a book while sipping hot chocolate.

I can't believe it snowed here again

I got one smile out of her

It was warm enough to wear flip flops for a little while in January and then there was talk of a storm on its way but you never believe that kind of talk. That is just how it is in Lancaster one day is hot and the next it's snowing. After an hour I knew they were going to cancel school the next day which was suppose to be the first day back from winter break. Ridiculous!!!! Holden had a great time and Ashlynn hated it she didn't even want to step in it she played outside for 20 minutes before coming inside, she also hates having to wear gloves and a hat and a big coat she though it was awful, but Holden played outside for a couple of hours before he got board.

2011

Is going to be such a big year for our family.

Ashlynn turns three and hopefully so will her attitude

Holden turns eight, the big eight, that's right baptism time and so happily for him (and me) his dad is going to be the one baptising him.

and sometime this summer we will have another member in our family. I'm not going to lie even though this little one was planned and very much wanted I was scared when I realized what I was in for. Thankfully the fear has worn off and the excitement has set in, it feels right like this was always how it was suppose to be, I knew I bought the car with a third row seat for a reason and I knew I left an empty wall in Ashlynn's room for someone, I just didn't know it at the time, good thing I trust my decision making skills.

So now as our family grows so do our goals, some goals we just carry on from year to year and hope they eventually can be met, kind of like roll over minutes.

Mandi's to do list for 2011

(in no particular order)

-sew an incredible amount of diapers to save an incredible amount of money

-still learn how to play the piano

-still plant a garden

-teach my kids to clean up their toys

-get out of the house a lot more often (by myself)

-buy an awesome camera and learn how to take awesome pictures of my kids

-give birth naturally and unmedicated in a free standing birth center with a midwife

-avoid having to visit the hospital for any reason

-learn how to make the perfect textured home made beef jerky

-think of a beautiful and meaningful name for our child

-finish decorating my house

-find jeans that actually fit my kids, the kind that aren't baggy or too short or too long or leave their butt cracks, or coin slots as we like to call it, hanging out for the world to see.

-enjoy another year happily married to my love

There is always more to do, more to learn, more to experience but I find it hard to do in just one short years time, hopefully time will be my friend this year.

What the heck happend to December?

It came and passed and I barely noticed.

Here is what Christmas morning looked like this year

For Christmas this year the kids got pillow pets. I have no idea why any kind of pillows would be such a must have for every kid but they just had to have them, good thing Santa thought they were good this year.

Billy got me a really really nice nail gun set and a new compressor, what more could a girl ask for, and I'm very excited to use them. I already know what I am going to build now I just need to time and energy.

And in Billy's opinion the very best gift of all come from my very kind brother Zach, a new 9mm Smith and Wesson hand gun.

I was really looking forward to hanging stockings by the fire for the very first time in our home but apparently you should have the chimney sweeped in order to prevent a fire and I felt like it was more fun to spend $150 on presents than a chimney sweep so I guess it will just have to wait until next year, maybe.

My favorite time of year

Lombardi Ranch is the place to go just in case you guys didn't know

I was too tired to carve pumpkins this year so I had the kids color them instead they still thought it was fun.

Halloween adventures

This year my sweet hearts had their very own ideas of who they wanted to be for Halloween. Holden always changes his mind several times before the big day so we always wait until the last min to actual set it in writing but little miss Ashlynn knew the minute I asked and never changed her mind she could be no one else but Snow White. Holden's mind changed from a ninja turtle to karate Elvis to a vampire and finally to an 80's punk rock vampire as in the movie the lost boys their current favorite movie thanks to Dad.

Billy went to a concert that night that he just couldn't miss so I enlisted Sarah the great to help us trick or treat and to keep us safe she knows tae kwon do and is a kick boxer and punched a guy in the face while in the MTC (jokingly of course but everyone heard it and turned around to stare in shock and he never joked with her again about punching him in the face) Nobody messes with Sarah

No one in my house is shy of strangers when candy is involved


After about half hour of this neighborhood Ashlynn batted her eyes and made Sarah carry her, but the almighty Sarah picked her up and kept on trekking only to turn around to tell me I'm a slow poke good thing she came cause I wasn't going to carry her

The kids had a blast and so did Sarah and I and then we had fun checking the candy after the kids went to bed.