More tags...

I think that getting tagged is actually a good thing, it gives me something to put on here:) Anyway....

10 years ago...

I was...14
I was obsessed with the Jazz
My school pictures looked like a mix between a Mexican and I don't know what else, something scary though!


5 things on my 'to do list' today...

1-Go to the doctor
2-Take a nap
3-Wake up from my nap
4-Register for baby shower
5-Possible another nap


5 snacks I enjoy...

1-Applesauce
2-Fruit snacks
3-Wheat thins
4-Does a nap count as a snack?
5-PB&J is always good


5 things I would do if I were a millionaire...

1-Get out of debt
2-Pay back my parents and Nick's parents with a mansion suitable for their needs
3-Buy my family a nice house, not too big, not too little
4-Purchase workable, reliable vehicles for myself and my dear husband
5-Build a football field complete with lights and also an indoor hardwood floor basketball court in our backyard



5 places I have lived....

1-Post Falls, Idaho, USA
2-Rexburg, Idaho, USA
3-Riverton, Utah, USA
4-Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, USA
5-Premortal life, heaven



5 Jobs I have had....

1-A short lived tenure as a CNA
2-Basketball referee
3-Fake plant water-er
4-Denny's waitress
5-Triple Play Family Fun Park slave


Welp, there you go. I don't have a ton of people to tag, so, I'll tag my mother dear and Darcy:)

8 is GREAT!

Ok, I don't know if Darcy meant me or another Briana when she tagged a Briana with this fun little game, but I'm kinda bored and in need of some entertainment so here we go...

8 TV shows I love to watch:

1-CSI
2-ER
3-Full House
4-Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
5-College Football Live
6-SURVIVORMAN
7-Phineas and Ferb
8-Fresh Prince (only with Spencer)


8 things that happened yesterday:

1-Got up with Nick at 4AM
2-Took a long nap
3-Made 'I will follow Jesus' necklaces for my sunbeams
4-Ordered new cell phones online
5-Watched a college football game
6-Went to Ben and Michelle's apartment to see Michelle and the children
7-Ate some delicious stir fry
8-Took a long warm, not hot, bath:)

8 Favorite Places to Eat:

1-Winger's
2-Denny's
3-Cafe Chulo/Bajios/Cafe Rio
4-Texas Roadhouse
5-Cysewski Home
6-Pingel Home
7-Olive Garden
8-Panda Express

8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:

1-DECEMBER 18TH!!!!!!
2-Christmas
3-Thanksgiving
4-Nick being done with school
5-Actually having a little bit of money
6-A baby shower
7-Spencer coming home
8-Starting my online class

8 Things on my Wishlist

1-Baby swing
2-Baby toys
3-A house of my own
4-A full night of sleep!
5-A phone that actually works
6-Tickets to a major college football game with Nick
7-Money to pay our bills
8-Well, a baby!

I'm adding one more, I hope you don't mind Darcy:)

8 Favorite books:

1-Book of Mormon
2-Doctrine and Covenants
3-Broken Things to Mend-Jeffrey R. Holland
4-Big Little
5-The Peacegiver
6-All the Goosebumps books
7-The Bible
8-I Like Myself

Ok, thats it! I'll tag some people a little later:)

I married up!

I knew when I married Nick that I was getting a good deal. He works hard, takes care of me when I throw up all night even though he has to get up at 4 am, always makes me laugh and well, he's a pretty good looking guy. It wasn't until my brother, Ben, aka: Mr. Bumpy, got kinda bored and found a website where you can put your face in old yearbook pictures that I realized just how lucky I really am to have Nick in my life. Even 40 years ago he was ridiculously good looking, with perfect bone structure, chiseled features, and not to mention great hair. So, here are a couple of the great pictures of my handsome man:)

It really doesn't get much better than this...


Ok, just kidding. I think it just got a lot better...

Well, there you have it. The most handsome man in the world. Sorry to all the married women out there who read and see this, but really, noone else compares to this gorgeous human being:)

Elijah.com?

So, primary is a funny thing...I was called as sunbeam teacher a while ago and Nick was called as my assistant. Its really nice to have him there because I have about 5-6 rowdy little boys every week, and they love him! They are very good for him, and love to sit on his lap:) There have been many times when we come home just laughing so hard because of things that they said or did. Kids really do say the darndest things! A popular thing is during prayer, to thank Heavenly Father for their toys. Well, its a start.

I have a little boy in my class with a speech impediment, and he can't say the S sound, so thats interesting trying to interpret what he's saying. His parents just gave birth to a little girl whom they named Summer. (congrats!) The poor little kid just can't say Summer, he tries so hard but it comes out "Dummer" every time. Hopefully she has a good sense of self worth, and that he learns to say her name correctly, or she might have some self esteem problems later in life!

We also have had our share of rough times, however. All in one day, all by one child, I was kicked, punched, poked, spit upon and elbowed. Hmmmm...not a good feeling! I have left church wondering if I really did want children.. ;) But all in all, they are a good group and I have a lot of fun learning and playing with them.

Today was the primary program...oh boy. The past few weeks the rowdiest boys of the bunch were absent, so I thought my job was pretty easy. But, as my luck would have it, I had a full class today! 5 extremely wiggly little boys with the attention span of an ant. It was a victory in my eyes just to get the kids up there and mumble their parts. One little guy decided that he needed to jump off his chair to sing, I'm just glad that he didn't face plant into the ground, the bishop would have called child protection services and released me from my calling. They did a good job though and I was very proud of them all for being so good:)

During class, we talked about being nice to animals, and I asked each of them if they could be any animal, what would they be and why? One little boy said that he would be a bear because they eat aliens. I don't remember reading that nursery rhyme...

I think the highlight of the day though, came from an unexpected source. We had a visitor for sharing time, and I asked him what his name was. He replied "Elijah." "Well, its nice to meet you Elijah, we're glad to have you here", was my reply. His comeback was unforgettable, something I will never forget. He said, "You can call me Elijah.com if you want." It took me a minute to realize just how funny that was, but when it hit me, I lost it. How in the world does a four year old know the dot com phraseology?! Very funny, we had a good laugh.

Moral of the story, sunbeams are mostly hilarious. As hard as they are sometimes, it all pays off when they say something funny and when you see the light turn on and they understand something pertaining to the lesson. Kids are wonderful, truly heaven sent:)

Bored bored bored...

What does one do all day when boredom sets in? Well, if you're me and you are very into CSI, here's one thing you can do...

CSI Pioneer Trek...

We need to get to the bottom of this!

Send in the Forensics!

DISCLAIMER: NO ACTION FIGURES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS CRIME SCENE.

So, what are some other things one can do when boredom sets in? We've brainstormed a list of 10 intriguing ideas to cure boredom.

#10- Hold a makeshift demolition derby with WalMart shopping carts.

#9- Hold a potato carving contest

#8- Start a fire with corn chips.

#7-Build a life sized figure of yourself out of legos. Yes, that is Indiana Jones!

#6- Recreate the entire Star Wars series using origami characters

#5- Dress as a ninja bear and fight dragons

#4- Practice your flaming baton routine so that you too, can become a baton twirling champion

#3- Practice your underwater tennis skills

#2- Start your own airline business using paper airplanes


#1- Build crime scenes anywhere and everywhere using anything and everything in sight

Well, there you have it. Once you read this, you'll never be bored again! Good luck to all of you in conquering boredom in your lives!

Battle of the big bellies

Ok, here is the prego picture everyone wants to see:) Nick is such a nice guy, he sticks his tummy out so that I don't feel so bad about being big. He's always been there for me;) Well, there it is...Jaxon is getting bigger and bigger everyday, and kicking harder and harder too! He's taken a liking to one spot on my ribs and I'm finding it hard to breath sometimes because of it. 9 weeks until the due date, and we're extremely excited to meet our baby boy!

Oops...

We have been somewhat chastised by someone who we hold dear to our hearts, to update our blog. So, to a big gween wady faw faw away, you know who you are - this is for you. I"m going to take a page out of Adam and Darcy's book and tell you about the history of the name Cysewski. Let's see what i'm really getting myself into:)

Ok, we're not having much luck....

Still no luck....

Why can't we be the Smith's or Johnson's....

Maybe if we change the spelling a little bit?

OK, we had some luck with Czyzewski. Our ancestors from Poland went through Ellis Island and people were americanizing names left and right. So, someone decided to make our lives a little easier and drop a couple z's and we now have Cysewski.

Here is the Czyzewski Family Crest, it's a little hard to see, sorry about that:) I'm not quite sure what it means either...but its nice to look at!

The name Czyzewski is the 41,021st most popular last name in the United states, with Smith and Johnson leading the way at numbers one and two, respectively.

Wondering how you really say our name? Well here it is..."chee-ZHEFF-skee" ("ZH" = the sound of "s" in "pleasure"). So, good luck with that one!

The -ski is an adjectival suffix, which can be added directly to a stem -- as piekarski means "of the baker (piekarz)" -- or can be compounded with other suffixes. Two common suffixes that can precede -ski are: 1) -ew- or -ow- (basically the same thing, dependent on whether the stem ends in a consonant classified as hard or soft)

I'm A -SKI, I Must Be Noble! If you're talking about names found in records from, say, the 14th century, names ending in -ski were borne by nobles. Back then, all surnames were noble! In other words, only nobles used surnames.

Cool, We're noble and great!

So, in my search, I also found some similar last names, such as the great Duke University men's basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski. Ok, that might be pushing it a little, but anyone who knows me, knows that I'm a huge Duke Basketball fan...Go Blue Devils!



Tytus Czyżewski (1880-1945) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Playwrite, member of the Polish Formists, and colorist. Here is one of his famous paintings. I'm sure it's bound to be in our schoolbooks someday, replacing Van Gough, Picasso and Leonardo DaVinci...




Elizabeth Czyzewski works in filmography. She has worked with many movies, such as "Get Smart" with Steve Carell, and "Blades of Glory" featuring Will Ferrell. She also was the production assistant for the TV special, "Frontline: Storm Over Everest (2008)"


Well, I think this post is long enough, researching Cysewski is not only time consuming, but also a little tiring for little old me. :) All in all, even though Cysewski is a hard name to say and spell, I'm thankful to be part of this family, I couldn't ask for a better bunch of people! I'm sure there will be lots of laughs and good times ahead, and considering our ancestors came from Poland, perhaps at family reunions will consist of Polish hotdogs, cucumber salad and apple tarts:)