Goodbye to 2007

2007 is coming to a rapid close. We ended our year sledding in the mountains all day. It was awesome! I took my camera and grabbed my freshly charged battery and was so excited to find out my battery was dead.. weird, I know. No pictures of our wonderful snow adventure.

I am looking forward to an even better 2008. Happy New Year!

Two of my Favorite Women!

These are two of my favorite women. My Mother, and my Sweet Sister. I took this picture yesterday after their fresh new haircuts. They are simply beautiful huh?

Why they are my favorite women.

-My Mom is so kind, one of the kindest people I know.
-My Mom is the best MOM in the world. I hope I can be the kind of Mom to my kids that she has been to me.
-My Sister is hilarious!
-My Sister helps to always keep things in perspective.
-My Mom is the best Grandma I know.
-My Mom makes me feel better whenever anything is wrong.
-My Sister is the best Aunt! Who else will play Barbies for hours with her nieces?
-My Sister has held my hair and patted my back while I have thrown up, she is so compassionate.
-My Mom is a talented musician.
-My Mom has always had time for me and my siblings, no matter what we needed.
-My Sister is one of my hero's. She is brave and stubborn.
-My Sister is a much prayed for Sister, I wanted a little sister for years, it only took a little over 16 to get her here, and life would not be complete without it. I have the best sister anyone could ask for. She was worth the wait.

I am blessed to have two wonderful women in my life. Two women who have shaped and molded who I am. Two women who share so many great qualities, many more than I have named, that was just a small list. Two women I love. Two women I want to shape my life after and the life of my Favorite Girl in the world, Little Miss.

Why do you blog?

I was blog surfing and came across a blog and there was a quote that someone had said about blogging. They were being encouraged to talk about more random personal things on their blog, and they felt they might sound like they were bragging or something. And that isn't who they are. And they were told "just the fact that I have a blog is very presumptuous and that I already have crossed the line, it doesn't matter what you say on it, you already think you are important enough that people will want to read it."

I read this about a month ago. And I keep thinking about it. Why do I blog? And I have come to realize I blog so I can remember what happened when. I love that I get comments, and people reading it. But I also didn't used to want ANYONE I knew in-real to know I had a blog. I let it slip once in front of my Sister in Law, Hi TAMMY! And I was mortified. But then I realized at least people can get to know me and all the craziness that is me through my blog. Because face it, I am pretty honest and open, and it all just falls out on the pages. I don't blog because I am a fantastic writer, who has a passion for writing and keeps you at the edge of your seat. ( That was an obvious statement I know.)

Many of my family members still have no idea I blog. I don't include it in my Christmas letters, I would have never told anyone in my ward but I did somehow and now I get comments at Church from people about stuff they read. Maybe I should censor myself but this is my history, and I am not going to apologize for being me. I like me! I love how I can go back and see where I was in all aspects of my life over the past almost two years. This is my most consistent journaling, record keeping I have ever had! AMAZING! But I really feel my blog is a place for me to get things out and sorted, to remember the great details about being 'The Mom' and overall remember my take on life.

Since I know I have many more readers than commenter's, stop in say Hi, you don't need to lurk. And let me know.. why do you blog?

Only 364 More Days

Until Christmas! Can you wait? It is the BEST time of the year. But before we get to excited about Christmas 2008 I think I should have a run down of Christmas 2007.

Christmas Eve, late Little Man's race track was being set up. And it was so awesome! And when it was finished we decided that it should be tested to make sure it was just as cool as we thought it was. We were wrong. So wrong. It was a pain in the butt. The upside down loops left the cars flying off of the track, and I could not make a full lap without crashing 3 or 4 times. Seriously. I was frustrated and I knew if I was frustrated Little Man would be 10 times as frustrated. I looked at Randy and said that's it, I am going to Wal-Mart, we need a new toy. Stupid Racetrack. He asked if I thought they were open, and I was sure they would be.. they don't give their employees the holidays off do they? At 12:30AM I took off to Wal-Mart only to get their and find out that they closed at 6. That is good but I was sad. How was Santa going to fix this?

I came home and Randy informed me he was sure it was closed but knew that I had made up my mind and it was best just to let me go. He knows me well.. lol. But Randy being the smart man that he is took out almost half of the track pieces and simplified it to the point that we could race and not have our cars fly off. Finally a little after 1AM we decided all was well and we went to bed. I was exhausted. Normally I can't sleep on Christmas Eve. I was out in a minute and didn't wake until after 7AM, I think this was the latest I have ever slept in on Christmas Day. The kids were ready to run down the stairs, but Randy had blocked the stairs with the toy kitchen. Smart thinking on his part.

Little Man had his faith in Santa restored. He knew he was on the verge of getting coal, and had prayed that he would be on the good list. And he got great things in his stocking that made his day! And Little Miss was thrilled to get some pretties for her hair.

Then to the tree. The kids were giddy seeing all of the presents and ready to open them all. They opened all of their gifts and he looked at me and said Mom, you forgot my racetrack in your closet. I saw it where is it. I looked at him and said sorry buddy, I took it back. You peeked, no race track. He fought back tears and looked heart broken. I felt so bad for him!!

Randy went upstairs and then called us up and we hurried up to go into Little Miss' room to see a new Doll House. And not just any doll house but an awesome wooden three story Barbie Doll House. It even has an elevator and a toilet. Little Miss was speechless. She just stared at it. Little Man asked her if she saw it when she got up, and she shook her head no and just stared at it. It was so cool! She likes to have all of her dolls go to the bathroom, and thinks it is hilarious to make the bathroom noises, oh joy. It has even helped her brother to want to play with her, he is very excited about having Ken go to the bathroom.

Little Man took us to our closet to look for the forgotten racetrack, sure that it had to be there. His face fell when he realized it really wasn't there. We told him we had heard Santa working that night so we went on a hunt to see if we could find anything else. And finally we opened the last bedroom door to find a wonderful racetrack all ready to be played with. He was thrilled, and so excited that Santa worked so hard for him to set this up. And he has informed me that Santa is real. I took back his race track and Santa bought him an even better one! And it is so fun! He LOVES IT!

Randy got some hunting stuff including a goose call, duck call, coyote call, lanyard, and some cool boots. He was thrilled and went around all. day. long. blowing the blasted calls. You could hear him coming.

I got a wonderful sewing cabinet and some more sewing things. And a set of terrific candle sticks.

We were off to the In Laws for Breakfast and more gifts. It was wonderful to visit and get a chance to just hang out. We had a terrific time, and we got 72 hours kits! I am so stinking excited!! The kids got new jammies, and Little Man a transformer, Jazz, and Little Miss a new baby!

We had Brunch with our wonderful neighbors. We had a chance to hang out with all of their kids and feel like part of their family. We even had stockings to open there. They went all out, and we had a chance to just laugh and have a great time, and eat way too much.

Then it was time to go to my parents. Little Man received the GI Joe I told him I took back, he was thrilled that Grandma knew enough to get him more GI Joe stuff. She is number one in his book. And Grandpa is talented and made the kids an art easel. Little Miss got all of the best accessories for her new doll, a play pen, car sear, stroller, high chair, everything she needs to be the best Mommy to her new "pretty baby". We are a wonderful Ham dinner at 2:00, (see how much we ate!!) And then we had pie. Our Christmas Day was filled with many wonderful moments. We enjoyed all of the family time. The chance to Celebrate Jesus' Birthday as Little Man put it.

I am thrilled Little Man has renewed his belief in Santa, Little Miss is still wondering why she didn't wake up when he brought in her doll house. I don't remember believing, and never thought I would care if my kids did. But it was truly Magical.

And the Stockings Were Hung...

Christmas Eve.. one hour left until Christmas Day. I have been busy wrapping, stuffing, sneaking, cooking, and we still have to set up the race track. The kids unwrapped their Christmas Eve presents, as did Randy and I. They were thrilled with their new Christmas Jammies, and even more thrilled to realize that the boys and the girls had the matching pants. Now they could each look like Mommy or Daddy. What a thrilling idea! Seriously, have you seen anyone any more excited over dressing like their Daddy?I would have taken a group shot of us all in our new jammies, but it was late, and the kids were anxious to get in bed so Christmas would come sooner. Today we tracked Santa, and I think that has renewed some faith in Santa for Little Man. He couldn't wait to get into bed so that Santa would come, and urged us to go quickly.

I can't wait for the morning to see their smiling faces and here the squeals of Little Miss as she opens her presents, and all the fun boy noises Little Man will make with his new ones.

As I sit here tonight I think about Mary. In a stable, getting ready to bring the Messiah into this world. The wondrous woman she was. I remember when I was in labor with my kids I loved them so dearly and was anxious for their arrival. I am sure she was ready for her beloved Son to be born. I love the song Mary Did You Know? I am sure she knew. She knew He was the Chosen one, come to save the world.

I hope we can all take a moment to think of our Savior, Jesus Christ. To reflect on His birth, the wondrous blessing it is in our life, even over 2000 years later.

From my Family to yours, Merry Christmas.

2 More Days

Until CHRISTMAS! Can you wait? Are you ready?

I for one am so excited. I still have to finish the Christmas Eve pajamas, I have to make pants for Little Miss and I. I was going to make the shirts with it. Last night I realized that I had not cut out my fabric for any of them and I probably wouldn't be getting it all done. Thankfully I was able to go to the Mall (my happy place) and I get cute shirts to go with my fabric. Thank you Old Navy and GAP! And I finished Randy's and Little Man's pants last night. Hopefully I will finish the rest tonight after everyone is in bed.

Yesterday proved to be an interesting day. Little Man was told this past month that there was no Santa. Thank you Carpool Boy! He was informed that Mom and Dad buy everything and Santa doesn't come. We asked him what he thinks and he thinks Santa is real, but I can tell he isn't sold on the idea. Who knew at 6 this would be happening?? I haven't been too sure what to think. I never thought Santa was real. I love the idea of it, but I knew someone wasn't coming down our chimney, but it was fun to pretend.

Unfortunately Little Man found the Christmas Stash yesterday. And being the sweet innocent boy he told me how he found this cool race track in my closet, and G.I. Joe's and a Island Princess Barbie for Little Miss and some candy canes. I looked at him blankly and said, where were you? And the sheepish grin on his face spilled it all as he answered simply, In your closet. I think he knew that I was upset. He instantly gave me a hug and I asked him if he was snooping and he willingly admitted he was. I am glad he feels he can tell me these things, but man I was so sad. He told me he was just so tempted to find them and he couldn't help it, and he felt yucky when he did it, but he was too excited. And then he told me he showed Little Miss the Barbie. So not only ruining some of his surprises some of hers also. The stinker!

I called a few people needing advice, do I return it all? Give him only socks and underwear? Give him coal? Nothing? Leave it alone? What was the right thing. My friend Alli sent me a link to this blog and I really liked it. And so I decided he can keep all that he saw. And thankfully he didn't see it all and those will be from Santa. Little Miss might have a bigger Santa present this year.. I am still undecided if I set the race track up in an extra room if I can put from Santa on it, or if it will be enough the same as the picture on the box. Thankfully Little Miss didn't see the doll house or her Christmas would be ruined. Hopefully the magic will a little longer and even then I hope they always believe in the magic of Christmas. The goodness of others, and the charity we see in this season. I like what Hilary says about Santa and Christ. I think one day when I am willing to take that step that will be a good way to explain it to my kids.

I Believe. Do you?

Mother's Intuition

I was right. I was sure Little Miss' problems were from her Adenoids. I prayed about and felt strongly we needed to get them looked at. I called our doctor and he got us in that day, that never happens. We did the X-Ray and I was told it would be a few days. They called yesterday, I wasn't home so I talked to them today. I was told the Adenoids are large and could be causing a very large obstruction. I was happy to hear that. Strange I know, but I know Heavenly Father prompted me to look into it, and it is always nice when you hear that your promptings were right. It is just a sweet tender mercy that I am so grateful for. I think we might finally be able to start getting the help she needs. And we go to speech Jan 3rd for our first evaluation. And I am waiting for the ENT appointment, hopefully that won't take too long.

The Fairest of Them All.

Little Miss is my Princess. She is sweet, kind, silly, and just all around fun. She is the Fairest Princess of All the Land. We went to her 4 year old check-up today.. yeah I know that it is 6 months late. Our pediatrician is always so good with her and is very thorough.

Things about her, she is 42 inches, and is 38lbs fully clothed. She is over 4 inches taller than 16 months ago, and is 2lbs heavier than 8 months ago. She is the same size I was at that age. And has been since she was 6 months, we will see if this trend continues. She also had the privilege of getting 6 shots. Yes you read right. 6 lovely shots.

We had an X-Ray done to check her adenoids, they are wondering if taking them out would help in her clarity of speech, and also with her nasal sound, and the almost drooling at times. Hopefully we will get that back quickly and have an idea of what is going on with her. Allergies or Adenoid problem. Hopefully within a week we will know.

We are going in to have her speech re-evaluated. And honestly, I have mixed feelings on this. I am all about doing what needs to be done, and early intervention. But we have done so much already and we were released and done with it with her being at the 80th percentile for her age group. Right now we are looking for stronger clarity, and also proper use of pronouns and such. Basically we aren't from the backwoods, so she should speak without the "Is you going to do that" phrasing. I have prayed about what to do to help her and I know this is the right direction to just go see what needs to be done but I feel for her. There are times when people don't understand her and it makes her so sad. But by no fault of hers she talks fast.. and doesn't annunciate. Hmmm.. think she is like her Momma? When she slows down and takes her time she is clear and easy to understand. So maybe the adenoids are the answer, I felt strongly we needed to get them looked at. I just hate seeing things being harder for her. I want the best for her. And I know that if we are back to Speech that it will help. But I am hoping that the adenoids can help and we can be done. Time will tell.

Little Miss is my Princess. My Ballerina Princess as she likes to call herself. She is growing, learning, and she amazes me everyday. How did I get so lucky as to be her Mom?

Things That Make Me Smile

I decided today I needed a things that make me smile post.

1. Little Miss yelling from the bathroom in the specific tone, MOM....... (big pause)..... I went POOP! Can you wipe me? I giggle every time.


2. Little Man who rolls his Rs in all words with an R in them. And the little Spanglish that he does.


3. Making Sugar Cookies for the kids to decorate after FHE and watching them cover each cookie with more sprinkles than any cookie should ever have.

4. The sweet snuggles the kids give you in the night.

5. The excited squeal in the morning of "8 More days until CHRISTMAS!" Not that they are counting down or anything.

6. Realizing that Christmas is coming that soon! I can't wait.

7. Little Man who has become very polite and compliments every thing he possibly can. He wants everyone to feel good, and it sure does work.

8. Randy. Do I need to say more? Everything about him makes me smile.

My list could go on, and on. But these are a few of my favorites for today.

In Light of the Media

We as Latter Day Saints are having great amounts of attention brought to us. What do we believe, are we Christians, do we worship Joseph Smith, what goes on in the temple and many more.

I am by no means a spokesman for the Church, but I do believe that it is important to stand up for what we believe in. I want to willingly help to answer questions about something I hold most dear and sacred in my life. I have changed my blog to include a picture of our Savior Jesus Christ, and also links to Mormon.Org and LDS.Org. I believe that as a Latter Day Saint I need to be willing to share the most wonderful blessing in my life at any time.


These are our Articles of Faith


1 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2 We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.

3 We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4 We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7 We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8 We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

9 We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisaical glory.

11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.


We are Christians. Our Church is called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We worship the same Jesus Christ from that of the Bible. He is our Savior, come to atone for our sins.

I am going to do my best to share more about what I believe. To be more open and to look for opportunities to share about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you have a question that I can help with please don't hesitate to ask in a comment. I will address it in a post in the future.

Get Involved

I like to listen to Talk Radio, thanks to my wonderful husband. When I get a chance I listen to Glenn Beck, (I know the theme song!) Rush, Michael Medved, and on occasion Michael Savage. I like to know about the issues, be aware of what the candidates for the GOP and also the Democrats stand for.

This started a little over three years ago. I always paid a little attention, but one day I heard that the guy running for Congress, and the guy running for Governor were going to be in town. I called up Tiffany, and asked her if she wanted to take her kids with me and go meet these guys and support them at the local rally. Thankfully she was excited to go with me and didn't think I was being all weird and freaky. So off we went. We listened to them, we cheered, we had them sign our posters. And then they asked us if we would help. We nodded our heads, not sure if it was the feeling of we can't say no, or if we thought we could change the outcome. They handed us a few fliers, and then a few more until our stack was huge. We looked at it looked at each other and laughed, did they not see the 4 crazy kids running wild. We went and knocked doors together encouraging people to get out and vote, and promoting our candidates. And we were finished we felt accomplished. We did something that had us involved. And it felt good.

I am trying my best to be involved and know the issues. I get emails from Women for Romney, you should check out their site. I read Five Brothers: The Romney Campaign Blog. And if you want to know more about Mitt Romney go here.

I loved his speech last week. I felt it was so true and inspiring. He believes in our constitution. I loved listening to him speak, he already sounds like a President. His speech was about American Values, something that many candidates are lacking. Our values are what bind us together as a people and a nation, it is what will bind our future generations, we cannot let them be destroyed. I love this quote by Rush Limbaugh and his speech, "The kind of stuff Romney said today is the kind of stuff I've been dreaming of hearing in a presidential campaign in a long time in terms of what this country is and where we're headed. . . . Do you realize how long it has been since a political person, a presidential candidate of either party, spoke extensively of the founding of this country and how crucial everybody's understanding of that is to maintaining American exceptionalism?" Seriously could it be said better!

A few more quotes about his speech that I just love!

"Romney's speech, however, was an achievement. It had the boldness to argue with Kennedy on key issues and the intellectual seriousness to win some of those arguments. Kennedy's speech remains a landmark of American rhetoric. But Romney's deserves to be read beside it." -Michael Gerson

"He held up a mirror and, for the first time in a long while, Americans did not have to avert their gaze. They could see themselves reflected and be both proud and humbled by their country's unique beauty." -Kathleen Parker

"The key to that notable and perhaps historic success involved the candidate’s eloquent ability to insist on the proper distinction between religious values (which nearly all Americans share), and specific doctrines and traditions (on which we differ dramatically). . . .But in Mitt’s remarks today, he not only looked and sounded like a President – he actually looked and sounded like a great one. All Americans should feel encouraged and grateful." -Michael Medved

I heard on Talk Radio that if Kennedy were to run today he would lose, he was too conservative of a democrat compared to the candidates we have now.

I am anxious to find out who will be the two candidates running for President of this wonderful Country. Obviously I am strong favoring Mitt Romney, and the GOP. I believe in what he can do for our country. Get involved in what you believe in. And learn more about who and what you believe in and who you want to represesnt your country.

YIPEE!!!

I wasn't sure how yesterday was going to go. I had no idea if I would really get my van back. But, I did! I am so excited. I love my van. Today, I get to go to the Mall and shop, I can't wait.

Day 22

November 20th I took my van into the shop to get the transmission looked at. I had no idea that after 22 days it would still be there. My life has been weirdly moving forward but feeling as if everything is on hold for these 22 days.

I have not set foot in the mall since Black Friday, just a few days after I took my van to the shop. I think that is a record for me. I haven't felt ready for Christmas or like I am in the full Christmas Spirit. This is my favorite time of the year, but I have been stressed this year.

We bought our Dodge Grand Caravan last year and I also purchased an extended warranty from SmartAutoWarranty.com. I knew Dodge's were FAMOUS for their WONDERFUL transmissions, I would cover myself. And after having it for one year it needed a new one. Normally getting a new transmission would take a day or two right? Yeah not with our wonderful warranty company.

First they had to send a guy out to verify that it did indeed need a new transmission. It took a few days. And then we had to order one from Georgia. Like I have time to just wait for my van to just sit in the shop transmissionless, and with the wheels off. It was supposed to be done a week ago. I was anxious but trying to be patient. I went in and checked and the transmission was lost. Hopefully to be here this week. First how the heck do you lose a transmission? Seriously! And Second didn't you think maybe you should be paying better attention than to just leave it on a shipping dock. It's not like this was a small box that was easily misplaced. Thankfully the company who sent it rented me a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan at the shipping companies expense! (It was nice!)

The transmission arrived on Monday evening. And the work to install it began yesterday.. it has take an while. But I should be picking my van up sometime today! WOO HOO! I can't wait to see my van with wheels on it and I am thrilled that I should have it and no longer be home bound or dependent on my friends who kindly drive me or pick up my children.

The Dodge dealership is excited that they will have their lift back after 22 days of me taking up one lift and slowing their efficiency down. And I can get in the Christmas mode with just 13 days until Christmas.

Problem Solved!

I had to go to my lovely Rheumatologist today. Since I had to make a good drive, I decided a little shopping was necessary. And so I hit up my favorite store, Nordstrom's Rack. I love that store. My favorite part about that store is all of the shoes, the size 11 shoes. 100's of wonderful shoes that fit me. No scrunching my toes, or hoping this 10 will fit. My feet have room to breathe, the toes can wiggle. It is blissful to see so many wonderful shoes.



Now you might recall my problem that I have been dealing with for years. I am pleased to announce that my problem is solved. Seriously solved. The heavens are singing, my husband is thrilled, and I am thinking they may never come off of my feet again. They are HAWT, Comfy, have a skinny 13 1/2 inch calf, that doesn't leave me looking like I am wearing someone else's boots. Thank you Nine West for realizing I needed this specific boot. It is so cute I bought it in brown also.. but I get those from my Mom for Christmas. Yipee!

Here they are! And they are just heavenly. My quest is over after seven years of searching. It has come to an end. I hesitated at first, was I sure.. I walked in them, stared at them, and decided they were the chosen ones. Life is good.

And in other news.. my appointment went well. I am upping my drugs a little but that is pretty normal for this time of year. Hopefully this will do the trick to get me back to normalish.

Goose! YUM.

Randy decided it was time to go Duck hunting on Wednesday. I told him it was fine with me as long as he understood I was not participating in cleaning or doing any such thing with them besides cooking them for him. He can deal with all the yuck. *shudder* He called me and I asked him how many ducks he was bringing home. He said none, but I have 4 geese. I hadn't eaten Goose before, or Duck so it was all a new thing. And he hadn't killed either one before.

My Dad offered to come help skin them, you don't pluck them. Weird huh? So they skinned the geese in our garage and we had 4 large goose breasts to eat. Everyone told me goose was gamey, oily, and not good. I was DYING to eat it. Ha! I got on to my favorite website for cooking, and found a Goose recipe that had 5 stars. I decided that would be dinner for Little Man's birthday, and he was excited to eat Dad's kill.

I was apprehensive to cook it, worried it was be totally disgusting. But I got it going in the morning and it smelled wonderful. I pulled it out of the crock pot and started preparing it and it looked just like beef. I was rather surprised. Finally I had everyone served their Goose Sandwich and I decided I could brave it. I took my first bite fully expecting it to be wretched and have me looking for anything to spit it into. And to my shock it was good. I ate my sandwich and watched as everyone was surprised that it wasn't disgusting as they had heard and tasted before.

Randy can't wait to go hunting again and bring home more dinner. And well, I will cook it as long as I don't have to clean it or touch the dead bird until it is just a piece of meat.

(Disclaimer: Animals were killed and harmed for this post. They were skinned and eaten.)

Happy Birthday Little Man!

Little Man is 6. I just checked on him sleeping so sweetly with his favorite blankies, and it made me wonder where did the time go. It seems like only yesterday I was looking at him for the first time. Feeling as if I had known him forever. I am nostalgic for that time when he was a newborn. When I could just sit and hold him and enjoy every minute. That time past so quickly and now we are at another wonderful stage. He is still likes to sit on my lap and snuggle, but he is at school and a busy big boy.

I baked two batches of Cupcakes this morning, and his birthday cake. Check out my awesome cake decorating skills. Okay so I lack in that department. But it tasted so good! And Little Man thought the decorations ROCKED! And then I started our dinner, we had goose. Yes you read the goose. More details on that tomorrow or so. I had to get it in the crock pot by 11:00 so it would be ready for dinner. I had the last minute shopping for Little Miss to choose him his gift and I desperately needed wrapping paper.

After those errands then it was off to his school to take in the cupcakes. I took them to his Spanish classroom today. The kids were thrilled to see cupcakes! Little Man handed them out so politely asking each of his friends if they wanted Chocolate or Vanilla. His teacher had asked me to bring in a slide show of pictures of him, and also if I would read the kids a story in Spanish. Ummm.. sure. Have you heard me speak Spanish? I did it. And it wasn't horrible. It was El Oso. The Bear. I think he had me do it so he could get a chance to giggle at my horrendous non-Spanish Spanish.

Little Man came home and got a chance to open his presents! We ate our BBQ Goose dinner, and then had cake and ice cream! He loved all of his new toys and just getting to have a great time.

I am so proud of my Little Man. He is growing up and is so polite and kind. I had the chance to observe him doing Simon Says today in his Spanish Class. He was telling the kids all the directions in Spanish! I was amazed at how well he was doing it. It was a wonderful Mommy moment. He is my buddy. I am so grateful I am his mother. What a blessing for me.

Happy Birthday Little Man. I am so proud of you. And I love you more than you will ever know. Thanks for being my special boy. To the Sun, the Moon and back again I love you.

A Problem.

I have a problem. One that I have been trying to solve for YEARS. I have searched high and low for an answer to my problem and have yet to find my answer. I want a pair of black tall boots with a cute heel. I really really want a pair. My problem is my feet are big, size 11. But my calves are skinny. I have yet to find a pair of boots in an 11 that don't sag and look utterly ridiculous. I am on a mission.. so if you know of a pair of killer boots that are BIG yet skinny and not $400 send me a link. All I want is a nice pair of boots.

I have debated if I should look more into the slouchy boot and get some cute skinny jeans to go with them, but I am not 100% sure that is what I want. If you find any cute ones that would look HAWT on me let me know. And my other issue is they need to be tall enough. I am on a search to fix my problem.

Done!

Every night when Randy and I go to bed we lay there and I talk, he listens and appropriately grunts, or makes a noise of some sort acknowledging my thoughts. This is part of our routine.. or should I say my routine. I love to just get a chance to visit with him about everything possible on my mind.

October 1st we were laying there, it was a Monday night and I had been talking to him about Church stuff. And I looked at him and said Randy, we should read the book of Mormon in two months. It is only about 9 pages a day, want to join me? As he states there was only one right answer.. and that is Yes, dear. I had been feeling rather blah, or stagnant. And I wanted to have more fire under me. I read my scriptures daily but I didn't feel like I was getting ANYTHING out of them, and it was just words going through my head. But I wasn't sure I was putting my whole heart into it. I needed something and having someone to do it with me would help to keep me motivated.

Three years ago my old neighbor who moved away, Tiffany and I read it in 30 days and that was intense. It was awesome! I understood what Henry B. Eyring meant when he said the Book of Mormon will change your life. I wanted that feeling back just as strong. I hadn't lost it all together but I wanted to have the fire going strong.

I figured since I did it in 30 days before 2 months would be cake. You would think it would be right? WRONG. Nine pages a day is really not that much to read. It could be done quite easily. Well as life would have it things got chaotic. I was doing good and then we had our house issues which landed us in a hotel for a week while the builder fixed the bathroom, recarpted, retiled and many other wonderful things. A family of 4 in one hotel room.. it was hard to find the time and the peace to read more than a few verses here and there. So I got behind. We had late nights where I had procrastinated from my early day readings.. I got behind. I read daily just not always all of the pages. I was worried I wouldn't finish in time. I sat down and calculated where I was at and decided if I did 20 pages a day I would be done early! Woo Hoo! Only I didn't stick to that schedule well either. With kids, my calling in Young Women's, my chattery self and wanting to do it all it would get shoved to the side and my scripture study didn't always get the daily attention I wanted it to get.

I read daily with intent to learn and with an open heart. I read 38 pages this Morning, and I finished it. It didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped. But as I was reading Moroni this morning and thinking of all the things he went through I felt so blessed to have such a wonderful Book in my life. How often have I started the Book of Mormon and gotten stuck in 2nd Nephi, or made it through Mosiah only to have things taper off. How many times have I read the ending? Not nearly as many times as I have read the beginning. I read 3rd Nephi in one sitting. I loved every minute of it. I loved reading about the Savior coming, and blessing the Children. Oh to have lived at that time. I love this part of the Book of Mormon. Reading in Moroni about how he was hiding for if a Nephite was found and didn't deny Christ they were killed. The wickedness that was out there and persecuting the Church. There were many things I read that I could liken unto the days we are in now. I have a deep love for the Book of Mormon. I am grateful that even though my reading wasn't as smooth and perfect as I had hoped for that the feelings and the Spirit of it was still the same for me. That I know the Book of Mormon is true. I know that it was written for us in this day, and it will help us and guide us to answers. The Book of Mormon will change your life. It is a powerful tool. If you are needing a boost in your life I challenge you to read it. Pray about it, and set a goal and keep it.

If you haven't read the Book of Mormon and you aren't sure what it is that I, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe please feel free to leave a comment and ask questions, or go HERE.

I read Tiffani's blog on imaginary friends and it made me chuckle. It also prompted my post on my kids.

Little Miss and Little Man both have imaginary cats and dogs. Little Man has Chucky, Bucky, Banana Split, Sage, and Izzy for his dogs and a few cats, Cinderella and Dusty. Little Miss has 100 dogs and 100 cats, not to be out done by her older brother. Hers are named similar to Little Man's and then she runs out of names. Imagine that! Little Man feeds and cares for all of his animals in his room, and Bucky was the original Yellow Lab he started out with who always went everywhere. Bucky has been a good dog, he doesn't do naughty things. He is polite, and eats quietly. We have yet to have any problems with any of Little Man's pets.

Little Miss' dogs and cats are another story. They are destructive. They don't seem to understand the rules of my home. I made pumpkin pie on Sunday, (I made the crust and everything!! I always just buy my pie!!) And I had it cooling, I had made two of these wonderful pies. And we had our neighbors coming to join us when I go and look at these beautiful pies to find two big hand prints in each pie and the pumpkin missing from those spots. Knowing Little Miss was the guilty culprit I asked her if she put her hands in the pie, to which she quickly responded with her guilty look, My dogs and cats did it. Not me. I asked her again if she was sure she didn't do it and she assured me it was her dogs and cats, not her. Little Miss lies as well as I do.. she can't lie. It is OBVIOUS. She went to her room to wait until she could tell the truth. Those darn dogs and cats are who do everything naughty around here. It cracks me up when she isn't looking. She came back later and I asked her again who put their hands in the pie and she looked so sheepish and said me. Sorry Mom. We talked about honesty and then ate our pie. Our neighbors didn't mind the hand prints of Little Miss and giggled with us about her and those darn animals.

It's Cold!

Holy cow the temperatures have dropped. It is cold. What happened to my nice fall weather where the 30's was the low for the night, not the high for the day. I have things planned.. I need nice weather. Thankfully when it started to rain an itsy bit today it stopped. Just in time. I spent a hour out in the brisk cold taking pictures of Tiffani's beautiful family! It was a wonderful time and helped me to forget about the cold. I hope they had as much fun as I did.. and I hope they have defrosted. Here are a few pictures to enjoy. And there will be more up on my photo blog once I proof them! Nevermind that last sentence.. I am done. I couldn't help myself.. I was on a roll, so go look at the other blog.. and there are a few more!

Rise and Shine..

Oh wait it was still dark. Very dark. My cell phone rang before 4AM this morning. My Mom was on the other end asking me if I was awake.. yeah I am up.. totally up. Rubbing my eyes and trying to get over the sheer panic the "Hello Moto" had brought through my body. She had told me she would call me when she left her house this morning and I figured I would roll out of bed then. She told me I am about 3 minutes away, are you ready? Umm.. sure Mom. Give me 5 minutes and I am good to go. I brushed my teeth, threw on clean clothes and freshened up yesterdays makeup.. (Yeah I don't wash my face at night all the time.. who cares!) And then I ran downstairs and out the door. We were off on our shopping adventure!

At 4:15 we found our parking spot in front of ToysRUs and ran and jumped in line. Jealous? You should be. It was cold. I jumped and was ever so anxious for the time to tick by to 5AM when we could get in from the bitter cold. We chatted and laughed and were glad weren't any later the other people were WAY back there and we wanted to get the goods and move on. I had my list and we got in and got all of the things we wanted and we were out by 5:15. It was fast. I got the things I needed to make Christmas wonderful for Little Man.

Off to Fred Meyer.. we needed socks. Lots of socks. I only buy them once a year if I can help it. Fred Meyer has them half off for a few hours every year on Black Friday. We ended up with over 50 pairs of socks. If you have seen my holey socks recently you know how badly they were needed. But I was waiting to buy them for today. I can't wait to put on new socks! We spent much more time there.. we didn't get out of there until 6:30.

Then off to Staples. I wanted a 500GB external hard drive.. but they were already out. They had only been open 45 minutes. I was bummed. Who else wants a 500GB hard drive.. I had no idea they would be THAT popular. I did find new phones.. we needed them.. I dropped one of ours in the toilet.. clean but it got soaked so it works occassionally. And the other one the battery is on the verge of just dying. So basically we have one kind of working moody phone. Now we have three capable phones! Woo hoo! This could prove to be dangerous as my kids love to use the phone. All. of. the. time. They have been known to call Grandma in the wee hours of the night just to request Jello. Sorry I am digressing. I also found 20 mile range two way radios. Pretty snazzy. And a awesome cushy new computer chair I am lounging in right now. It is nice. We went to the copy center and skipped the insanely long check out line!

Then we decided we should brave JoAnn's. This is my first year going there for Black Friday. The first year I am really digging sewing. We went and spent a long long long long long long long long long time in line. I found the fabric for my tree skirt, Christmas jammies, and the gifts I am making. I also got a nice $50 Olfa cutting mat for $19. I scored. We waited for over 1 hour to get my fabric cut. I think I bought over 30 yards of fabric. And I ended up under $70 the sale was that good. Finally after 2 hours there it was time to go to another store.

I checked a few more stores for my Hard Drive but evidentally it was a serious hot ticket item. And the stores that did have them decided that $250 was a good price, I liked the $79-99 price range better. And I know Costco always has a decent deal on it. Hopefully I will get one for Chrismtas. I am sure I "need" one so I can back up all my pictures better. Okay I don't have them backed up at all. Bad Huh?

We went to the Mall.. Gap didn't have an additional percent off this year.. I was bummed. We wandered through Gymboree, and a few stores and my Mom and I were not really feeling it today. We were looking for kids stuff not ourselves and no one really needs clothes right now.

So we decided to hit Target. They didn't have any door busters this year. We made it over and got the things on my list and then decided that since it was noon, I should go home. I hadn't eaten anything or even had a drink of water. I was parched. We had been going for eight hours strong. I got home to see my kids and wonderful husband. He was ready to go shooting, and then play paintball. And I am ready for a nap. Napping while my children are awake doesn't happen though. They like to leave when I nap and they are awake. I sit here anazlying my purchases, hoping I made the right choices and that on Christmas morning they will be as excited about their gifts as I am.

Happy Black Friday! And let the countdown begin until next year.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that today is a wonderful day! I hope you eat too much turkey. Gorge on the pie and don't feel the least bit guilty for it. I hope you laugh so hard your cheeks hurt. I hope you feel the love of those you are surrounded by so much that you think your heart might burst with joy and love. I hope you remember all those you are thankful for. I hope you remeber the pilgrims who came here and the first Thanksgiving so long ago. I hope you talk about things you are Thankful for. I hope you are as excited for tomorrow as I am. I hope you have a Wonderful Thanksgiving.

On My Mind

On my mind today.

- Thanksgiving is tomorrow! Holy cow it has come quickly this year. Where did the time go? I get to make the stuffing.. yum!
- Black Friday is in two days.. I am beyond giddy! This is my FAVORITE shopping day of the year!! I cannot wait.
- I need to edit pictures.. but I am feeling lazy. I need to get unlazy, I am going to have a lot more pictures after this week is through. Motivate me.
- I am looking forward to Christmas. I can't wait to get my kids some fun things that thrill them. Randy's gifts are up in the air still. Hopefully I will get something together soon.
- I miss my best friend Tiffany, I haven't had a friend like her in years. She moved almost a year ago. I want her to move back. But her husband doesn't get that I need her. *sigh* Hopefully we will see them over the holidays.
- I am married to the most awesome Man in the world. He is funny, and goofy. He makes me laugh until I almost pee my pants. I am married to my absolute best friend in the world. He knows me better than I know me. He helps me figure "life" out.
- And I am blessed with a killer Mom who knows when my fine really isn't fine. It is Mom nothing is going right, I need you!!

Las Vegas: The Details

Last Friday we jumped on an airplane and went to Las Vegas. Before leaving we meaning, Misty and I took each others family pictures. (Hopefully that means Christmas cards will be out in time.) The Grandparents each took their Grandchildren as Misty, Dave, Randy and I left for our 5 day trip. Misty and I were going for our friend Charlotte's wedding that we were photographing, and since we were going to Las Vegas we brought our husbands so we could make it a mini-vacation.

We arrived in Las Vegas late at night. We got our car and to our nice resort and had a chance to get settled in. Misty and I had to get up early.. 4AM ish.. Poor girl woke up before I did but we had to start at 6AM so we could get the details of Charlotte's big day! Charlotte looked gorgeous, and her and Dustin are adorable together! It was a perfect day and I loved the gorgeous scenery for pictures. Such a change to have palm trees for your background! Gorgeous!

We finished up about 4PM and then we were off to the hotel to change our clothes and then head down to the Strip to check it all out. I really, really, really wanted to see The Phantom of the Opera. I had only seen the movie and was told the movie didn't do it justice. Tickets online were expensive and I wasn't sure if it was going to happen. We went to Tix for Less and they had them for $75, I was thrilled! We bought our tickets and then hustled, okay we literally dragged poor Misty down the Strip to the Venetian so we could get our seats. Misty I am so sorry for going so fast, but the seats were worth it right? Misty is pregnant and gets bad morning sickness. Sorry. You were a great sport about it though!!! We weren't allowed to take pictures in Phantom. They said if you did you would be escorted out. I saw people taking pictures and no one drug their butt out... I was ready to see someone jump on them and take them out and delete the pictures from their memory card. It didn't happen, but it would have left me giggling if it had. Phantom was wonderful. Seriously 100X's better than I even imagined. The theatre was built for Phantom, it is gorgeous. I would go to Vegas just to see Phantom again. I loved every minute of it. After Phantom was over we went out front of the Venetian to get a few shots of ourselves and things we were seeing.

Randy and I.. Hope that is obvious. lol


Dave and Randy

Misty and I


From here we walked down to the Bellagio. Misty was really excited to see this. This was her first time in Las Vegas. We watched the fountains, and they were awesome!



We finally got back to our hotel around midnight or a little later. I was dead tired. Holy cow.

The next day we went to M&M World. It was cool. Randy and Dave busted a move.. and it made the M&M World even cooler.



Then we went to a dinner show at the Excalibur, Tournament of Kings. It is a great kid friendly show. Randy and I went last year and liked it enough to go again this year.

The next day we decided it was time to get off of the Strip. Only so much that I can handle of that part of Las Vegas. Misty and I both had family shoots that morning so we finished those up and got back to our wonderful husbands! We really wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, but it was too far away, and I didn't want Misty throwing up for a couple of reasons. 1. It sucks to puke. And I don't want to be the reason she pukes. 2. Then I would puke. Instead we made our way to Hoover Dam. We were going to go on a Dam Tour but it was $25 and well.. I didn't feel the need to spend $25 for a Dam Tour. I could walk across it just fine and say that now I had been to Arizona! Woo hoo! It was cool to see, but it looks bigger in the Movies. And I thought it would be cooler than it was. I am not sure what I expected from a Dam

Looking down the Dam


They are building a Bridge across the canyon. Holy scary!
After that we decided to go to Primm, Nevada. I convinced everyone we should go there to the outlet mall. They had a Nieman Marcus Outlet, Gucci, Dolce & Gabana, Prada, and the list goes on. I was seriously giddy to be there. We had been there maybe ten minutes and I was just figuring out where I wanted to go when sirens started to go off in the building and an announcement that this is an Emergency Please EVACUATE the building. I wanted to stay.. but quickly came to my senses this isn't school where you have a fire drill. This is serious and I should listen. So sadly I left the mall, never to return. *sigh* Okay one day I might but not for a long time. We went and rode the roller coaster across the street at a Casino, and then headed back to Las Vegas for dinner. We still don't know why the Mall was shut down. It didn't blow up or anything. I was watching to see if it was going to explode.


And then the next day it was time to come home. We went to the Zappos.com Shoe Outlet. I didn't find anything that I loved enough to buy. So sad. I tried really hard but nothing. We had lunch and then jumped on the plane and came home. We had a FANTASTIC time with Dave and Misty, and I don't think I know anyone who would be better to vacation with. The thing about going with friends is you always hope you still like each other a ton by the time you get home. And I love Misty more! She is great. And her and Dave are so cute together, and our husbands got along great! That is an even bigger bonus!


It was so nice to get home. I couldn't wait to see my little munchkins. They were so cute and Little Miss kept squeezing my face and giving me tons of kisses. I missed my kiddos so much. We had a great trip, but I am loving being home and getting back to my regular life.


Sorry this is long, and hope you enjoy the millions of pictures.

Seal Your Record

While driving to the Temple in Vegas we happened upon these wonderful signs. They were so wonderful that I had to get a picture to share. This is almost as great as the signs that you see down in Southern California, you know the ones on the freeway like this one. It made me giggle the first time I saw it 7 years ago and I still giggle at it now. Mostly the kid looks like they are flying because they are being dragged. Call me immature.. it is still hilarious to me!



Here is the new sign that had us giggling. Now we know what to do if we need to seal our criminal record, and heck it isn't even too expensive to do it. If you need to seal it here is the number. Let me know if it works! I love the crazy signs you see around the country. More on Vegas to come. Hopefully tomorrow I will find the time.

Woman to Woman: Infertility and recurrent loss

Woman to Woman: Infertility and recurrent loss

I have never dealt with a miscarriage or any sort of loss of pregnancy. And my heart goes out to all of the many women who have. My Sister-in-law has had several and I have no idea how she has done it and my heart goes out to her. And I am in awe of her strength. I look at her as an example of how to deal with hard trials, I cannot even begin to imagine the pain that those who have miscarried or lost children in utero, and after have felt and have dealt with. I don't think I could handle it.

I did however deal with infertility. We tried for quite a while to get Little Man, and I was on fertility drugs when we did get Little Man. It was hard when we were wanting so badly to have our first child and everywhere I turned someone I knew was pregnant and it was hard to watch. I hated waiting every month to see if I was pregnant. I tried hard to not buy pregnancy tests but I couldn't help it. I knew each month HAD to be the month. And it would pass by and I would cry. And then go on and try the next month. Finally we were at the temple and I had an overwhelming feeling I was pregnant, and a couple of weeks later I found out I was! I was thrilled, and still remember finding Randy while he was on jury duty at the Court House to tell him. We were overjoyed.

Little Miss came 18 months later without any drugs, due to other things in my life with health issues she is what we call our Little Miracle. After complications with both pregnancies and all of my weird health issues we were told we were done having kids. I scoffed at the idea. I was 23, young and "healthy".. okay maybe healthy isn't exactly right.. but I thought I was. And after reading stories of pre-eclampsia, and talking to multiple doctors, friends, people with Lupus, Bishop's, family, researching, praying I finally got an answer I was done. That our family was complete. Last year I had surgery to permanently take the option of childbearing away. It was hard and a heartbreaking choice that has been so eloquently put, My body made a choice before my heart was ready. But I knew I had to do it for my health. And there were times of sheer heartache before and after the surgery. The twangs to my heart when people ask when number 3 is coming, and I tell them we are done. And the assurance that you never know.. to which I reply actually we do. Often it is followed by a sincere apology to which I assure them it is okay no harm done and it isn't like I have a sign printed on my head saying "I'm Fixed!" In someways I have felt like I have went through infertility again.. I wanted more kids but I couldn't and live and be healthy.

This past year my heart finally caught up to my body. I look at small babies and love them. My friends announce their pregnancies and I am thrilled for them. I can't wait to buy them cute outfits or take pictures of their sweet babies. My heart has healed this past year. The sadness comes on occasion but I love the stage I am in. I love to see sweet newborns and snuggle so sweetly with them, and quickly hand them back to their Mom when the diaper needs to be changed, or they start to fuss.

To all who have had infertility my heart goes out to you, I understand the heartache. The Lord has a plan. And to those who have had recurrent loss or any at all I am so very sorry. Your strength and courage is admirable.

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Vegas!

I am busy trying to make sure I am ready for Vegas. We leave Friday. I have camera batteries charging, memory cards clearing, and gear getting organized. I am picking up my new luggage tomorrow, and getting things squared away. Laundry is almost all done so the kids will have plenty of clean clothes with Grandma and we will be well wardrobed for the 5 days we are playing. Even better my friend Misty and her husband are going with us. Misty and I are shooting a fantastic wedding on Saturday! I can't wait. I always enjoy working with Misty and the fact that we get to do a fun vacation together while were at it makes it even better. I am hoping to get a chance to shoot some fun pictures and capture some of the fun things in Vegas that we didn't see last time. Any out of the ordinary must-sees would be greatly appreciated.

For my Vegas friends.. and blog readers if you are interested in pictures let me know. I have time on Monday, and Tuesday AM, leave me a comment with an email address and I will get back to you!

Something to Live by

This summer I was talking with my friend Monica while we were lounging on her boat and somehow she said something that has been ever so thought provoking. She said,"Lee, you are great! Don't ever apologize for who you are. Be you and be proud of it." It might not be earth shaking for you or even something you would ponder, but I did. And I have thought about it a lot. I have often apologized for doing things just how I do them only to find out people like it done better a different way. Or apologized for just being my goofy self that is oblivious to half of the world. It is so true. I don't need to apologize for just being me. I like myself. I am comfortable with who I am. I am a loud, talk-your-ear-off, goofy, up for anything, silly, passionate, loving, hyper, quirky, screwball kind of girl and I am good with that. I am not the scrapbooker, Martha Stewarty, crafty girl. And I don't even want to pretend to be. I like to be me. I make no apologies for being ME. So Monica.. if you read this thanks for inspiring me, and reinforcing what I already knew but saying it so I could hear it. Hopefully I will teach my children this. To be who they are and be true to themselves and never apologize for who they are. Love yourself. Like who you are, and quit apologizing for being you.

Sew Much.

I love wearing new clothes. I love having new clothes. Face it I love clothes, a lot. I decided Saturday afternoon that I needed a new dress for Sunday. I just had to have one. Randy was playing paintball while I sewed myself a new dress. I am pretty darn proud. This one went much faster than my last one. And I am totally digging making my own clothes that are tailored just for me. Long enough sleeves, the bust line doesn't stop half way making me look all saggy. The skirt is long enough and I just feel great in it. That is the way clothes are supposed to fit, and usually for me to find the right fit I spend way too much money on them. My sewing machine is helping me to be cost effective. I get new clothes for a fraction of the price, and they fit me perfectly. Yippee! And now for your viewing pleasure, my newest creation.

On a side note if you would like to see an uber cute family go here and look at the slide show! Happy Monday!!

Secret...

I have a secret. A secret that might have people hunting me down over. Tomatoes might be thrown at me over it.. but don't hate me for being me. My secret...
I can't stand Michael Buble. So not my style. I know it is the latest CRAZE, the hip thing to do or something but I like to do my own thing and well.. he so doesn't do it for me. I so don't get it. Give me Nickelback, Green Day, Blink 182, The Fray, see where my taste are. I even like some country.. but that is not my thing. There it is out. I feel better. Do you? For most women I know probably not. Don't try and change my mind, it won't work.
Do you have a secret?

Halloween 2007!

We started partying for Halloween last Friday night when we had our first Halloween Party, Truck-or-Treat and games. The kids loved it and it got them even more psyched for tonight.

Saturday night Randy and I went to our Annual Halloween Party with some of our best friends. It was a blast. We laughed, we ate non-stop, we danced, we had a great time and we sang some rockin' karaoke. We had them begging for more... yeah we are THAT good. Randy and I dressed up as the Ultimate Outdoors couple, with him a hunter and me the fly fisher. We were pretty smokin'. We partied hard and we were ready to crash by the time we left.

Today Little Man had a Pumpkin Carving Contest at school. Due to issues last night we didn't get any carving done. After talking with Little Man I worked hard and fast all morning and got a Skull Pirate ready to go just in time for judging. Sadly he didn't win. And even sadder when he was carrying it down the hall he dropped it, and it broke into a few pieces and was no longer recognizable. He was so sad. So was I, no picture and all of that work! We came home and I carved our other one quickly in to a scary face. I didn't take a picture of it individually.. but you can see it in the background of some of Little Man's Pictures!

The kids had Trunk-or-Treat tonight and then to a few friends homes for a little bit more. They thoroughly enjoyed it. Little Miss was a Ballerina don't mind the purple jammies under.. she had to stay warm! Little Man was Spiderman. They got tons of candy and are still bouncing off the walls instead of sleeping like they are supposed to be! All in all it was great. We have candy coming out our ears.

Until the next one.

Happy Halloween!