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.