Easter Family Pictures!

We decided to attempt taking some family pictures on Easter morning.. ok ok by the time we actually got to take them it was after noon.. oh well.. anyhow, I think that they turned out somewhat nice and I am pretty happy at how nice we all look!

Easter was alot of fun this year! We really enjoyed it!... now if I can ever get Aaron to download the easter egg hunt footage you can see how much fun the kids had finding eggs.. if not well maybe next year!

Easter Morning!

The kids found their Easter Baskets that the Easter Bunny left them! Can you tell by their faces that they are happy about it?

Easter Weekend continued!

Caitlynn and Liv have been becoming fast friends. Friday night they got to have a sleep over and they had so much fun! These are some cute pics that Aaron snapped the next morning!

Easter Weekend!

Josh and Cait coloring Easter Eggs! Poor Cait she was soooo tired that night!
Check out this... Ammon trying to color the Easter Eggs with just the color on his hands!

Caitlynn shows off her colorful hands too after finishing up with Grandma!

Grandma and Cait intensly trying to figure our what color to do the egg!

Ammon concentrating!

Liv coloring as many eggs as she can! wow! look at her go!

Cristi helps Liv with her first Easter Egg!

The Fam all coloring Easter Eggs together!

Ok well I guess I will give a little back ground on this... The Friday before Easter we all got together and roasted hot dogs and smarshmellows with our fire pitt. ( first use since moving here) it was loads of fun.. by the time we were done it was getting late but the kids still wanted to color Easter Eggs. It was alot of fun! The kids had a blast and after cleanup was finished Ammon and Caits cousin's all got to spend the night here at our house!

A new Chapter of Life..

Ok so they always say when one door closes another one opens. Buying a house has been this crazy roller coaster ride. So many times when I thought we would be moving and it didn't happen. So many houses looked at, some many plans made over and over again just to have the door shut in our faces. Well, here is what I learn from this whole experience.... I have to learn to be happy with what I have and the stage of life that I am in. Wishing it to change just doesn't happen. There is and has been alot of blood sweat and tears that have gone into making this happen for us. But after a lot of things happening alot of fasting and praying, alot of things that did happen for us along the way. We are now in our new house. That doesn't mean its perfect now that we are here to this point.. it just means that working hard is going to have to continue, and praying that the Lord will continue to bless us. Life is never perfect, there will always be something standing in the way... but with a lot of hard work and a little help from up above anything is possible. Us moving and being in our new home is living proof of that.

So at this point we begin a new chapter of our lives.. Aaron and I have been married a little more than six years now, we have been blessed with two sweet children that we love so much, Aaron will be done with school at the end of the year and have his degree in digital media, Aaron is currently working for a company that has been really good to us. I am still working at Mastercuts but hopefully now being in our home some new doors will open and I will be able to put my salon in and work for home and stay home with our kids all the time ( hopefully the potty training with Cait will pay off here really soon). We have been blessed beyond what I think we deserve sometimes, but I know that we are where we need to be.

So this is the only pic that I have of the house so far.. so enjoy I am sure I will post more later on!

In Closing!

Ok well so we finally closed on our new house. We are really excited but we can't move until Monday due to a couple of minor complications. Its going to be a little bit of a head ache... so for those of you that can help please feel free to we are in need of trucks and or trailers to help us move... so if you know of anyone please let us know....
We should be having a house warming party here before to long.. I think somewhere after we get all un packed.
So the madness will go on with packing a cleaning till all is done and moved! Oh well this is life, we are really excited about this new stage we are entering into.
Thanks for all your love and support!

The Madness Continues!

Ok so here's the scoop... I have been a little on the busy side and haven't posted in awhile. My kids were sick for a bit and Ammon had a bad case of croup. We are now all well ( knock on wood) again. Whew! thats a relief...
We found a house that we love, its in Saratoga Springs, I don't know yet if it will all work out in our favor just yet but if it does we will be moving soon! Hurray! so on that note... the moving saga has to be continued till I know more.
Potty Training, Caitlynn turned two in Decemeber and I started trying to potty train her in January. I tried not to go back to using diapers like I swore up and down I wasn't going to do since I did that soooo much with Ammon. But alas... I did I gave in a week ago and bought more diapers... and then there was two days ago that I thought well gee I am almost out of diapers again, so I bought more. Which brings me to yesterday.. when I was in the bathroom getting ready for the day.
Cait( still in a diaper from the nighttime) : I need to poo poo..
Me( thinking yeah right): ok well lets go then
we proceed to remove the pjs and pee'd in diaper and place her on the toilet.
Cait: grunt
Poo poo actually comes out in the toilet.... she then begins to pee! HURRAY!
I am sooo excited I think I over dramatized it ...
Cait: I DID IT MOMMY!
Me: Yes and I am sooooooooooo proud of you Cait.
I go get a diaper to put on her thinking to myself that this would not surely last all day..
Cait: NO I want my little pony panties
Me: ok but you can't pee on your ponies
Cait: Ok I pee in the potty mommy.
Me: ok potty training here we come
Update: we did do the pull up at night, but this morning she got up and went potty and everything, we have only had one accident since yesterday. I can only pray that we keep going at this pace and no more diapers for us! YEAH!
So this is my life as of lately, I am happy alot and am enjoying learing how to be a better mommy to my kids. Life is incredibly busy for us right now, someday when things slow down a bit I am not sure what we are going to do. But for now life is good and the Lord has blessed us alot. I am so thankful for what we do have, and I know that this is all by the hand of God in our lifes.

Happy Annivesary to me!

Father Daughter Dance!
Right after we were married!

At the reception smooching!

wooohooo!

When Super Powers Fail!

I know, I know, I haven't been very good at updating this thing lately. Life has been a whirl wind of fun! House hunting, hubby doing school, work, applying for an internship, me doing ALOT of hair lately, sick kids.. you name it we have been doing it!

sigh..

The other new thing being that my sister in law and I have been trying to get a new blog up and going. YEAH! Its all about being healthy, enjoying life and keeping things simple.
So without further ado... here is the new link: whensuperpowersfail.blogspot.com
Please check it out and if you would like to add to it please do... we designed this site mostly because often times in our lives we feel like having super powers would help us accomplish much much more, but sometimes its not about the big things that we do but the small everyday ordinary things we do that make a difference in our lives. How we feel, think, and act.
I once heard a this quote and it has kinda stuck with me..
"Life is what happens to us after we have made plans"
So with that being said.. Please check out our site, comment and if you would like to add to our site I think eventually I will try to link things so more can read and so forth.

Writer's Workshop!

I hope that this counts. It says write about my favorite picture from last month and tell why. My husband is going into digital media as his degree. He makes these family movies for me from time to time. They are my favorite. So this is the most recent one that he finished. I hope you all enjoy!

Writer's Workshop: The Scary Encounter!

Beauty School!

Ok ok .. so I didn't actually go to college I went to beauty school when I was 17... I did my senior year of high school and beauty school at the same time and believe you me when I say it wasn't easy. When you attend beauty school it is like having a full time job and paying to be there. It's rotten but worth it. Imagine if you will over a hundred girls/women eight hours a day or more.. ok so you get the point.

I didn't really ever not get along with any of my instructors until I was about half way through school and they made this one instructor (we'll name her Carolynn) the cuttting instructor. She was the worst... if you didn't wear your name badge which consisted of you first name a number, then she would give you one of those stupid paper stick on ones that said Jane doe on it. Or whatever other lame name she could come up with. (One of mine even had the name Loser on it)That was the first of many irrtations. Soon that became offensive to my 17 yr old self esteem due to the fact that most of the instructors knew who I was. Well cutting class went ok until one day when during class she began to talk about wearing the best clothes and how shopping at stores like walmart and things meant that you probably wouldn't amount to much and that you weren't giving your all to school and what you wanted to become someday. Well after class that day I was pretty mad. Needless to say it took a couple weeks for me to actually go to that class again. I did all I could to avoid it. Well the next time I went I definetly regreted it. Carolynn began class like normal I even wore my name tag.. so I couldn't be harrassed. But eventually she started in on how we all needed to be giving 100% because her and all the other instructors were. Then she posed the question... does anyone think that we aren't giving our 100%? or something to that effect.. of course no one said anything... I sat at the back and was shaking my head ( I think it was an involuntary movement) of course by the time I notice I was shaking my head so did she... poor woman didn't even stand a chance.. she asked me ( not even able to remember or see my name tag from that distance) if I thought that they weren't giving their 100% and and if so to share an example.. so I did.. I told her that if she was really giving her 100% then why didn't she know my name and then I went on to later list someother things which she didn't believe. It was a brief agruement, and then she gave the class a break... she pulled me aside and said that she wanted to show me how wrong I was about the things I had told her.. she grabbed my arm to pull me into the office and show me and I told her "no" that I already knew she could look at it and get back to me but she insisted and pulled me in there anyways then told my two friends standing by to go away and shut the door in their faces. Well much to her dismay I was right and she was wrong ( triumph at last; ahhh I love being right) well she promptly fixed the mistakes and decided to quit making an example of me everywhere I turned. Needless, to say on graduation day when the instructors all line up and to hug you and tell you congrats.. she wasn't there but was out sick.. lucky me!

HAPPY YEAR YEAR!

It's that blessed time of year again. The time of year that we get to reset, make new goals, take inventory of all that we have accomplished over the last year. See how far we have reached to make our dreams a reality. I have to say for myself I believe that I am living the dream, my small family and I have done alot to say the least. My hubby of almost six year should be able to finally finish up school this next year. He is working for a really good company right now, and is doing really well at his job. We have two beautiful children who are learing and growing so much everyday, we actually have one that is fully potty trained... (goal for next year... have both potty trained) I am still working but intend to be working from home next year. All in all I would have to say that this year we have been truly blessed to be able to do so much, sometimes as I reflect on things I wonder how we were able to do so much but I know that all things are possible if we put our minds to it. I love this time of year, first with giving thanks, then with the birth of our savior, followed by being able to start fresh. I would have to say that life is good.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

My baby is two!

My baby is 2!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it! It really doesn't feel that long ago... but alas Cait turns two today. So allow my to indulge in remenicing just a little bit. If you ask Caitlynn... she will tell you that she's the baby. She is very mommy aware... if I am holding anyone else's baby she will drop what ever she is doing, to make sure that eveyone knows that that's her Mommy!... errrr... kinda cute I know but also kinda frustrating she gets so mean sometimes with other small children and or babies. I guess for now she IS the baby of our family and when that blessed time comes that she no longer will be the baby then we will have to address this issue more fully.

Cait was 6 lbs 2 ounces when she was born.. she was just sooo tiny and cute!

Here are a couple of pictures... hope you all enjoy!

Writer's Workshop!

A Family Christmas Traditions that we started...

I actually ripped the idea off of my sister in law. Every year she takes her kids to get a picture with santa. They then take it home and they have this really cute book with all the years in it. The front of it they cut out so that they can see that years picture in it. They display the book in their front room all through out Christmas time, and you can see how much her kids have grown each year. Its really cute. Sooo... I decided that we would do the same. Ammon's first picture with santa was when he was 6 months old. And yes for those of you who are wondering, he did smile. I can't actually claim I have ever experienced a "bad santa picture" though this is only our fourth picture. The down part is that Cait never smiles. But theres always next year I guess!

Wordful Wednesday Gymnastics!

My sister in law has started her own gymnastics program. I am helping her coach a few days a week. As I used to coach gymnastics ( oh so long ago, before my kids) well they are both learning alot and are loving it. They get to expand their energy, and they are also learning to tumble correctly with out getting hurt.

Ammon loves the bar best mostly because he likes to think that he is spider man, and can climb anything and so forth...

Either way these pics turned out way to cute not to post on here! And I am sure there will be more to come.

Wordful Wednesday!

Ammon prepares to jump. We went to the dino museum and there are some pretty big rocks to jump off of. And well since my son thinks that he is spiderman like 95% of the time.. he decided what the heck... jumping off this sure looks fun!

They say a picture paints a thousand words. Well what more can I say.. If I were a kid I think I would have jumped too! lol!

The True Spirit of Christmas!

For those of you who know me well, you know how much I love Christmas time. It is absolutely my favorite time of the year! I love the goodies, decor, caroling(even though I don't sing well or harmonize well with my hubby). I think my most favorite part though is giving gifts. I love to think of things all year long that I can do for others during this time of year. With money so tight sometimes I wonder how I can make it all happen but every year I find a way.

I think of the gift that our savior gave us. His life. It definetly puts things in perspective. All the hustle and bustle and holiday shopping that is done. It makes me stop and think often of how the savior would be if he were here with us. I love this time of year mostly I think due to the compassion that I feel for those around me. Those close, and those that need help, those that are far away,and those that I am not even aware of that I have touched their lives in someway or another. Christmas time can definetly be stressful if you let it. But I know that by letting the savior by apart of our lifes, it takes that all away.

There’s Christmas in the home and church,

There’s Christmas in the mart;

But you’ll not know what Christmas is Unless it’s in your heart.
The bells may call across the snow,

And carols search the air;

But, oh, the heart will miss the thrill Unless it’s Christmas there.

(Taken from a talk given by Pres. Monson)

Remember that we have all been given compassion and love at some point in our lives. Remember how you felt when it was given and give a true gift this Christmas; Love!

Know that we are all children of God, that he loves us all; and that someday we will all have to return and tell all that we have done, and it's not our jobs, and how much money we made, or what we were able to buy that is important. Its the time we took to help those around us, whether in own families, or around the world. Our thoughts, our actions, our intents of our hearts.

I am Flat!

You know it's going to be a good day when you wake up and get ready earlier than normal, so you can get to the store and get your shopping done, you load the kids and go to back out and realize that you have a flat tire!

sigh

yes! this was my day yesterday and bless my husband who finally came to my rescue after his meetings at work were over.. two hours later mind you.

Lastly thank goodness that walmart repairs tires I was able to shop and get my tire fixed at the same time, so I was much later in getting home and the kids were onrey because they were hungry. But no harm done.. all is well. And today has been better.

What you've all been waiting for....

Ok here is your last chance to catch a glimpse of 5 tips to help you survive Thanksgiving....

1- Be on time... and be prepared.. ladies I have already addressed this one.. (LATE LARRY) need I say more?

2- If you are reading this on Monday night its too late give up now.. you will be fighting other late shoppers to get your turkey dinner trimmings!

3- I am stealing this idea from my vt companion... if your families that are visiting or if you are visiting them and they drive you nuts..... come up with Family bingo... ( think of things that will always happen in your familyand mentally mark them off) make sure you bring rewards! It doesn't have to be bingo but something else that will help pass the time and help you keep your sanity.

4- If leaving town be sure to do laundry and other nessecary things in advance so you aren't rushing out the door and leaving behind a messy house, it's the worst to get home from a trip and not only have to put away all you brought with you and then some, but then to have to get to work cleaning your house you gladly tore up in order to pack in a rush!

5- Be Happy! no body like Sally Sour. Thanksgiving is almost here and well it is a time to be Thankful! So count your blessing put on your happy face, eat well and enjoy the holiday!

Fun Sunday Activities to keep your kids busy!

One Sunday after church and before nap time I was busy trying to get dinner partly ready(aka home made rolls) well the kids kept bothering me and driving my crazy while Aaron laid on the couch due to tiredness... so I finally came up with a bright idea and told the kids that they needed to play doctor with daddy and I gave them and ace bandage to help their daddy get better... Well I think that these pics speak pretty well for themselves... and well I did get things finished in the kitchen and there was an aweful lot of giggling going on the other room. Moral of the story, give them and inch and they will go a yard..er..something like that right?

My weekly writting assigment.

My weekly writing assignment: I am trying this writting assigment thing out so bear with me and I am early this week, normally to be posted wed. nights!
I remember when…
For those, of you who read my blog you know that the first 18 months of my marriage my husband was in Iraq. Well, I consider myself to be a fairly religious person, and I prayed daily (if not more) that my husband would come home safe. The first few months he was there were very hard. Communications were few and far between we could only write letters and those only take about two weeks or more to get. Needless to say that as time progressed we were able to e-mail and do more phone calls even at the end we were able to see one another on a web cam. At any rate he had probably been gone something like eight months or a little more, and I had been able to chat with him online the night before, it was then that he told me that he would get on there again the next day about the same time (didn’t really matter the time to me I had a laptop and it slept with me, so I knew when he was online) well the next day came and I wait, it was evening and I wait and waited and waited. I finally grew tired and went to sleep. After a couple of hours I awoke with such alarming clarity that something was wrong… I checked online wondering what was going on and why he hadn’t gotten on like he had promised to do… nothing. Just one big sinking pit feeling in my stomach, I tried to go back to sleep but each time I was met with such horrible dreams that I just couldn’t sleep. I finally got down on my knees and began to pray, I don’t know that I have ever prayed so hard in all my life. Well finally I was able to feel the peace I needed and went to bed (at this point 4 am) I woke at 7 am and looked to see if he was online and nothing. By 9:30 am I had to leave to go to work and so I decided to call my sis in law and tell her about my night. That I was really worked up and worried, well right as I called her my husband popped up online. He told me how sorry he was that he hadn’t been able to get online that he had been called out on a mission last minute because the gunner on the first mission and gotten hit by some shrapnel and they had to come back to get a replacement for him. So they had gotten my husband out of bed to replace the first guy. Out on their second mission, they came across another road side bomb and they had to do security things were pretty bad. They finally completed their mission and came back to camp. No wonder I had felt so worried. Sheesh! I know that the Lord works in mysterious ways, and that what could have been a very bad situation for my husband the Lord was there watching over him. I never really knew how in tune I was to such feelings before then. I do know now. Thankfully the Lord watched over him and the guys in his unit; every single soldier in his unit came home safe, a few had some injuries and things like that but they all came home alive. I am so thankful for the sacrifice our troops and their families make on our behalf.

GIVE THANKS!

If we are commanded to give thanks and it is a requirement to be made whole then what action do we take? What do we do? In last year’s October Conference, President Eyring said, “I wrote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next day. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?” As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done.” President Eyring said that this act of daily remembrance, of thanks-giving, builds not only gratitude, but testimony. Gratitude is at the core of testimony. When we stand to bear testimony, we say, “I am thankful for…”

I have been thinking and thinking about something to write about that is worth while here on my blog. As I have been pondering it finally came to me.. write about something I know... Well, those that know me well know how much I LOVE this time of year. With Thanksgiving quickly approaching and Christmas not far behind, I thought it would be good to write tips and ideas down. So, two things; 1- I want to write down 7 things that I am Thankful for.... & 2 I want to write 5 tips for the wk. Each week there will be 5 new tips to help survive the Holiday Season and be happy, healthy, and not stressed out!

I am thankful for:

1-My family, my kids and husband are wonderful, serving them each day helps me love them more.

2-Our jobs, they provide us with enough to provided for our family as well as serve those around us that might be in need.

3- Our second family's: cousins, parents, grandparents and siblings to Aaron and I. They give support and lend a hand when needed.

4-Our friends, those close and far away, the time they spend serving my family is awe inspiring.

5-A home, even though we still have yet to buy a home ( which hopefully will happen soon ) where we are living is good, clean, and nice enough, we definetly don't live in a dump.

6-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that provides us with organizations that enrich, uplift, and inspire our lifes to be better each day.

7-Last but certainly not least, my savior and redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ. Who suffer bled and die for me, so that I can one day return to live with him. The sacrifice he made for me is a gift that I will always treasure.

Ok so on the the holiday help line:

1- Plan ahead. Planning ahead of time is age old, knowing what you will be doing for the holiday's is important. Making a schedual, can help ease the burden especially if you have young children. It will help them being happy instead of non stop crying during the turkey dinner!

2-Plan food ahead of time; this just doesn't include whose bringing what to turkey dinner but it also includes making it to the store long before the night before and doing battle with all the other nuts out there that didn't plan ahead. Trust me when I say, shop at least a wk prior if you can.

3-Plan your time, what time will dinner be at? How long will dinner and festivities last? This is key that you don't wear out your welcome but also that your children (if you have them) can keep to a more normal schedual., and that will make your entire day easier.

4-Plan out a route, if you are traveling, also make a route B in case weather is a factor.

5-Be on time! No body likes late Larry who shows up just in the nik of time to sit down and eat, and has forgotten his dish that he was supposed to bring. Moral of the story, be on time and be prepared and the rest should run fairly smooth.

Hope this is helpful, I have found that in years past when I run around scrambling to get things done that the holiday's are not as much fun! I think after 6 years of mariage that I finally have it down to an art. I hope!

Veteran's Day

In lou of veteran's day this year I decided to shared something very dear to my heart. When Aaron and I decided to get married in November of 2002, we had no idea that when we set our wedding date for Feb of the following year that he would get deployed six days after our wedding. I still remember the day that he left, I remember going to the armoury and feeling sorry for myself ( here I was newly married and my hubby of six days was going to war, what if he didn't make it back home?) well I got there and what an eye opening experience it was for me. When I left I didn't feel so bad I felt lucky. It was just me he was leaving. You see when a soldier gets deployed, every family has its stories. Whether someone is pregnant with their first baby or their third.. which children understand what the dads or moms are going out to do, I even had a very close friend who was very sick with cancer when our husband left. So I felt very fortunate that our family and friends were close by and I would be able to make do for a year till they got back.

That following sept... Aaron's unit got extended... there orders were now 365 boots on ground which in the military world means that since they spent 2 and half months in Fort Lewis Washington ( training) that their year long deployment didn't really start until they got over there. We dealt ok with that blow. The second blow came when they were about to come home. They had done their time, were packed up and ready to come home and waiting in Kuwait. About that time some real fighting began to happen over there, and they recieved orders that they would be going back in. I still remember that phone call as if it were yesterday. Aaron sounded so down, and all I could think was he's kidding.. in a second he will perk up and be like "just kidding! " But he didn't. I was so upset and began to cry..." why ?" was all I could choke out. I just didn't understand. Aaron told me then that things would be ok. Making the phone calls to the family were really hard. I prayed alot that things would change and they could come home. A meeting was held a wk later and the General told all the families what he could.. tried to help aid some of our hurt. I had women that told me that they knew that they were coming home, even though the orders had said different. I tried to have faith that they would. Well a little more than two wks went by and they hadn't moved their troop and they then on a MIRACLE decided that they had done their time and it was their turn to come home. They did come home a few weeks later. I stand by the fact that the Lord does hear and answer our prayers, he does show us miracles. I greatly appreciate all the troops that protect our freedoms. The sacrifces that not only the soldiers make but their family's to, is something that is truly a gift. I know that the sacrifice that we made at the begining of our marriage was hard, very hard in fact. But it was worth it. Our freedom to choose in this country is always worth fighting for. God Bless America!

The above photo is an article about us when their unit left... and yes its the day they left!

BaCk To WoRk OffiCiaLLy!

Well its about TIME! We finally opened our new store in the mall. I am now officially back to work. I am working 2 days a week... Thursday nights as that is one of the only nights Aaron is home from school/work before late evening. And Saturdays! which my shift kinda varies! Needless to say I am enjoying working again even though I am still doing lots of hair from home. So this is a pic of almost all of us working there.. yet we only have 6 stations in our new store.. it makes things a little more complicated.. but so far its working out ok. I think if I were working more it would really bother me. But I guess since working for Mastercuts is only a temporary things till we get a house and put my salon in it will do for now. The girls that I work with I love dearly. We are all such good friends. And that is rare to find in a salon... let alone one with ten women working there. I am truly blessed to know each one of these girls... all different in sooo many ways. My favorite part of this picture is the fact that this is the day before we opened our store.. notice there are no pictures in the frames.. well they came a day late. Lol!

Weirdo Things:

Ok I will say.. thanks to my sweet cousin Cristi who tagged me.

7 Things about me that are weird:

1- I have to sleep with at least three pillows in order to get a good nights rest. Ever since I was pregnant with Ammon I began to use more and more pillows to sleep at night. Now, however it is just very routine, and depending on how I am feeling sometimes I sleep with more than three. Poor Aaron... he wonders alot about this... he's lucky if I don't steal his pillow in the night.

2- I bite my nails when I am nervous or anxious, or upset about anything. I have tried lots of things to break myself of this and well I just can't seem to kick the habit.

3- I can't handle too much noise. To much noise gets me very worked up very quickly.. riding in the car the best sound to me is the quiet. When its bed time and the kids are in bed I like listening to just the quiet. Yelling is the worst though I tend to raise my voice all to often to be heard... hmm... there may be something to that..

4- I am fairly confrontational... I try real hard not to be. But I am. If I don't like something I have heard, seen, or something that someone has done, 9 times out of 10 I will probably talk to whoever about it. I know I know I am working on being more patient.

5- I can't stand going to the store without being ready for the day. I don't think people should leave their houses looking bad. Nor do I go a day without getting up and getting ready for the day. I feel yucky all day if I do that. Unless of course I am sick, then its ok.

6- I get my hair done when I feel any kind of distress, it makes me feel better. Sometimes it can be extreme and other times.. well a little more mellow.

7- I don't like being home alone at night. It makes me anxious and I can't sleep. I thought it would get better after having kids..nope.. its worse.

I have tagged Teresa, Lorina, Emily, Trisha, Jennifer, Emmie, Jennivee.

Time Changes!

Ok seriously who came up with the idea of time zones and changes and so forth... I thought to myself as the time change this year approached... good I am going to get 1 whole extra hour of sleep! So not true.............. I feel so lied to! Not only do my children now rise @ 6:45 in the am.. but by the time that 7pm rolls around I have had it up to the knees with the non-stop I am tired crying! .. I feel like crying myself my wonderful schedual is RUINED! The waking at 8 am and go to bed by 8 pm... Sooooooooo not fair... Who ever thought up the fall back in the fall and spring forward in the spring obviously didn't have children! If they did.... what were they thinking?

Oh well I guess this is life! I will survive and adapt!

The Canadian's are Here!

Ok ok compliments of my sweet cousin Cristi.. here is the one photo of us at her Halloween party... Eat your heart out everyone!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

TrIcK oR TrEaT!!!!

For Halloween this year I wasn't quite as Crafty as last year... But it'll have to do.. What can I say, some years are better than others. This year Ammon wanted so badly to be Batman. He loved every minute of it... Caitlynn I made her a tutu.. and she went as a ballerina.. I think she liked her little ballet shoes better than the tutu.. but she sure was stinkin adorable going door to door saying "trick or treat!"

Needless to say.. I don't have any pics of Aaron and I this year( unless Cristi has any she took from her party) mostly because we were lame and went to Cristi's annual Halloween party as Canadian's. Lol! I know I know... but hey it was cheap. Next year I vow to be better.

For now we are moving on to Thanksgiving and lots and lots of turkey!

HEE HAW FARMS!

Caitlynn really wanted to be a cheerleader for the Denver Bronco's yesterday! Eat your hearts out boys! I was going to put Ammon in his costume but the thought of having to pick out all the hay before the next day ... well I didn't and this isn't Cait's real costume.. so safe to wear and get dirty I can wash it later!

At first we thought that the kids were supposed to climb this.. However we found out that its really a slide, made of pvc piping. Its pretty bumpy going down but the kids sure enjoyed themselves on it. Either going up or coming down.

This is probably the biggest PIG I have ever seen!

Cait loved the baby pigs! She kept wanting to feed them!

Batman Jumps in the hay! ok ok its really just Che!

The kids actually holding still just long enough to snap a picture before they all disburse into every direction.

Hee Haw Farms was alot of fun! The kids really wore themselves out! We all had a good time!

Che, Parker, and Ammon.. sittin on the hay. This was about the only time they did sit! Lol!

Jennifer and Garrett. On the hayride!

Denise and Thomas on the hay ride!

Maddox, Brooklyn, Lorina, Teresa with Justin on her lap, and Batman ( aka Che) on the hayride!