She had a birthday....

And she is shouting Hooray! She turned 16!!! She has not had a real birthday party since she was 4 or 5. So we pulled out the stops and let her have one.

My Very Talented SIL, April, made this cake for her!

Oh it was sooo YUM!

Friends had fun sitting at the fire pit trying to stay warm and roasting hot dogs.

There was also the fun of watching movies, jumping on the trampoline, and talking and doing the things that a bunch of teenagers do! It was a good night.

A big THANK YOU to my Wonderful husband for putting the lights up and getting everything ready outside!

Temple Christmas Lights

I had fun experimenting taking pictures in the dark while we walked around the temple grounds for FHE.

The Hat

This Kid is in love with the Santa Hat. He wears it whenever he can. He has been wearing to bed for the last week.

A Christmas Concert

Brock got to play a Piano Solo at his schools Orchestra Concert. He did an awesome job. So proud of him:)




He also plays the cello. This kid amazes me. He doesnt have to look at the music he has it memorized.

Winnie the Pooh wisdom...

Shout Hooray!

We Had a Birthday!!!

He Chose the decorations for his Lightning McQueen Cake. As you can see he wanted white frosting sprinkles and m & m's for the eyes mouth and head lights.






He got his Bumble Bee Bionicle from mom and dad and the Cars Card Games from Grandma and Grampa D. He couldn't have been happier:)

What a good way to start our ThanksGiving weekend!

You dont happen to have....

a teenager at your house do you? This was the question I was asked by my sister when she called me on my cell phone to ask me a question. She had tried to get a hold of me on the home phone but all she could get was a busy signal.



I had to take pics to document just how homework was getting done at our house tonight and to show off my great multi-tasker! hehe



At least Bk doesnt have a cell phone yet! I can wait a little while more for the teenage phone wars to start.

First Hunt

Over October break BK got to go on his first Hunt. I didnt expect for him to come home with anything; but he did. I have never seen a bigger grin on his face.

A Distraction

My little Man has been sick for three days with the stomach flu. Today he is feeling better but not completely over being sick yet. This morning he found a distraction. He put water in some glasses and started playing notes and singing songs. He was having tons of fun. He had fun with the food coloring and mixing colors too. After he was done with that he even got into taking a picture or two. (the second picture he took)

Eighties Day....

I had Sooo Much Fun with this! So did Chantel!

Some relief.....

Well my foot is not broken, Thank Goodness! I am supposed to stay off of it for a week! HAHA! If it still hurts like it does after a couple more weeks I will have to go back in and they will refer me to a specialist! I am hoping that it will heal fast so that I can get back to wearing shoes and not just flip flops.

a little warning..

-Warning-

Droping one of these on your foot can be dangerous!

Nope it was not on. Thank Goodness:}

Today I spent the morning in the dr's office and then went and had my foot x-rayed. It is possible that it may be broken and I will have to spend a week with crutches or sent to a specialist. Hopefully it is just bruised. I am supposed to stay off my feet for a few days. Woudn't it be nice if I could get some help from the kids and hubby while I rested my foot! SOOO not going to happen.;) lol. Tomorrow I find out the results. Whoo Hoo!

Wishing

Wishing I had something really wonderful to post about. I don't.

Some of the things that have happened after the last post have been:

• My husband and I got to go out to dinner for our anniversary
• All of us have been sick and had to have antibiotics and found out that Brock is allergic to penicillin.
• Struggled with sick kids and sick me while my husband was out of town for four days.
• Thankful a friend invited me to lunch a couple of times. What would we do without friends?
• Babysat nieces and nephews while their parents go to the temple or work. Fun to have them.

So nothing really exciting but just enough to keep me busy and some what out of trouble. lol.

18 Years...

And Counting!

I love....

I love my three kiddos! I also love it that they begged me to take them to the Temple and take pictures of them. What a fun morning we had walking around the Temple grounds and touring the inside of the Visitor center. What a good way to spend one of the last days of summer vacation!

IN

My little man wishes he could spend all day outside playing with his trucks! (I wish he could too) But, with the temp close to 112, mom just wont let him.




So he spends most of his day inside. One of his favorite things to do this summer was to play with his home-made shield and plastic sword. Who knew something so simple could occupy him for hours on end? I love it that he has an imagination. It is amazing to see what he comes up with.

The Queen

My swimmers.

I finally had a few minutes and so I did a layout! Kade did six weeks of swimming lessons and did awesome . The last two weeks of lessons Brock took the swimming/life saving merit badge class. I was so proud of him for sticking it out and overcoming his fear of diving of the high dive. (his last time diving was pretty scary even for me) Good job boys!

Spinning

This summer has been crazy! My husband and I both agree that this picture represents how life has been for us the last three Months or so! I am ready to get down off the ball and hand over the spinning to someone else. I think I am in need of a serious vacation. I dont think that will happen with school starting in 3 1/2 weeks.

How are YOU feeling Today?

A funny:)

Greatest Gift

Thanks to my DH for being a wonderful father! You have sacrificed alot and given so much for our family!

Beautiful

Kade brought me this little bundle of flowers today from our lantana bushes. I Love it:) I am enjoying this now because it wont last for long.

The last one...

Kade has a sweet tooth and a sweet heart! Yesterday as a treat, I bought him some oreo's. He decided to share them with everyone in the family! I thought that was good so that he would not have a tummy ache from eating them all himself. Today as I was changing a load of laundery he came up to me and handed me a cookie and said "This is for you. I love you mom". I didnt think to much of this, I said thank you and told Kade that I loved him too. After finishing what I was doing with the laundry, I checked the cookie bag and noticed that all the cookies were gone. It was then that I was struck with what had just happened. Kade had given Me the last cookie and didn't complain or say a word about them being gone. He just went back to playing his game and was happy! What a example for me! The next time Kade, YOU get the last cookie:)

Little Wild Bill

Well maybe not so wild but Dang Cute!



I got to take these pictures of Wild Bill for his ONE Year Old Pictures! Loads of fun !



I want to give a big THANK YOU to my Sister for editing the photos:)

First Swim

On Monday My brother and his family came over too swim! Sure glad they did we had tons of fun:)



This little One had her first swim! ( of course I had to bring out the camera)




This little one of mine was the only one who would let me take pictures of him swimming!

9th Grade Formal

What a fun night for the girls! This mom is in a little shock that she is old enough to have a child going (next year) to the same high school that she did!!!

I am glad that I was able to get a few pictures of them before the dance.

Mom what are some phrases from the 60's?

Below is a list of catch phrases from the 60's and 70's! For all of us who grew up durning the 70's do you remeber using any of these? My daughter was surprised at how many are still being used! See how many you remember:)

01. Hang Ten

02. Pipe Down

03. It's a Gas

04. Beam me up, Scotty!

05. Stifle yourself

06. Dingbat!

07. Yabba, dabba, doo!

08. What a spicy meatball!

09. The next stop is the Twilight Zone.

10. Dy-no-mite!

11. If he kissed you once, will he kiss you again?

12. get a grip, get a handle

13. ain't no great shakes

14. airhead

15. all she wrote

16. get a load off

17. do a number

18. go ape

19. are you for real?

20. beats the hell out of me

21. give me a break

22. get with the words

23. groovy

24. don't sweat it

25. get off my case

26. lose your cool

27. the skinney

28. Can you dig it

29. going to the crib

30. don't be such a spaz

31. Far Out

32. Good night, John-boy

33. In your face

34. May the Force be with you

35. That's Sick

36. The Man

37. catch you on the flip-side

38. keep on truckin'

39. Be there or be square!

40. beat the drag

41. can you dig it?

42. C’ya Later Alligator

43. Dig it?

44. Freak me out

45. Get real

46. Hairy Eyeball

47. How's it hanging?

48. Sit on it

49. take a chill pill

50. up your nose with a rubber hose!

Yummy Recipe!

Garlicky Butternut Squash

Ingredients

2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 1/2 pounds butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, combine the parsley, oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Add squash and toss to coat.
2. Transfer to an ungreased shallow 2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees F for 30-40 minutes or until squash is just tender.

At the Ward luau...

We had fun watching the professionals Dance then teach all the girls in the ward how to hula. These little girls were so cute!



And then there was me and and Sister H. doing the Huki Lau! I havent danced in FOREVER and I totally made a fool of myself. So fun though! I couldn't stop laughing:)